Rationing

Chris Carragher Dr. Cella English 107 Lit 11 September 2015 Poetry Analysis Rough Draft When one thinks of a war poem, images of cannons, guns, smoke and death are conjured in the reader’s mind. Though Back When All Was Continuous Chuckles is a war poem, none of the classic elements of such a war poem are present at surface value. Colette Inez, the author of Back When All Was Continuous Chuckles writes a poem that could be attributed to multiple themes. One could argue that it is a yearning of…

Introduction The definition of stigma has a multitude of variation, however, one prominent description highlights that it's 'a characteristic of persons that is contrary to the norm of a social unit' [1]. Within the general population, there's a large proportion of people who view disability with such stigma, demonstrated in a recent survey where 38% of people believed that disabled people are a burden on society [2]. Whilst stigma reflects simply the beliefs of an individual, discrimination is…

The Great Depression halted the success of amusement parks from the Roaring Twenties and before because of recognizable reasons. Although the phenomenon of amusement parks and roller coasters was at its peak, it came to a sudden halt in the year of 1929. The stock market crash during this time put America in a standstill. Americans were left speechless and hopeless as they saw the economy disintegrate before their very eyes. The dissolution of the economy lead to the Great Depression which had a…

Strict rationing was soon applied, thee population was limited to things like oil, gasoline, tea and coffee because the Germans need them for their military. The country that had high standards of living was falling into poverty and disease. People lost their land…

Diplomacy Over Force A common ideal taught to children is to use words over violence to dissolve conflicts. If someone makes someone else upset, resolving disagreement through diplomacy and not force is almost common sense to most people. In most countries, using force is an action that is looked down upon, if not prohibited. Yet, responsible men who are powerful enough to lead countries often seem to start wars to resolve national disputes. Initially known as the Great War, World War I is one…

The revolution began due to the treatment of the middle and lower class by the first and second Estates. Even though the Third Estate represented about 98% of the French population they only held one vote; this often led to the interests of the people being overruled by the nobility and the church. The elaborate spending done by King Louis XVI and his wife, Marie Antoinette, and their support to the American revolutionaries led to France’s financial crisis. Because of this the price of bread, a…

Winston Smith. Here, betrayal is a reoccurring theme. The Party (Ingsoc) has ability to betray the people under its rule for its own ends. The party uses the concept of Big Brother to maintain power. There is absolute control over daily life, constant rationing, vaporizing of individuals who don't conform…

Another form of Nurse Ratched’s dictatorship over the ward is the rationing of the cigarettes, even though the cigarettes are the property of the men in the ward, “ ‘Yeah, Doc, what about our cigarettes? How does she have the right to keep the cigarettes— our cigarettes— piled up on her desk in there like she owned them…

The Effects of American Consumerism America, the land of the free! Americans are a proud people. We have fought wars for freedom and for the rights of the people. Yet, are we really so free, and at what cost to others? The steady rise in consumerism has created a devastating effect not only on our every day lives but on a global level. The Great Depression of the 1930s affected people of varying statuses, both the rich and poor. It mirrored a time of unemployment, poverty, and a drop in…

From 1939-1945, the world was experiencing a state of total war include mass genocides, the evolution of modern warfare and machinery and the ultimate dueling of the Allied and Axis powers – World War II. The rise of fascism and dictatorships throughout Europe and some parts of Asia contributed to the start of the war. At the time, Britain and France were allies with Poland. As Russia and Germany began to invade Poland, the allies-by-treaty retaliated and so began the start of WWII. Britain…