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- 1371: Social Criticism In Literature
- ... animal fable of a farm in which the farm animals revolt against their human masters. It is an example of social criticism in literature in which Orwell satirized the events in Russia after the Bolshevik Revolution. He anthropomorphises the animals, and alludes each one to a counterpart in Russian history. A Tale of Two Cities also typifies this kind of literature. Besides the central theme of love, is another prevalent theme, that of a revolution gone bad. He shows us that, unfortunately, human nature causes us to be vengeful and, for some of us, overly ambitious. Both these books are similar in that both describe how, even with the best ... and the government in 1917-44 Russia. For example, Old Major, who invented the idea of "animalism," is seen as representing Karl Marx, the creator of communism. Snowball represents Trotsky, a Russian leader after the revolution. He was driven out by Napoleon, who represents Stalin, the most powerful figure in the country. Napoleon then proceeded to remove the freedoms of the animals, and established a dictatorship, under the public veil ...
- 1372: Maya Angelou
- ... she wrote and delivered a poem at his 1993 presidential inauguration. Whole her life, Maya Angelou has been trying to make something special in the poetry, history and in the film industry of the Africa-American women. Dr, Angelou, who speaks French, Spanish, Italian and West African Fanti, began her career in drama and dance. In 1940 she and her brother moved to San Francisco to be with their mother, who ... of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Ms Angelou became the northern coordinator for the southern Leadership Conference. She Commission on the Observance of International women's Year. Maya Angelou, poet, was among the first African -American woman to hit the bestseller lists with her 'I know Why the Caged bird Sings " helds the Great Hall audience spellbound with stories of her own childhood. Maya Angelou's second achievement was in 1971 ... award in communications. She received numerous honorary degrees and was appointed by President Jimmy Carter to the Sergejs Golubevs National Commission on the Observance of International Woman's Year and by President Ford to the American Revolutionary Bicentennial Advisory Council. She is one the board of the American Film Institute and is one of the few female members of the Director's Guild. In the film industry, through her work ...
- 1373: The Life and Times of Ronald Reagan
- ... have any more children. So Ronald whose brother wouldn't look at him because he was a boy, became the second and last of the Reagan's children. John Edward Reagan, who was of Irish-American ancestry, earned his living as a shoe salesman. Alcoholism cursed the life of Jack Reagan. His older son Neil said bluntly that it prevented him form becoming a business success. However, Ronald blames the twin ... played the role of the hero's friend "the good guy" who helped others."6 His movie career spanned more than twenty years and fifty movies. His most successful roles were in Knute Rockne All-American in 1940, and in Kings Role, in 1941. In Knute Rochne, Reagan played star halfback George Gipper who died begging his coach to have his teammates "win one for the Gipper." "In 1942 during World ... and had supported liberal causes, but after his army experiences, he became more conservative. In 1947, he was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild, a union representing Hollywood personalities that were affiliated with the American Federation of Labor. He was reelected to five additional one-year terms and was responsible for negotiating several of the union's contacts. Reagan became embroiled in disputes over the issue of communism in ...
- 1374: The Great Gatsby(symbolism)
- The Great Gatsby, written in 1925, is a work that focuses in on the corruption of AThe American Dream@ during the 20's. AThe American Dream@ is the belief that hard work and dedication can provide success no matter where your roots started. In the novel Jay Gatsby is the embodiment of AThe American Dream@ that all of America had(Stallman 158). In Gatsby=s dream there were two goals he was reaching for: Wealth, comfort, and security; the other was lost love, Daisy. At the start of ...
- 1375: Hemingway’s Greatest Hits
- ... story starts when Frederick Henry is serving in the Italian Army. He meets his love in the hospital after he gets injured from the mortar attack. A Farewell to Arms is one of the best American novels because of the symbolism, the exciting plot and the characteristic of the main character, Lieutenant Henry. The symbolism in A Farewell to Arms is very much apparent. For example, In the book, Twentieth Century ... Arms as, “It is one of the most beautiful, carefully restrained modern love stories…[It is] a genuine, manly book, a masterpiece”(Kvam 92). In A Farewell to Arms, Hemingway introduces Lieutenant Henry as an American Soldier in the Italian Army during the World War I. Henry works as a paramedic and he is the only few of the American in the Italian armed force. Lieutenant Henry has an interesting characteristic because although, he is in the war, but his attitude refused to be involved. For example, “…he drinks with the officers and talks ...
- 1376: To Kill A Mockingbird
- ... into an area with large cotton plantations and small cities. Because of the necessity for cheap labor to pick and seed the cotton, Negro slavery took a strong hold there. At the outbreak of the American Revolution, there were over 500,000 slaves in this country, with by far the greatest number in the South. As time passed, plantation owners formed a landed aristocracy. The Negroes, though slaves, gained a measure of ... seemed to suffer most because they depended entirely upon their land for a living. Their crops rotted, and they had little or no money for seed. But, in 1932, a new era was ushered into American political and economic life. With Franklin Roosevelt, the federal government began to take an active interest in the workingman. Laws regulating farm production, labor unions, and social security became a part of the American ...
- 1377: John Fitzgerald Kennedy and His Accomplishments in Office
- ... thought to be responsible, many still believe that this was the result of a conspiracy. Regardless, it’s more than likely that there will never be an explanation that satisfies everyone’s beliefs. Almost any American born before the late 50’s can recall where he or she was the day that J.F.K. died. Why is that? Why was the death of John F. Kennedy so impacting? Was it ... give military help to countries in need but also food, education, and medical care. The idea of a Food and Peace Program in his state of the union address in January was to distribute Surplus American Food needy countries throughout the world. In March of 1961, his executive order created the Peace Corps. The Peace Corps was made up of Americans willing to put their skills and education to use in ... The president of Cuba, Fidel Castro, had moved his country into the Soviet Camp making it the only communist nation in Latin America. To add onto that, the Cuban’s fear that Castro’s communist revolution might spread throughout Latin America alarmed the U.S. Prior to Kennedy’s inauguration, President Eisenhower and his staff had severed many ties with Cuba. Plans were made to use a small group of ...
- 1378: Nisei Daughter
- ... for us to turn back.” (Sone 124). This statement is key to understanding much of the novel, Nisei Daughter, written by Monica Sone. From one perspective, this novel is an autobiographical account of a Japanese American girl and the ways in which she constructed her own self-identity. On the other hand, the novel depicts the distinct differences and tension that formed between the Issei and Nisei generations. Moreover, it can ... describes the relationships she had with her parents and siblings. She seems very pleased with and delighted by the differing, yet caring personalities of each person in her family. Sone describes herself as a typical American child: going to school, playing mischievously with friends on the block, reading, spending quality time with her family, etc. Monica described herself as a playful, almost tomboyish, young girl. She also saw herself as intelligent ... her character and personality. However, if perceived solely as an autobiography, the major theme of this novel is overlooked. I think Monica Sone focuses on, and clearly shows, the tension that arose in the Japanese American community because they felt torn between two distinct cultures and amongst themselves. There was also much confusion in this pre-World War II and during WWII era concerning the place of Japanese Americans in ...
- 1379: Flo Hyman
- ... star, and a star she was. “At six foot five, Hyman could have stood still and let the ball cone to her. Instead she pushed herself to go for the ball – and became the greatest American woman ever to play Volleyball”. (Encyclopedia of Women in Sports 1996). Hyman’s dedication to sports and to the fight for equal opportunities for women in remembered by and honored with the Flo Hyman Memorial ... remember her for her awe-inspiring spiking abilities, her equally strong defensive skills and her personal integrity and charisma. Her great sportsmanship and athletic abilities earned her many awards and accomplishments. Hyman was an All-American at the University of Houston from 1974 through 1976. She had been a member of the U.S. Volleyball Team since 1974 – one of the seven players who stayed with the team after America’s boycott of the Moscow Olympics. In 1979 Hyman was named the most valuable player at the North-Central and Caribbean American Championships in which the U. S. team came in second. Hyman’s key skill was hitting and she was voted best hitter at the World Cup Games in Tokyo in 1981. “In 1984, while ...
- 1380: The Impact of Frederick Douglass
- The Impact of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, had a strong impact on American and African American history through his involvement with the abolitionist movement and the establishment of the abolitionist paper called the “North Star.” As a young slave growing up Frederick Douglass had help learning how to read and how ... year his wife Anna Murray Douglass died. On the day of his death--Feb. 20, 1895, in Washington, D.C.--Douglass attended a convention for women's suffrage. The impact that Frederick Douglass had on American and African American history is that now African Americans are treated more equally than in the past. Frederick Douglass has helped ratify three amendments the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery, the fourteenth amendment which ...
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