LOST LANGUAGE In “Tribal Talk” by Michelle Nijhuis and “speaking in Tongues” by James Geary, both writers talked about how the hundreds and thousands of different tribal languages spoken in the past by millions have been cut down in half. Languages that are less known or spoken have been endangered today or nearly extinct just like some wild life going into extinction. But losing a language is more than the way of communicating; losing a language means the loss of its culture. The best argument I found in reading these two articles was in Nijhuis’s “Tribal Talk.” Nijhuis talked about what’s at stake in losing one’s own language which in this case was the Blackfoot language, called otherwise Piegan. Nijhui mentioned “What’s at stake is more than words.” (4) I would totally agree with that quote because I think one language contains a culture’s unique mysteries and their heritage for kids and other to learn about them.
From 1861 to 1865, approximately 620,000 soldiers' lives were cut short, not to mention the 50,000 civilian lives that were also claimed. Soldiers lost during that time exceeded the combination of soldiers lost from the Revolutionary War, both World Wars, the Korean War, the Mexican War, and even the Spanish-American War. In comparison to today's population, six million people would die in four years or two percent of our population. The impact of death on the human capital grew in importance. It became familiar in fact, a part of daily life for Americans at that time.
332 Americans were killed and 1642 were injured, and 2957 died from disease. These numbers amount to a total of 3289 soldiers killed because of the Spanish-American war (McSherry). This seems like many casualties, but if one compares it to any other war, it is almost nothing, considering there were 15 million battlefield deaths in the Second World War (Ash 71). Another factor to consider is that the United States spent 5 billion dollars (year 2000 currency) on the Spanish-American war. This also seems like nothing, compared to the 2,300 dollars we spent on World War II
Mass murder is compared to genocide and an example would be when nations or groups are at war with each other. This situation demonstrates mass murdering, but it is simply an
With this said, Buchanan believes that by 2050 there will be three times the population that there was in the ‘60s – 420 million. Immigration as intimidating as it may sound does not pose a threat to a country that has been inhabited by people all over the world long ago before the Immigration Act was passed in 1965. The US has a long history of rich culture and diversity, and even though Buchanan emphasizes that the US is losing its culture, it has in fact been enriching it for a very long time. As words are replaced in every-day vocabulary, so are the customs and the way of living of a population. It is also irrelevant whether the size of the population increments or not as long as old- day traditions are preserved.
Let the world know what type of Zaroff is or was for that matter. Zaroff was a psycho beast who needed to die ,but not like the way he did. He should been given a chance to change. Rainsford should have offered to help Zaroff become a better person. Instead, Rainsford chose to handicap himself instead of better himself.
In a numbers sense of the issue, it just seems completely absurd to be fighting over hundreds of thousands of dollars while they are making millions in a country where even dangerous and exhausting public service jobs pay just thousands. This is why Heeb also introduces a new perspective to the reader in which he still uses pathos and logos. “I am a high school teacher/coach from Missouri. In 2007, the average teacher in Missouri made $42,246.67. In 2009, that number increased by 1.19% to $42,750.
True, during the time of the war, and for about ten years post-war, the US economy soared to all time highs. But shortly after, when the costs of the war had kicked in and the debts came rolling in, what followed was the greatest depression America had ever faced. People lived in “Hoovervilles”, thirteen million people became unemployed, the income of an average American family decreased by 40%, there was more emigration than immigration, racial tensions ran high, etc. These are just some of the consequences of the Great Depression, part of which was caused by the debt of a war that America could have avoided, thus avoiding such a hard blow by the Depression. Had America stayed out of the war, the economy might have not been affected as seriously as it was by the Great
What most people don’t know is that Fernando will impose a cost of around $1.1 million on the American taxpayers in his lifetime (York). When every three out of 100 people in America are undocumented, this price escalades
Xinyi Huang Writing 121 4:00 PM Essay #1 ( Fixed Version) November 19, 2013 Lost Language In “Tribal Talk” by Michelle Nijhuis and “Speaking in Tongues” by James Geary, both writers talked about how the hundreds of thousands of different tribal languages spoken in the past by millions have been cut down in half. The death of these languages brought devastating effects to the human society, because as the languages begin to disappear, the culture and traditions that was tied to the language will slowly die off also. Dying languages aren’t just a thing of the past. Hundreds of languages, and its’ culture, have been lost in the past century, and many lesser known languages are near the brink of extinction. Efforts should be made