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- 381: Essay Analyzing The Biographic
- ... work on poems when business was slack in the warehouse. He called me Shakespeare (1168). Both Tom and Williams wanted to go away from their real life into their art. Tennessee Williams also had a great depression, like Tom. He managed his depression by writing poetry and plays that we just talked about. He left home to live in New Orleans when he was 28. Tom is a little bit younger than this when the play is ...
- 382: William DeKooning
- ... to Manhattan, painted signs and worked as a carpenter in New York City. Then in 1935, he landed a job with the Works Progress Administration, a government agency that put artists to work during the Great Depression. By the next decade, he had attained a place in the downtown art scene among his fellow artists. By the late 1940s, de Kooning along with Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman ... who had one foot in Europe and one in America. He combined classical European training in Holland with a love for popular American culture. The restlessness and energy of American life was a source of great inspiration and passion for him. Gary Garrells, the chief curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art said, " He had the wildness of Pollock but mixed with the impeccable craftsmanship of the European ...
- 383: Colorado
- ... resulted in an episode called the "Ludlow Massacre." Two women and eleven children were killed in the Ludlow Massacre when the National Guard set their tents ablaze in an effort to move them. During the depression of the late 1920s and 1930s, Colorados Great Plains became the Dust Bowl. Thousands of people abandoned their farms to stand in bread lines in Denver and other cities. Many people headed west, hoping to find a better life in California. The Second World War helped to lift Colorado and the nation from the depths of the Great Depression, as farmers and miners worked to support the war effort. The surge of military activity continued to shape life in Colorado even after the war came to an end. In fact, the uranium ...
- 384: Invaded By Immigrants
- ... rates. Nothing in this world happens by accident, the populations are moving because they expect an increase in quality of life in the new country. Country's all over the world view Canada as a great place to live, the United Nations bills Canada as the best place to live. When third world people look at their present situations, they think that they could instantly improve their surroundings by moving to ... be allowed to immigrate, and on what conditions. These are very serious questions and the answers to them will have a profound effect on life in Canada and indeed all over the world. Until the great depression at the beginning of the century Canada had encouraged immigration from Europe, especially Britain. During the Great Depression Immigration was brought to a halt, the reason being that foreign workers coming to Canada looking ...
- 385: Grapes Of Wrath
- The people and the Depression In the book The grapes of Wrath, the Joads undergo the hit of the depression, they have to leave their farm. They go to California for jobs, but find there are few jobs, and it Pays little, or at least less then what they were told. The government tried to ... many other places, or the towns folk could have just created a lynch mob, and eventually the people living in the development would leave. I believe that the economic situation of the country has a great effect on the fall, or succession of people like the Joads, but I don't believe government programs will effect them at all. For example, the great depression was a major economical event, and ...
- 386: Menopause
- ... or more and can happened one or as many as dozen times a day. Some women after menopause also note weakening of their bone structure or osteoporosis, which may leave them vulnerable to fracture. A great many other physical and psychological changes have been attributed to menopause. These include fat in the thighs, loss of muscle tone and high blood pressure. Mental health problems, including depression, and fatigue have been said to be caused by menopause. To evaluate the validity of these claims, Sonja McKinlay studied 800 women aged 45 to 55. Her findings showed that the stereotype of the complaining ... are some women that have most of these symptoms but because they have been suggested by friends or even doctors, their human behavior is often cause of biological system disfunction. These women may experience more depression than most women usually go through and in turn seek the help of their physician to make their depression less by taking medication that they may not need. But behavior alone does not make ...
- 387: Andrew Jackson 2
- ... that he was going to use to open a general-merchandise store. When Allison s notes were defaulted, Jackson was held accountable for the merchandise he had bought. As a result, he was put into great debt that took him years to pay off. Then again, with the panic of 1819 his resentment towards the "Eastern Money Power" and national bank grew. During this time, an ensuing depression fell hard upon the people of the west and south, including Jackson who had regained his financial footing. The depression was the result of rapid expansion, speculation, and wildcat banking. In the west men had placed all their resources into reckless buying of land. The banks that had overextended themselves were forced to press ...
- 388: Escape Towards Death
- ... her small, midwestern town knew and felt. Hagar's life was completely devoted to Milkman, her cousin and lover. "He is my home in this world." (pg. 137) Her happiness, Milkman, would ultimately be her depression as "Ecclesiasties" finally turned her success into failure, though Hagar exaggerated the loss and apparently was not aware of the Biblical promise that her life would eventually regain confidence and prosperity. After Milkman no longer ... result of a never-ending love. Death was the only resolution to her burdens, because her love for Milkman would have never ended, and she would have simply continued her cycle of stalking, attempting murder, depression, and weak hope had she not died. Pilate, Hagar's grandmother, was the second main character to die; though considered one of the toughest and emotionally strong characters, Pilate was still secretly burdened with her ... but also a new beginning to the future, happy with her father's spirit. Milkman, the most emotionally changeable character, was the final descendant of Solomon to die, with a death most linked to his great-grandfather. Milkman was never truly satisfied with his life until his end. Beat by his father before his birth and ph ysically attractive to his overly nursing mother, Milkman began his life knowing a ...
- 389: "Restore the Emperor Expel the Barbarians": The Causes of the Showa Restoration
- ... purchasing power of the nations that imported Japanese silk such as America; and the worldwide rise in tariffs, combined to stagnate the Japanese economy.Footnote21 In urban Japan, there were also serious economic problems. A great gap in productivity and profitability had appeared between the new industries that had emerged with the industrialization of Japan and the older traditional industries. The Japanese leadership was not attuned to such obstacles and thus ... to the west by making an unfavorable agreement about the size of the Japanese Navy (the Washington Conference and the Five Powers Treaty) and by reducing the size of the military in 1924. With the depression that struck Japan in 1929; the military increased their attack on the government politicians for the failure of the Meiji Restoration. Throughout the 1920's, they demanded change. As the Japanese economy worsened their advocacy ... restore the grandeur of Japan. Leading right-wing politicians joined the military clamor, calling for a restoration not just of the Emperor but of Japan as a global power.Footnote29 1929 marked the world wide Great Depression. International trade was at a standstill and countries resorted to nationalistic economic policies. 1929 became a Japanese turning point. The Japanese realized that they had governmental control over only a small area compared ...
- 390: Willem De Kooning
- ... to Manhattan, painted signs and worked as a carpenter in New York City. Then in 1935, he landed a job with the Works Progress Administration, a government agency that put artists to work during the Great Depression. By the next decade, he had attained a place in the downtown art scene among his fellow artists. By the late 1940s, de Kooning along with Arshile Gorky, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman ... who had one foot in Europe and one in America. He combined classical European training in Holland with a love for popular American culture. The restlessness and energy of American life was a source of great inspiration and passion for him. Gary Garrells, the chief curator at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art said, " He had the wildness of Pollock but mixed with the impeccable craftsmanship of the European ...
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