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- 2391: Willy Loman and Troy Maxson: Tragic Heroes
- ... Through their struggles against society as well as themselves, the characters of Willy Loman and Troy Maxson bring new meaning to the classical definition of "tragic hero." In "Death of a Salesman" Miller condemns the American ideal of prosperity, seeing it as something that few can pursue without making dangerous moral compromises. Willy Loman, the sixty-year-old protagonist, has spent his life in search of happiness and the American dream. He is a husband, a father, a salesman, and a man desperate to find meaning in his life and pride in himself before its too late. He has worked for the same company for his entire career, dreaming of being "well-liked" and being someone." For Willy, being well-liked equates with success. "Be popular and you will not want" is his interpretation of the American dream. The hero in "Fences," a "flawed giant" is a garbageman of fifty-six named Troy Maxson. Once a professional baseball player, he was unable to play in the major leagues because of his ...
- 2392: Welfare
- Welfare Welfare. Whether you collect it, or you pay for it (and for EVERY working American does one of the two), most citizens of our country are familiar with it. Yet as every second of the day passes, more and more of my money and yours is being allotted to this ... not legitimately in this country? Thousands upon thousands of immigrants enter this country each year, because they know in America, they can receive benefits without even becoming a citizen. This needs to end right now. American citizens hard at work each day should not have to waste their tax dollars on the illegal Perez family from just over the border who don't speak a word of English nor contribute any ... anything FOR our government, they SHOULD worry if the government decides not to give them anything. That worry is what pushes them to become a part of our nation, and be a REAL, tax paying American citizens. Only until then can they at least expect some benefits. Limiting AFDC payment by $75 to those who haven't completed high school or gained a high school equivalency seemed way liberal to ...
- 2393: The Philippines and the World Market
- ... influence on not only the economy of the Philippines, but also the politics of it. The United States established a public education system in the Philippines in the early 1900Ήs. Although they were not American schools they had many similarities. American teachers were used as well as American books. The teachers also taught in english. The Philippine government is even designed after the American system and dedicated to democratic process. All in all America has become a very strong influence on the ...
- 2394: Athletes and Domestic Violence
- ... not necessarily more prone to domestic violence than others (quoted from The L.A. Times and Sports Illustrated)." Marriah Burton Nelson, author of The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Like Football: Sexism and the American Culture of Sports, is one of the many people who disagree with Lapchick. She believes that sports create an aggression found in men who beat their wives. She says, It is not the sport themselves ... Myriam Miedzian author of Boys Will Be Boys: Breaking the Link Between Masculinity and Violence, agrees with Nelson. He thinks, "Athletes are taught to hurt people. Empathy has been knocked out of them" (qtd in American Health). Most coaches do not allow their players to have a real relationship because they are afraid that a female influence will "soften" a player. The athletes are taught not to "see the guy across ... to find some balancing their environment, to see how far they can go. And as long as they can put up good numbers on the field, no one will create boundaries for them (qtd in American Health). So what is being done to prevent domestic violence among athletes? Very little. The pro league still do not punish perpetrators for their actions. But they have created shelters and organized funds for ...
- 2395: Ray Bradbury
- ... inspiration and imagination to write wild stories of great fantasy? He stated that "When people ask me where I get my imagination, I simply lament, God, here and there, makes madness a calling" (Bradbury I). American novelist, short-story writer, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and poet. Ray Bradbury was born in Waukegan, Illinois on August 22, 1920, the third son of Leonard Spaulding Bradbury and Esther Marie Moberg Bradbury. In the fall ... and began writing full-time, contributing numerous short stories to magazines such as "Black Mask", "Amazing Stories" and "Weird Tales." In 1945 his short story "The Big Black and White Game" was selected for Best American Short Stories. In 1947 Bradbury married Marguerite McClure, and had four children: susan, Ramona, Bettina, and Alexandra. During that same year he gathered much of his best material and published them as Dark Carnival, his ... Guidry 32). Not only is it Mr. Guidry who believes this, but plenty of Bradbury's fans are out there saying even more incredible things. Ray Bradbury's work has been included in the Best American Short Story collections (1946, 1948, and 1952). He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1954, the Aviation-Space Writer's Association Award for best space article in ...
- 2396: Landscape Architecture as a Career
- ... of a landscape architect demands extensive schooling. Schools with architectural or landscape architectural are located all over the country. Forty-seven colleges offer bachelor's degree programs in landscape architecture that are approved by the American Society of Landscape Architecture (ASLA-Colleges). Some colleges of interest are the University of Arizona, the University of Michigan, the University of Minnesota, and Purdue University. Landscape architects usually require a bachelor's or master ... diverse and rewarding profession. Although extensive schooling is required, the advantages of this career outweigh the disadvantages. Landscape architects are individuals who design and produce a better environment that appeals to the public. Works Cited American Society of Landscape Architects. Accredited Programs in Landscape Architecture. Washington, DC: 1996 American Society of Landscape Architects. What is Landscape Architecture? Washington, DC: 1997. Costello, Joan M. and Rita Parsont Wolfson, editors. Concise Handbook of Occupations. Chicago, Illinois: J.G. Ferguson Publishing Company. 1975. 151 "Landscape Architecture." ...
- 2397: Collective Farms of the Soviet Union
- ... efficient farms. In theory, industrialization would increase the number and hence the strength of the proletariat as a class, thwart an already staunchly anticommunist world, and fulfill Marx's promise of material wealth following the revolution. The idea of industrialization as the means to true socialism never occurred to Lenin. He assumed, at least initially, that communism could would and should exist in the pre revolutionary way of life. Before Stalin ... to collectivize and industrialize Russia. There were rapid food shortages towards the beginning of the collectivization procedures, when the percentage of collectivized farms was set at only 14%, due to the fact that before the revolution, landlords and their estates had provided the food on a large scale. In splitting up the large estates into tiny plots, the government had succeeded in winning support during the revolution, but made the land less productive. Now that the small families that previously worked he land owned the land, the output wasn't as great as that of before the revolution. The farms only ...
- 2398: Capital Punishment
- By: S.B. E-mail: shanka20@hotmail.com Capital Punishment An Overview The question with which we must deal is not whether a substantial proportion of American citizens would today, if polled, opine that capital punishment is barbarously cruel, but whether they would find it to be so in light of all information presently available.- Justice Thurgood Marshall Imagine a man who ... Capital punishment is one of the oldest forms of punishment in the world. Most societies have considered it a fair punishment for severe crimes. It is even mentioned as an appropriate punishment in the Bible. American colonists used capital punishment before the United States was a country, and most states use it today. Currently, however, there is a great deal of controversy surrounding the death penalty. Capital cases are long and ... flesh was boiled off of his head, it was then impaled upon a pole raised above the London Bridge. · Julius and Ethel Rosenberg: This is probably one of the most famous cases of espionage in American History. Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted for transmitting Atomic Military Secrets to the U.S.S.R., and were labeled Communist Spies. This case was ended with a double death sentence, they were ...
- 2399: William Wells Brown
- ... Negro for freedom. During 1843-49, he was variously employed as a lecturer of the Western New York Anti-Slavery Society, and the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society. In 1849, he visited England and represented the American Peace Society at the Peace Congress in Paris. Highly recommended by the American Anti-Slavery Society as an apostle of freedom, he was welcomed by famous Europeans such as Victor Hugo, James Haughton, George Thompson, and Richard Cobden. He remained abroad until 1854. During these years of his ... She experiences first hand the pain of slavery, everything from the cruelties of her master to losing her own daughter to the slave auctions. Another book Brown is famous for is The Negro in the American Rebellion. In this book, Brown goes over things, such as when the first blacks arrived in the colonies, Crispus Attucks, the mulatto slave who some say was the first victim of the Revolutionary War, ...
- 2400: Washington Irving
- ... and selections, such as The Raven, The TellTale Heart, and The Pit and The Pendulum. One person who had a great effect on the Romantic era was Washington Irving. Some called Irving the first real American writer. Washington Irving was born April 3, 1783, in New York City. He was the eleventh child of Sarah William Irving. His father was a strict man, a merchant and deacon in the Presbyterian Church ... his predecessors. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, "He lacked the religious intensity of Mather, the versatility of Franklin, the statesmanship of Jefferson, or the dedication of Paine. Yet he outlives them all in the history of American letters"(649). Others see him as the first real American poet. Everyone saw him as such a great poet because of The SketchBook. Everyone was reading it in that time. It was all the rage. This book established Irving as a talented writer , one ...
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