Carl Sandburg

Many murders, bank robberies, and kidnappings took place in the city. In the poem “Chicago”, Carl Sandburg reflects on the city through the eyes of a Chicago citizen. He expresses that Chicago is “wicked” , but he is still proud of his big strong city (Sandburg line 6). Sandburg utilizes, diction, personification, and imagery to express the affectionate and serious tone of the poem. One strong element Sandburg utilizes to convey the strong emotions he has towards his city of Chicago is diction.…

Sandburg and the Industrialized World The industrial revolution was a strenuous time for the urban working class. Pollution, long hours, dangerous factories, and little pay created a miserable life for the average city dweller. With many of his poems Carl Sandburg captured the bleak hardships of the industrial age. “ Chicago”, “The Harbor”, and “I Am the People- The Mob” share a common theme of mechanical misery. One of the largest epicenters for growing industries, Chicago became an…

Of the 8 poems assigned this week, I believe “Grass” by Carl Sandburg used words most effectively to tell a story. The story is very unique because it is told from the viewpoint of grass. This use of personification helps tell the story of the humanlike qualities that the grass has, such as a work ethic and ideas. In the first stanza, the grass makes references to Austerlitz and Waterloo which were two bloody wars in the early nineteenth century that unfortunately caused a lot of deaths. The…

semester. These three texts were Chicago by Carl Sandburg, Hiroshima by John Hersey, and The Color Purple by Alice Walker. One of the momentous works from semester one is Chicago by Carl Sandburg. This one really stood out to me because I can relate to it on a personal level. Coming from Las Vegas, Nevada, I understand what it’s like to have people constantly bashing on your hometown due to the crime rate or dirtiness of your city. In lines 8-11, Sandburg wrote, “And having answered so I turn…

Defining Myth Many scholars interpret theories of myth differently. Because of the variety of tales told in myths, it is hard to narrow it down to one established definition. Its’ Greek origin suggests myths are stories narrated either by mouth or through other media such as art, drama, or music. For this reason, myths can be applied universally due to their broadness. Legends, folktales, and fairytales are often confused with myths and for that reason many who study mythology attempt to…

However, this was with the American People, threats to National Security were made and barriers in National Security were breached. According to Washington Post writers Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein, “The American Presidency will never be the same.” “Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet anything of thy neighbor, and thou shalt not bear false witness.” All of these scriptural rules were broken during the Watergate Scandal. Is…

investigated the Watergate scandal. The journalist uncovered the story and presented the facts that eventually led to President Nixon’s resignation. The investigative reporting was effective in the Watergate scandal because journalist Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein focused on why there was a break-in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in D.C, and why those who worked under Nixon attempted to cover-up their involvement. Woodward and Bernstein spent majority of their time…

Most famously, Freud is accredited with his work published in 1900 The Interpretation of Dreams on dream analysis. Next, there was Carl Jung, who proposed another perspective giving people insight to the meaning of dreams. After years of research, psychologists have made significant progress in understanding why people dream, its function, and to some extent a more valid theory of what dreams mean. Freud “proposed that dreams provide a psychic safety valve that discharges otherwise unacceptable…

1. Is personality innate or learned? 2. Is personality conscious or unconscious? 3. Is personality influenced by interior or exterior factors? So, not only is the topic of personality complex, but it is also multi-faced, with theories both complementing and contradicting each other. To understand personality, is to understand the four major perspectives on it: Psychodynamic, Behavioral and Social Cognitive, Humanistic, and Trait. The psychodynamic perspective views personality as primarily…

Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud were both psychoanalysists and traveled together to the United States. (Introduction.) Their idea of the unconscious was different and they never came to an agreement. Freud thought the unconscious was biological and focused on the appearance of sexuality, while Jung thought the unconscious was human culture that was passed from generation to generation. (Olson and Hergenhahn, 2011.) I believe that Jung’s thoughts on how our unconscious processes and perceives…