Assimilation

Assimilation is the act of being adopted into a nationality of which you were not born into in the first place. Assimilation is when you take in other cultures as if they were your own for example the music, food, style and ideas.

In the play everyone shows assimilation, all the children do when they talk about wanting to be rich and have money and all these nice things like white families do. Beneath Shows assimilation when she is dating men because she goes out with white men and tries to search for money. Walter shows assimilation when he talks about wanting to own a liquor shop because he wants to be successful just like white men.

The play shows assimilation as a strength and a weakness, it's a strength because they want to succeed and they want what is the best for them and their families. But it's a weakness because they forget where they come from, and other black families might get offended by them 'acting white'.

people assimilate around me all the time. I assimilate all the time. Going to a mainly Hispanic school of course I assimilate, I'm white but I do listen to music and talk different than I ever did growing up because I wasn't exposed to it. If people didn't assimilate there would be so much controversy and the minorities would be overlooked.

 Eric Lou's views on assimilation are pretty similar to mine, he wants to able to live equally and continue to have his own heritage but he does find himself assimilating just like everyone else, he knows that if you are a minority in any group of people that it will be hard and that you will feel out of place but you do tend to fit in eventually.

My family over anything!

What do I think is more important? My family or my own  desires, it's non debatable when I say family is so much more important then my desires. My family gets me through tough times and helps me to make the right choices. My thoughts don't comfort me or love me and there not always the right decisions. Something in my life that has led me to believe this is just knowing and having my family here for me at all times, there has never been a time where I've felt like my family wasn't there to pick me up. My thoughts however don't always back me up. Sometimes I say things that backfire on me and get me into trouble. So family is definitely more important to me that my personal desires.

My American Dream

My ideal American dream would be for everyone to have enough money to be happy, that jobs would not be so hard to find and keep and the pay would not be so low. In a perfect America everyone would get a house to live in. That wasnt falling apart, with a roof, electricity, water and plumbing. Of course none of this comes for free so everyone would be required to have a job to work for the things they need to live. Everyone should have an education,and a good one, no one would be allowed to drop out. Everyone would have a license to drive except of course visually impaired people or others who are physically incapable of driving, with reasonable car insurance. There would be no drugs unless perscribed by a doctor, people wouldn't steal or damage someone else's property. And lastly everyone should have to have insurance but should get the same level of health care they need no matter where they went, and for an affordable cost.

The American Dream

The American Dream is all about freedom, equality and opportunity. This dream is ideally for all Americans who want the political, social and economical sucess for every individual. The American dream can also be described as a belief in freedom and that the people of America could achieve their goals in life by hard work and be successful. There are several different ways of viewing the American dream, for some, it is the opportunity to achieve more prosperity than they originally could if they were from another country, for others it is the chance for them to have families and have their children grow up in a society that they can succeed in having an education and career opportunities. And for the rest it could be the freedoms to not be held back by restraints pertaining to race, ethnicity, or class.

my life

my name is Elizabeth Nicole Phillips. i play volleyball and softball at southwest high school, I have a passion for playing softball. although i play sports i do like challenges acidemically, and never try to take the easy way out, i have two dual credit courses currently, I am taking pre-calculus/ college algebra, and english 3 dual credit. I have two brothers Austin 18, and Tyler 21, i live with my mom and stepdad, and a dad and step mom, i also have a nephew whose 1 named noah. I have a big family in all and i put them before anything. I like to see the world, and adventure new things, i also like to live life to the fullest.