Great Purge

they had been virtually forced to borrow to meet war reparations stipulated in the Treaty of Versailles. The effects of the Great Depression influenced the events preceding the Second World War, especially in the rise of Adolf Hitler to power in Germany motivated by the lack of foreign financing and the increasing economic difficulties that plagued their country. “The Great Depression finally came to an end, not because of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal or the massive growth of federal…

Age of Human Error” (“Florence King Quote” n. pag.). The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in post-World War One America, a time when people always want the finest, fanciest things because they feel that they deserve them. This is all a part of their American Dreams, and they make some mistakes and do immoral things in order to achieve these dreams. Major examples of this are the many affairs that take place throughout The Great Gatsby, such as Tom Buchanan cheating with Myrtle…

A wise man discovers a gem in every step of his life. For this reason, it is said that a wise man learns by observing the mistakes of those around him, while a fool learns from his own mistakes. In the classic novel, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the narrator, Nick Carraway, due to his observant nature and open-mindedness, opens up a treasure of Gatsby’s story for the readers and himself entailing the discovery of individualism, heroism, and hope. As Nick Carraway learns to take a…

Unemployment in the United States is a serious problem that continues to grow due to a number of reasons. The first major cause is due to job out sourcing overseas, particularly China where the labor costs are extremely low. The next big reason for unemployment in the U.S. is because of the high taxes which rank close to the worst of any country in the world. (A. Krulick, Debt.org) Two of the major financial indicators associated with unemployment are homelessness and starvation. These…

His father was a philosopher and also an economist. His mother was the town’s first female mayor. He was the head of the school, excelling in mathematics until he grew up and won a scholarship to attend Eton College. He showed great talent there in all the subjects he studied, especially mathematics. Then he joined Cambridge University and graduated in 1904 with a B.A in mathematics. After graduating, Keynes went straight to work, but in 1908 he quit his job and returned to Cambridge…

James D G Dunn notes: “The epochal significance of Pentecost raises the whole course of salvation-history to a new plane ….In one sense, therefore, Pentecost can never be repeated - for the new age is here and cannot be ushered in again. But in another sense Pentecost, or rather the experience of Pentecost, can and must be repeated in the experience of all who would become Christians.” Dunn is effectively saying that in order to witness for Jesus Christ today, just as the disciples…

An Unwanted Interruption "Five years," Jay Gatsby 's husky voice breathed. He pinned Daisy to the wall of the living room. "Not here Jay," Daisy pushed Gatsby away. A hesitant tremor betrayed her lilting voice. "There 's servants around." "Five years to make up for," Gatsby murmured into Daisy 's ear. The young woman turned her white face up to Gatsby’s own, her eyes dark with anticipation. Gatsby kept his eyes transfixed on her face. Five years on, and her beauty still mesmerised him. He was…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald as the geography surrounding the characters would create vastly different personalities if set somewhere else. Not only does the state The Great Gatsby is set in impact the whole story, but also the location of where the characters live and, as Thomas C. Foster mentions in How To Read Literature Like A Professor, how “humans inhabiting space. . . the spaces inhabiting humans” (Foster 174) have a profound effect. Set in the city of New York, The Great…

Delano Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression, it was viewed with skepticism due to its perceived anti-capitalistic policies and seemingly communist-esque ideas, which struck fear in the eyes of Americans. However, Roosevelt proved that government involvement in the economy is not only stable, but also is a fair equalizer amongst a nation’s citizens. Paul Krugman’s, The Conscience of a Liberal, discusses the major political situations between the Great Depression and the twenty- first…

Capitalism was the first system to ever benefit all levels of society when it first came around. So, what is wrong with capitalism? Why is capitalism so despicable? What is it about capitalism that induces such bitterness? The essay What is Wrong With Capitalism written by Thomas Storck effectively answers just that. Storck begins by identifying reasons some people may believe why our economic system is capitalist, like having private property and “relative freedom of legal competition”, but…