American values
The value that everyone should have the same opportunities in life.
What is equality of opportunity?
The first black U.S. president.
Who is Barack Obama
A text by Michael Lee Cohen about a character who has the same name as the text itself.
What is Adam
A term for when people are not equal and do not have the same opportunities.
What is inequality?
The border most illegal immigrants in the U.S. enter from.
Kendeord som sættes foran et navneord for at gøre det bestemt.
Hvad er "the"?
The downside of individual freedom.
What is self-reliance?
A place and industry in Los Angeles where many people try to become rich and famous, but most of them fail due to the large amount of competition.
What is Hollywood?
The things Ree gives to the police to prove that her father is dead in Winter's Bone.
What are Jessup Dolly's hands?
A common way to potentially escape poverty in the U.S., which forces you to leave your family for several years during training and active duty.
What is joining the military?
A short story by Cristina Henríquez about a woman who has immigrated to the U.S., but has lost her son in the process.
What is Everything Is Far from Here?
En betegnelse for det bogstav, der bruges som endelse på et regelmæssigt navneord som "car" eller "phone".
Hvad er flertals-s?
What you have when you are rich and own a lot of things, and what you have to do to get it, which together form a pair of traditional American values.
What is material wealth and hard work?
What is "9 to 5"?
The only object the main character from Everything Is Far from Here gets to keep in the immigration center, which she ends up trading away.
What is a silver wedding ring?
A less ambitious goal for the American Dream than becoming rich or succesful, which is common for people who have no opportunities or who live a bad life.
A nickname used for the U.S., particularly in the context of immigration. (the Land of ... )
What is the Land of Opportunity?
Endelsen på regelmæssige udsagnsord i datid.
Hvad er -ed?
A term for one diverse culture made from the combination of many other cultures, often used to describe American culture.
What is a "melting pot"?
The activity that made Arnold Schwarzenegger famous before he became an actor.
What is bodybuilding?
Adam's job, and where he works.
What is a banker on Wall Street?
The area (a mountain range) where Winter's Bone takes place, which has a lot of poverty and crime.
What are the Ozarks?
An event which started in 1848, which made a very large amount of people immigrate to California
What is the California Gold Rush?
De tre kategorier af ord hvor der bruges apostrof-ejefald ('s).
Hvad er personer, kæledyr og tidsbetegnelser?
The stereotypical material goals for achieving the American Dream.
What are owning a house, getting married, having children, and going on vacation every year?
The state where Barack Obama was born.
What is Hawaii?
The names of side characters from Everything Is Far from Here. (Name at least two)
What are Gabriel (Rivas), Esme, Marta, Alicia
A term for no longer believing (in the American Dream).
What is disillusionment?
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Det ord som kan sættes foran et udsagnsord når man bøjer det i fremtid, men som generelt ikke bruges nu om dage.