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- 1921: Tennessee Williams
- Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier “Tennessee” Williams is acknowledged as one of the greatest American dramatists of the post-World War II era. His stature is based almost entirely upon works he completed during the first half of his career. William’s lyrical style and his thematic concerns are distinctive in American theatre. The majority of William’s material came almost exclusively from his inner life and was little influenced by other dramatists or by contemporary events. Williams established an international reputation with A Streetcar Named Desire ... conflicts carries the plot from one character to another. In my opinion, Tennessee Williams is the greatest dramatist of the early twentieth century. Works Cited Bigsby, C.W.E., A Critical Introduction to Twentieth-Century American Drama, Cambridge University Press, London. 1985 pages 235-237 Broussard, Louis. American Drama: Contemporary Allegory from Eugene O’Neill to Tennessee Williams, University of Oklahoma Press, Chicago. 1962 pages 178-185 Devlin, Albert J. ...
- 1922: The Unabomber: Is He Serious?
- ... destroy it immediately and save us the trouble of having to do it later? I guess I wasn't too surprised when I read how he intended to induce an early break down with a revolution, but the next thing I read left me a little confused. I was interested in how and when he planned to do this. It didn't take me long to run across it. I would expect a violent display from the Unabomber, especially in a revolution, but his answer to that was that he may or may not use violence. Well, maybe he'll keep some details quiet, but I was sure he would release an approximate idea of how long he planned this new world revolution to last.. He wrote that it may be sudden or it may span decades. There were many things that made sense to me after reading that, for instance, if he was this vague when ...
- 1923: Diversity Of Leadership In Ame
- Diversity of Leadership in American Society The best speeches demonstrate the power of a single voice. They may be delivered by politicians, preachers, or athletes. Some such as Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address or Martian Luther King Jr.’s “I ... the power of language and the diversity of leadership skills. Washington was the first president of the United States and one of the most important leaders in history. His role in gaining independence for the American colonies and later in unifying them under the new U. S federal government cannot be overestimated. Washington was the most revered man in the United States. A lesser person might have used power to establish ... became a legend and a folk hero after his death. A superb politician, he persuaded the people, with reasoned words and thoughtful deeds, to look at him for leadership. He had a lasting influence on American political institutions, especially in setting an example of using fast action in time of national emergency. Franklin Roosevelt served longer than any other president (Washington excluded), and held office during two of the greatest ...
- 1924: The Legalization Of Marijuana: Pros And Cons
- ... because their is no hard core evidence that proves that marijuana is a effective drug as a medicine. In twenty years of research have produced no reliable scientific proof that marijuana has medical value. The American Cancer Society , American Glaucoma Society,the National Multiple Sclerosis, the American Academy of Ophthalmology , or the American Medical Association , say that their is no evidence that marijuana is a medicine. The agencies also argues that no other drug prescribed is smoked and that knew findings ...
- 1925: Fredrick Douglas
- ... children today are able to speak multiple languages, with ease. He had the ability to translate in a well-spoken manner between the worlds of the black man and white man. The story of the American Dream, where a young man, born into a hostile world, never loses sight of one goal, is not all that distant in theme from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. The story of the American Dream has been embedded deeply in our culture from the beginning. Similarly anchored in the American consciousness is the presence of a slavery-complex. Along these lines Douglass’ role is a major one, for relatively few first-hand accounts of slavery as powerful and representative as his exist, in light ...
- 1926: Battle of the Bulge
- ... division launched an all out attack on five divisions of the U.S. first army. At least 657 light, medium, and heavy guns and Howitzers. As well as 340 multiple-rocket launchers were fired on American positions. We surrendered. Americans were out numbered ten to one in places. They were so badly out numbered that they started abandoning their wounded and having the U.S. band grab weapons and fight. The ... captain of one infantry, sat him on the hood of a jeep placed a gun to his head and drove him around showing him to all the SS soldiers like a trophy. On December 17th American Seventh armored division engaged Dietrich's Sixth Panzer Army at St. Vith. St. Vith was a major road that led to the Meuse River and to Antwerp. The American division was successful in halting the German advance and caused them to take a detour. Which slowed the Germans down and altered the timing of the German attack plan. Bastogne was a strategic position, ...
- 1927: Society 2
- ... unduly harsh or blatantly unjust; and Edward himself learns of the unnecessary cruelty of prisons, as well as the nature of the kind of life poor people must endure as a result of their poverty (American Literature 202). However, Clemens major criticism of society, both Tudor and his own, is mistaking the outward appearances of men or their circumstances as a final gauge of their true worth. The novel suggests that ... to a different kind of court. Chance and circumstances alone determine much of our behavior and appearance. For Clemens, this was true for his own time as he felt it had been for Tudor England (American Literature 203). Scholars recognize in Clemens a man divided in outlook between comic and tragic perceptions of existence (World Literature 3713). Through his career he looked back yearningly to the Mississippi, finding in his memories ... an idealized past as a haven from an increasingly hostile present is evident in most of his major works of fiction (World Literature 3713). As a result, Clemens work offers a compelling vision of the American frontier. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, for example, the Mississippi River exemplifies the frontier. Allowing Huck to escape the moral and social strictures of civilization. Huck confronted by the awesome power and beauty ...
- 1928: William Carlos Williams
- William Carlos Williams was one of the greatest American Poets of the 20th century whose illustrious career spanned half a century. From his beginnings as a pediatrician in Rutherford New Jersey to his Pulitzer Prize in 1963 William Carlos Williams made a lasting impact on American poetry as well as literature. He was an inspiration to many, and in his clear and profound use of contemporary language and environment was truly a poetic voice in contemporary America. Williams was born to ... that opened the door for him into the world of contemporary poetry. Williams unlike Pound and other Imagists did not go abroad but remained at home and became one of the strongest supporters of the American Nativist movement. In fact it was Pound who published Williamss' first collection of poems (Poems) in 1909. Williams was closely involved with the Imagist movement and it was in Imagist publications that his first ...
- 1929: The 60s and Freedom
- ... things such as sex, drugs, and racism. However, what they often tend to overlook is the large emphasis "freedoms" had on the era. This does not just refer to the freedoms already possessed by every American of the time. This focuses on the youth's fight to gain freedom or break away from the values and ideas left behind by the older generation. While some authors when writing about the sixties ... previous generation. The way left behind by the older generations is greatly influenced by events which occurred during that time. Unfortunately, because of many of these events, Americans lost their sense of hopefulness in the American society. The reasons are various: the dreams of the older left were perverted by stalinism and never recreated; the congressional stalemate makes men narrow their view of the possible, the specialization of human activity leaves ... to acquire those freedoms are still there. WORKS CITED "The Port Huron Statement." The New Left: A Documentary History. Ed. Massimo Teodori. New York: The Bobbs- Merrill Co, 1969. Reich, Charles A. "The New Generation." American Values in Transition. Ed. Robert C. Bannister. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Inc., 1972. Rubin Jerry. "Our Leaders Are Seven- Year Olds." American Values in Transition. Ed. Robert C. Bannister. New York: Harcourt Brace ...
- 1930: Improving Cyberspace
- ... of their packages has a separate license for that software purchased, yet companies rarely purchase their required minimum. All these illegal copies cost computer companies millions in profits, hurting the company, and eventually hurting the American economy. On the other hand, many people believe that the government cannot censor the Internet. They argue that the Internet is an international network and that one government should not have the power to censor another nation's telecommunications. For example, American censors can block violence on American television, but they cannot touch Japanese television. The Internet is open to all nations, and one nation cannot appoint itself police of the Internet. Others argue that the design of the Internet prohibits censorship. ...
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