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- 2151: Stephen Leasock's "Arcadian Adventures With the Idle Rich": Satire
- ... without offending people. Leacock's technique combines money with humour, and accompanies his moral message with ironic characters; their exaggerated actions, and a constant comical tone to prevent readers from being offended. Leacock's utopian world is filled with humorous labels that represent the "Plutonian's" personalities. "Ourselves Monthly"; a magazine for the modern self-centered, is a Plutonian favourite. To fill their idle days, the Plutonian women are in an ... his name represents) perceptions are proven false. Mr. Fyshe makes hypocratic statments about ruling class tyranny, while barking down the neck of a poor waiter for serving cold asparagus. Leacock exposes the whole Plutonian buisness world to be fools by the their encounter with Mr. Tomlinson. A man who knows live-stock; not stock market, is percieved as a finacial genius. When Mr. Tomlinson replies that he does know about an ... money an individual has. The media builds up Mr. Tomlinson to be a financial genius, because of his great amount of money and his mysterious look. His "look" is a confused man caught in a world of which he has no understanding, but the money makes him the "Great dominating character of the newest and highest finance." (Leacock 36). Mr. Tomlinson's wife is described by the media as setting ...
- 2152: The Natural
- ... the events occurring around him affected his decisions and, eventually, his career. Symbolism in The Natural takes the form of characters, such as women who strongly influenced Roy; historical events, such as the infamous 1919 World Series scandal; and even Greek and Roman mythology. All forms of symbolism used by Malamud are woven into the life and career of Roy Hobbs. As a first example, women have a tremendous influence on ... to all today. ¡§Pop¡¦s blunder¡¨ mirrors Chuck Hostetler¡¦s fall in the ¡¦45 series that cost his team a game (47). Wile playing for the Detroit Tigers in 1945, Hostetler cost his team a World Series victory when he slipped, tripped, and fell rounding third base on his attempt to score. Pop¡¦s blunder¡¨ is exactly what happened to Hostetler. When Pop Fisher was a player, he made the same ... costing his team the pennant, while Hostetler¡¦s fall did not affect the Tiger¡¦s championship hopes. Roy¡¦s agreement with Judge Banner to throw the final game symbolizes the infamous scandal in the 1919 World Series involving Shoeless Joe Jackson and the Chicago Black Sox. In what is possibly the most famous of all sports scandals, multiple players from the Black Sox took part in ¡§throwing¡¨ or ¡§fixing¡¨ the ...
- 2153: Comparing "The Adventures of Huck Finn" and "The Catcher in the Rye"
- ... a slave, Jim, make their way along the Mississippi River during the Nineteenth Century. The Catcher In The Rye is a novel about a young man called Holden Caulfield, who travels from Pencey Prep to New York City struggling with his own neurotic problems. These two novels can be compared using the Cosmogonic Cycle with both literal and symbolic interpretations. The Cosmogonic Cycle is a name for a universal and archetypal ... artists, and helping a runaway slave. He promulgates more experienced from his journey down the river on his raft. In The Catcher In The Rye, Holden's Road of Trials takes from Pencey Prep to New York City. Holden deals with his own mental hallucinations, cognative disotience, and his desire to stay innocence, his Peter Pan complex. The author does not end the novel with a happy ending, from analyzing Holden ... of the Cosmogonic Cycle, the flight or flee and the return, can be combined into one instance. After the character completes his obstacles and Supreme Test, he is allowed to return to reality, the real world. Huck and Holden are both social misfits and want to escape civilization. Huck chooses to leave and "light out for the new territory." On the other hand, Holden has nowhere to "light out" to, ...
- 2154: "Paul's Case": Willa Cathers
- ... 1900's, economically disadvantaged people were not subject to such a beautiful atmosphere unlike that of the bourgeoisie. Cathers tells a story of a young boy who desperately wants to be a part of this world and then realizes that "this was what all the world was fighting for, he reflected, this was what all the struggle was about", once he had lived in the glorious haven of New York City. Cathers repeatedly acknowledges that during this time period Pittsburgh was a dreadful place to live in, covered in soot, dirt, and ash from many steel plants. Paul had dreamed of living in ...
- 2155: The Beatles
- The Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular rock 'n roll groups in the world. The Beatles include George Harrison, John Lennon(1940-1980), Paul McCartney, and Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was considered the leader of the ... of 1963 the Beatles performed in front of the Queen of England. This was an incredible honor. By the end of 1963 the Beatles were the biggest music group in England. The Beatles came to New York City for the first time in 1964. They were an instant success. A couple of weeks later after their New York appearance, the five best selling records were by the Beatles. They became world famous by the end of 1964. Also in 1964 the song "I Want To Hold Your Hand" marked the beginning ...
- 2156: Hollywood Vs. The World
- Despite the fact that Hollywood films are popular all over the world, many believe that foreign films are better. Critics’ dislike of Hollywood films’ is due to the straight-line plots of the films in which nothing is left unclear, unsettling or unexplained and every shot is ... as well as Hollywood, can begin to appreciate a more intellectual type of film such as the films popular in Europe and Asia. We need to learn to be willing to open our minds to new possibilities and new ideas. Once we are willing to think for ourselves occasionally, Hollywood can stand out as the film capitol it supposedly is.
- 2157: Multiculturalism In Music
- ... out response” and “blending work of both joys and sorrows in the South” were taken black American heritage (R&RG, 23). These styles of music were set to anglo-style songs and thus produced a new style of music. This new style of music set the stage for some of the most influential musicians of youth in this time. One of the most influential musician of this time was Chuck Berry. Berry was one of the first rhythm and blues performers to have an interracial audience, and a heavy influence in the future careers of the Rolling Stones, Beatles, and Beach Boys. This new and exiting form of musical expression was taken in by the youth. It gave them a feeling of freedom and joy that had been lacking from previous music styles. Although rock became an instant ...
- 2158: Matthew Arnolds Dover Beach An
- ... this complex, paradoxical age that was a second English Renaissance. In science and technology, the Victorians invented the modern idea of invention -- the notion that one can create solutions to problems, that man can create new means of bettering himself and his environment. In religion, the Victorians experienced a great age of doubt, the first that called into question institutional Christianity on such a large scale. In literature and the other arts, the Victorians attempted to combine Romantic emphases upon self, emotion, and imagination with Neoclassical ones upon the public role of art and a corollary responsibility of the artist. New types of poetry were surfacing, scholars at Oxford and Cambridge began writing in lyrics, narratives, verse, dramas, epics, and prose. In 1857 Matthew Arnold was offered a position, which he accepted and held until 1867 ... religious doubts, a source of great anxiety for him, in several essays Arnold sought to establish the essential truth of Christianity. His most influential essays, however, were those on literary topics. Arnold called for a new epic poetry: a poetry that would address the moral needs of his readers, "to animate and ennoble them." Arnold's arguments, for a renewed religious faith and an adoption of classical aesthetics and morals, ...
- 2159: Underwater Photography
- ... Emil Gagnan in 1943, we have been able to stay underwater safely and comfortably for extended periods of time. This amazing technological breakthrough allows us to discover, explore, and photograph the wonders of the underwater world. It was one of the first challenges underwater pioneers, such as Cousteau, faced was capturing the beauty and mystique of this foreign world on film in order to share it with those unable to see it for themselves. This challenge has been answered over the past fifty years, in both still and motion pictures. Today, television and cable audiences can frequently find a documentary or special about an aspect of the underwater world. What makes the underwater world so intriguing and appealing to photographers? First, it truly is another world - a world of motion and tranquillity. Like outer space, it offers photographers a sense of adventure, the ...
- 2160: Beatles Again
- The Beatles to this day are one of the most famous and popular rock 'n roll groups in the world. The Beatles include George Harrison, John Lennon(1940-1980), Paul McCartney, and Richard Starkey(Ringo Starr). All of the Beatles where born and raised in Liverpool, England. John Lennon was considered the leader of the ... of 1963 the Beatles performed in front of the Queen of England. This was an incredible honor. By the end of 1963 the Beatles were the biggest music group in England. The Beatles came to New York City for the first time in 1964. They were an instant success. A couple of weeks later after their New York appearance, the five best selling records were by the Beatles. They became world famous by the end of 1964. Also in 1964 the song "I Want To Hold Your Hand" marked the beginning ...
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