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Write a creative writing piece about an individual whose life has been touched by the American Dream, either positively or negatively, with a choice of either (1) non-fiction profile or memoir of a friend or family member (not the student and not a public figure) or (2) fictional short story or one-act play. Length should be five to seven pages (about 1500 words).

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Writing assignment 2 - The Ideas of the 19th Century Writing Assignment 2 Question to be answered: 19th Century Europe was shaped by the ideas of liberalism, conservatism, nationalism and socialism. Discuss this statement and provide specific examples to illustrate your points about these forces. Your essay should be at least 1200 words and should include two citations from the text and two from the primary sources to be read for this assignment. I don't want any more citations than this, as I want to hear your ideas and words. Choose compelling quotes from the text and the primary sources. Primary sources to consider: Nationalism Germany http://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/Halsall/mod/arndt-vaterland.asp (Links to an external site.) Conservatism: Divine Origins of Constitutions http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1810demaistre.html (Links to an external site.) Scientific Socialism http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/marx-summary.html Text Book. Hunt, Lynn, et al. The Making of the West Peoples and Cultures, 5th edition. New York: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2016. Print. ISBN 978-1-319-06546-1
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Running head: MOUSSA: THE AMERICAN DREAM

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Moussa: The American Dream
The ‘American Dream’ is like that magic tonic that every person needs to get ahead in
life. People that are struggling to make ends meet in the third world often think of America as
that place that has every street paved with gold, faucets flowing with milk and the streets lined
with opportunity waiting for the first person to snatch it to help the next person to get ahead in
life. The ‘American Dream’ is like that light at the end of the tunnel. It is the way of life that
allows people to rely on grit and sheer brilliance to be successful. Nowhere else in the world
does any other concept of legitimate work and pay have so much credibility. It is the story of
Mohammed Moussa, a man that has seen the dark underbelly of this ‘panacea’ of poverty.
The Birth
1996 was a tough year. The dusty streets of Bachumbora, Africa were hotter that hell on
a fine summer day. The flies were busy, licking the meat off of the corpses of the soldiers that
dared to stand in the way of Bazinga’s coup d’etat. It was next to impossible to find any food in
the shops. There was no running water because the rebels-the remnants of which were rotting in
the streets- had just bombed the only hydro-electric power plant in the country.
A young ebony-skinned teenager moaned. Beads of sweat tore down her spine as the
convulsions of childbirth reverberated all through her body. There was no midwife to watch over
her, no mother to hold her hand (as per custom), no hospital; just the putrid stench of sludge as it
ran through the room. The shack was built on top of an open sewage line, the sort that drove all
through the shanty town. The baby gasped its first. It shrieked. Its mother welcomed it with a
heave. Finally, some of the pain of life was over.
The teenage mother was on her way to the American Embassy. She had just got a green
card. That was the ticket to a better life. She had sought asylum after the soldiers raped her.

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Luckily, Hamida Moussa was accepted. The embassy looked kindly on her application. She was
a straight A student that got a scholarship before the rebels overrun the city. Her son held the
promise of a brighter future. Moussa was born on the way to the airport, the youngest member of
the airlift.
A New Life: the American Dream
Brooklyn was cold. The trees showed that autumn was on its deathbed. There was a cold
draft of air blowing across the city. However, this had no effect on the moods of Moussa. The
winter break was almost here. However, that could not dampen Moussa’s moods. The winter
break would herald the last term. His great GPA would surely guarantee him a place in the Ivy
League. His mother was so proud of him. She did not speak much. But then, he assumed that she
was always from the three shifts that she took to make sure that Moussa lacked for nothing in
private school.
Mohammed Moussa was a dashing young man.“ Six foot eight feet of African brawn!”
His mot...


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