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- 1881: RAP CENORSHIP
- ... A censored opinion, whether true or false, sidesteps conflict and secures our distance in the truth. In a court case involving censorship of the band Dead Kennedys, Barry Lynn, the Legislative counsel to the national American Civil Liberties Union, revealed the symbiotic relationship of controversy and censorship: ...Dead Kennedy material and visual art in general lampoons the conformism of American society. That is preeminently political speech. We know it works because it annoyed the authorities enough to try to intimidate their critics into submission by calling them obscene (Kennedy 1990). Importance of Lyrics as a ... have been losing. John Mitchell, attorney for the National Association of Record Manufacturers, points out: If you can be prosecuted and the whole corporation put at risk because of one extremist [censor] in one area, American consumers are going to find that suppliers are going to be very gunshy at providing that product anywhere in the country (Marsh 1991). Rock music critic Dave Marsh offers the corporate profit-principle view: ...
- 1882: Sinclair Lewis
- Sinclair Lewis Sinclair Lewis was an American writer. He lived from 1885 to 1951. His most famous works include Main Street, Babbit, and many others. His form of writing was satirical and his work reflected a lot of his life. Lewis was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize for literature. In total, Lewis wrote 22 novels and 3 plays. Sinclair Lewis was born in 1885 in Sauk Centre in the heart of Minnesota. His father was a ... Vickers in 1933 both examine the corruption of the social services. In 1930, his second son, Michael, was born. In the same year he is awarded the Nobel Prize for literature and is the first American to be awarded this prize. In this next decade, Lewis turned his attention towards theatre. He published his novel Work of Art in 1934. In this same year, he assisted Sidney Howard to adapt ...
- 1883: The Life Of Stalin
- ... because of the condition of his left arm. Stalin's Military Career: (1917-1921) In March 1917, Stalin immediately left Siberia (where he was still in exile) for Petrograd (modern St. Petersburg) because of the revolution led by Alexander Kerensky which freed all political prisoners. After returning from exile on March 25, 1917, he joined the editorial board of Pravda, which was then headed by Lev Kamenev. There he helped Lenin prepare the final plans for the history-making Bolshevik revolution. Stalin's name seldom appears in records of the revolution, for he remained in the background as an administrator. His work was largely responsible for the success of the bloody October Revolution in 1917. During the civil war that followed the revolution, Stalin served ...
- 1884: Mark Twain and His Writings
- ... sharp views of society, he used humor and quick-witted satire to express his points. Mark Twain is essentially a satirical writer and a humorist. Twain as a writer, ridicules society in many aspects of American life through satire. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain uses the Grangerford and Sheperdson feud to criticize American culture and its inability to put past injustices behind and forgive one another. It serves as a major point in the story in which he condemns society in a number of areas. The feud between ... of childhood are the reasons for its attractions and the affection with which it is remembered by adults who have not read it for years and never intend to read it again. It is the American dream of ideal childhood written with unmitigated joy. (Magill, 1962) Although Tom Sawyer provides an extremely entertaining story line, traces of Twains satire is evident. However, most of the satire directly points to ...
- 1885: The Permanent Campaign
- ... frequently on television shows including the Today Show, Nightline and the Mac Neil/Lehre News Hour where he has been a consultant and contributor for fifteen years. Mr. Ornstein is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research and is also an advisor and member of the Free TV for Straight Talk coalition. The coalition is a group of 80 leaders from the worlds of politics, corporations ... and Intensive Care: How Congress Shapes Health Policy. Amy Mitchell is a journalist whom graduated from Georgetown University, she has written may articles concerning government and the media and was a congressional associate at the American Enterprise Institute for four years. She is now the staff director of the Committee of Concerned Journalists. The CCJ is an organization of editors, producers, reporters, and producers whom are concerned with the future of the media. They believe that right now is a crucial moment in American journalism and it is time to sit down and talk about the core principles and function of journalism. The Article The Permanent Campaign takes a look at the way the American political system has ...
- 1886: China 2
- The Roots of Communist China To say that the Chinese Communist revolution is a non-Western revolution is more than a clich . That revolution has been primarily directed, not like the French Revolution but against alien Western influences that approached the level of domination and drastically altered China's traditional relationship with the world. Hence the Chinese Communist ...
- 1887: Chinese Culture
- ... and the civilizations have not passed. These family virtues, serious, working attitudes, sense of justice and the great Confucian tradition have been deeply assimilated into the Chinese people. Some Chinese traditions are different from North American s. The Chinese culture has many special characteristics which are very interesting for people to learn. The family life is very important for every Chinese. Chinese families are very close-knit. Children tend to stay ... However, everyone is well organized within this compact family each member of the family help each other when there is any problem and they will suffer together. The family life is quite different from North American s style, since the North Americans like to live alone when they are getting old. It is very dangerous for the old people, if there is any accident happened. Nobody can help them if the ... b turn. The old people take care and raise the, when they are young. They should look after them when they are old. The Traditional Chinese houses have many differences in comparison with the North American houses. The building materials used in construction is the most distinct difference from North American s. A typical Chinese farmhouse is built of sun-dried bricks or pounded earth, because wood is too expensive ...
- 1888: The Great Gatsby 2
- ... was dead and nobody mourned. This shows that the opinion of the great Jay Gatsby changed by the end of the story. He was an icon of not only every man's image of the American Dream, but he was also apart of Americanism and the American Experience. He was seen as the richest and luckiest man during his time. Unlike any of the other characters in the novel, Jay Gatsby does not change during the course of the story. He as a person might not have changed, but the way that people perceived him certainly became different. When he was alive and well, he was the perfect idea of the American Dream. He had more money than he knew what to do with. He could afford to have oversized parties every weekend. Jay Gatsby was the person to know when it came to the Eggs. ...
- 1889: Animal Farm By George Orwell
- Animal Farm By George Orwell George Orwell's novel Animal Farm does an excellent job of drawing parallels from the situation leading up to the Russian Revolution of 1917. Animal Farm is a satire that uses its characters to symbolize leaders of the Russian Revolution. The animals of "Manor Farm", the setting of this novel, which symbolizes Russia, overthrow their human master after years of mistreatment. Led by the pigs, the farm animals continue to do their work, only with ... the future. He is the main animal who got the rebellion started even though he died before it actually began. Old Major's role compares to Lenin and Marx whose ideas would spark the communist revolution. Lenin became the leader and teacher of the working class in Russia, and their determination to struggle against capitalism. Like Old Major, Lenin and Marx wrote essays and gave speeches to the working class ...
- 1890: The Rise and Fall of McCarthyism: An Explanation Of How the Media Created and Then Destroyed Joseph McCarthy.
- ... should have asked themselves some of these questions before printing the story. By not doing this they can be held responsible for creating a stage on which a genuine madman could preform and mislead the American public. "McCarthy's rise to national prominence coincided with the explosive growth of television in the United States."(Bayley, 1981, p.176) He knew about media, and also that he could use this new medium of television to promote his image, and his cause. Television was just as easily manipulated by McCarthy as the newspapers were, and McCarthy successfully launched himself into the living rooms of the American public. What McCarthy didn't realize, and what would eventually lead to his downfall, was that a picture is worth a thousand words, and that live television conferences cannot be edited or fixed. It was ... Eisenhower as a "note on the principals that should govern the relations between the legislature and the executive under the US Constitution." (Bayley, 1981, p.188) Willard Edwards of the Chicago Tribune said that; the American people had seen a kick in the groin, and they would not forget it. To Willard Edwards, this was the "day that McCarthy died." (Ewald, 1984, p. 242) McCarthy had lost some respect of ...
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