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Mary Dog, in her essay “Civilize Them With a Stick,” reflects on her upbringing at a catholic boarding school. The aim of the white race in America, beginning in 1879, was to integrate Native Americans into the cultural standards and principles of white society. This involved forcefully separating Native American children from their homes and…

Jane Tompkins discusses how she prepared to teach class on colonial American literature in her essay Indians: Textualism, Morality, and the problem of History. The essay is told the first person. It’s basically a personal account of what has happened. Like any other personal journals, the essay is written in an informal voice. The words…

Since the beginning of the nineteenth century, and maybe even before then, religious congregations have been struggling to maintain relevance. And although the United States may statistically be a predominantly Christian affiliated nation, there is no national religion. With the emergence of mega churches and television evangelists in the 1970s and 1980s, it may be…

There is nothing more ostensibly American than apple pie, baseball, and ‘cowboys versus Indians’. Over the ever-changing course of the American Western film genre, two codes have remained center— the depiction of the cowboy and that of its rival, the Native Americans. Though center, these two codes do not remain stagnant with the genre, but…

John Brown was a misguided fanatic. He was admired by many abolitionists for standing up for the rights. However, was seen outrageous in the eyes of many Southerners. He has went far beyond outrageous and carried out a killing spree in order to prove slavery was wrong. He had a plan, however stirred in a…

The Gilded Age began during the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War and ended shortly after the conclusion of the Panic of 1893. This era of American history was known as a time of forgettable presidents, industrialization, depression and corruption. Between the years of 1865 and 1900 Americans witnessed the government Des inability…

My favorite two places to live United States and Dominican Republic are two extremely different countries. I have being living in United States since 2011 and before that I use to live in Dominican Republic, where I burn. United State bring the economic security that Dominican Republic maybe never will and my country give me…

There were about 16,000 Cherokee before their eviction. They put up the biggest fight; enough to make them the last tribe to be forced from their homes. They were a stationary tribe, and not nomads like many others. They had their own system of writing based on Greek. Hebrew, and English. They also had their…

For most people, the American Dream depends on where and how they currently live. The term “American Dream” is loosely defined as the acquisition of wealth, fast cars, a beautiful home in a high-scale neighborhood, power, fame, and a loving, supportive, and altogether perfect family However, the American Dream can be more accurately defined as…

The Harlem Renaissance may be defined as a cultural movement which originated in the suburb of Harlem, New York, populated by the African Americans mainly. The Harlem Renaissance is referred to as the New Negro Movement by some authors, as a result of the Alain Locke’s 1925 anthology of the same name. While the Harlem…