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- 2791: The Communist Manifesto and Karl Marx and Frederick Engels
- ... subjugation reduces a larger portion of the population to the proletariat and society becomes more polarized. According to Marx, the polarization of society and the intense oppression of the proletariat will eventually lead to a revolution by the proletariat, in which the control of the bourgeoisie will be destroyed. The proletariat will then gain control of the means of production. This revolution will result in the creation of a socialist state, which the proletariat will use to institute socialist reforms and eventually communism. The reforms which Marx outlines as occurring in the socialist state have the common ... he sees as the inevitable product of capitalism. This is the hopeful element of Marx's philosophy. However, if communism is not seen as inevitable or the possibilities for reducing human conflict before a socialist revolution are considered, then Marx's view of human nature locks humanity into constant conflict. If the future is to be like Marx's version of history, then there is little hopefulness in this view ...
- 2792: John Cheevers Portrayals of Suburban Life
- ... stories there is a recurring theme as well as setting. His works deal with contemporary ironies of middle-class suburban people. Cheever is proclaimed to be at his best when portraying the alcoholic haze of American upper-middle class suburban life (Schouten 1) and by reading his work one can quickly conclude the same. Possibly it is Cheevers previous associations with New England businessmen, wives, children, and friends that spark the themes in his novels. Some say that his work is cryptoautobiographical (The American n.pag.) considering his bouts with publishing companies, homosexuality, alcoholism, and family. Others say that he is a short story writer that failed at trying a novel(Beacham 236). Some criticize his work for lacking a climax and plot making for an uneventful story line. Clearly one thing holds true. Cheever depicts life in American suburbs with humor and compassion in a way that no other can compare to. Cheever is a self-expressive author who voices his opinion through writing quite effectively. In his novels Cheever creates his ...
- 2793: Education In Public Schools
- Education In Public Schools When American's think of education, they almost automatically think of public education. Through the years it is slowly changing. Many parents' today are deciding to home school their children. Although most people think that a public ... to discipline and raise your children with the right morals. Because so much time is spend trying to clean up and keep our schools safe, we are more or less falling behind in our education. American's are farther behind in educational status than countries such as Japan, Taiwan, and China. The teachers spend too much time on the little things and forget the real reason why the children are there ... children wrong values. In public school textbooks, marriage is never mentioned as the foundation of the family, and yet these books are supposed to be the textbooks that introduce the child to an understanding of American society. The idea of home schooling started many years ago, but it really began to flourish in the 1970's. For many people this was the only option, because either public schools lacked or ...
- 2794: Childhood Enemies
- ... of all new marriages will end in divorce. Teenage suicide has increased almost 300 percent. Scholastic Aptitude Test scores among all students have dropped 73 points. The number one health problem for American women today is domestic violence. Four million women are beaten each year by their partners. One-fourth of all adolescents contract sexually transmitted disease before they graduate (U.S. Department of Justice, 1992) Since ... and often unfiltered access to a full spectrum of highly impactful visual images --including pornography and vivid scenes of bloodshed and violence. Supported by and saturated with advertising, technology glamorizes materialism. It has caused a revolution in expectations. Certainly it increases our ability to reach out to others, including family members, and establish connections to people around the globe. But it also diverts and keeps families from interacting in their own ...
- 2795: Child Psychology
- ... and often failed to describe adequately he behaviors being observed, making validation impossible (kroll 1995). Scientific research in child development flourished from the early 1900s. One major stimulus was the introduction (1916) by the American psychologist Lewis Terman of the test known today as the Stanford-Binet Intelligence Test. This test led to a number of studies about childrens intellectual development. In the 1920s scientists at more than ... at Antioch College, and the Harvard Growth Studies. All used the longitudinal method, in which the same children are observed and tested at over a specific time period (The Volume Library 1990: Volume 2). The American psychologist Arnold Gessell established a research institute at Yale University in the 1920s for the sole purpose of studying children. He developed the technique of analyzing childrens behavior from film, frame by frame ... environmental variables on development, particularly stressed the importance of parental behavior during infancy. To the present day, Freuds theory continues to influence child psychologists (Wieten 1998). Kroll (1995) helped me to learn of an American psychologist named John B. Watson who also stressed the role of the environment in shaping childrens development. His views were consistent with those of Behaviorism, an approach to psychology that had a great ...
- 2796: Walter Whitman
- ... the book, but Ralph Waldo Emerson saw its merit. In the 1856 edition Whitman printed Emerson's letter of praise, which called the book "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom yet contributed to American literature." Early in the American Civil War Whitman learned that his brother George was wounded and in a hospital in Washington, D.C. He found George nearly recovered but saw other soldiers badly in need of care. He stayed in ... Bye My Fancy'. His prose works include 'Democratic Vistas', 'Specimen Days and Collect', 'The Wound Dresser' (wartime letters to his mother), 'A Backward Glance O'er Travel'd Roads', and 'Diary in Canada'. (See also American Literature /ARTICLES/0000/00069120_A.html>.)
- 2797: Stanely Kubrick
- The American cinema is rich with powerful and insightful filmmakers whose bodies of work add to the legacy of American filmmaking. But a few filmmakers like Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch, two of the most enlightening and illuminating directors to ever grace the silver screen, not only add to but create entirely new possibilities for the American and global cinema. These auteurs are separated from other filmmakers because of their profound sense of creativity and individuality. There is no mistaking a film by Kubrick or Lynch because everything from the editing ...
- 2798: Does Violence In Movies Contribute To Violent Teens
- ... for the entertainment business but how can they be blamed for murders that they did not commit, they are only doing there job by putting on television what people want to see. According to the American Medical Association in 1992 "they concluded that half of all homicides in the United States would not have occurred if not for the influence of television," but how can they report something like that when ... in 1996, compared to 1,800 in cities (Vincent Schiraldi ). The overall influence of television on teenagers is hard to assess because of personal and industry bias. It is estimated that during their school years, American children witness approximately 180,000 TV murders and rapes in 15,000 hours of T.V a week or 22 hours a day of T.V (Walling). This battle will go on and on until ... teenager looks for in a movie(Manning 1). Even with all of the movies aimed at teens there are still movies out there, that will educate people about the hardships and horrors that the African-American youth and others who grew up in and the hard times they also went through(Manning 2). What I have learned from doing this paper has not changed my mind on "does violence in ...
- 2799: Yamamoto
- ... 1943 when he flew in a battle and was shot down. The truth is that the Americans decoded Japans naval code, found out the details of Yamamoto's flight, and F.D.R. himself ordered American pilots to ambush Yamamoto and the Japanese. Japan did not know that the U.S.A. decoded their signal. Yamamoto also had certain ideals, or standards of excellence. For example, he believed that the students ... lead in the war. The turning point of the war was the Battle of the Midway, when the U.S.A. cracked Japan's code. ON APRIL 18, 1943, YAMAMOTO'S PLANE WAS AMBUSHED BY AMERICAN FORCES, AND YAMAMOTO'S PLANE WAS SHOT DOWN, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. THE DECISION TO AMBUSH YAMAMOTO'S PLANE WAS MADE BY F.D.R. Yamamoto was a very loyal man, a patroit, if you will. He did his job even when he disagreed with it, he flew a plane even though it was not necessary, and he cared about everyone he knew. From the American point of view, he was an evil man who killed many, put to the Japanese, he was a patroit, and a hero.
- 2800: Peyton Place
- ... mentioned the words incest, rape, or sexual abuse, instead using phrases as "sordid details", "molested", and unhappy childhood." Selena is then caught and put on trial. Grace Metalious Peyton Place had a big impact on American society. The novel changed the way people viewed poverty, sexual abuse, and sex. Before, the performance of women during sex was more like a "grin and bear it" situation. It opened many new doors and gave a push for the sexual revolution and feminist movement. She introduced the issues of poverty, bigotry, the town drunk, and the town bully, underpaid teachers, and sexually repressed girls and boys. This book became so important in the way of life ...
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