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The case was heard in the New South Wales Supreme Court, Equity Division. The name of the judge was Nigel Rein Nigel Rein was an Acting Judge of the Supreme Court of NSW (Equity Division). The particular circumstances which led Acting Judge Rein to doubt the credibility of the defendant’s version of events is noted…

Summary of “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María” by Judith Ortiz Cofer In her essay, “The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named María,” Judith Ortiz Cofer presents some of the stereotypes Americans hold about Latinas. Cofer narrates some occurrences that she went through…

Throughout time the use of narratives has allowed humanity to connect with each other expressing our cultural identity and the relationships we have with nature, each other and the spiritual world. Originally oral traditions to current literary works, the mythic stories are used as symbols of the human experience to speak to us about proper…

Last week, my nephew came to visit me. While he was playing, he fell off the chair he was sitting on, and began to cry. While his mom tried to calm him down, I asked him if he wanted a chocolate, and the tears immediately stopped. He proceeded to enjoy his chocolate and then bargained…

The three characteristics of American mythology are: being set in the past, usually in remote or thrilling locations and eras; being populated with extraordinary, bizarre, or exaggerated figures; and featuring extraordinary, heroic, awe-inspiring, magical, or mysterious events and their outcomes. The first characteristic that will be discussed is the story’s setting in a past time…

The American Dream: What Does It Mean Dreams come Into deferent varieties, big, small, colorful, black and white, long, short, and other things that you can think of. But there Is only one dream that every American wants to achieve, that is the American dream. The American dream started way back when America was founded….

In “The Myth of the Latin Woman”, Judith Ortiz Cofer intends to dispel several stereotypes about Hispanic women by expressing her own personal stories and observations. She starts off by relating an experience that happened on a bus in London, then she goes into explaining how her parents made her home in America a microcosm…

Introduction In companies wanting to be successful they have to attract customers somehow into buying their products. The most effective way to do so is to advertise/promote the product through TV, magazines, or billboards. These advertisements later lead to people having cultural myths, “a story or idea that explains the culture or customs of people”…

In the Amish religion, there lies a pivotal tradition for many of its adolescent followers. There are a number of Americans whom are likely to have never heard of this rite; as it is practiced by a small demographic, consisting of roughly 200,000 people . Their tradition, referred to as the Pennsylvania-German term “Rumspringa”, can…

Across history, America has been renowned as the land of opportunity. It has attracted countless immigrants who sought the freedom and equality promised by our government. The essence of this reputation is captured in the American Dream, which asserts that success can be attained through one’s own endeavors alone. Though interpretations of success may vary,…