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- 1901: A Deeper Look into Sexuality of Steinbeck's "The Chrysanthemums" and its Literary Criticisms
- ... over this excellent story once more, I am again filled with the same emotion (if it can be called that) that I experienced when first reading it. Steinbeck planned for that. In a letter to George Albee in 1933, Steinbeck comments on this story and his interest in Albee's opinion of it. ...It is entirely different and is designed to strike without the reader's knowledge. I mean he reads ...
- 1902: Uncle Tom's Cabin: Influence of the Setting
- ... and respected even though what he was dong was totally wrong. Since he had power and money though, he was admired. The only three people that actually did take a stand, if you will, were George Shelby Jr., Augustine St. Clare, and his daughter, Evangeline. These three characters opposed slavery and tried to do something about it. (Unfortunately, though, the St. Clare's efforts were diminished because they both died). They ...
- 1903: Media Violence
- ... hours of television violence viewed, the more the tendency for aggressive behavior in teenage years becomes as does the likelihood of criminal acts and arrest in later years. Brandon Centerwell, professor at the University of Washington, depicted the doubling of the homicide rate after the introduction of television. Imitation, an austere reality which we are forced to accept, can be seen everywhere. The gory bloodbath at Luby's Cafeteria, which left ...
- 1904: Dave Matthews Band
- ... music that is not filled with hate or violence, but filled with heart and soul lyrics, and a non-violent tone. Works Cited Bresnark, Robin. "The Dave Matthew Band gives us a guided tour of Washington DC." Melody Maker Aug 8, 1998. Bresnark, Robin. "Unfinished Monk Business" Melody Maker Jun 27, 1998. Garcia, Jerry. "Jerry Garcia." Encyclopedia Encarta. 1998 Ed. Gulla, Bob. "Before These Crowded Streets." Audio Aug 1998. Pepper, Tracey ...
- 1905: The Catcher in the Rye: Holden; A Teenager With Definite Moral Values
- ... He hates phony people so much that he said, If anybody tried to do anything phony, they couldn't stay (205). When Holden is on his date with Sally and he begins to talk about George, he mentions I could see them all sitting around in some bar, with their goddam checkered vests, criticizing shows and books and women in those tired, snobby voices (128). These are the type of phonies ...
- 1906: Hawaii by James Michener
- ... battle - two of them died in combat. History tells us that after the bombing, the ROTC units were activated. Over 300 Japanese Americans, though, were discharged without explanation. 150 of them wrote a complaint to Washington, and on June 5, 1300 Japanese Americans went to the mainland for training. They were stationed at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin, where many fights broke out when people called them Japs. Two Japanese battalions joined ...
- 1907: Comparing 'Casablanca' to '1984'
- ... to '1984' How can a hero survive in a world gone mad? Both Casablanca, the classic 1940s film, and hailed as the greatest movie ever by some, and 1984, a piece of classic literature by George Orwell, also seen as being one of the most important novels of the 20th century, revolve around a world in chaos, where no one trusts anybody else, and a war wages on within and without ...
- 1908: Drunk Driving
- ... source) The war on drunk driving has reached a complacent plateau characterized by many indifferent government leaders, strained law enforcement efforts and a dangerous public perception that the fight against drunk driving has been won. ( Washington Post, Internet source) The truth is that the war is far from being won, it is just getting started. Lowering the BAC level to .08 is a good way to get America back in the ...
- 1909: Birth Order 2
- ... any other child in the family (Leman, Birth Order 75). Some famous middle and second children who have found their identity include Robert Allen (AT&T), Mat Dillion (actor), Andrew Grace (Intel), Tom Selleck (actor), George Burns (comedian), Richard Nixon (President) (Koselka and Shook 146). If a group of psychologists randomly picked out ten last born children, chances are that nine of them would have these characteristics: manipulative, charming, blames others ...
- 1910: Satire in Lilliput
- ... the middle of the road in pain. Like any good satire, "Gulliver's Travels" cannot be read purely as an analogy, as some scholars have tried to do. You cannot say that the Emperor "is" George I, or Filimap "is" Robert Walpole. The Emperor is the Emperor and Filimap is himself. But by making the political and religious situations of the eighteenth century seem even more ridiculous than they already were ...
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