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- 901: Langston Hughes
- ... Harlem Renaissance of the twenties and thirties Hughes became the movements best known poet. He published two poetry collections, The Weary Blues (1926) and Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927).2 Mainly because of the depression Hughes became a socialist in the 1930s. He never joined the Communist party, but he wrote many radical poems and essays in magazines like New Masses and International Literature and spent a year in the ... Chicago Defender, where he created a comic but keen black urban Every man, Jesse B. Semple.3 In 1947, as lyricist with Kurt Weill and Elmer Rice on the Broadway opera Street Scene, Hughes received great success. Hughes bought a house in Harlem, where he spent the rest of his life. Hughes still feared for the future of urban blacks. His point of view became immense and included another book of ... volume of autobiography, I Wonder As I Wander (1956). He also continued his work in the theater, pioneering in the gospel musical play. Blues began in the south and slowly made its way into the great cities of the North. As the great migration began people took what they knew in south to the north. This included music. Langston Hughes living in Harlem was caught up in the new rhythm ...
- 902: Hostile Takeover Of The New Wo
- ... should not be proud of. After every broken treaty, the Americans blamed the Indians for existing, despite the want of the Indians to simply live on their lands peacefully. The "Trail of Tears" was a great tragedy and many thought it would be the last now that all of the Indians were out of the eastern United States. But the U.S. government became land hungry and due to their idealism ... the Indians. The Cheyenne were eventually overcome and many were slaughtered. The battle can be best summed up by this account from Little Wolf of the Northern Cheyenne: "We have been south and suffered a great deal down there. Many have died of diseases which we have no name for. Our hearts looked and longed for this country where we were born. There are only a few of us left, and ... one-half of the band and surrendered near Fort Robinson…They gave up their guns, and then the whites killed them all." (Brown, 331) Before the battles, the Cheyenne numbered in the 10,000s. The Great Cheyenne in their effort to evade reservation, numbered in the 100s in total in January, 1879. (Brown, 350) Rumors came to the Sioux that people were being starved on reservations. Those that did not ...
- 903: Tracking the Economy Report
- ... very difficult to understand. It is so difficult because we cannot predict what will happen in the next century, the next decade, or even what will happen tomorrow. Our economy hasn’t been through a depression, since the Great Depression in the 1930’s. We have been anticipating another depression for quite a while, the last few decades, in fact. But our economy has been lucky enough to stay away from such a horrible ...
- 904: Vincent Van Gogh
- ... Vincent admired the many members of the avant-garde, he also admired Eugene Delacroix and the painters of the Barbizion and Hague schools (Burra). While in Paris he painted many self-portraits and cityscapes. One great painting such as self-portrait with a Strew Hat (1887) hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in New York City. During these years Vincent style shifted from the darker manner characteristic of his Nuenen ... famous paintings came from the following year here. He painted more than 200 canvases in 15 months. During this time he sold no pictures, was in poverty, and suffered recurrent nervous crisis with hallucinations and depression. He became enthusiastic for the idea of founding artists co-operative at Arles and towards the end of the year he was joined by Gauguin. But as a result of a quarrel between them van ... early abstraction was enormous, and it can be seen in many other aspects of 20th century art. His stormy and dramatic life and his unswerving devotion to his ideals have made him one of the great cultural heroes of modern times, providing the most auspicious material for the 20th century vogue in romanticized psychological biography. Who knows of how many other great paintings he could have completed in the following ...
- 905: The History of Walmart
- ... to small-town America. Sam's Roots From humble, hard-working roots, Sam Walton built Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. into the largest, fastest-growing, and most profitable retailer in the world. A child of the Depression, Sam always worked hard. He would milk the cows, and by the age of eight, he started selling magazine subscriptions. When he turned 12, Sam took on a paper route that he continued well into ... large assortment of quality merchandise; low prices; satisfaction guaranteed; friendly service; convenient hours; free parking; a pleasant shopping experience. His motto was, always exceed the customers expectations. In the 1950's and 1960's the great migration from the inner cities and from the rural areas to the suburbs had begun. The big retail giants stayed put, around the large populated suburban and urban areas. Small town and rural America either ... from Ben Franklin for $2.50 a dozen and selling them at three pair for $1. Well, at Harry's price of $2, we could put them out at four for $1 and make a great promotion for our store. "Here's the simple lesson we learned ... say I bought an item for 80 cents. I found that by pricing it at $1.00, I could sell three times more ...
- 906: MacBeth
- ... he brings about his own demise. His criminal actions lead up to his tragic ending of life. ‘ They have tied me to a stake; I cannot fly, But bearlike I must fight the course.’ His great ambition and gullibility of the witches predictions are two of the biggest factors of his downfall;however, Lady Macbeth was probably the biggest influence in the whole tragedy. Early in the tragedy, Macbeth is portrayed as a great leader and hero of many. He was a wonderful soldier who not only for for his country but for his King. During the course of the play though, Macbeth was greatly influenced by the supernatural ... turn to. ‘ Life’s but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more.’ However Macbeth was not the only influence in this great tragedy. Lady Macbeth played a large role as Macbeth’s seductress and brainwasher. Lady Macbeth persuaded her husband to kill the King not so that he would himself be King but so that she ...
- 907: The Japanese Economy
- ... byword for economic prowess instead became a symbol of faded glory (Krugman, 1998)” The preceding paragraph could describe Japan’s economic slide of the 1990s or it could just as easily portray the decline of Great Britain’s economy seven decades ago. Many economists point to Great Britain’s economic lengthy recession of the 1920s as beginning (if not triggering) the worldwide Great Depression of the 1930s. In our present day, the continued economic slide of Japan, the world’s second largest economy, is the single biggest threat posed to the global economy. Another similarity exists between ...
- 908: The Yellow Wallpaper: Exemplifies Women's Position In the 19th Century
- ... like our room one bit. I wanted to move downstairs that opened on the piazza and had roses all over the window¡Kbut john would not hear of it"(Gilman, 631). Being diagnosed with temporary depression, the narrator is forbidden to read, write or even think. Having been denied the medium to express herself and her individuality, she is left with a non-communicated inner world with an imaginary woman within ... nervous breakdown, the narrator is taken to a secluded house in order to recover. However, this does not elicit the intended response from that which was originally thought. The narrator further dwindles into her pyschological depression. Through this we can assume that setting plays a symbolic role in the story. The narrators impression of the garden directly allows us to conclude that she envoke in intellectual thought: "There is a delicious ... bedroom by her husband. This once thought therapeutic treatment by her husband, is having an opposite effect on the narrator. Her confinement feeds her boredom, which in turn causes the narrator to fall deeper into depression. The longer she stares at the wallpaper the more she sees, and the worse she gets: "...they connect diagonally, and the sprawling outlines run off in great slanting waves of optic horror, like a ...
- 909: Hostile Takeover of the New World
- ... should not be proud of. After every broken treaty, the Americans blamed the Indians for existing, despite the want of the Indians to simply live on their lands peacefully. The "Trail of Tears" was a great tragedy and many thought it would be the last now that all of the Indians were out of the eastern United States. But the U.S. government became land hungry and due to their idealism ... the Indians. The Cheyenne were eventually overcome and many were slaughtered. The battle can be best summed up by this account from Little Wolf of the Northern Cheyenne: "We have been south and suffered a great deal down there. Many have died of diseases which we have no name for. Our hearts looked and longed for this country where we were born. There are only a few of us left, and ... one-half of the band and surrendered near Fort Robinson…They gave up their guns, and then the whites killed them all." (Brown, 331) Before the battles, the Cheyenne numbered in the 10,000s. The Great Cheyenne in their effort to evade reservation, numbered in the 100s in total in January, 1879. (Brown, 350) Rumors came to the Sioux that people were being starved on reservations. Those that did not ...
- 910: The Yellow Wallpaper: Going Crazy
- ... as submissive to men and often-characterized women as oppressed by society, as well as by the male influences in their lives. The “Yellow Wallpaper” presents the tragic story or a woman’s descend into depression and madness. Gilman once wrote “Women’s subordination will only end when women lead the struggle for their own autonomy, thereby freeing man as well as themselves, because man suffers from the distortions that come ... her. The narrator of the story goes with her doctor/husband to stay in a colonial mansion for the summer. The house is supposed to be a place where she can recover from severe postpartum depression. She loves her baby, but knows she is not able to take care of him. “It is fortunate Mary is so good with the baby. Such a dear baby! And yet I cannot be with ... tendencies of the narrator’s husband, John. The narrator tells us: “ John is a physician, and perhaps – (I would not say it to a living soul, of course, but this is dead paper and a great relief to my mind)- perhaps that is one reason I do not get well faster”(Gilman 292). It is painfully obvious that she feels trapped and unable to express her fears to her husband. “ ...
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