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- 281: Life On The Farm
- ... was actually a decent master to his animals. At this time the farm was thriving. But in recent years the farm had fallen on harder times and the opportunity was seen to revolt. The worldwide depression began in the United States when the stock market crashed in October of 1929. The depression spread throughout the world because American exports were so dependent on Europe. The United States was also a major contributor to the world market economy. Germany along with the rest of Europe was especially hit hard. The parallels between crop failure of the farm and the depression in the 1930s are clear. Only the leaders and the die-hard followers ate their fill during this time period. Mr. Jones symbolizes (in addition to the evils of capitalism) Czar Nicholas II, the ...
- 282: No loser, No weeper by Maya Angelou
- ... loser, No weeper by Maya Angelou In Maya Angelou's, "No loser, No Weeper," one of he r many poems, she describes the emotional state she endured growing up in the 1920's during the Depression, by using tone, diction, repetition, rhyme, and figurative language. Because of the suffering that she has endured as an African American Woman during the 1920's, Angelou's life made her far more than a ... Maya Angelo we must first understand her background. Maya Angelo grew up with her grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas, along with her brother. Angelo has experienced a lot of negative things in her life. The Great Depression, her parents' death, racism, being sexually abused at an early age, becoming a single mother in her middle teenage years and bad marriages. This period in Maya's life constitutes much of the pain that ... hardships in her life. It made her mind stronger to deal with tougher situations. It only shows that even though she went through so much in her life; for instance, this poem shows signs of depression, but at the ended of the poem she shows signs of getting stronger by expressing her feelings to the other woman and in nonchalant way that she wants her man and that no one ...
- 283: American Foreign Policy In Wwi
- ... two major concerns for doing this were his obligation to protect American democracy, and to increase economic expansion, which had ceased to exist in the decade prior to WWII as a result of the Great Depression. Although all four major foreign policy objectives played a role in the U.S. entrance into WWII, I will explore these two policies in depth using speeches of FDR s that provide his rationale for ... by the foreign policy objective of economic expansion. Preservation of peaceful commerce, which came as a result of both wars, was a key factor in ensuring the U.S. economic growth out of the Great Depression. Without entrance into WWII, it is not certain when the U.S. would have pulled out of the depression. When President Truman confronted Congress in March of 1947, he asserted that, The foreign policy and national security of this country are involved. One aspect of the present situation, which I wish to present ...
- 284: Grapes Of Wrath - Censorship
- ... of the Joad family and other migrants is told throughout this novel. In order to gain a perspective into the lives of "Oakies", Steinbeck uses themes and language of the troubling times of the Great Depression. Some of these aspects are critiqued because of their vulgarity and adult nature. In some places, The Grapes of Wrath has been edited or banned. These challenges undermine Steinbeck's attempts to add reality to ... ideas were very common. In fact, Upton Sinclair, a socialist writer, was nearly elected governor of California. Living conditions, the opposition between the Californians and the "Oakies", and the inability to break out of the depression all added to beliefs of the times. Steinbeck was not advocating socialism, he was just reflecting the times. Without these individual beliefs of the "reds" and other people that showed either socialistic or anti-establishment messages, the reader would get a dry, unfulfilled perspective of the lives of people during the Great Depression. Censorship does have its place in society. There are many things that are too risqué, degrading, and should not be shown. Pornography, extreme sexual content, and extreme gratuitous violence does not have its place ...
- 285: Langston Hughes
- ... easy to see why most of his poems of this period (1921-1930) would be festive and cheerful. Unfortunately, the party didn¹t last into the next decade and the country fell into a deep depression. The period between 1931 and 1940 was a dark period for Hughes, and for African-Americans in general. On top of the financial difficulties the depression brought, widespread racism re-surfaced in the North. The celebration in Harlem was replaced by angry whites who were anxious to put blame on someone for their troubles. ³White Man² is a direct attack on ... note. Before his death in May of 1967, he wrote his final poem ³Flotsam². The title suggests that Hughes considers himself forgotten wreckage, and all his writing is wasted and forgotten. Its tone reeks of depression and self-pity, ³On the shoals of Nowhere, / Wasted my song / Yet taken by the sea wind / And blown along.² Unfortunately, Hughes died feeling as though his writing did not help his race, and ...
- 286: The United States' Rise To A World Power After 1930
- ... Industry Recovery Act. The Agricultural Adjustment Act compensated farmers for not producing at the top of their ability. This was to help raise both wages and prices of commodity and farm products. In 1934 the depression had been somewhat halted, but the nation had a long way to go to full recovery. A year later Roosevelt enforced the second New Deal including the right for workers to join any union to ... was a growing discontent with how the country was being run. This resulted in both fascist and communistic waves as alternatives to parliamentary democracy, which had not been able to solve the problems of the depression. It did not help that Britain's international importance declined in the thirties. The isolationist values remained in America during the thirties and neutrality laws were instated. Americans wanted to keep out of the war ... lend-lease" program. The president gained power to help any state that was essential for America's survival. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the isolationists were overruled and the war effort ended the economic depression. The government started pumping money in the private industry. From now on, it was hard to find workers to fill the jobs as opposed to the other way around. Even women were allowed (even ...
- 287: Legality Of Abortion
- ... advantages of abortion outweigh the disadvantages? Ft. John L. Grady, medical examiner for the Florida State Attorney's office, says, "I believe it can be stated with certainty that abortion causes more deep-seated guilt, depression, and mental illness then it ever cures" (38 Novak). Grady is drawing upon his years of experience as a medical examiner and concludes that when a woman aborts a fetus, she is causing more pain ... greater risk of becoming sterile than women who bear their child (157 Steinbock). Women realize these consequences, but they still believe that an abortion's advantages outweigh its disadvantages. These women may face years of depression, guilt, and physical damage, but they still freely choose to abort their pregnancy. Should abortion be legal? According to the Supreme Court's ruling in 1973 on the Roe v. Wade case, abortion must be ... physical effects of abortion are not very detrimental, the mental effects of abortion in women can be devastating. According to The Eagle and Cross, a pro-life organization which supports freedom, women often suffer extreme depression due to the guilt of having an abortion (4 The Eagle and Cross). Having a child may effect the rest of a woman's life, but aborting a child may also have an effect ...
- 288: Issues Of Addiction
- ... the mother. In sensitive and nurturing relationships, the attachment is secure. When contacts are insensitive or inconsistent, however, attachments are insecure. A father's alcohol use also contributes to characteristics of the mother, such as depression and satisfaction with marriage. Mothers with heavy drinking partners reported more depression and less marital satisfaction than those with light drinking partners. These maternal factors play a large role in the relationship between infant and mother, increasing the likelihood of an insecure attachment. The child can sense ... it's issues, even though they really have no control over any of it. They carry negative feelings, which makes it difficult for them to love. These negative feelings often turn over to anger or depression. COAs often find it difficult drawing the line between right and wrong. With no assertive role models, they learn by trial and error, which can sometimes be extremely dangerous. They often don't believe ...
- 289: Oedipus - Fate
- ... can be seen when a person admires himself, his qualities, such as beauty, cleverness, and talents, and his success and achievements greatly. If one of these happens to fail, then the catastrophe of a severe depression is near (Miller 34). Those actions happen when the Herdsman tells Oedipus who his mother is, and Oedipus replies "Oh, oh, then everything has come out true. Light, I shall not look on you Again ... When the boy is born, Laius is overcome with terror when he remembers the oracle. Oedipus is abandoned by his birth parents and is denied their love, which is what results in what Miller calls "Depression as Denial of the Self". Depression results from a denial of one's own emotional reactions, and we cannot really love if we deny our truth, the truth about our parents and caregivers as, well as about ourselves (Miller 43). ...
- 290: Oedipus Rex - Tragic Hero
- ... can be seen when a person admires himself, his qualities, such as beauty, cleverness, and talents, and his success and achievements greatly. If one of these happens to fail, then the catastrophe of a severe depression is near (Miller 34). Those actions happen when the Herdsman tells Oedipus who his mother is, and Oedipus replies "Oh, oh, then everything has come out true. Light, I shall not look on you Again ... When the boy is born, Laius is overcome with terror when he remembers the oracle. Oedipus is abandoned by his birth parents and is denied their love, which is what results in what Miller calls "Depression as Denial of the Self". Depression results from a denial of one's own emotional reactions, and we cannot really love if we deny our truth, the truth about our parents and caregivers as, well as about ourselves (Miller 43). ...
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