Characters in American novels of the 20th century

makes scandals more widespread in this day and age is the internet; it allows scandals to spread to a global level. People who are shunned today are recognized worldwide, and they can’t go anywhere to escape their scandal. But in The Scarlet Letter, a novel by Nathaniel Hawthorne, set in the 1600s. During the puritan reign of America, shunning and scandal were based on religious ideas, such as: committing adultery, religious sinning, breaking puritan norms, owning extravagant things, and…

American Values From an Outsider’s Point of View The American Dream, or the action of making dreams into reality, is the foundation to the capitalistic society in which we live today. It is a representation of combined values and aspirations that triumphed over all others, ascending the United States into the supreme world power it has become today. The city of New York best represents the notion of what the American Dream is because, New York is a melting pot of cultures that live together…

known for the renaissance movement of art and music that emerged during the early 20th century. The “New Negro Movement” embraced African American culture and pride in opposition to the institutionalized and popular racism that followed many black people from the south. Extremely high rents kept tenants in Harlem poor and in this atmosphere, the cycle of oppression and violence was nearly impossible to escape. In the novel The Street, author Ann Petry illuminates the effects of consistent…

hearts. My own mind was reflecting on the series I’d grown up with, seeing as the books had been published my 6th, 7th, and 8th grade years, and the movies released my 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade years. I pondered my own connections with the main character, Katniss Everdeen, even though we live in starkly different worlds, and gave thought to the series’ implications…

is located in Rockford, Illinois. His sock factory with automatic knitting machines, eventually led to the creation of the distinguished red heeled sock monkey. Sock Monkeys can be found in numerous households and became a popular craft in the 20th century. It is unclear when sock monkeys were first created, nevertheless the famous red heeled sock monkey has a history that begins with the Nelson Knitting Company and has continued to be a popular image in crafting and in today’s society.…

the right to be considered a person and for the right to vote. Further, women’s actions in this decade were often considered unladylike. Women wore short dresses, had short hair, often smoked and drank alcohol. In 1925, an American author, F. Scott Fitzgerald, wrote the novel The Great Gatsby. The Great Gatsby followed the lives of the rich living in Long Island, New York during the summer of 1922. Fitzgerald’s portrayal of women in The Great Gatsby is often criticized by feminists. This hostile…

became the perfect setting for the modern newspaper, and the early20th century told many stories in the form of novels and plays. However,…

know what was one the worst events in American History that resulted in so many casualties? Did you guess the Great War of 1812, World War 1, World War 2? Were one your guesses 9/11? If any of these were your answers you would be dead wrong. In fact, these guesses pale in comparison in the amount of is more than these guesses combined times 5. Are you ready to find out what the answer is? Ok, drum roll please. The highest casualty that occurred in our american history is the Holocaust. What is…

The early 20th century was a time when countless human beings not only struggled to support themselves, but they also struggled to support their family and loved ones. A lot of the work that was offered in the time period to all of the people was not paying enough money to make a living off of. This often left many people and families starving and homeless. The effect that this had on the characters in The Jungle, as well as the effect of people in real life, was extremely negative. Being…

for actions they have made is a little more withstandable than prejudice against the intrinsic qualities of a person. Of course, it’s still a deplorable action. Every year, readers of The Scarlet Letter besmirch the characters in the book for the prejudice shown throughout the novel, though many similar ideas are still alive today. While the racial bias scarring America’s past begins to fade, another emerges from the dust. As the gaps in income seem to never stop growing farther apart, humans…