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Both international and domestic events have had a colossal impact on the American identity in the first half of the 20th century. During the late 1800’s, the country was divided. America came out of the bloody Civil War in 1864 (Taylor). During his second inaugural address, President Abraham Lincoln urged his country towards peace when he said, “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us…bind up the nation’s wounds…care for…

the mid twentieth century there were a few different collective identities that had an effect on the European’s. A collective identity is a group that has a shared definition that derives from its member’s common interests, experiences and solidarities. A few examples of these identities were: African’s in the Congo, nobles, bourgeoisies, proletarians and the Jews. All of these different identities had a mixed effect on the European’s in the 1880’s through the mid twentieth century depending on…

While the 20th century was a period that saw relatively little interstate conflict in comparison to the past, the void was filled with several kinds of domestic conflicts, especially within colonial territories. It was an era of rapid social and political change that saw the forces of development, modernization, and independence all acting in concert to create insurrectionary movements against government across the globe in Latin America, the Middle East, and Southeast Asia, among others. The…

Backs straight, posture up, no slouching, be polite. In the early 1900s it was a necessity for women to be as elegant and as feminine as possible to be well received during this time period. Early twentieth century America was a time for numerous technological, medical and economical advancements, but was sadly two to three generations away from experiencing equal opportunities amongst the two genders. Throughout the play Trifles, Susan Glaspell illuminates the underlying theme of social…

Twentieth-century America Society is changing every day. Prior to just over a year ago, it was not legal to marry the person you love if that person was the same gender as their significant other. Disparities between men and women continue to decrease. Our government is increasingly recognizing the need for social change. The selection’s we’ve read in this section have commonly revealed the personal relationships of Americans in the twentieth century. Literary works across the twentieth century…

superhuman feats he had performed. The story Beowulf focuses on a battle between the hero and a terrible monster that harasses the mead-hall of King Hrothgar, leader of the Danes. Beowulf presents the monster, Grendel, as a horrific beast but by the 20th century, after hundreds of years of storytelling, his character seemingly evolves into a young, confused boy with psychological issues. The novel Grendel, written in 1971 by John Gardner, is a first person account from Grendel’s viewpoint.…

I am of course old enough to remember when festivals still retain a whiff of their alternative roots. How far have we travelled from those calm, peaceful tranquil and lens flared days. The meaning of carnival has changed dramatically over the period of time. Carnival has always been and would continue to be the show for the elite in society. In many parts of the world where Catholic Europeans set up colonies and entered into the slave trade carnival took root. Carnival, an annual…

aviation field? If you haven’t come up with the answer yet, it’s Amelia Earhart. Amelia was born on July 24, 1897 in Atchison, Kansas and died around the day of July 2, 1937. Amelia Earhart is one of the most significant figures in the twentieth century because of her role in women’s rights, the records she set in her aviation career, and she was a role model to many people around the world. For many years, men had been superior to women in most areas of work. Amelia Earhart wanted to…

“The Problem of Poverty” articulated his emphasis of religion towards the idea of poverty. Kuyper speaks of how he supports the ideals of a Christian socialist perspective. Christian socialists of the 20th century continually invoked Christ in provision of their ideals and held the Holy text as a primary reference, just as the speech “The Problem of Poverty” did. Christian socialists made the connection between social distress and Christianity just as Kuyper…

Many people may have seen the movie, The Makeover, while browsing through something to watch on a Sunday afternoon, but what many people have not read, or even heard, of is the play Pygmalion. The play, published in the early twentieth century, focuses on a girl named Eliza Doolittle who desires to work in a flower shop; the 2013 movie follows a man, Elliot Doolittle, who wants to be a sales representative for a beer company. Although both movie and play follow the same plot structure, they each…