A Chicago native now living in the United Kingdom, Churchwell is a professor of American literature and public understanding of the humanities at the University of London. She spoke withSmithsonian.comabout the unfamiliar origins of two familiar phrases. Behold, America In "Behold, America...
This thesis analyzes the roots of the disillusionment of Gatsby’s dream from the social, historical and authorial perspectives. By exploring the origins and essential nature of Gatsby’s dream, the naivety and innocence in his personality and the cruelty of the Jazz Age society epitomized by the...
I’ve grown to love the mornings when my ears can pick up the sound of their distant chatter, or catch snippets of a conversation in a language I’m still learning to understand. My favorite part of walking, if I ever find myself alone, is to pause in the middle, and just listen t...
RIGGED recalls the origins of the American Dream, when the linchpin of economic opportunity was access to land. Following passage of the Homestead Act in 1862, the federal government doled out over 10 percent of the land mass of this country to individual citizens. While the outcome for settle...
B) Shakespeare’swritingshave become the property of those who are learning to speak English. C) It is likely thatpeopleoften do not know the origins of the words they use. D) All the wordspeopleuse are taken from the writings of Shakespeare. 18. A) About twenty thousand. B) About twe...
D. became famous despite their modest origins 31. What is the contradiction of American culture according to the author? A. The American road to success is full of nightmares. B. Status symbols are not a real indicator of a person’s wealth. C. What Americans chase is not often cons...
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Along the way, tears became more than a biological necessity to lubricate (润滑) the eye and developed into a sign of intense emotion and a signal of social bonding. The development of self-consciousness and the notion of individual identity, or ego; storytelling about the origins of the ...
Separate from the support for the idea of the American Dream itself is whether the public believes it is attainable. We consider the origins and dynamics of the public's belief in the achievability of the American Dream. Is the American Dream a symbolic vision, rooted in political socialization...
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