Herbert Mullin

Analyzing “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” is an extraordinary short story written by James Thurber in 1939. While no one is sure why Thurber wrote this fun and exciting short story, but the way he portrayed a guy who does not fit in with the world, and how he finds his happy place by dreaming grabs reader’s attention. “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” by James Thurber, is a great way for the reader to escape life the same way Walter did. During James Thurber’s…

Pollock battled acute alcoholism. He worked for the WPA during the Great Depression. His work became highly publicized (Life). He enjoyed the work of Diego Rivera and Jose Clemente Orozco (American Decades). At one time, he was a “communist of sorts” (Sylvester 398). Diego Rivera was affiliated with the communist party. (Block) Orozco, while not a communist, was friends with many. (Wye 125) Pollock was a proponent of Abstract Expressionism, and his untraditional art style made him the subject of…

By 1932, the Great Depression was in full swing and America needed reassurance that there was hope; Franklin D. Roosevelt gave them this hope. In his inaugural address, he touched upon a tremendous number of the problems that had caused the Great Depression and briefly spoke on how intended to fix them. The exemplary part of his speech was not related to the current situation of the US, it pertained to hope, and courage. Roosevelt famously said, “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”…

Introduction The Great Depression (1929-39) is known as the deepest, most pervasive and longest-lasting economic downturn in the American history and also in the history of the Western industrialized world. The effects of the depression were massively felt in virtually all corner of the world as it was one of the greatest economic disasters in history. The Great Depression’s timing greatly varied across the nations, but in a good number of countries it started in 1929 but lasted until the late…

During the end of the nineteenth century, Vienna became anti-Semitist. According to the doctoral thesis by Jeralyn Lambourne: “The Jews became an object of hatred after the stock market collapse in 1873, because many of them had been speculators in the market and were blamed for the crash.” Strauss took the opportunity by having a Jewish “stock” character Dr. Blind, Eisenstein lawyer. In Die Fledermaus, Dr. Blind is a timid person that stutters occasionally. He is one of the few characters in…

The decade of 1920, also known as the Roaring Twenties, were years of excitement and innovation. During these times, many new technologies and lifestyles were introduced to not only the upper class, but also to the rest of society, thus allowing the average citizen access to all these novelties. The president who promised Americans improved lives was Calvin Coolidge. With Calvin Coolidge running the country, it seemed as if he eliminated poverty in total in which citizens prospered with the…

The Great Depression is a time period in history in which the United States was faced with tragic economical crisis. It began in 1929 while President Herbert Hoover was in office. There is not one major cause of the Great Depression. During this blacks were moving from the south for a better way of life and more job opportunities in factories, this is called the Great Migration. Socialism v.s. Communism, socialist believed that everyone should depend upon the government while communist believe…

I chose Franklin D. Roosevelt because he was a central figure in world events during the 20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic depression and total war. His New Deal involved the great expansion of the role of the federal government in the economy. In the state election of 1910, Roosevelt ran for the New York State Senate from the district around Hyde Park in Dutchess County. The local party chose him as a paper candidate because his Republican cousin…

The Great Depression of the 1930’s: a dismal time that most people associate with the stock market crash, severe unemployment, poverty, the Dust Bowl, creation of the New Deal, and the less distinguished Second New Deal, under the courageous President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. There has been many disagreements about the Works Progress Administration and the Social Security Act, which are key programs in the Second New Deal. The main arguments against the WPA are that it hired lazy people, spent…

Melt up period. The euphoria of the market began in 1921. Investors and non-investors turned to buy shares without measure. There was no need to choose them. They were all worthy, and they all went up in price like foam. Between 1921 and 1929, prices, expressed regarding the Dow Jones index rose by 460%, from 68 to 380 points. A spectacular climb. Similar to the one we are currently living. Melt Down period. Between 1929 and 1932, prices plummeted approximately 90%. Nevertheless, this percentage…