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- 411: Mark Twain 2
- ... exploded, Henry died from breathing in the scalding steam.Grief was overwhelming Twain and he seemed to be losing his mind. He returned to St. Louis where his mother tried to comfort him. Gradually his depression began to lift, and he returned to the river (Cox 44). Many writers of the time used pen names, especially authors of humor and satire. The first article signed with Mark Twain appeared in the ... night Twain stayed by her side caressing her hand. The next day he wrote, I am tired and old; I wish I were with Livy (qtd. in Kaplan 236).Twain went into a state of depression and it seemed nothing was going right. One of his daughters suffered a nervous breakdown and entered a sanitarium, and his other was nearly killed in a horse and trolley accident. As several years passed ...
- 412: Lincoln
- ... Lincoln set an example that all Presidents are still measure by for eloquence and brevity. During Lincoln s presidency, the Civil War broke out. For Lincoln the country was out of control. Falling into a depression that would plague him throughout his life. Lincoln underwent endless crises that would have shattered a weaker man. Lincoln was a president that lacked administrative experience, suffered from depression, and was thrust into the middle of the Civil War. Lincoln became a tough wartime President. He flexed his powers whenever necessity demanded. He became a warrior for the American dream . Putting aside he hate ...
- 413: Hitler And World War I
- ... and financial difficulty weakened the Weimar Republic after the World War I. Germans faced high unemployment and inflation, in the years to follow. Hitler and the Nazi party made their first substantial gains during the depression. Hitler's energy towards the problems of agriculture fell on ready ears. From 1924 to 1928, the "golden years" of the Weimar Republic, inflation was conquered and economic output grew. However, Germany was dependent on foreign loans, especially from America. The Wall Street Crash of October 1929 collapsed already-falling agricultural prices in the depression of 1929 to 1933. Hitler and the Nazis reconsidered their strategy. Instead of directing propaganda towards the urban working class, which they had been doing, they concentrated on rural areas and agricultural problems. This proved ...
- 414: Dorothea Lange
- ... taught Ron Partridge photography and people started calling him her assistant. Ron Partridge recalls that she was very determined not to stop her work. Dorothea Lange is best known for her work during the Great Depression. Other things she photographed were children, ships, the Depression, and many others. She also photographed Mormon communities. During her years in photography, she traveled to Asia, South America, Egypt, and India. She married Maynard Dixon in 1920. Her marriage lasted fifteen years and in ...
- 415: Life And Legend Of Howard Hugh
- ... talking picture they would have to make sense. He also demanded that the cast be completely overhauled out of fear that one individual might not sound good reading his lines. Production continued through the great depression, and in May of 1930 the film was completed. Hughes had shot 3,000,000 feet of film, of which only 1% was used in the final production, and spent almost 4 million dollars. The ... on to something more exciting. In the summer of 1932, Howard Hughes took a job with American Airlines under the name Charles Howard. His salary was $250 a week, an excellent wage during the great depression (unless youre already a millionaire.) Hughes masqueraded in this position for two months, carrying baggage, talking to passengers and working as a co-pilot for the commercial airline. In the late summer of 1932 ...
- 416: Pablo Picasso
- ... war also caused his separation from his friends. In 1917, a young writer, Jean Cocteau, persuaded Picasso to leave Paris and travel to Rome, after the sudden death of Marcelle Humbert. Following a phase of depression, Picasso designed sets for the ballet "Parade", in which Cubist "stage managers" were involved. In the opening-night, the audience hissed at the ballet performance but applauded Picasso's painted curtain. In 1918, Picasso married ... synthetic cubism from 1913 into the following decade." Blue Period: This style emphasized a variety of Grey-Blues. The figures were mostly long, thin and sad. This "Blue Period" was a time of sadness and depression for Picasso, and his sadness was expressed in many of his paintings. Rose Period: This style emphasized a variety of Pinkish colours, lighter and warmer. The figures were mostly of circus life, and actors. It ...
- 417: Mark Twain
- ... exploded, Henry died from breathing in the scalding steam.Grief was overwhelming Twain and he seemed to be losing his mind. He returned to St. Louis where his mother tried to comfort him. Gradually his depression began to lift, and he returned to the river (Cox 44). Many writers of the time used pen names, especially authors of humor and satire. The first article signed with Mark Twain appeared in the ... night Twain stayed by her side caressing her hand. The next day he wrote, I am tired and old; I wish I were with Livy (qtd. in Kaplan 236).Twain went into a state of depression and it seemed nothing was going right. One of his daughters suffered a nervous breakdown and entered a sanitarium, and his other was nearly killed in a horse and trolley accident. As several years passed ...
- 418: Ozzy Osbourne
- ... many ways because of the fact that his life was getting better and his drug abuse was slowing down His music started to take a different approach. It started to change from a lot of depression to things that were going on in the era he was in or things that have happened instead of things that were happening to him. Like the song Killer of Giants. If none of us ... so Ozzy did what he could do to help out even if it did mean he had to steal. He used drugs often because of the life he lived and also because of his deep depression and state of mind. But Ozzy would not be who he is today if he had lived a different life. If his family was rich I bet he would have never started a musical career ...
- 419: Themes Of Unity In The Grapes
- John Steinbeck s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, is a moving account of the social plight of Dustbowl farmers and is widely considered an American classic. The novel takes place during the depression of the 1930s in Oklahoma and all points west to California. Steinbeck uses the Joad family as a specific example of the general plight of the poor farmers. The Joads are forced off of their ... take what they need by force (324). As the Joads experience more poverty and hunger as the story progresses they begin to understand a common goal. One critic analyzes In the midst of a blighting depression the concern for the individual begins to give way for the concern of the people (Bowden 196). And most critics agree that the sense of communal unit grows steadily through [Steinbeck s] narrative (Lisca 97 ...
- 420: The Grapes Of Wrath 3
- ... this tragic experience was Grandma. For now, after all, she was left alone. She went into fits of crying and just lying down and not saying a word. She longed for her husband, and her depression soon effected her health. Yet, the family could not wait for her health to improve or even for mourning, so they continued on. They drove and drove, facing starvation and extreme lack of money, until ... was no arguing with his brother, Tom Joad accepted this parting from his brother and the Joads moved on, continuing the decline of their once tight-knit family. Still progressing further into California, Grandma's depression became worse and worse, not effecting her already poor health. Once crossing the guard station, the Joads were faced with yet another loss to their now rapidly declining family, Grandma's death. Their next stop ...
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