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- 1351: Materialism and The Great Gatsby
- ... like you can never have enough. The 1920's were also an era of blatant materialism and consumption and the pursuit for private wealth took priority over what was good for society in general. The Depression that followed the 1920s was an agonizing economic time for the American people but it had the positive effect of forcing people to reexamine their focus on material possessions and personal wealth to what ...
- 1352: The Bluest Eye: Summary
- ... already tiny ego. As all other things in Pecolas life, the facade of happiness is only temporary. Once again called ugly and black by her own race, Pecola further sinks into her well of depression. Aside from home and school, absolute strangers also torment Pecola. Almost every person that sees her comments on how ugly the child is. There is never any concern or pity for the poor girl, but ...
- 1353: William Mackenzie King
- ... leaders shifted Canadian industrial production to wartime footing. The remarkable industrial expansion involved special Financial arrangements with the US and economic planning on a continental scale. To Placate Canadians who feared the return of the Depression after the war and who looked To the government for greater social security, King introduced Unemployment Insurance In 1940, and his reconstruction program. The Liberals narrowly won the 1945 election. King did not play a ...
- 1354: The Great Gatsby: Life in the 1920s
- ... characters portrayed people who were carefree and loved to have a good time. Drinking was a big part of there culture even though it was prohibited by prohibition. The 1920s was before the great depression so no one was really worried about saving money, they were more focused on spending there money on having a good time. The mood of there generation seemed more relax and not as fast pasted ...
- 1355: The Hiding Place: An Analysis
- ... needed help and I was given it. Lately with all my medical problems Ive put my life in the hands of God. I have had so much work to make up and battling with depression. Every night I pray to God asking him to help me get through this. I havent found anyone who can do everything on their own. I used to think I could, but came to ...
- 1356: Prophecy in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451
- ... and the way they are being used in today's medical workforce. Suicide hotlines are more than accessible and educational institutions tend to keep the general population well informed of their options in times of depression. In Canada, at least, Medicare is accessible to mostly everyone, and today's medical system usually insures a very good follow-up on outpatients. Luckily, Mr. Bradbury was wrong about that prediction. People have been ...
- 1357: Schizophrenia
- ... effect controls available. Electro-convulsive therapy is the application of electrical currents to the brain. It is mainly used for patients suffering from extreme depressions who are suicidal and who seem unable to shake the depression under any circumstances. Unlike in the past, hospitals now have a happy environment. The family is involved with the treatment of the patient. The family themselves try to cope. They learn how things can change ...
- 1358: House Made of Dawn: Religious Names
- ... in Los Angeles and drinking to excess. While his friend Benally tries to convince him to get a job and to stop drinking so much, Abel pays no attention and delves deeper into his drunken depression (Momaday 161-162). This is very similar to St. Francis' behavior after his failure in the Crusades. By remaining drunk, both St. Francis and Abel manage to escape their problems temporarily. Finally, Abel experiences a ...
- 1359: Warren G. Harding
- ... got the President's signature on their bills. They eliminated wartime controls and slashed taxes, established a Federal budget system, restored the high protective tariff, and imposed tight limitations upon immigration. By 1923 the postwar depression seemed to be giving way to a new surge of prosperity, and newspapers hailed Harding as a wise statesman carrying out his campaign promise--"Less government in business and more business in government." Behind the ...
- 1360: Ludwig Van Beethoven
- ... tired style or going beyond it to new creations. At about the same time that Beethoven had exhausted the potentials of the high-Classic style, his increasing deafness landed him in a major cycle of depression, from which was to emerge his heroic period as exemplified in Symphony No. 3, op. 55 ("Eroica"). In Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament of October 1802, he reveals his malaise that was sending him to the ...
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