Ambivalence

following about Baraka “As a brief coda, let me return to Amiri Baraka – return, in fact, to a time when he was LeRoi Jones(Gray 43). In this quote, Shetley believes Baraka’s The Dead Lecture, from 1964, makes powerful poetry out conflicts and ambivalences that Baraka resolved in later transformations of his poetic style and political orientation.…

During the 1920’s – 1950’s the child guidance movement took off after the 1st world war. As the great Depression continued, governments were interested in the future of their countries and were investing into the childhood mental health sector. Rogers became influenced by this movement and helping students to become self-directed learners . He worked in the Rochester Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, (1928) within a laboratory setting with troubled children and adults. Here he…

do anything to stop it. (1) Owing, A. (1995). Frau Margarete (Margrit) Fischer: Idealism and Chasm. Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. pp. 1-16. (2) Owing, A. (1995). Frau Martha Brixius: The Ambivalence of Avoidance. Frauen: German Women Recall the Third Reich. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. pp.…

Lyndon B. Johnson (commonly referred to as LBJ) became President of the United States when President John F. Kennedy was assassinated. Along with the presidency, LBJ also inherited the task of dealing with the situation in Vietnam, although he resisted action as it could have threatened his election. After serving out Kennedy’s presidency, LBJ was elected in a landslide victory, winning 61% of the vote, and 44 states. President LBJ now had the daunting duty to make a decision in Vietnam. The…

home, and really wanted fish for dinner. It was too bad, hopefully next time I won’t totally freak out. I always wonder if the fish has carrion floating around or is it having an okay life dragging a fishing rod around? Still, to this day I have ambivalence on whether I should try to fish again or not. I think I won’t. As a result, I was never allowed to fish until I was twelve years old. On this day I was devastated. My grandparents and my sister, still call me “scaredy cat” to this day which…

Several short stories can be misjudged or misinterpreted when prior knowledge of the story’s historical background is not entirely understood. Without having familiarity with the historical context of some stories, it can be challenging for the reader to appreciate the story at its full capacity. For example, William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily” was written during one of the most problematic periods the United States has ever faced. While just reading it from an uninformed point of view, one…

successful in finding a house which is not normally possible for a man like him having limited resources. This is not his individual story but becomes a social history of the East Indians of Trinidad. There is no doubt a description of cultural ambivalence but the focus is over East Indians’ efforts to get foothold in a New…

Absurd Feminism Despite not being a playwright of the absurd, several elements of absurdism are seen in Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls. This is seen throughout the play in things like the ambiguous ending and the general ambivalence to violence shown by Angie. The most prominent example of the absurd in this play is in the dinner scene between the historical figures at the beginning, which seems to follow most of the rules of the absurd and its tropes, however this is not the central focus of…

History textbooks, history classes, and even news broadcasts about historical events, are often one dimensional. These historical resources fall into the trap of only documenting the realities of various historical events. The Civil Rights Movement, specifically, is a casualty of this narrow account of history. But, the Civil Rights Movement and other historical events are not the lone victims of this parochialism. The reader, the student, and the news audience also become underinformed.…

Throughout the history, there had always been an effort to achieve greater equality and well-being. However, such efforts were usually doomed to failure. One such famous case is the Soviet Union. In , George Orwell presents an effective allegory of the Soviet Union, demonstrating the slow but inevitable process of corruption within the government. In this report, I will highlight on the process of moral degradation, and how it fades the initial inspiration of the ideal society. First, let’s see…