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- 2921: J.D.Salinger
- ... institution, and that what is needed, what is missed, is a larger, closer family. It was after graduating from Valley Forge that Salinger wrote some of his first works. Salinger was deeply emotionalize by World war two. This had a great deal to do with his first writings. "Many of Salingers early stories do not deal directly with the war... but a war atmosphere permeates them - and it is not one of patriotism nor is it representative of the kind thought found in so much writing to come out of the war. His early stories generally portray ...
- 2922: Black Power
- Black Power What did the phrase "black power" mean to African Americans who participated in the civil rights struggle? Booker T. Washington felt that black power meant financial power. During the movement that would soon be a landmark in our country's history, the black community lacked black owned businesses, black teachers ... blacks were without these things it was impossible for them as a group to attain financial power. The "Black Power" movement grew out of frustration with the slow progress and non-violence of the early civil rights demonstrations. During the early sixties peaceful protests took place consistently through out America. Usually little was done to protect protesters, and police brutality was becoming all too common towards these non-violent demonstrators. During ... unable, or unwilling to enforce order, the citizens can, and must, act in self-defense against lawless violence. I believe this right holds for black Americans as well as whites." The general mood of the civil rights movement drifted more toward aggressive action if change was desired quickly. Williams also explained that, " when an oppressed people show a willingness to defend themselves, the enemy, who is a moral weakling and ...
- 2923: Herbert George Wells
- ... credibility to a rising new genre of science-fiction, or Scientific Romance as it was first called in the late 19th century (the genre was not called science-fiction until 1929, (Wells, H. G. The War of the Worlds: viii)). Herbert George Wells was born on September 21, 1866, in a "shabby home," as Wells himself once called it, in Bromley, Kent, England to Joseph Wells and Sarah Neal Wells (Borrello ... number of romantic myhtical stories that are still popular today (all of which have been made into popular movies, some more than once. These include: The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Invisible Man, and The War of the Worlds.) In writing his novels and stories, Wells had many influences. Two of them are his schooling and teaching as a biologist and the state of mind of Victorian society during his time ... felt beliefs. He believed "that progress cannot be brought about by an individual, but that society needed to be completely restructured" into one World State (Borrello, Alfred: Back Flap). These feelings were fueled by World War I and the chaos which followed. And that is why he wanted to portray such perfected societies in his novels. Although Wells's interests were now focused on utopian worlds, there was still projections ...
- 2924: Summary of 1984
- ... wiped out of existence. The world had been divided into three large countries: Eurasia, Eastasia, and Oceania. Oceania was the country in which Winston lived, and the Party controlled. The three countries were constantly at war with one another. Oceania may be allies with Eastasia and at war with Eurasia one month, and the exact opposite the next. But whoever Oceania was at war with at the moment, they insisted they had always been at war with. There were no documents to prove otherwise, and people were constantly brainwashed by the ever present telescreens. The Party was never ...
- 2925: George Bernard Shaw's "Heartbreak House" - A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes
- ... the history of British socialism. His work with and for the Fabian Society continued until the end of his life, during which period he wrote a number of important socialist articles, such as the anti-war pamphlet Common sense about the war' in 1914 and the Woman's guide to Socialism and Capitalism' in 1928. Between 1885 and 1898 he wrote many critical reviews on literature, art and music for a number of important magazines. During this ... film adaptation My Fair Lady', starring Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn-, and Heartbreak House'. George Bernard Shaw died in 1950. The Play Shaw wrote 'Heartbreak House' in 1913, on the eve of the First World War, but had to postpone the production of the play until after the war, in 1921. He gave the play the subtitle A Fantasia in the Russian Manner on English Themes', thus inviting comparison with ...
- 2926: For Another Man's Freedom
- For Another Man's Freedom "All men are created equal", but the men this is pertaining to are not the men losing blood in this battle at Gettysburg. The men losing their lives in this war are men fighting for what they believe in, for the benefit of their suggested equals. Stepping forward, and then looking back; these memories, and the impact these memories have, are not and will never be ... at the time, but peaceful talks were always considered. As society knows, peace talks are not always the best way to get through to a person opposing your views. While discussion in hopes of no war exist, war is already being planned within the rights of an individual's mind. In the Killer Angels supplement, the beautiful depiction of the war grounds is harshly interrupted by the grim commencement of the fighting. ...
- 2927: Abraham Lincoln 2
- ... its way to defend Washington, which had been attacked by a Baltimore mob leaving thirteen people dead. In May of 1861 Tennessee, North Carolina, and Arkansas joined the Confederacy. The first important battle of the war takes place near Manassas along a sluggish creek called Bull Run, 20 miles southwest of Washington. The battle killed 847 people and more than 2,500 were wounded. Lincoln felt for the slaves and tried to do alot to help them out by signing a law giving freedom to slaves who are being used by Confederates to help in the war effort. On February 20, 1862 the Lincoln s eleven-year-old son, Willie died of bilious fever. He died in the Prince of Wales Room in the White House. The first White House funeral for ... the Gettysburg Address. On the morning of April 14, 1865 Lincoln woke up in the best mood he had been in for four months. The President was happy his son was home and that the war was finally over. He usually had his hair flying in every direction possible but that morning it was neatly combed. Lincoln usually has a solitary egg but instead he and his family had a ...
- 2928: Snow Falling On Cedars: Hatsue and Ishmael's Incompatibility
- ... it on her own. Deep down, she just wanted to be really good friends, even if she did not realize it at the time. The turning point in their lives was not caused by the war, but this eventuality was brought about sooner because of it. When Ishmael told Hatsue that he would be going off to war, he was really asking her if she would wait for him. That day when they held each other it was not the same. They both realized that they were victims of circumstances out of their control. However, Ishmael believed they could overcome them. In fact, it was not the war that was the obstacle. It was the fact that Hatsue was not sure of her feelings. At that point Hatsue finally realized she did not love Ishmael, while Ishmael was as sure as ever ...
- 2929: Adolf Hitler 2
- ... torn clothes which people gave to him out of pity. In 1913 Hitler moved from Vienna to Munich. Hitler's experience in Munich was as uncertain and miserable as it was in Vienna. When the war broke out in 1914 he volunteered for a Bavarian regiment, He was a good solider and for the first time he found some recognition and felt himself to be part of community. Over the years ... was due in part to his admired military leaders. In the eyes of Hitler the collapse of Germany was due to those dark forces that he had scene in Vienna - Marxists and Jews. After the war in 1918 Hitler returned to Munich and was employed by the army as a propaganda speaker to keep the military spirit alive in the disheartened and defeated German nation. In the course of new found ... personal bodyguard force, the Strumabteilung, also known as the SA or Storm troopers. In November 1923, a time of economic chaos, he lead an uprising, also known as a putsch, in Munich against the post war Weimar Republic, proclaiming himself chancellor of a new authoritarian regime. But do to the lack of military support the putsch collapsed. As the leader of the scheme, Hitler was sentenced to five years in ...
- 2930: Mozambique
- ... well as the problems with the northern indigenes helping the Portuguese. FRELIMO got most of its support from African sources and also indulged in the generosity of the United States. The second phase of the war revolved around the famous Cahora Bassa project. This project involves the completion of a giant hydroelectric plant on the Zambesi river in the Tete District. It is also an asset that the Portuguese wanted to ... the dam so to divert attention and focus from it and at the same time they began to realize how important this project could be to their future independence. In the final stages of the war, FRELIMO was persevering and continuing to grow stronger in the Tete. The interconnection of Southern Rhodesia and especially Malawi by the rail systems resulted in an ally that would give FRELIMO the support it needed to finish the war. The connection of Malawi to Mozambique by the rail system freed Malawi from dependence on Portuguese transportation and now they could turn their support to FRELIMO. They provided an extra transportation route as well ...
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