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- 2891: Analysis of "The Age of Anxiety" by W.H. Auden
- ... The Seven Stages" rather than the journey itself In Auden's lengthy poem, "The Age of Anxiety", he follows the actions and thoughts of four characters who happen to meet in a bar during a war. Their interactions with one another lead them on an imaginary quest in their minds in which they attempt, without success, to discover themselves. The themes and ideas that Auden's "The Age of Anxiety" conveys ... in York, England, in 1907, the third and youngest son of Constance and George Auden (Magill 72). His poetry in the 1930's reflected the world of his era, a world of depression, Fascism, and war. His works adopt a prose of a "clinical diagrostician [sic] anatomizing society" and interpret social and spiritual acts as failures of communication (Magill 74). They also put forth a diagnosis of the industrial English society among economic and moral decay in the 1930's (Magill 72). Conflicts common in his works are those between war and peace, corruption of modern society, and the "dichotomy between the rich and the poor" (Barrows 317). "The Age of Anxiety" is, in general, a quest poem. Unlike the ideal quest, however, this quest ...
- 2892: The Seminoles
- ... ancestors of the Seminoles. The ancestors of the Seminoles fought with words, weapons, and with their own blood to protect their world as they knew and understood it. In the end of the American Revolutionary War and the creation of the United States in 1784, white settlers moved south into the Spanish and English colonies. It became obvious that a war between white immigrants and Native Americans of the land would take place soon. The U.S. began a policy of taking or buying land from the Native tribes. By 1813, some of the tribes rose up against white settlers and against other tribes that supported white settlement. The Second Seminole War (1835-1842) was the longest and the last of the USs Wars of Indian Removal fought. It was fought at the east of the Mississippi River. It was the first guerilla style war ...
- 2893: The Connection Between Ernest
- ... but not hiding. Also, something that Hemingway used nature to deal with extensively was the ever-present nothing. The nothing is a derivative of the movement known as existentialism that developed after the first world war. Many began to think, after witnessing the scope and horror of World War I, that life truly had no purpse to it. Nature was, for Hemingway and for Nick ("In a Big Two Hearted River") a Clean, Well-Lighted Place (The title of another of Hemingway's lesser ... argued, were nothing. Honor is incapable of feeding your children. Loyalty will not keep your wife warm while she waits in bed for you, fearing for your life every night that you are fighting the war. Hemingway put little stock in such things. Have you ever seen a ball of valor, or a bit of altruism? No. His point was that if you stacked those things on a scale with ...
- 2894: Anne Frank Remembered: Review
- ... helped the Frank family survive during their two years in hiding. Her book is a primary source or first hand account of the persecution of Jewish people in Nazi occupied Holland during the second world war. It is also the first hand account of the hiding of Jews such as the Frank family, the Van Daan family, and Dr. Albert Dussel during this time. In regard to the book's autobiographical ... their belongings. During her quick surveyance of the scene of the raid, she found the diary of Mr. Frank's youngest daughter, Anne. She took it back to her desk and saved it until the war was over. In early 1945, the war ended and the remaining Jewish prisoners were released. The only survivor of the families Miep had helped to hide was Otto Frank. She had kept his business running and he returned to live with ...
- 2895: 1984- A Valid Prediction
- ... the citizens in this government run society. The novel gives a sad vision of the world of the future. When Orwell wrote 1984 in 1948, a strange coincidence, Europe was in the middle of World War II. "The war was unquestionably an important part of his [Orwell's] writing" (Williams 8). Orwell used his novel to speak out against socialism and classism. In a society ruled by a character named Big Brother, the citizens ... intruding on their personal lives. Much as Orwell predicted, the idea of a private life is almost non-existent. In 1984, actions, plans, or immoral thoughts about the government were severely punished. During the Cold War, Americans hunted for "Pinko's," or Communist sympathizers, and brought down harsh penalties on them. Even more similar to 1984, are the Salem witch hunts in which the accused were punished if found guilty, ...
- 2896: Who Didn't Kill JFK?
- ... We want winners. We don't want losers here." Joe Kennedy eventually decided that his oldest son Joe would run for the presidency. Though Joe was unfortunately killed in a dangerous bombing mission during World War II. (Netzley pg10-13) After Joe's loss of his oldest son, he told John, that he should enter the life of politics. John Kennedy said My father wanted his oldest son in politics. Wanted ... Nikita Khrushnev shipped intermediate range nuclear missiles to Castro. Kennedy responded by sending 63 ships to make a blockade. (Netzley pg 18) Their was a nuclear stand off, the world was on the brink of war, but Kennedy made a deal promising never to invade Cuba again if Khrushchev removed all of the nuclear missiles. An agreement was reached and Kennedy was praised by the media for handling the crisis well ... various Mafia connections. Johnson received payoffs from the Mafia as well, in return, he would not support anti-crime legistration. (Marrs pg292) The Mafia would have preferred Johnson to be president because of Kennedy's war against the Mob. Johnson stood for everything JFK despised. It was rumored that he was most likely going to be replaced during JKF's next campaign for the presidency. (Marrs pg295) Johnson, may have ...
- 2897: The Regulators Of North Caroli
- ... an official for much less than its true value (1). People among the Granville District were anxious to revolt and needed only a leader to provide the spark that led to the fire of the War of Regulation. A man named Hermon Husband became actively involved and was referred to as a leader several times, despite the fact that he was often nothing more than an agitator. Husband reprinted patriotic flyers ... who named themselves after a group of country reformists in South Carolina (3)" shortly after Tryon's announcement to build the palace, had no sympathy with the governor's desire for a fancy residence. The War of Regulation was not limited to Orange County. Outbreaks of violence during the collection of taxes in Anson County and several riots throughout the Granville District were sure signs of what was to come. A ... from the area from which my sources came. I noticed that the efforts of the Regulators is very similar to that of the colonists efforts to gain independence, only on a much smaller scale. The War of Regulation should be regarded as one of the primary thrusts of North Carolina's role in the Revolutionary War. Because of the research I have done I am encouraged to find out more ...
- 2898: Capital Punishment
- ... Even though D-Day was considered a massacre, the invasion aided the USs ultimate victory. D-Day happened on June 6, 1944. It was one of the darkest days in the history of World War II, not only for the U.S., but also the Allies. D-Day was the invasion of Hitler controlled Europe, and the beginning of the fall of an empire. It consisted of airborne attacks and ... S. and the Allies would push through at Omaha into Hitlers Europe. With the beaches cleared and the men on land the U.S. and the Allies finally had a foothold to win the war and bring Hitler from power. Getting inland was a great victory for the U.S. and the Allies, and the beginning of Hitlers road to defeat. After many more months of fighting the U ... S. and Allies hadnt pushed through, this process would have been extremely delayed, who knows it may have never happened. D-Day is probably the most well known day in the history of World War II and still burns in the minds of the men who fought on that day. It is a day that should always be remembered. Think about what might have happened if the soldiers hadn ...
- 2899: 1984: Summary
- ... league. The public continued having sex as it was the will of the Party that people must reproduce. The degradation of sex also kept the married and unmarried alike brimming with energy for hate week, war marches and other fascist public activities which the people had to attend. A specific example of the degradation of sex in Winston's life was the account he made in his journal of his wife ... was doing was immoral. His troubling conscience drove him to record his feelings in his illegal journal as part of his personal rebellion. The ultimate deception that the Party perpetrated on the people was the war the Party staged against it's own citizens using a created villain named Goldstein.( It's interesting that this Jewish name was given to a villain in this novel written in 1947 by a Party modelled after Hitler's fascist Germany ). To keep it's economy going Oceania had to be in a constant state of war thus the Party's creation of Goldstein. This character broadcasted "criminal" thoughts for two minutes each day and enraged the citizens to the point that they gladly went to war. The Partys goal was ...
- 2900: Kovic's "Born On The Fourth Of July"
- ... describes to you the other wounded soldiers around him, and while you feel for him, by taking a look around the room through his eyes you get a fuller picture of just how terrible this war was. He then skip[s around through his childhood, his birthday on the fourth of July, playing with his friends. You can see just how good his life was. It was perfect, what most kids ... way the marine recruiters had come to his school a few years before to tell them how wonderful life in the marines could be. He become one of the most active speakers in the anti-war demonstrations. He was even at Nixon's acceptance speech in 1972 to yell at him from the center aisle to stop the war several times and being interviewed during a life broadcast, before he was pulled out of the tent backwards by security with republicans booing and hissing al around him. Towards the end of the book ...
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