John Steinbeck’s novel, The Grapes of Wrath, exposes the economic forces at work in one of the lowest points in our nation’s history. In the novel, the author criticize the economic and social devastation that the region of Oklahoma and the whole United States was suffering in the 1930s. Steinbeck focuses on three main interests in his novel. First, he focus on the struggles of individuals against big business like the bank that takes the houses and lands from the farmers, which he views that corporations oppressed the individuals and that the individuals must at all cost be protected from those corporations. Second, the author clearly emphasizes on the division of social classes and the concentration of the wealth on business bearing individuals and particularly on banks and industries including a particularly ominous view at the ever reaching effects of the Great Depression.
Unfair trade rules forced on poor countries by the World Bank and IMF are having a disastrous effect on local farmers and are putting many of them out of business. Photographer Ian Berry travelled to Ghana with Christian Aid to document the impact of current international trade rules on farmers, traders and poor communities as they struggle to sustain their livelihoods. Just as the 18th century slave trade was about the abuse of economic power and foreign control, so international trading relations between rich and poor countries is much the same today. Is this trading injustice just a modern day slave trade? One of the most striking images of the exhibition was taken with Cape Coast Castle as an imposing backdrop to a thriving local fishing community.
Lester is a 42 year old advertising executive who is also the movie’s narrator. He has an extremely complicated and strained marriage with his ambitious wife Carolyn who is a realtor. Their daughter Jane, who is 16 years old is experiencing self-esteem issues and is decidedly unhappy with her family life. Lester describes himself as a loser, who is dominated and manipulated by his wife, and everyone around him. He experiences a feeling of rebirth when he is introduced to Jane’s friend, Angela, who exhibits a promiscuous persona.
Rather than place the blame at the feet of the poor, the author demonstrates how federal and local governments aided in cutting off persons from decent housing, economic and educational opportunities with legalized segregation and planned metropolitan expansion that sought to ensconce the poor in the shadows of southern society. This intensified the poverty as a whole to the point where it then became the highest ranked poverty are in the nation. Dyson points out that this nation’s willful ignorance and naivety concerning its poorer and disproportionately darker citizens is disturbingly sad and dissapointing. The second and third chapters, “Does George W. Bush Care About Black People?” and “The Politics of Disaster,” focus directly on toward the “rhythms, relations, and rules of race” that informed the federal government’s response to Katrina, or lack thereof, and the anemic structuring of FEMA that has been embattled by a history of what the author refers to as “a combination of cronyism, politicization, inexperience and incompetence” respectively. According to Dyson, Katrina uncovered a culture of “passive indifference” to the problems plaguing poor black folk that as a matter of consequence is indistinguishable from “active malice.”
He allows himself to eat nothing but the unhealthy food from this restaurant for a whole month abiding by certain regulations. He had to eat at a McDonald’s restaurant at least three times a day during this binge, and was required to have every food item on the menu at least one time. However, perhaps the most crucial rule in this experiment was that if at any time one of the cashiers asked him if he would like to “supersize” his meal, Spurlock was forced to oblige. Throughout this month Spurlock gained a total of 24.5 lbs and suffered from mood swings, sexual dysfunction, and an alarming accumulation of fat on his liver. Also, his body mass increased by 13% and his cholesterol level escalated to an unhealthy 230.
His youngest daughter (Caroline for Cordelia) escapes, at the urging and through the support of her sisters, to become a successful lawyer. Caroline marries another lawyer and lives a sophisticated life in Des Moines. Smiley closely follows Shakespeare's plot lines with the kind of details that fill this novel to bursting, and provide an intense glimpse into the private life of a family whose farm represents a small kingdom surrounded by smaller kingdoms, all green with envy and eagerly awaiting their opportunity to judge as the pillar of the community begins to crumble into decline. Larry Cook is Lear in the modern sense: As a leader of his community, he has proven himself to be wise and has maintained his position and the respect of his neighbors until he decides to assume the role of advisor and retire as his children assume his position. He is the owner of a farm maintained and improved through his family's hard work, and his land has grown to
How accurate is it to say growth of reformist groups in the years from 1881 was the main cause of 1905 revolution? Long term- social • 80% peasants- poverty- a lot of ppl against him as he was making them work like slaves- should have helped them because majority & produce the food • Peasants reacted to famine with violence= had enough- attacked gov officials & destroyed gov land holding records • Poor working & living conditions- why wasn’t the Tsar * Agricultural crisis: peasants had huge debts; not enough land for everyone; famine. * Rapid industrialisation: over populated cities; workers living in slums; wages low; hours long. Long term – political • Autocracy- gave Tsar all power but was mostly helping upper class • No elected national parliament= demand for political reform • Reformers had nothing in common apart hate for Tsar= desperation * ruled by a Tsar, who had complete control over the country. However, he was a weak ruler and failed to rule his people properly * he treated opposition with violence and the Okhrana (the secret police) * Political repression; compared with other countries democracies; Tsar was VERY WEAK and easily influenced.
After serving a period of time there is a scene in the cafeteria where inmates are discussing what they are in for and each one says that they are innocent, except for Ellis Boyd “Red” Redding, who says that he is the only guilty inmate in Shawshank. Tommy is a younger inmate in Shawshank who has served time in other prisons. Tommy and Red were talking and Tommy asked what Andy was serving time for; Red replied for the murder of his wife and her lover, some golf pro. The next scene shows Tommy, Red, and Andy together in the library. Tommy tells them that about 4 years ago he was serving time in another prison and he got a cell mate who told him about going to some hotshot guy’s house to rob it and the guy woke up and he shot him and his woman.
They meet daily in a parking lot. Almost everything in this area is destroyed by the bombings from WWII and only the house of Old Misery stands almost undamaged. One day Blackie loses his leadership to T because he suggests to hitch free bus rides and T suggests to bring down Old Misery’s house from the inside, taking advantage of his upcoming two days absence. The next day the gang meets in the same place, and T starts giving directions. They cut all the wiring, tore the floors, broke the doors and smashed the fixtures.
The narrator and his friends crawl into the restaurant, and the cops hide behind their cars, and they all aim at the building” A cop suddenly slips in some dog shit and his gun goes off. This starts a chain reaction and all the cops now starts shooting at the window. The owner of the apartment that the policemen just shot at now arrives and starts asking the cops why they are destroying her new drapes. After some questions Mary Brown, the owner of the apartment and the narrator are told to follow the policemen to Mary’s apartment. The place is completely shot up and there is no man with an automatic weapon.