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- 671: Catcher In The Rye
- ... think about it that's even worst than Old Ackley. At least Ackley knew that he had a problem, that he need to do something about his face; but Stradlater thought that he was a great guy. He actually thought that there was nothing wrong with never washing his razor. I think that what mad, Holden so made Stradlater was perpetrating in other word being "phony" every time he went out ... in the Rye that explains the Holden behavior all through the book. In short it said his activities "describes a developing nervous breakdown." And if you think of the symptoms you would a agree. Unexplained depression, show countless time in the story as "I felt depressed as hell." And the why that Salinger keep using the world depressed, not bad or mellow but depressed he may have been hinting at it ... eventual nervous collapse. This book has been a joy to read. Holden was very funny at times especially when he called Sally to ask her about "trim a tree" for Christmas. Salinger is ether a great writer or he just lucked up this good of a story. Sometimes I wonder if the author of books always think as deep as the reader. I mean do authors read a commentary over ...
- 672: The Twenties And Thirties
- ... in most ways they are very different. The twenties were a time of fun and partying. This is probably the reason it is called the Roaring Twenties. All of the thirties were known as The Great Depression. It was probably called that because of the stock market collapse and the millions of people without jobs. In the twenties, industry took a very big step. The automotive industry was the largest industry there ... events became less and less common. Horse races and movies were still very popular in spite all of the depressing times. Baseball and football became drastically popular and attracted large crowds. Babe Ruth was a great baseball star. In this, it appears that the depressing thirties and the Roaring Twenties are very different. Though they have some similarities it is still hard to compare the Great Depression and the Roaring ...
- 673: The Grapes of Wrath: Movie Review
- The Grapes of Wrath: Movie Review In the movie 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 it greatly effected more then just people like the Joads, but programs like the public works administration which employed people for government construction projects. Another program, the ...
- 674: Abraham Lincoln 2
- ... He was quick whited and liked to mimic often-imitating preachers and politicians he had heard. He was very kind had a since of fair play always helping others, loved of animals and had a great ambition to excel. His neighbors remembered him plowing, hoeing, grubbing, and making a fence held little attraction to him. Although he was a hard worker when he was plowing fields he would have a book ... of the Whig party. He now begins to study the law. 1836 Lincoln is reelected to the General Assembly and was by then a leader of the Whig party. He suffered a bout of severe depression leading historians to this date thinking he suffered from Manic Depression. He helped move the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield. In 1838 he is reelected to the General Assembly and becomes Whig Floor Leader. Lincoln finally feels he has enough schooling and takes the ...
- 675: Oedipus The King
- ... line 428), Oedipus still does not care and proceeds with his questioning. The tragic hero must learn a lesson from his errors in judgment and become an example to the audience of what happens when great men fall from their lofty social or political positions. According to Miller, a person who is great, who is admired everywhere, and needs this admiration to survive, has one of the extreme forms of narcissism, which is grandiosity. Grandiosity can be seen when a person admires himself, his qualities, such as beauty, cleverness, and talents, and his success and achievements greatly. If one of these happens to fail, then the catastrophe of a severe depression is near (Miller 34). Those actions happen when the Herdsman tells Oedipus who his mother is, and Oedipus replies "Oh, oh, then everything has come out true. Light, I shall not look on you ...
- 676: A Portrait of Duke Ellington By Tracy Frech
- ... His parents were James Edward and Daisy Kennedy Ellington. They raised Duke as an only child, until his sister, Ruth, was born when Duke was sixteen years old. Duke, even as a teenager, had a great talent for music. In the beginning of his musical life, Duke began to take a promising interest in a new type of music that would later be called jazz. Choosing to base his career on ... Hodges. As the band became more and more popular, saxophonist Hodges became the highest paid performer in the United States. The 1920's became known as "the Jazz Age" because jazz had hit its first great burst of popularity. At that time Duke then added a young drummer named Sonny Greer. A few years after Greer was hired, Duke's band hit a very rough spot. They were often stuck in ... developing drinking problems and started making some of the musicians lives miserable. What made things worse was the fact that Duke's mother, Daisy, died in May of 1935 that set Duke into a deep depression and he used to sit and stare into space while he talked to himself. Fortunately though, those long pep- talks with himself seem to snap Duke out of his depression. But despite everything the ...
- 677: Coping With Stress In An Organization
- ... added stress. Both role conflict and role ambiguity relate to job dissatisfaction, lower level of self-confidence, and sometimes elevated blood pressures.2 When these occur an individual's motivation decreases, family problems surface, and depression sets in. Another form of individual induced stress is work overload. There are two forms of work overload: quantitative and qualitative. Quantitative occurs when a person has too many things to accomplish and not enough ... of the things you might not see in your self that you might notice in your co-workers; drug use, excessive drinking, absenteeism, and emotional outbursts. One of the more serious stress-related sickness is depression. This happens when a person loses their self-esteem and they feel that they have no control over their job. Two signs associated with depression are the inability to meet deadlines and having trouble making decisions while at the same time worrying about both of them excessively.7 Managers need to be ableto recognize these signs of stress in ...
- 678: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... today, help us understand Van Gogh much better. In 1873, he joins the London branch of the art dealers he originally started out with. He spends most of his time in museums and learns a great deal of information. He likes living in London and soon falls in love with the daughter of the owner at the boarding house where he was living at the time. He gets rejected which puts him in a deep depression, which distracts him from his work. He is soon transferred to the Paris branch of the art dealer. There is not much for him Paris so within a year he returns to London. Even though ... food and clothing to the miners. Although his superiors like what he is doing, they believe that his behavior and religious belief is extreme. His position in the mining district is discontinued and he suffers great depression. In 1880 comes the turning point of Van Gogh’s Life. He once again becomes interested in art and takes up further education at the academy of Brussels. He spends time with another ...
- 679: Death And Bereavement
- ... my mother was depressed, Kubler-Ross' fourth stage. She knew that it was unlikely that she would be able to see her sister again before she died and my mother wavered back and forth between depression and Kubler-Ross' fifth stage: Acceptance. She knew that my Aunt was going to die soon, she didn't want her to suffer anymore and there was absolutely nothing else that she personally could do ... strength, has typically disguised, avoided denied and embellished death. Acknowledgment of death implies a sense of limits that flies in the face of American consciousness." (Hoefler & Kamoie, 1995: p. 172). Americans treat death as a great surprise when it overcomes a friend or family member, even if the departed was relatively old and ill, as if such a thing were not entirely natural. They go to great lengths to disguise their own aging and infirmity by utilizing the services of plastic surgeons and bottomless jars of anti wrinkle cream. In contrast to the avoidance of death in American culture, Mexican culture ...
- 680: Picasso
- ... committed suicide, which made Picasso very depressed. He showed his emotions through his work by painting mostly in shades of blue. This is known as his blue period, where all his subjects dealt with poverty, depression, and human struggle. (Westernbaker, 162) In 1905, Picasso met a woman named Gertrude Stein and he immediately wanted to use her in his portraits. It took him about 90 sittings and he still wasn't ... have been the only love of his life, Marie-Therese Walter. (Jaffe, 136) It was April 8, 1973 when Picasso took his final breath. He could no longer fight for his life. He left many great achievements with the world, which included 1,885 paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,880 ceramics; 18,095 engravings; 6,112 lithographs; and around 12,000 drawings. It is commonly thought that if a historian of ... Ambroise Vollard, wanted to exhibit Picasso's work 8. Exhibit turned out successful a. sold 15 works 9. Picasso returned to Spain F. Blue period 1. A good friend past away 2. Picasso goes to depression 3. Shows his emotions threw his work 4. Mainly paintings in blue color 5. Subjects dealt with poverty, depression and human struggle G. Pink period 1. Met Gertrude Stein 2. Drew 90 painting on ...
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