Great Society

The period between 1960-1970 bared witness to many government deficits and spending programs to promote economics. One program that increased the government debt and had a multiplier effect on the economy is President Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society Program. The program aimed to provide opportunities for all Americans with enacting the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Economic Opportunity Act, the Food Stamp Act, Elementary and Secondary Education, Social Security Amendments, and Community Actions…

Lyndon Johnson’s Great Society was considered one of the most sweeping proposals since Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Although both of these proposals were intended to make living standards and such better in the United States, they were based on different things. First off, the Great Society was a response to prosperity, while the New Deal was a response to depression. Johnson’s Great Society proposed ways of reducing poverty and bettering America for its future, while FDR’s New Deal was an…

In their society, they feel that to be in a higher class they have to have money. In East Egg, the environment is a lot different than the environment in West Egg. In East Egg, the society is more wealthy and more elite than the society in West Egg. In West Egg, the society is not as wealthy but both areas still have a lot of money. Robert and Helen Roulaton, in their article The Great Gatsby: Fitzgerald’s Opulent Synthesis, tell readers that “Tom tastes, moreover, are certainly closer to…

F. Scott Fitzgerald -- A 20th Century author who greatly impacted the society and represented the Jazz Age through some of his compositions such as The Great Gatsby and This Side of Paradise. Fitzgerald’s passion for writing grew when he studied at the University of Princeton where he wrote for the school newspaper and composed musical productions… until he dropped out because of poor academic performance. After his dropout, he enlisted in the United States Army until his service was over. When…

the amenities, to scrounging around for food along with other household objects. According to About the Great Depression, the crime rate skyrocketed from all the angry, hungry, unemployed people trying to put something on the table for their family. Not only did petty thefts become a frequent recurrence, but so did suicide and prostitution. The mental state of society completely shifted. The Great Depression didn’t affect everyone the same way. While most of America fell into a murky pit of…

year of The Great Depression, people were struggling. People had no food,homes,water,clothes and no money to provide for their families.You can not survive in a world with no money and no job especially if you were to have very big family.People can not just be put out into this world during this time with nothing.These times were very bad and cruel imagine all these babies that are starving and so very hungry.The Great Depression made a huge impact on society. The effects of the Great…

In The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald articulates that society can be blinded by status. Granted that people can be blind sighted by something the yearn for, this can impact that person losing sight of the person they were before. Fitzgerald establishes Gatsby to this precedent, Gatsby changed his whole identity from James Gatz to Jay Gatsby and adapted to the higher lifestyle to attain Daisy. Gatsby was once this poor boy who fell in love with a girl little did he know she valued…

underground culture that lurked in the shadows of high society. In the novel The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald overlooked the glittering and shiny objects to unveil the moral corruptness present amongst the wealthy. Describing frivolous details of Gatsby’s party, Fitzgerald allows his repudiating beliefs towards the wealthy shine through. Through careful comparisons and rapid flow of ideas through lists, Fitzgerald presents his detestation for high society. Fitzgerald elaborates on the…

Mendoza1 When talking about society and how individuals act within it, a big factor will always come up. Everyone wants to be high in the power caste and will do anything to attain that power. Because of the way, that the idolized society views a person, this can force the individual to wear a mask. When you are in high power, you tend to have things come easier than others. When talking about society and how individuals act within it, a big factor will always come up. Which would explain why…

The Effects of Wealth on Society Both F. Scott Fitzgerald and Lorraine Hansberry display the effects of having an obsession with wealth throughout their books: The Great Gatsby and A Raisin in the Sun. Having an obsession with wealth leads to personal corruption and a loss of moral values. The Great Gatsby, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, takes place in upstate New York in the 1920’s. The story is narrated by a young man, named Nick Carraway, who works on wall street and lives in West Egg,…