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- 631: Technology and the Future of Work
- ... and describes views similar to Jenkin's as "… century old conventional economic wisdom" and " … a logic leading to unprecedented levels of technical unemployment, a precipitous decline in purchasing power, and the spectre of a worldwide depression." It is questioned whether Jenkins' solution of re-training will be able to replace all displaced workers. Educator Jonathon Kazol (1985) points out that education for all but a few domestic jobs starts at the ... the economy. Clearly unions saw the problems resulting from technological change to lie partly, in increased leisure time (Rifkin 1996). Unemployment is steadily rising, global unemployment has now reached its highest level since the great depression of the 1930s. More than 800 million people are now underemployed or are unemployed in the world, while the rich are becoming richer and the poor getting poorer. Unemployment rates among school leavers in South ...
- 632: Technology
- ... take us? Into a global system of social relation and peace--where people from all over the world can intertwine within a perfect Utopia? Or will it cause pain and suffering due to a worldwide depression? A scale that would be twenty-times the size of the Great Depression during the 1920's. Technology has so wondrously and destructively marveled the human mind and body throughout the centuries. From out of the dark depths of the mind have sprung explosive ideas, producing inventions that ...
- 633: Adam Bede
- ... of the author to show us that this is the type of life Lisbeth has led, one of sadness and tears. Later we gather that her husband Thias has a lot to do with her depression, as he is an alcoholic. In a way, we see that the couple has a certain similarity in that they both have habits that lean towards perpetual melancholiness. Perhaps we can read this as being ... longer preaching and dotes on Adam shamelessly. It seems, despite her personal strength and pious self-knowledge she has become the very clone of Lisbeth Bede. Undoubtedly, she will fall into the same habits of depression and subservience. Once again, we see the enabling cycle that plagued Thias and Lisbeth creating itself all over again, however at a very tame and early stage. Because of the biblical undertone of these events ...
- 634: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden Was A Twisted Individual
- ... in the winter? Another example of how Holden is twisted is how he constantly runs from reality and goes into flash about a person he hates and why he hates them. Holden is in constant depression and the reason for his depression is that he feels he can’t help in change things. Holden is set on a straight path. Holden gets depressed when he sees something in the world he can’t change. Most young adults ...
- 635: John Cheever’s Portrayals of Suburban Life
- ... Chronicles. His wife recovers the boat and turns it into a quaint little gift shop where tourists purchase memorabilia from St. Boltophs. The changing of the Topaz and his sons leaving town results in deep depression. Leander ambles to the beach one morning and “begins to swim a side stroke with his face half in the water, throwing his right arm up like the spar of a windmill-and he [is ... Christ Church”(Coale 99). The envy and jealousy of a man who changes ones community results in admission to a hospital for the insane. Lastly Farraguts bouts with change initially get him into trouble. His depression and stress compiled from Marcia’s affairs lead him to drugs. His drug addiction ends in a raging argument with his brother resulting in fratricide. The uplifting piece to this story though is the desire ...
- 636: Catcher In The Rye: Escape From The Truth
- ... only example of childish behavior explained. Holden often resorts to this reaction when there is nothing else he can do. Holden can only protect him self for a short while. He soon falls into great depression and has a mental breakdown which leaves him institutionalized. His lies, his criticism, and his childish behavior got him little peace. His truth is shown and his only escape failed. Holden Caulfield, a child needs to be cared for and when they fall they must be caught. Holden is still a child, suffering from sever depression he does not have the strength to deal with the world as an adult.
- 637: Drinking: A Love Story - A Review
- ... pain she felt in herself and the pain she saw herself causing others who loved her. As much as Caroline saw her relationships with her family and loved ones suffer, she blamed it on her depression, and she blamed her drinking on her depression. She said, “I’ll stop drinking when things get better, when I’m not so depressed.” It wasn’t until she realized that her father was also a high-functioning alcoholic and she had committed ...
- 638: To Kill A Mockingbird: A Hero Among Them
- ... all his might and power as an established attorney simply because he believes in Tom’s innocence, and does not permit public opinion to sway him. Being a single parent in the south during the depression, Atticus Finch proves to be a positive role model to his children in spite of doubts from townspeople and family members. The passing of his wife left Atticus the only parent in the household. He ... uproar. Disregarding the possible reactions of his family and friends, Atticus stays true to his beliefs and proves himself a hero once again. To Kill A Mockingbird depicts the people of the south during the depression as having a mindset of prejudice and ignorance. Atticus Finch, although from the small town of Maycomb, Alabama, shows that not all people were this way. He proves himself to be heroic in many forms ...
- 639: Holding the Dream
- ... this unexpectedly, Kate didn’t know why or how come she was being told this now so late in her life and why she was never told when she was younger. Kate went into a depression and shut everyone out in her life, she couldn’t believe that something like this was hidden behind her parents terrible death. She didn’t know why her father was such a cheat and a selfish man to kill himself and her mother, but yet have the guts to leave her orphaned. Her depression lasted a long time of month after month, she shut everyone out, she felt cheated out of a life she could have had. Her sister like sisters were always there for her and in time ...
- 640: The Glass Menagerie: A Study in Symbolism
- The Glass Menagerie: A Study in Symbolism In the drama, The Glass Menagerie (1945), Tennessee Williams reflects upon personal experiences he and his family encountered during the Depression of the 1930’s. As a lower class family, the characters are placed in the slums of St. Louis in 1935. The protagonist, Tom Wingfield, is the narrator and Williams’ surrogate. Living with his mother ... play, through well-written symbolism, offers its readers many emblems to study, including the unicorn, the picture of Mr. Wingfield, and Malvolio’s coffin trick. This drama teaches the reader about the struggles of the Depression and the effects it had on the people who lived through it. Like Tom, Williams suffered with his own suffocating lifestyle, until he finally escaped to become a playwright. When Williams left home, his sister ...
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