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- 4161: The Great Depression
- ... was like for farmers during the time of the Depression, as portrayed in John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath, and tells what the government did to end the Depression. In the 1920's, after World War 1, danger signals were apparent that a great Depression was coming. A major cause of the Depression was that the pay of workers did not increase at all. Because of this, they couldn't afford ... their farms to the banks that held the mortgages. The farmers who lost their farms already would also receive low interest loans(Drewry and O'connor 569). The Great Depression was the end result of World War I. It affected the rich and poor alike, factory workers and farmers, bankers and stockbrokers. In short, it affected everyone; no one was left untouched. But of all the people hurt, farmers were ...
- 4162: William Faulkner
- ... the entire population of Jefferson. Jefferson is the main town in Faulkner's fictional county. Faulkner uses a great deal of symbolism in this story. Miss Emily was raised in the period before the Civil War in the south. An unnamed narrator, who seems to be the voice of the whole town, calls attention to key moments in her life, including the death of her father and her brief relationship with a man from the north named Homer Barron. The story basically addresses the symbolic changes in the south after the Civil War. Miss Emily's house symbolizes neglect in the new times in the town of Jefferson. Beginning with Miss Emily Grierson's funeral, throughout the story Faulkner foreshadows the ending and suspenseful events in Miss Emily ... the same characters in various stories allows for Faulkner to enter twine his stories to where they are all dealing with the people of Yoknapatawpha County in the northern regions of Mississippi. "In Faulkner's world men and women are measured by the breadth of their compassion or the quality of their endurance. Although there are villains, few wholly negative characters appear, and the Heroes tend to be larger than ...
- 4163: The Negative Portrayal Of LSD
- ... Portrayal Of LSD Despite the negative portrayal in mainstream 1960s media, justifications expressed by counterculture activists for further investigation, education and experimentation under government control of LSD were rational and valid arguments. Sex, drugs, protests, war, political upheaval, cultural chaos, and social rebellion; the many comforts TV dinner eating, republican voting, church going, suburbia conformists tried to escape through conservative ideals, town meetings, and The Andy Williams Family Hour. National consciousness ... money, success, and a house with a white picket fence still existed within the pandemonium of the nation and many still relished in the idea of Americanism. Television was a base for a magnitude of world news and national information. Television situation comedies created ideal families and contenting distractions from unsettling national realities. Mainstream media, both fact and fiction, influenced the nations minds resulting in the effect of political change and further media influence over the government. The new decade, along with the effects of the Vietnam War and the strong influence of television, began to leak from the cracks of the nation a new counterculture of rebellious teenagers, unfamiliar narcotics, and a wave of promiscuity. Among the many issues and events ...
- 4164: Henry James And William Dean Howells
- Post-Civil War American Literature saw a transition from the prominence of romance to the development of realism. In the late 1800's, the United States was experiencing swift growth and change as a result of a changing ... While his birth in 1843 was in New York City, his parents were purposly rootless, and by the age of eighteen he had already crossed the Atlantic six times. He avoided participation in the Civil War because of a poor back and began a role which he would maintain throughout his life and writings, one of a detached observer rather than participant in the American social scene. (Matthiessen 14) The first ... by the dying heroine's tragedy. A year later, "The Ambassadors, which James' called the best, all round' of my productions' describes the initiation of an aging American into the relativistic ethics of the Old World in huge iridescent' Paris. The Golden Bowl verbosly analyses father-daughter and adulturous relations." (Matthiessen 16) Ultimately, James' genius was recognized by those who share his craft. His works explore psychological subtlies; he is ...
- 4165: Rocking Horse Winner
- ... Throughout this period the Catholic Church was fighting back against the effects of the Renaissance. The people of the Renaissance society started to question their beliefs in the church and tried to rationally explain the world around them. Several crusades were fought throughout this period and in the end England and France became "Christianized." Robinson Crusoe was published during the Baroque Era and it contained a great amount of Catholicism. Crusoe ... would give the owner of the foot print an idea that he lives on the island. Crusoe becomes totally enraged with the thought of another human on the island that he prepares his house for war by surrounding it by an impenetrable fence, arming all his weapons and is ready to kill anyone that comes near his sacred home, grain, and animals. His condition is now evident: the strengths of his ... small country holder poses the drive for adventure and the quality of a mentally sound individual. In Lilliput, he shows himself to be good-natured and gentle with the tiny people. Gulliver assists in the war against Blefuscu by not injuring his "enemies." But deprives them of their weapons which inflict damage. By doing so he immediately shows his noble generosity and respect for the liberty of others by refusing ...
- 4166: Unconventional Medicines
- ... brain records these experiences, often unconsciously, and when the odour is re-encountered, one recalls the specific point in time. (Monte,1993:212) Essential oils have the ability to help heal and prevent infections. During World War One, chemist Maurice Gattefosse experimented with the use of essential oils for the treatment of soldiers war wounds. In July of 1910, he burned his hands in a laboratory explosion. He rolled in grass to put out the flames, but gas gangrenous sores began to appear. He applied essential oils of ...
- 4167: D.h. Lawrence
- ... the amusement - even as a youth - and would get everyone into the act. Indeed, in 1928, less than two years before his death from tuberculosis, he was still performing energetically, mimicking Navajo Indians complete with war-whoops; he delighted the visiting Americans but terrified his own party who feared that he would provoke another haemorrhage of the lungs. "I hadn't lived before I lived with Lawrence" - Frieda Lawrence In May ... to Europe.(Chambers 57) In 1914, Frieda's divorce was granted and on 13th July Lawrence and Frieda were married in London. Their intention was to return to Italy in August but the outbreak of war prevented their departure. They were to be unable to leave Lawrence's home country, which was to antagonise and stifle him, for five years. They were bitter years for both Lawrence and Frieda (ironically, it ... that Lawrence had to deal will all of his life. The poem The Naughty Book, deals with Lawrence's many books that were banned and how he feels about them. The Rose of All the World, is how Lawrence feels about his wife, how much he lovers her and urns to be with her. There are many more examples of Lawrence's life influencing his poetry as well as short ...
- 4168: Julius Ceasar
- Julius Caesar, Life of Julius Caesar was a strong leader for the Romans who changed the course of the history of the Greco - Roman world decisively and irreversibly. (3) With his strength and courage he created a strong empire . What happened during his early political career? How did he become such a strong dictator of the Roman Empire? What events ... as dictator of Rome? What events led up to the assassination of Caesar? What happened after he was killed? Caesar was a major part of the Roman Empire because of his strength and his strong war strategies. (3) Julius Caesar was a Roman general and statesman whose dictatorship was pivotal in Romes transition from republic to empire. When he was young, Caesar lived through one of the most horrifying decades ... release. He then returned to Rome to engage in a normal political career, starting with the quaetorship which he served in 69-68 BC in the province of Further Spain. (3) In the Roman political world of the sixties the dominance of the optimates was challenged by Pompey and Crassus. The optimates, led by Quintus Lutatius Catulus and Lucius Licinius Lucullus , were chiefly men whose careers had been made by ...
- 4169: Economic and Monetary Union of Europe
- ... money into Swiss Francs. So far Switzerland has done quite well by not taking place in all events available. One reason why they are better off is that they didn't take place neither in World War I nor in World war II and therefore didn't have to rebuild everything. Some people expect that in a Unified Europe the standard of living in the richer countries will decrease while the people in poorer countries ...
- 4170: Grapes Of Wrath - Plot Questio
- ... the Joad's. They couldn't be very happy at what they had. They where a very proud family and wanted to get away and show everyone that they could do some good in this world for themselves. 2. Who are the members of the Joad family unit that set out for California? Briefly state what happens to each of them. Ma, Pa, Ruth, Winfield, Uncle John, and Rose of Sharron ... good place to be. They had way too much against them in Hooverville. 6. Choose one main character from this story and explain fully what you believe this person's view points would be towards war, religion, and discrimination. Jim Casey was a very interesting man. He had spent the majority of his life preaching to people. Teaching them rules and laws of life, and of God. He was a good ... and only taught others what he firmly believed in. After many years of teaching he began to have doubts about God, Jesus, and about the afterlife altogether. I think that Jim Casey would strongly oppose war. I think he believes that no one should fight over a chink of land. I think that he would believe firmly in peace. I think that Jim Casey deep inside still believed in Jesus ...
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