do edition on my own essays
100D & E students- Please write an introductory paragraph that includes the major point/idea/thesis statement that you will prove throughout your first academic paper that will be due on Monday, 3rd. Take a look at some of these suggested topics below that may help you limit your topic in order to write with power, meaning and depth. Please feel free to keep your own but make sure that you can focus on one particular idea that you will provide reasons, causes, effects and what we discussed in class. 1. TOPIC: " What is an American?" Try to form your main idea explaining 2 or 3 points that define Americans. Take a look at the qualities and state your idea how these special characteristics were instilled. Was it from family values or a country's expectations? 2. TOPIC: "Inequality in the United States"
State a position where you present two or three reasons why inequality exists in the United States or not.
3. TOPIC:"Religion and Americans"
Present your views on how puritanism or any other form of religion has influenced Americans to think, behave or react in certain ways. Name what contributes to the American beliefs or values regarding the poor, charities, or self-improvement, competition, hard-work. Select only a few values to develop and support.
4. TOPIC: "Patriotism"
Show the benefits towards a country's progress when the citizens are bonded together in a national patriotic way. NOTE: Steve Jobs and the singer and song you selected that defines 'Americans' are not topics but certainly can be used as support to prove your views if it connects/relates/matches your topic. For this paper, please follow the guidelines below:
Discuss religion
From the beginning, religion played an important role in the history of the United States. Since American believes religion, people have different change by themselves. Lots of people think religion is good for people, there are three example to explain religion is most important for people; religion can lead people to work hard, improve people, change people’s mind.
The first influence is religion lead people to work. According to“American Ways, written by Maryanne Kearny Datesman,” “Many religious groups in the United States share this Puritan work ethic, and even Americans who have no attachment to a particular church are influenced by the work ethic in their daily lives”(57). Many people are confused for how to work hard, most of religion are try to teach American to work hard because religion think work is a best method to change people life and the premise is people have to work hard. Religion believes only work hard can practice speaking ability, exercise social ability, thinking ability. That is a reason to explain why religion try to lead people to work hard.
Also we can see Americans take an average of only two weeks of vacation time a year, but workers in other countries take as many as four, five or even more weeks. When people believes religion, in which will know what they want to have, then religion may analysis some problems would happen during the people are working, such as, some people are lazy, another people can’t pay attention on work, then the religion may find the issue and analyze the issue until they have solution that try to lead people to work hard. Finally, Religious make a decision depend on ability in work for everyone. People usually know why they should work hared from religion that has influenced Americans to think.
The second influence is religion improve people.“American Ways, Datesman,” “Protestantism has been a powerful force in shaping the values and beliefs of Americans. One of the most important values associated with American Protestantism is the value of self-improvement, an outgrowth of self-reliance”(56). God represent anything in the world, follower believe god blessed them, do for them. Religion know follower whom are thinking about and know follower will do something that God want they want to do. Such as, religious advice to people on how to stop smoking, lose weight, or have better relationships. When people do something wrong, religious will say that thing is bad for people who have to stop it. For student, religious may give some suggestion for them and often try to teach student that they have a responsibility to help others. They also pay for money to poor people to go to school, because they think school is most important for every child and school can give child many helping, then improve themself. For adult, religion believe adult not only have responsibility to help others, but also they must earn money to improve their family. So if some people have not work, religious could help them to find a work. If people have a work, religious may tell them how to be a nice worker, in some ways people have to work hard and help them to find a best method to working, because it has influences people work.
The third influence is religious change people’s mind.“American Ways, Datesman,” “There is growing polarization between evangelicals, or religious conservatives, and secular liberals. Increasingly, Americans find themselves at one end of the spectrum or another, while the number of moderates in the middle decreases” (60). Religious conservatives against abortion and gay marriage, if no one tell you that is forbidden, i think no one worry about it. So when people have religion that usually transmit viewpoint to people by them. For example, In some country, some religion think abortion is allowed, they will try to change people’s mind. The reason is if people have not ability to bring up this child, they should abandon has a child because it is only one ways good for them. In recent years, as we know evolution is best correct academic thought to explain how is people change themself, form low grade to high grade, but some religious disagree, they may believe in creationism instead of evolution. They think universe is endless, we can’t understand too much information about universe include any biology, but religious think creationism can explain lots of mystery that evolution can’t, they think creationism is better than evolution. So they try to put their ideas into people mind, and make convinced.
Religious is very good organization that try to lead people to work hard, improve people and change people’s mind. Religion want to give people correct viewpoint in anytime, also religion never constraint people do something what they don’t want to do, every religious respect every people. So i think religious is most important for people, and it is really good for people. People should believe some religious.