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Dirty Money, Irvin Ramirez-Benavides
Dirty Money, Irvin Ramirez-Benavides
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
The United States is a nation of immigrants. Contrary to popular beliefs, there are many positive impacts that immigration has on daily life. I will be focusing on the economic impact of Hispanic immigration. People tend to believe that the new wave of immigration is the cause of the economic problems in our country. With the research I’ve acquired, I’ve come to the conclusion that this is the wrong view of Hispanic immigration. I will be showing key facts that will support my perspective.
Our Dystopian World, Kellee Nguyen
Our Dystopian World, Kellee Nguyen
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
If we do not heed the warnings in Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel the Handmaid’s Tale, we, similar to handmaids will lose ourselves to society’s conveyor belt: go to school, graduate, attend college, graduate once more, raise a family, and then work away the rest of our lives. Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid's Tale acts as an in depth metaphoric replication of modern society. The society in which Offred resides in, through historical events, reasoning, and the decrease in birth rates, the government's action is justified as the people's moral values are suppressed and their rights taken away from them. Likewise, in …
George Orwell’S 1984 Becoming A Reality, Sabrina Mercado
George Orwell’S 1984 Becoming A Reality, Sabrina Mercado
Nebraska College Preparatory Academy: Senior Capstone Projects
Over the years our society’s need for privacy has increased tremendously. George Orwell’s 1984 provides an in-‐depth look at a totalitarian society where there is no privacy and where ciOzens are under constant surveillance. Our society is slowly devolving into a totalitarian state. This research invesOgates the ways our world has changed and how it now resembles the society found in George Orwell’s 1984.