* Wharton- 1862-1937. Author of more than 40 volumes. Born during the civil war. Recipient of the French Legion of Honor for her philanthropic work during World War I and of the Pulitzer Prize for her novel The Age of Innocence (1920), in 1923 she became the first woman to receive an honorary doctorate from Yale. In 1885, when she was twenty-three, she married Edward ("Teddy") Wharton.
Sanchez 1 Valentina Sanchez Ms. Bayer AP English November 20, 2008 Farewell to arms rhetorical devices essay “ that night at the hotel … there will be no special hurry” (249) In the novel, A Farewell to Arms, by Ernest Hemingway, is a typical love story between a nurse and a war soldier. Their love affair struggles to survive the obstacles of World War one. In the passage above Hemingway develops Frederic’s attitude through detail ,syntax, and point of view. The passage begins with a description of the setting. Hemingway almost immediately sets the atmosphere of sadness and depression through rain.
John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born on the 29th May 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts to Joseph Patrick Kennedy and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald. John F. Kennedy was often referred to as ‘JFK’ by his friends and family, and is commonly referred to as JFK today. JFK had three brothers and five sisters. In September 1941 whilst war was raging across the world, particularly in Europe, JFK was medically disqualified from the US Army for his chronic lower back problems, he then joined the Navy. Kennedy was working in the office of the secretary of the Navy when the attack on Pearl Harbour occurred.
They set off to France where they start up a canteen for the wounded soldiers. Midge also becomes an ambulance driver as well as a nurse and is exposed to the horrors and devastating effects. The three girls realize that the war really is not the big adventure they thought it would be. Midge Macpherson experiences loss throughout the novel in a number of forms, personal loss, loss of home and loss of life. Midge makes her way through war, forcing a smile whilst serving at the canteen and working as an ambulance driver.
At one point Alex’s eyes teared up because of the generosity they were shown and was extremely grateful that places like this existed. Morgan was empathetic to his fiancés bladder infection and how she was feeling and being worried about how much his and Alex’s hospital bills are going to be and how they are going to pay them since they are already living paycheck-to-paycheck. Their experiment with Morgan’s niece and nephew kicked things up a notch when they came to stay with them for a couple of days and then realizing how extremely limited they were on their entertainment options. How Empathy Was Not Displayed When Morgan injured his wrist working at his landscaping job and realized that they did not have any money or insurance, he found out that they could go to a free clinic. I think Morgan was more shocked to find out that the free health clinics can only take so many patients a day and that all the people he encountered that were waiting in line for many
The classic anti-war film All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), directed by Lewis Milestone, has been restored by the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Centre. Based on the best-selling novel by Erich Maria Remarque, the book and film tell the story of a group of German students who volunteer to fight in the 1914-18 War. It is not a story of heroes, but of ordinary young men trapped in a terrestrial hell; a bitter critique of war that resonates as powerfully today as it did before the next ‘war to end all wars’. All Quiet on the Western Front was not the only film inspired by the First World War. One of the most famous, Abel Gance’s J’accuse (whose title echoes the notorious Dreyfus affair of 1894) appeared in 1919.
Adolf Hitler was then hospitalized with temporary blindness from a British gas attack. He returned to his regiment in a short time. Hitler was beginning to realize he wanted to be a leader and believed he could be a great one. In February 1920 he organized a much larger event for a crowd of nearly two thousand. he succeeded in calming a rowdy audience and presented a twenty-five point program of ideas which were to be the basis of the party.
She often referred to the poet, John Donne, throughout the film to relate her illness to what she loved and studied all of her life. It served as symbolism, representing her view the quality of her life and ultimate mortality. She reflected to the times when she was uncompassionate towards her own students and compared it to the feeling of inhumanity she was experiencing in the hospital. As Vivian’s cancer progressed, she decides to continue various intensive chemotherapies under the care of doctor and former student, Jason Posner, who viewed her as less than a person and more as an objective. On the other hand, Susie Monahan, Vivian’s nurse, served as her advocate from the beginning of her treatments to Vivian’s death.
The wedding was beautiful, the kids loved Jack, and he loved them; everything was just what he prayed for. All seemed well with Jack and Lydia, that was until the day two of Lydia’s “friends” showed up. After six months of marital bliss, Lydia behavior becomes erratic. She becomes uncomfortable with Jack’s long hours at the hospital. Lydia expressed to Jack that she wants him home more, however Jack informed her that we was unable to cut back.
In “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin, a woman is tantalized by the loss of her husband, as announced by those dearest to her in her time of need. When she finally comes to terms with the fact, she comes to realize that there is some goodness in the bad news, and she begins to find freedom in her new life by herself. Just when she becomes enthusiastic with the idea of living a new life alone, her husband walks in the door, and was apparently nowhere near the accident that supposedly killed him, to which Mrs. Mallard, the woman protagonist in question, can’t handle and has a heart attack. A feminist critical analysis of this story reveals a depiction of a strongly patriarchal society through the author’s use of diction, an idea of oppression as expressed by the tone, as well as the concept of the position of the woman being elevated above that of the man.