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- 731: Grapes Of Wrath - Theme Of Journey
- ... man can commit against another is that of inhibiting the process of adaptation or of causing another to revert to a former state in self-defense (French 324). The 'never say die' efforts of Uncle John to stop the rising flood water is one example of Steinbeck's unremitting struggle theme (Steinbeck 567). The constant effort of the entire Joad family to find work, although poor, oppressed, and hungry, shows that ... status of a classic, for humanity will always be on a journey. This makes The Grapes of Wrath not only a classic work of literature, but a timeless one as well. Works Cited French, Warren. "John Steinbeck" Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 1, Gale Research Co.: Book Tower: Detroit 1973. Lechteihn, Yuri. "The Awakening of Tom Joad." 2 pp. Online. Internet. 30 April, 1999. Available http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~stephan/Steinbeck/grapes.html. Steinbeck, John. The Grapes of Wrath. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc, 1993. Timmerman, John. John Steinbeck’s Fiction. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1986. Wilson, Edmund. "The Noonday Press." Contemporary Literary Criticism. Vol. 13, Gale ...
- 732: Northanger Abbey: Reader's Response to Heroine
- ... if I could think of one man more than another, he is not the person." The qualification preceding her rejection, coupled with the nature of the rejection, speaking positively of another rather than negatively of John Thorpe, give us a clear sign that Catherine is chiefly concerned with Isabella's welfare and reaction. This is confirmed in Catherine's next sentence; "I cannot suppose your brother cares so very much about me; and, you know, we shall still be sisters." The selflessness of this attitude, especially given the odiousness of John Thorpe, and the intentions of Isabella which will render Catherine's final affirmation untrue, make this response extremely endearing. Catherine is too good for her present company. It is perhaps as a result of this concern for other people that Catherine at times lacks the courage of her own convictions. When meeting John Thorpe for the first time, for example, she frequently finds herself disagreeing with him, but does not have the courage to voice her opinion. Instead, she changes the subject, often only to be contradicted ...
- 733: The Press and Media Cause Rampant Swaying of the Election Votes Through Their Opinions and Reports
- ... related to him. These concepts did not start recently, or even in our century. The press and media's views affected the early presidencies too. Let's start with the first president elected by vote, John Adams. John Adams took the office of president in the year 1797. He was a close admirer of Washington and was sometimes said to be Washington's shadow (Presidency of John Adams, Ralph Adams Brown 1975). He and the Federalists believed that nothing the Anti-federalists and their supporting press could say would be enough to shake their control. Yet it was Adams who, in ...
- 734: Grapes Of Wrath
- ... trip. Al Joad was in charge of driving and maintaining the truck, all the responsibility was on him. He knew that if anything happened to the truck that he would have to take the blame. John on the other hand took on a different approach. Years before his wife had died from an appendicidice, and he took the blame for not getting her to a doctor in time. When the guilt ... if they are asked a question they pretend not to hear or not to know. They do hear of a government camp near Weedpatch, but they decide to stay the night. By this time Uncle John is starting to feel guilt and he confesses to holding back $5 to go out and have fun with. In change father takes the $5 and gives him $2 and lets him go and get ... the deputy comes to Casy confesses to the crime knowing he would be out of the weather and well fed. After the deputy takes him away Tom comes out of hiding and finds that Uncle John took off on a drinking binge and that Connie left Rose of Sharon. Connie is no where to be found but, John is found by a creek drunk. To convince John to come along ...
- 735: Harriet Tubman
- ... Slavery by running to Philadelphia in 1849, after hearing that she would be sold, since the owners of her plantation had died. Harriet at the time, had a husband who was a free man named John Tubman. They were married in 1844 and she was allowed to sleep in his cabin at night. Harriet had mentioned the idea of escaping and John told Harriet that he had no interest in leaving his home in the south. He even threatened Harriet that if she did try and run away, he would tell her master. After Harriet escaped he ... arrived in Dorchester County, Maryland on Christmas Eve, 1854. In the thick woods she assembled with a group of slaves which included two of her brothers, Benjamin and Robert, two slaves from a nearby plantation, John Chase and Peter Jackson, and a woman slave, Jane Kane. Her brother Henry was nowhere to be found. Harriet's rule was that time was freedom, and she waited for no one, this caused ...
- 736: JFK
- By: kim John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States (1961-1963). He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917,the second oldest in a family of nine children, the son of financier Joseph P. Kennedy, who served as ambassador to Great Britain during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940. In 1941, John Kennedy joined the Navy. He became the commander of a small boat assigned to the battle in the Pacific against the Japanese. After World War II he soon decided to run for political office. In ... November 8, 1960, Kennedy defeated Vice President Richard M. Nixon, in a very close race. Kennedy was the youngest man elected President and the first Catholic. Just after the election, the Kennedy's second child, John Jr., was born. Kennedy wanted Americans to travel to a more distant destination. In May 1961, after Alan Shepard became the first American astronaut to fly into space, Kennedy asked Congress to spend more ...
- 737: Pocahontas
- ... Powhatan, the chief. Her original name, however was in fact, Matoaka. But Pocahontas mean "playful, frolicsome little girl" and so they nicknamed her that. The meeting and capturing of her acquaintance, and possible first love, John Smith, was in fact true. But, the saving of him may be as made up and make believe as the movie. Many people speculate the authenticity of the "execution and salvation" story, told by Smith. Supposedly, Smith’s Englishmen team landed in Jamestown, 12 miles from the Indian reservation. John Smith was captured and forced to stretch on two flat stones, then out of nowhere, and little Indian girl cam up and put herself on his body as to say, "Kill me instead". Weather this ... injured, and had to go back to England. Pocahontas went on with her life though, she married an Indian "Pryvate Captyne" named Kocoum in 1610. Although in 1614, she fell in love with an Englishman, John Rolfe. They married and she got baptized. They went to London with a man named Sir Thomas Dale, and a dozen other Indians. She was presented to King James I, and all of the ...
- 738: Thomas Jefferson
- ... of immigration, and denied parliamentary authority over the colonies, recognizing no tie with the mother country except the king. When he was a member of the Continental Congress (1775-1776), Jefferson was chosen together with John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingstone and Roger Sherman in 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence . He wrote the declaration almost all by himself and was amended by John Adams and Benjamin Franklin . Jefferson left Congress in 1776 and served in the Virginia legislature until his election as governor in 1779. He was governor from 1779 to 1781. During this brief private interval (1781 ... respite of three years from public duties, he began to remodel his house at Monticello and interested himself greatly in agriculture. He was supported by the Republicans for president in 1796, and running second to John Adams by three electoral votes, he became vice president. Jefferson and his running mate Aaron Burr defeated John Adams in the elections of 1800. Jefferson's own title to the presidency was not real ...
- 739: Where Do We Draw the Line?
- ... planet’s way of life, there are some natural tendencies it cannot break down. The final convincing argument that Huxley makes against the creation of a place like the World State is his introduction of John the savage into the novel. John is the link between the Old World and the World State. He is a misfit who doesn’t seem to fit into either society. The savages reject him because of his mother’s promiscuous reputation ... his conflict of values (since we know that “God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness.” ( ) ) ultimately caused him to commit suicide. I think that the point Huxley was making with John’s suicide was that there is no such thing as a happy medium between the world we know and a world filled with artificial happiness. Since we can never reach a happy medium as ...
- 740: Causes Of Civil War
- ... because of court cases such as Marbury vs. Madison, Dartmouth vs. Woodward, McCulloch vs. Maryland, and Worester vs. Georgia. Then there were the Midnight Judges, Alien and Sedation Act of 1798, Andrew Jackson, Henry Clay, John C. Calhoun, Daniel Webster, and Political Parties all could of led to the American Civil War. Marbury vs. Madison was about Adams wanting Marbury to get the job of Secretary of State, but James Madison ... the State of Maryland taxing the Bank of the United States. Worester vs. Georgia was where Georgia wanted to extend their jurisdiction into the tribal lands of the Native Americans. The "Midnight Judges" was where John Adams, who was the President of the United States, appointed many of his party members into high powered positions just before midnight of his last term as President. The Alien and Seditions Acts was o ... the State of Maryland taxing the Bank of the United States. Worester vs. Georgia was where Georgia wanted to extend their jurisdiction into the tribal lands of the Native Americans. The "Midnight Judges" was where John Adams, who was the President of the United States, appointed many of his party members into high powered positions just before midnight of his last term as President. The Alien and Seditions Acts was ...
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