New Criticism

In a nation dominated by Patriarchal Christian discourse, the role of women was highly problematizes as a source of weakness. In order to counteract decline and promote positive reproduction, women were pushed into traditionally Victorian roles of motherhood and passivity. Katrina Trask wrote in her 1895 article entitled “Motherhood and Citizenship: Woman’s Wisest Policy” that woman should bear children with “the mission of the perpetration of the race” and a woman engaging in sexual acts with…

elected in 1932, the early period of the Great Depression. FDR believed in three R’s: relief, reform, and recovery in order to get the American people through this rough economic patch. His idea and belief was a “try anything approach” also known as the New Deal. The…

Marco Maradiaga Alexandria Cornelius American Modern Civilization The New Deal The inequality of wealth, underconsumption, consumer spending with credit, and reckless banking were the main factors that led to the economic downturn in 1929. With Roosevelt in office and his promised “New Deal” that won the support of many women, African Americans, factory workers, immigrants, and farmers Roosevelt was able to put together the nation’s political loyalties that was torn apart during Hoover’s term…

The New First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “You must do the thing you think you cannot do.” Known as the reluctant first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt accomplished many tasks that previous First Ladies’ thought they could not do. With no option of becoming the First Lady, she refused to accept the “housewife” role and changed the way the United States viewed the role of the First Lady by her outspoken personal views, participation in the media, and her numerous trips around the world while…

up as a Native American woman. Her stories are an inspiration to all Native and non-Native alike. Born in 1953, she was raised on a farm on the Navajo reservation in Shiprock, New Mexico. The town was very small, only about a 16-mile radius, and growing up as a native she experienced everything from severe racism, criticism, and death. Tapahonso began writing poetry at the early age of about 8 years old, which was influenced…

to accept that failure does mean you are incapable. Actively practicing all of these new steps may lead to frustration and thoughts on giving up. Last but maybe most important of all: A growth mindset is not something that all people believe in, and once you decide you’d like to master having one, it will be a continuous task maintaining a growth mindset, in order to not fall back in your old…

thinking of programs to ease the problems caused by the Depression like the New Deal. The program focused on reliefs, economic recovery and financial reform. At some point, it played mainly a big part on minorities and women for taking up their mark. A part of its stated, “One of the most notable changes during the New Deal was the naming of several women to important government positions.” (The Americans page 710) The New deal created a big significance for women playing governmental roles. It…

Robert L. Heilbroner published his first and most famous work, The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times, and Ideas of the Great Economic Thinkers, when he was only 34 years old. Born in 1919 to an affluent family in New York City, Heilbroner was raised in a life of luxury and distinguished education. He graduated from Harvard University in 1940 and earned a Ph.D. in Economics in 1963. The Worldly Philosophers is a bestselling text that has sold millions of copies since its publication in 1953…

Movement” which took place in the United States from the late 1960s to the early 1970s. The “Jesus Movement” was largely focused on evangelicalism and more contemporary form of worship. The creators of Jesus Christ Superstar reflected the Jesus Movement’s new ideals for christianity as well as commentate on the commercialization of religion by depicting Jesus as a superstar. Despite some controversy regarding the having jesus connected to rock culture, the musical managed to be very successful…

catalysts that changed Krishna's life was when he received a message from both his wife and father, which to him was a very fun thing to open, what both the letters had in common is that both the letter from Krishna's father and wife talk about getting a new house and moving in, which to Krishna is a large leap towards his life living in the hostel he currently is in, "I hear that Susila, and the baby, are keeping well. He suggests that you should take her and the baby and set up a family and…