Bud Bowl

Athletics have been an important factor of life for millennia. The olympics that began in Greece are evidence of that. Sports in general have been a historically important factor around the whole world. In America, certain sports are focused on throughout the year, including baseball and basketball. Although, in this age, no sport has affected the nation as much as football. Football is at the center of many people’s lives and is what can contribute to much of family gatherings and heartfelt…

There have been numerous undulations thorough out the history of the United States; including those that are economic and political. Our current society boasts that we are advanced; yet, we have become reliant on everyone else doing and providing for us. Current publication suggest 43,000,000 Americans receive food stamps, even providing for those basic things we require to survive are difficult for many to obtain. Is the whole prepper movement a position of paranoia or the foretelling of…

Old Spice managed to draw 76% of online buzz, with over half coming from women (Effie Worldwide, 2011, pp. 5). By April, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” with a striking 10 million views, had garnered 10 times the number of views for Dove’s Super Bowl commercial (Effie Worldwide, 2011, pp. 4). The “Response” campaign had such a huge impact that it successfully gained over 35 million views (Visible Measure, 2010). In this modernized age, Old Spice has succeeded in winning over their old and…

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck is a heart wrenching and eye opening novel. Steinbeck gives a clear and precise picture with the words he employs. One recurring perspective, abundantly obvious, is prejudism. Anger, fear and misunderstanding flow between the Californians and the Oklahoma immigrants, all of which cause a double-sided prejudice. As the Oklahomans come in droves from their devastated lands and attempt to build a new life for themselves, the Californians angrily look at them…

The 1930’s were a period riddled by economic depression, dubbed the “Great Depression”, the economic mishaps of the 1930’s leaked out into affecting every facet of society, even the pop culture. The troublesome economics of the 30’s were overlooked by pop culture, as it deliberately used exaggerations and optimism to distract people from the reality of recession; while pop culture candidly documented political America in the 30’s, in which people were in search of a political hero. Bridled by…

During the 1930s, the American Dust Bowl was one of the worst environmental disasters that caused severe droughts and wind erosions. The Dust Bowl widely influenced soil productivity for farming, air quality in daily life, and human health in long term. It not only caused serious impacts on the environment of the United States, but also worsened the economic conditions after the Great Depression’s destructions in the late 1920s. The Dust Bowl took place on the Great Plains where severe dust…

they were stable. These reforms made by the New Deal gave American people hope and helped their situations during the depression. During this time farmers were also hit hard as many of them lost good land and became stuck in what is known as The Dust Bowl. Across the Great Plains a massive drought ruined the farmland and created massive amounts of dust (Holley 1). Due to the lack of water and the dust the land would not produce product for the farmers. This caused a whole new problem for the…

The NFL’s Super Bowl is a big event, which is on the verge of becoming a holiday in America. The Super Bowl is the NFL championship game. The best teams from the National and American Football Conferences come and compete for the title. This event occurs annually. The game has become America’s biggest sporting event. Over 114 million people watch the Super Bowl (Pallotta “par.” 1). The commercials during the breaks are also a big attraction for most viewers. More parties are thrown for this…

A novel written by John Steinbeck in The Grapes of Wrath illustrate the families that migrated to California during the Dust Bowl in order to find jobs, then result in uniting together to help each other cope and endure with difficult circumstances that they were faced. This thesis clearly support chapter 17 as Steinbeck elaborate how little groups spring up among the migrant agriculturists. Around evening time they group together looking for sanctuary, food, and water. Twenty families get to be…

The decision of the lovers and players in A Midsummer Night’s Dream to escape their problems by going into the woods parallels America’s Dust Bowl migration to California and Hollywood after the Great Depression. Similarly, Puck explains to the audience, at the end of the play, that if they did not enjoy it, they should simply imagine it was a dream. This parallels the way that Americans escaped…