Although there failure of completely vanquishing the warlords there can be little doubt that Chiang was fairly successful in solving this domestic problem and the effects it would have on the country as it is probably that without him stabilising the political and social unrest civil war would have broken out in the country much early than it did. The GMD was able to successfully implement new and improved transport links throughout the country. The three thousand mile railway track connected North and South which helped Chiang to begin re-unifying the country and the people. However there can be little doubt that the transport was created for sole purpose of the urban rich who were the majority of his supporters and it only aided them to become
Oh Ken Kesey, You’re Cuckoo. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with its meaningful message of individualism, was an extremely influential novel during the 1960's. In addition, its author, Ken Kesey, played a significant role in the development of the counterculture of the 60's; this included all individuals who did not conform to society's standards, experimented in drugs, and just lived their lives in an unconventional manner. An issue of Time Magazine during this decade recalled Ken Kesey’s novel to be, “A roar of protest against middle brow society’s rules and the invisible rulers who enforce them.” (Lehmann-Haup) This protest would be the main mind set of the upcoming 1970s generation in America. Once an LSD consumer, Ken Kesey, defines the importance of freedom throughout his world renowned Post-Modern novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
Atwood structures her novel through the flashbacks of the main character, Snowman, who survives a horrific virus created by his best friend Crake. She creates a dystopian future where all economic and political power is held by avaricious corporations, which militaristically monitor their employees. Many of these themes and issues which Atwood explores are based on contemporary themes and issues that are relevant in today’s world. Therefore there’re many significant comparison’s drawn between the items in the futuristic world of Oryx & Crake and in, the contemporary world as we know it. Through skilful characterization and techniques Atwood engages the reader’s mind, resulting in a chilling realisation that is not easily forgotten.
The great depression and the dust bowl brought a new myth to the 1930’s which was the misconception of self-blame and personal responsibility which evolved from the earlier self-made man myth. “Most Americans were taught to believe that every individual was responsible for his or her own fate, that unemployment and poverty were signs of personal failure” (CD; B, 662). Many men were ashamed and blamed themselves for their loss, some even pretended to still go to work during the day because they were too ashamed to let down their family. (CD; B, 663) Some Americans also blamed the president himself and named their poor crumbling neighborhoods. “Many Americans held the president personally to blame for the crisis and began calling the shantytowns that unemployed people established on the outskirts of cities “Hoovervilles” (B, 676; CD) The 1930’s also show examples of our continuing inequality in America.
This view is largely accredited because Pitt came into office in a difficult time but events around him seemed to benefit him rather well. Britain was entering the industrial revolution at the time, industry rose up and trade would boom due to expansion of the industries at home and abroad, the advancements of technology meant that Britain was going through a natural change that arguably Pitt was able to captain through leading to better fortunes. The natural opposition from the Whig party against the king led by Charles Fox meant that Pitt naturally had the Kings support against any opposition which could be thrown at him, the king would back him up. The American Revolution and his lack of connection to it meant that he was seen as a new politician not one of the previously failed governments who’s lack of control and rule in a situation. And lastly the regency crisis of 1788 meant that Pitt could use this to gain favour with the king and gather support from his own party and draw it away from the opposition.
They are the ones whom make decisions that affect everyone under their control. Although we learn throughout the book that this government is different from all previously attempted mass systematic control. These individuals share large amounts of power between each other and have discovered a path which will stop the constant class struggle. The ideology of the totalitarian government is that the individual becomes nothing more than a cell of a much larger organism, in this case the organism is an empire. The rulers of such an empire would never have to worry about being overthrown, so long as they kept control over their subjects with careful indiscrimination.
The deep impact of modernity to Chinese society in earlier 20th century -My interpretation to Lao She’s An Old and Established Name Dawei Wang The article “An Old and Established Name (AKA Lao Zi Hao)” is written in 1936 by Lao She, who is one of the most famous Chinese writers during twentieth century. Lao She mainly discusses a story of a silk store that reflects the change of the Chinese business environment within the early twentieth century. In the story, Lao She describes the conflict between traditional and honest Chinese business customs, modern and deceitful business strategies. At the end of the story, Lao She indicates that people should combine tradition and modernity in the future to establish a better society. Concretely, in the social environment at that time, the Chinese traditional business should incorporate parts of the western impact of modernity; such as sales strategies, advertising, and more efficient production in one hand; in the other hand, those companies should utilize their traditional business customs to provide better goods and services.
Christina Rodriguez David Tait History 2493 February 8, 2013 Andrew Carnegie, an “Industrial Statesman” Industrial leaders of the nineteenth century were considered “baron robbers” because of the harsh treatments of their employees, the low wages that were paid to the employees, the harsh work conditions that no one was allowed to complain about, and the long work hours that were being forced upon them because they knew that the workers were desperate and needed the money to provide for their families. The business owners abused the power they had over the employees often by hiring others to do a job and those men would turn around and hire local men for lower wages and at times pocketing a huge profit. Most of the business owners would know of the side dealings but would turn a blind eye. These leaders displayed ruthless ethics, which destroyed their competitors, in order to satisfy their own greed. However, Andrew Carnegie was no angel in the business world; however, he can be considered more of an “industrial statesman” because he worked his way to his position of wealth through hard work.
He knew what it was like to struggle with everyday life without a job and no place to sleep in. He blamed wealthy people. In his opinion, they've caused misery of many people, because of their egoistic ways and greediness. He blamed landlords for rising rent to an abnormal wage, causing many people to lose their houses, because they couldn't afford it. He thought that rich people were the makers of poor people's
Many writers, H.G. Wells amongst them, turned towards communist ideas during the 19th century, considering capitalism ideology individualistic and using technological progress for severe exploitations of the working class. Communist utopia is the first perception the Time Traveller gets upon his initial encounter with the future civilization. The Time Traveller discovers the world of Eloi, which resembles of paradise: exotic garden full of once magnificent palaces, silver rivers, abundant foliage, populated by “beautiful and graceful creatures” (Wells, 29), apparently living in “ease and security” (Wells, 38). “Communism” (Wells, 37) is the first remark the Time Traveller makes about the society he sees.