Little Orphan Annie

For many years, Little Orphan Annie has been a source of entertainment for Americans, both during the Great Depression and after. The Great Depression was a hard time for everybody and caused a national crisis due to the stock market crash within the United States. During the Great depression, more often than not, families would have to be separated in order to find work. During this time of struggle, the protagonist on the radio show Little Orphan Annie, Annie, became a figure of courage and optimism. Little Orphan Annie provided listeners with entertaining distraction from their time of hardships during the Great Depression and gave them a symbol of hope in the midst of national adversity. During the time frame of the Great Depression, many…

Although I forgot that the Toyman was still in the room. "You think you can escape me, little girl! I 'm the Toyman," I turned around to see him pointing flamethrowers at me. I covered myself with my arm waiting to be scorched. Though before that could happen the burned walls were beaten down. Sending pieces of debris at us. "Toyman leave the children be!" said the unfamiliar voice. I moved my arm to see who spoke. I was stunned. The person who stood before us was the man of steel. "Superman!…

orphanages at an early age, specifically from newborn to the developmental years of two years old, are at a very high risk of having many early developmental complications. An orphanage is defined as the housing and care for orphans where they are to be fed and cared for, however despite the orphans receiving their basic needs, many children are still lacking the experience-expectant skills that they desperately need as they continue to grow. This is an extreme concern not only for our youth,…

Cold and dreary. This is the feeling that Ava Perkins woke up to every morning. She dreadfully got out of bed and put on her rusty slippers that were immersed in dirt. Everything Ava received was handed down to her from the other children of the orphanage. Ava's parents had left her when she was two months old. Ava always wondered why her parents didn't want her, and where could they be? Ava's daily ritual was to gaze out her shared rooms tiny window, and think about her future aspirations. Ava…

The orphan children are not white not white, male, nor property owners and are excluded from that privilege of life. Non- citizenship theory concept applies directly to them before the government got involved, they were ignored, pushed around, and abused. Which leads to being denied their social citizenship which is the rights to social services, like shelter opportunities, food or clothing availability. But once the government gets involved they turn into second class citizenship since it was…

I believe there are two types of people. Those who question nothing, and those who question everything. For better or for worse, I reside in the second group. Although there are countless questions swimming around in my head, and innumerable problems I wish to solve, the one that holds the most precedence is this; The condition of orphans throughout the globe. This past summer I had the amazing opportunity to help in several orphanages in Niger, Africa. Not only did this experience completely…

Orphan Train, by Christina Baker Kline, tells the story of two very different aged orphans, Vivian and Molly, who come together through their similar adolescence experiences and work to overcome their fear of loss and trusting others. The novel starts off with a troubled teen, Molly, who got caught stealing a book from the library. She is given the opportunity to do community service by helping an elderly woman named Vivian clean out her attic. Molly gladly accepts to prevent having to go to…

approximately 150,000 children were placed across the United States in foster homes by Orphan Trains. The program accountable for such as task was a non-profit organization that was determined to help the displaced children due to an increase of immigrants and the Civil War. The overall goal was to redistribute work forces and find homes for displaced children. The Children’s Aid society which is a non-profit organization founded in 1853 by Charles Loring Brace was the main contributor to the…

crowd of Trump-protesters, whose back of head is spilling blood, and the crowd is hounding him in hot pursuit. When a reporter asks Trump-protesters why they ignite Trump’s “Make America Great Again” caps, she receives responses of cursing Donald Trump without reasonable explanations. The election has ended, but the protests persist; some of the rallies are evolving into organized violence. What could possibly cause those protesters to coalesce and act foolishly? In social psychology, people are…

In her essay “Total Eclipse, ” Annie Dillard makes use of metaphor after metaphor and vivid, descriptive imagery to reveal the main message behind her text: mankind needs to wake up and be conscious of what is going on in the world outside of themselves. Through the sharing of her personal and emotionally driven experience of seeing a total eclipse, Dillard is able to draw the reader in. The eclipse has a very large impact on Dillard’s life and outlook of the world. Under the influence of the…