Ashoka the Great

I saw the 11/30 showing of “Irving Berlin’s White Christmas”. It was a play about two World War II veterans named Bob Wallace and Phil Davis who meet sisters Betty and Judy Haynes. The four go to rural Vermont where they run into Bob and Phil’s former commander in WWII, General Waverly, who owns an inn but is struggling financially. The four aim to help the General. The show was at the Empire Arts Center in Grand Forks, a Proscenium theatre. The stagecraft of the play was like most plays I’ve…

Dreams, Challenges, Hardships When people travel to America what is the reason for it, to live a better life, attain money, become something better than how they were etc. The common reason people travel is the ideal aspect for the American dream. In 1931 James Truslow Adams refer the American dream as “life should be better and richer and fuller with opportunity for each accordingly to ability or achievement". In old times that was their dream, leaving home to travel to a new land for an…

estate scandal that came as a result led to the former Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis to be ousted from power in October 2009. When a new government was formed, there was little money left in the government’s coffers so they had to come clean about the true state of things. The revelations coupled with the new higher interest rates which the country was forced to pay caused panic among investors. Mr Lewis uncanny ability to weave stories into a sharp-edged narrative gives people a full…

When you are pushed to your breaking point, you may turn to two options, seeking help or seeking death. Author Sapphire of Push and F.Scott Fitzgerald of The Great Gatsby do a great job of depicting these breaking points of main characters Precious and Jay, one of whom seeks life and the other death. The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel written by American author F. Scott Fitzgerald that follows a cast of characters living in the fictional town of West Egg on prosperous Long Island in the summer of…

Many times, the 1920s are referred to as a roaring and prosperous time in America. The country embodied many societal changes and innovations never seen before. Despite great advances, America faced great problems on the homefront. The events of World War I fueled strong nativism for one’s country and the idea that it was possible to revolt against government. Most notably, Russia faced a revolution of their own. In this revolution, communism took hold and its influence began to spread…

The Great Crash of 1929 led the World into a precipitating economic spiral for ten years. This calamitous decade is known as The Great Depression. The United States had never endured such a detrimental stock market crash as it did in 1929. Unemployment rates rose to unprecedented levels, crime rates skyrocketed and production plummeted. The Great Crash did not only impact the United States, but all western industrialised countries experienced the economic turmoil. This was due to their trade…

Zenith Shrestha Ms. Boyle American Literature 24 March 2017 White A tale of a tragic love story that reflects on the nature of the American Dream – The Great Gatsby is one of author F. Scott Fitzgerald's few novels. Yet it is one filled with allusions and ideas that ring true in society today. The plot of the Great Gatsby takes place after the end of World War I in 1920s New York, a time filled with jazz, glamour, and partying. Nick Carraway, previously a writer, is tired of his life in the…

consequences of Wall Street Crash 1929? The last century witnessed a tragedy in global stock markets, initiated by the notorious Wall Street Crash 1929. This caused a big slump in the market values of shares across the world. This triggered off the Great Depression, and many other consequences. According to Frederick Lewis Allen’s Only Yesterday (1931), “The rich man's chauffeur drove with his ears laid back to catch the news of an impending move in Bethlehem Steel; he held 50 shares himself. …

Robinson Crusoe is a novel that took place about the times of the the 17th century and even earlier. Robinson Crusoe was born into a wealthy family and was born in Great Britain. Robinson Crusoe was widely liked and well respected, but not just to his people, but the whole town that knew of him really enjoyed having him around. Crusoe was always wanting to becoming an explorer that travels the seven seas and tries to make a living out of it. Although his father didn’t approve of it he still…

The kingdom of Berbania is ruled by the king, Don Fernando and his wife , Doña Valeriana. They have three sons, Prince Pedro, Prince Diego and Prince Juan. The King’s favorite child is his youngest son, Prince Juan. He cared for him so much that when he had a dream about his favourite being betrayed and beaten, he grew very ill, and sadly no doctors in the entire kingdom had a cure. So King Fernando's illness worsened. But as luck would have it, an old traveling doctor arrives at Berbania and…