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- 2001: Cultural Anthro - Karl Marx
- ... role in shaping institutions. Lifestyles and institutions that provided the vital cultural identity of the American middle class in the early origins were contingent on a set of unique historical conditions. These conditions initially involved great economic inequalities, with the concentration of wealth in the hands of a small minority and a substantial proportion of the population living at or below subsistence wages. This was followed by rapidly increasing affluence and ... increasingly flexible as middle class lifestyle and the cultural codes of the middle class became widely shared while sufficient numbers of people were close enough to immigrant origins to celebrate diversity. Many factors after the Great Depression made the celebration of diversity possible. First, New Deal provisions improved the income of workers and expanded jobs. Second, economic growth helped to reduce the differences between the average salaries paid to white-collar ...
- 2002: Art: The Ultimate Expression
- ... profile of the legs, frontal view of the torso, and profile of the head. Like most civilizations, Egyptians put a lot of faith in gods. The sky god Horus, a bird, is found in a great amount of Egyptian art. Little recognition was ever given to the artists. The emphasis was on the patron. Early Greek art was greatly influenced by the Egyptians. Geography permitted both cultures to exchange their talents ... s Red Light, we saw a man walking alone in front of n old truck. The man was not colored at all. He seemed to be sauntering across a street at night. A feeling of depression or sadness surrounds the man. The human is not important but the emotion is. Most of the modern art uses the human body to portray a feeling or emotion. Rarely will you find any new ... Through the ages each culture had its own interpretation of what the human body means. I have briefly explained a few of the broadest views of the human body. In order to explain one in great detail would take volumes. I thoroughly enjoyed Mona's tour of the museum and I hope to see her there again.
- 2003: Hamlet 5
- ... is a tragic drama which revolves around the themes of betrayal, vengeance and procrastination. Although these concepts are shown throughout the play, they are especially shown in Act V, Scene I. This scene is of great importance because it revolves around the three basic ideas of the play. It exemplifies how these three particular ideas lead to the downfall of almost all of the major characters. The scene opens with two ... actions, against each other, and other characters in the play exemplify betayal as being one of the major downfalls of the characters in the play. Revenge is another theme, depicted in this scene that plays great importance to the entire play. Hamlet s obsession with seeking revenge on Claudius was also partially responsible for Ophelia s death. He thought he was killing Claudius when he accidentally slaughtered Polonius. This caused Ophelia to fall into an intense depression and basically loose her mind, which in turn led to her death. This theme is also shown at the climatic ending of the scene during the discussion between the King and Laertes about destroying ...
- 2004: Herman Hesses Demian
- ... Although the story is untrue, Kromer threatens Sinclair with exposure if Sinclair does not pay him off. Unable to pay the full amount, Sinclair is forced to become Kromer s slave, ultimately sending Sinclair into depression and paranoia. Sinclair feels trapped by Kromer, forced to live within the forbidden realm , which in turn exiles him from the world of light because he has defiled himself by lying and committing sinful acts ... himself, with a personality all his own which made him noticeable even though he did his best not to be noticed; his manner and bearing was that of a prince disguised among farm boys, taking great pains to appear one of them. The first encounter between Sinclair and Demian occurs one day after school as the two boys are walking home. Sinclair had learned the biblical story of Cain and Abel ... hawk emerging or fighting it s way out of a globe or a giant egg. He then mails the painting to Demian, not knowing if it will ever reach him. A while later, to his great surprise, Sinclair finds a note in his book one day during class. The note reads: The bird fights his way out of the egg. The egg is the world. Who would be born must ...
- 2005: Feminists and Fairy Tales
- Many feminists spend a great deal of time arguing that fairy tales influence women's lives. They argue that the fairy tales have a negative influence. If fairy tales, like Cinderella, only portray negative influences, should they be banned from ... protagonist has, he will just sit there and wallow. Feeling sorry for ones self and wallowing in their sadness can sometimes be more devastating than one thinks. It can put a person into a deep depression. The fairy tales could also have a positive affect on a person. If the person reading the fairy tale is one who takes constructive criticism well, than the fairy tales could have a positive influence ... is thoughtful it is still not acceptable. Steeling is steeling and all types are against the law. Is this the kind of message that we want to send to our children? Many feminists spend a great amount of time arguing that fairy tales influence women's gender identity, but as one can see fairy tales play a huge part in men's gender identity as well. These influences are sometimes ...
- 2006: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... The people buy them because they are desperate for transportation to California. The people will buy a car, cut off the back and make it into a truck, then pile people on all in their great despair. Chapter 8 In the morning Tom and Jim walk to Uncle Johns house, where everyone is staying. They walk up on the yard quietly, and as they grow closer they see the men working ... go with them to California. They sold everything they owned and bought a car and turned it into a truck. They were going to a better place, to pick fruit in California. Chapter 9 The depression wore on, and the tenant farmers sold everything they had for half the value. It was all they could get for their things. They sat there in despair, with unknowing eyes. They piled in the ... warned him that there would be a riot at the dance Saturday night and cops would be waiting to come in. The Joad family is finally happy and being treated well. Chapter 23 During the depression the people were hungry for entertainment. Sometimes it was as simple as funny talk but other times that did not suffice. The best form of entertainment was music. First the harmonica was the simplest ...
- 2007: Article Of Confederation
- Government under the Articles of confederation could not deal effectively with many issues that arose during the 1780 s. Despite it s many weaknesses, the new government accomplished a great deal. The western lands became the prize and treasure of the new government. Since the Articles of Confederation could only request financial support form the states instead of demanding taxes, these western lands replaced taxes ... money there was in circulation, the less a dollar was worth. Finally, there was just a financial collapse and a paper money was considered worthless. For five long years the colonies experienced the worst business depression. This inefficiency to deal with the regulation of currency not only caused one of the worst depressions the colonists had ever seen but also set the groundwork for a major rebellion called Shay s Rebellion ... in Shay s Rebellion considered cheap paper money as bad as taxation without representation. As you can see government under the Articles of Confederation lacked the ability to effectively regulate currency because it caused a depression and a rebellion. The U.S constitution attempted to solve the currency problem by making one standard currency for the entire country. This made it much easier to facilitate money between the different states. ...
- 2008: Internation Monetary Fund
- Origins The need for an organization like the IMF became evident during the Great Depression that ravaged the world economy in the 1930s. Most of us are familiar with that era through dramatic photographs of farms eroding away in duststorms and of lines of jobless men waiting to enter soup kitchens. The Depression was devastating to all forms of economic life. Banks failed by the thousands, leaving bewildered depositors penniless, agricultural prices fell below the cost of production, land values plummeted, abandoned farms reverted to wilderness, factories ...
- 2009: Betty Friedan
- ... in ordinary things. She was also her father's favorite and he treated her like a son. Unfortunately, her and her mother clashed. They were both controlling. Miriam dominated Betty, and Betty resented it a great deal. In her early years, Betty tried to measure herself to her mother and would always fall short. It took her a few years to realize that the perfect image of motherhood, along with beauty ... and strength, was only a faηade, and something she never wanted to be. From there, she told herself that she would be more than a wife and mother. Betty was eight years old when the depression hit. The Goldstein's were never poor, but all the little luxuries had to be done away with. Harry and Miriam would often argue in the middle of the night over expenses. Battlefields at the ... Even during WWII, while American intervention was the popular idea, Betty was against it, and took a lot of heat for it. Every obstacle Betty faced in her life, only paved the way for her great accomplishments to come. 4.) Betty Friedan made a monumental change in women politics. She, not only, founded the National Organization for Women (NOW), but also helped organize the National Women's Political Caucus (NWPC) ...
- 2010: Inept And Unsuccessful. How
- ... suggestion. Yet Bismarck was a pragmatist, and just as he had changed policies prior to 1870, so he continued to change his line of attack in the post-1870 period. Following the impact of the 'Great Depression' in Europe, the political basis upon which Bismarck had founded his power was undermined, and so Bismarck was forced to return to more protectionist policies. Added to the fact that in the Balkans there had ... apart, Bismarck was successful for keeping Germany together as much as he did. There were no problems with individual states breaking away from the Reich and as a nation, and Germany became one of the great European powers - not solely because of its domestic stability. However hard the new united Germany was to run in the first decades since its formal unification, Bismarck was Chancellor and was ultimately responsible. He ...
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