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The Great Depression was a turning point for the United States it began in 1929 and lasted until 1939, it was the longest, most severe economic Depression ever faced in North America. Cities all over the United States were impacted. There were extremely high rates of unemployment and deflation. The rates of unemployment reached its highest peak in 1933, up to 14 million people were unemployed. The Great Depression was triggered by the stock market crash of 1929. Banks, factories and stores…

for acceptable actions, but these parameters change over time. In the 1920’s, several factors resulted in a looser morality, much of which encouraged dishonesty, including drinking in backlash against prohibition laws. In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, which takes place in this era, characters constantly lie to or outright deceive each other. For instance, the narrator, Nick Carraway, extols his own honesty, but as his audience, we see how he has repeatedly withheld information from his…

The Great Gatsby, The Yellow Wallpaper, and The Open Boat share characteristics that are seen through common threads. The pursuit of goals such as social standing cause feelings of helplessness and isolation. Emotions such as love, friendship, and boredom cause the characters to find salvation in something that doesn’t exist. In these stories the pursuit of a fake “salvation” cause them to lose control of their fate. The main social system that has an impact in these stories is social hierarchy…

Baum was also around during the Panic of 1893, which was a flood of silver available, making people hurry to their banks, making bank runs. The people however just got gold credits, which practically exhausted the U.S's. gold holds and created a Great Depression like state in the nation.…

known as the “Roaring 20’s,” came a time of many tribulations. The 1930s were marked by a time of attempt and struggle. After witnessing one of the United State’s most successful decades, Americans were faced with unexpected misfortunes such as the Great Depression, natural disasters, and wars. The Wall Street Crash in 1929, the largest stock market crash in American history, was the cause of the Depression. Although there were attempts to reconstruct the United States, matters increasingly got…

in most books and movies whether they are colors, or people’s actions. Symbolism helps give insight into how characters really feel without them directly saying it. Colors can show how people are feeling, acting and even how they want to feel. The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is a novel about a poor man who is now rich and is trying to win back his old love. Jay Gatsby fell in love at a young age to Daisy Buchanan but he had to go to war. During his time in war Daisy got married to Tom…

representation of stupidity they may form the shape of an upside-down cone and write in it, “Dunce.” Success has often been correlated with knowledge, but, measuring how much knowledge someone possesses is tricky. In Charles Dickens Victorian novel, Great Expectations, Pip starts off as a young “common” boy who yearns for a higher station in life. Also yearning, in Herman Hesse’s Interwar novel, Siddhartha, is Siddhartha who leads a nomadic life in search of spiritual enlightenment. Although,…

in learning all about the primary and secondary reasons and events that occurred, causing tensions to rise between Persia and Greece, resulting in an all-out war. Decisions and actions by the Greeks, Persians, and even the Spartans during times of great friction will be reviewed and analyzed below as well as the inevitability…

enemies, Alexander carried out his father’s plans to invade Persia, which had “dominated the whole world from India westwards to Greece” for two centuries. Due to the success in his conquests, he is almost universally referred to as Alexander the Great. His fame, however, has obscured the accomplishments of his father. In reality, without his father’s work, Alexander may not have been able to carry out his invasion of Persia. Although Alexander’s achievements are incredible, he is given too…

The 1930’s were a time of hope, despair and vulnerability for the United States of America. The Great Depression destroyed the American economy and left millions of people without homes, money, or food. Americans deserted their foreclosed homes and found themselves living in Hoovervilles, or shanty insufficient neighborhoods built in the suburbs of big cities. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, the two most recognized members of The Barrow Gang, took advantage of the tanking economy by stealing…