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- 1671: "A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings"
- ... of Aracataca in the Magdalena province of Columbia, is a writer who does not use real events to create his stories, rather images and fantasy-like magical realistic notions. He received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982, which reflected the extent of his magical talent to write. He was the oldest of twelve children and was born into a poverty-stricken family. Despite his poor childhood, Garcia Marquez went through ...
- 1672: The Diary of Anne Frank
- ... were the Jewish people whose entire population was almost eliminated. These people were tortured, beaten, and murdered as a result of their religion. Many stories were published about this time period. An example of this literature is The Diary of a Young Girl that was written by a young teenage girl, Anne Frank, experiencing the hardships of the Nazi invasion. Coincidentally, this young adolescents diary explains how Jews were mistreated ...
- 1673: The Invention of the Airplane
- ... ability to judge the worth of ideas they read, discarding as useless some widely-held superstitions in the field, identifying the hard facts, and carefully integrating the bits and fragments of knowledge scattered through the literature. The Wrights chose to pattern their aircraft after the Chanute-Herring biplane, a sturdy and relatively successful biplane glider. They employed Lilienthal's findings on the lift of wing surfaces to design their 1900 glider ...
- 1674: The Immigration Experience
- ... way of life. Jews contributed doctors and lawyers. Japanese are computer and business contributors. Koreans are well educated and have been involved in many professional, technical, and managerial careers. African Americans have contributed music, science, literature, entertainment, and many other things to our culture. Our culture is derived from many different ones, and cannot be broken down into which group contributes what because each group has done so much. All this ...
- 1675: Changes During The 1950s-1990s
- ... radio, and film are still the main forms of entertainment now in the 90s. Films may be considered to be more interesting now due to computer technology making it possible to produce outstanding special effects. Literature was a main form of entertainment and leisure in the 1950s it still is in 1990s although not quite as popular. In the 50s the main form of music was country & western and rock 'n ...
- 1676: The 1950s-1990s
- ... radio, and film are still the main forms of entertainment now in the 90s. Films may be considered to be more interesting now due to computer technology making it possible to produce outstanding special effects. Literature was a main form of entertainment and leisure in the 1950s it still is in 1990s although not quite as popular. In the 50s the main form of music was country & western and rock 'n ...
- 1677: Post World War I
- ... profited by the radio through commercials, which persuaded listeners to spend a larger portion of their income on their products. Again, propaganda became the main source of advertisement. The Twenties showed a revolution in art, literature and music, which greatly reflected the nations changing values. Americans found new ways to entertain themselves, enjoying new dances such as the Charleston, popular for the time, and watching such sporting events as baseball, and ...
- 1678: Vietnam Veteran
- ... only be found in the words and writings of those brave and courageous young men who gave and risked all that they had, their lives, when their country called on them. It is in select literature such as Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans by Wallace Terry where we find the heart of Vietnam as seen here told by Private First Class Reginald "Malik" Edwards: The ...
- 1679: What Is Meant By The Era Of Good Feelings
- ... sought a government of national unity. The American system helps to ease the transition from an agricultural nation to a strong industrial one. In the field of arts, American authors break away from traditional British literature and develop a distinct style. The Second Great Awakening brings a new enthusiasm to religion and unites people across the nation. However, concurring with each development are growing sectional attitudes, politics, and economics. These sectional ...
- 1680: Salem Witch Trials
- ... end with the strange excitement. This strange episode in the history of Massachusetts astonished the civilized world, and made an unfavorable impression on others. Work Cited Miller, Arthur. The Crucible. Ellen Bowler. ed. et al. Literature the American Experiance. Englewood cliffs: Prentice Hall, 1994.
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