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- 311: Animal Farm and Russian Revolution Comparison: Highlights, Events, Characters, Themes
- Animal Farm and Russian Revolution Comparison: Highlights, Events, Characters, Themes The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is an anti-utopian story of animals taking over a farm in England. There are many parallels between the events and characters in Animal Farm and those of the Russian Revolution. As in the Russian Revolution the animals in Animal Farm strive to create a better life for themselves by taking over the farm. But in the end their lives are no different than before except they have different leaders. ...
- 312: Initiation Into American Cultu
- Initiation into American Culture: The Hollywood Smoke Screen As a foreigner looking inward through a glass window, the foundation of the American culture appears to be based on the idealism of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Each year thousands migrate into the United States in search of freedom, democracy and the distinguished American Dream. The perception of the American Dream is initiated by several secondary sources; one of significance being American films. The cultural initiation made by American films is a drawbridge between one's ethnic social ...
- 313: Affirmative Action
- ... dream in short was to have equality among human beings. For the past thirty years, this country has been revolutionizing humanitarianism because there is greater concern for human welfare than one hundred years ago. The revolution began during the 1960’s, and during that era this country was drastically involved in changing the civil rights of minority groups. From this concern, a program called affirmative action evolved. Like other civil right ... tea parties and business gatherings. My research began when I caught the last two minutes of a television program aired on TLC. During that last two minutes I heard a brief testimony of a white American man that was outraged because he had to hire a less qualified person because of the affirmative action policy. At that point I knew that I had to know about this affirmative action. That night ... stated that there was a debate of affirmative action: “Angry white men blame affirmative action for robbing them of promotions and other opportunities” (Foomkin). So this got me in a mind set that maybe white American men are discriminated against. My research led me to go to a to find the historical events of the implementation of affirmative action and what it was. Because I could not find that much ...
- 314: U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939
- ... decisions were made. Factors including the U.S. government's policy mechanisms, it's bureaucracy and public opinion, coupled with the narrow domestic political mindedness of President Roosevelt, lead us to ask; Why was the American government apathetic to the point of culpability, and isolationist to the point of irresponsibility, with respect to the systematic persecution and annihilation of the Jewish people of Europe during the period between 1938-1945? Throughout ... more than 30 nations and 39 private organizations to an international conference at Evian, to discuss the refugee problem. Myron C. Taylor, past chairman of U.S. Steel Corporation, was named the chairman of the American delegation. In the weeks before the conference, Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, in London, felt the growing concern in the British Foreign Office as to the American position on the conference and the refugee question in general. He cabled the U.S. State Department expressing his concern, and received an evasive reply from Secretary Hull. Hull explained that it was the ...
- 315: The Life and Times of Edgar ALlan Poe
- ... was only twelve to thirteen years old. His youthfulness could be noticed in the poems, especially since the words "youth" and "young" appeared frequently. The poems were heavily influenced by Byron whom inspired many young American poets at that time. In fact the heroine in "Tamerlane", Ada, was named after Byron's daughter and similarities with Byron's work can for example be seen in: "I reach'd my home -- my ... him to bring it to a literary critic in Philadelphia. Edgar then went to Philadelphia, not considering John Allan's advice to be careful with his money, and showed the poem to the editor of American Quarterly Review, Robert Walsh. Walsh told Edgar that the chances of getting a poem published in America was very small but he promised to notice "Al Aaraaf" if it appeared. As Edgar came back to ... in November after numerous requests and Edgar was very thankful but still asked for more. Al Aaraaf While in Baltimore Edgar continued his work with his poetry and he sent one of his poems to American Monthly which published parts of it as a laughable example of its "sickly rhymes". To Edgar's delight it was published again by the editor of The Yankee and Boston Literary Gazette, John Neal ( ...
- 316: Technology And The Future Of W
- ... robotics, electronic miniaturisation, digitisation and information technology with its social implications for human values and the future of work. It will argue that we have entered post modernity or post Fordism, a new age technological revolution, which profoundly effects social structure and values. Some issues that will be addressed are: elimination of work in the traditional sense, longevity, early retirement, the elimination of cash, the restructuring of education, industry and a ... adjustments if extreme social unrest, inequity, trauma and possible civil disruption is to be avoided. . Yonedji Masuda (1983) suggests we are moving from an industrial society to an information society and maintains that a social revolution is taking place. He suggests that we have two choices ‘Computopia’ or an ‘Automated State’, a controlled society. He believes that if we choose the former, the door to a society filled with boundless possibilities ... as exhibiting information values where individuals will develop their cognitive creative abilities and citizens and communities will participate voluntarily in shared goals and ideas. Barry Jones (1990) says we are passing through a post-service revolution into a post- service society - which could be a golden age of leisure and personal development based on the cooperative use of resources. Jeremy Rifkin (1995) uses the term ‘The Third Industrial Revolution’ which ...
- 317: French Revolution 4
- The causes of the French Revolution, being provoked by this collision of the powers of the rising bourgeoise and an sinking aristocracy defending its privileges, was the Financial debt of the government and the long-standing political differences in the government. Over the course of twenty-five years after the Seven Years' War, the government of France could not manage it's finances on a sound basis. This was worsened when France aided the American Revolution against Great Britain. The Government had reached great financial debt. The problem lied and continued because of the government's inability to tap the wealth of the French nation by taxation. There was a ...
- 318: History of Catholicism
- ... people by refusing to take a stand against time-honored traditions. Catholicism is one of the larger, older and more visible ones. Injustices are suffered within the church body itself. The plight of the African-American and Latino-American is one still being sung in dirge today. The dynamics of North-American Catholicism are still being played out even on a global stage. What does the Roman papacy mean for North American’s Latino and African descended followers? What challenges do they face? What is the ...
- 319: A True Revolution?
- A True Revolution? Although some people seem to speculate for some odd reason that there are some incentives in which to believe that the French Revolution is indeed not a true revolution, I intend to confirm that there is not one shred of evidence which supports this idea. A revolution is a complete overthrow of an established government or political system, and they usually occur because ...
- 320: Allegory Of American Pie By Do
- ... the death of Buddy Holly before the 60s even began. One such person is Don McLean. The poet behind the haunting epic song about the death of ‘danceable’ music, McLean wrote the ever popular song, "American Pie" (appendix 1). The most important song in rock’n’roll history, "American Pie", is the song about the demise of rock’n’roll after Buddy Holly’s death and the heathenism of rock that resulted. Although McLean himself won’t reveal any symbolism in his songs, "American Pie" is one of the most analyzed pieces of literature in modern society. Although not all of its secrets have been revealed, many "scholars" of the sixties will agree that the mystery of this ...
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