Studs Terkel

INTRO- Often the darkest times in history provide an aura of excitement not soon forgotten. Studs Terkel’s The “Good War” shocks its audience with the grotesque reality of World War II battles as well as the exhilaration of being in the midst of SOME TYPE OF WORD FOR WAR. Oppositely Michael T. Bertrand’s Race, Rock, and Elvis looks into the arguments of Rock’n’Rolls impact on changing postwar race relations in the United States. KICKASS THESIS. One of the more subtle comparisons between Terkel’s and Bertrand’s books is who actually perpetrated the racism in both situations. One of the reoccuring themes of Terkel’s book was the fact that minorities were discriminated againt, but individuals realized they were human too. On more than one occasion…

conditions that she went through at work to earn the money to be able to attend law school. Furthermore, this connects to the story “Robert Acuna Talks About Farm Workers” by Studs Terkel because it shows that in order to accomplish in life, people have to realize that everything is not just handed to you. Also, because it shows how Cesar Chavez had poor working conditions and had many struggles on the farm, but went on strike to speak out for equal rights because he wanted to become a first…

Carla Mendoza Business 1050 10/9/15 Assignment 13 “Mike LeFevre” by Studs Terkel Vocabulary 1. Chewed- yelled at 2. Bonderized- A machine that will coat steel with a corrosive preventing substance 3. Effete- decadent 4. Foreman- a man in charge of other workers 5. Muses- to think of something in a deep serious or dreamy way 6. Poke- some money 7. Posterity- generations that come after someone 8. Pseudo- not real, pretending to be real 9. Shrinker- psychologist (shrink) 10. Smashed- to get drunk…

The Great Depression, an economic collapse of worldly proportions. Citizens all around the world were struggling to just make by. America also fell, even though it 's great economic boom during WW1. The Depression left millions of Americans without jobs. Many middle-class individuals found themselves in poverty. Even the wealthy fell victim to this economic collapse. It was a terrible time for everyone. During this time, there were some who were doing better than others, job and economic wise.…

Figure 2 is a photo of my grandparents on my mom’s side at my grandma’s high school prom in 1958. In our interview, my grandma stated, “I wore a gown that I re-used from a wedding. We were a poor immigrant family, so it was really hard to go out and buy something new” (Giorgi, n.p.). Her dress has a sweetheart neckline with a full skirt at ballerina length. The sweetheart neckline became popular in 1940s evening wear, but was still used in the 50s. Farrell-Beck and Parsons discussion on 50s…

How to dress like a pro? Tips to look professional in office Do not go overboard Make sure that your dressing style suits the environment. Some places follow a particular dress code. This makes it easier to narrow down on your choices. In other cases, you will have to make a sound judgment based on the ambience and other factors. You may also consider the style your colleagues follow. Usually the style followed by lawyers, government officials and other such professional is formal business…

else has too much influence. In the 1970’s, a man in Massachusetts was faced with a problem. A large corporation wanted to build a nuclear power plant in his home town. This power plant posed many environmental concerns for the town. The man, named Studs Terkel wrote, “There was a feeling that you can’t fight a large corporation...The town officials were extraordinarily pro-nuclear. They had been bought off by this tax plum” (Terkel). The corporation that wanted to build the power plant had too…

It has been said by social critics that a society based on class differences, on differences in wealth and power among people and groups is destructive of basic human values. The theme of money and work is that money and power have more value than the actual act of work. It does not matter how much one works but how much power they truly have because of money. Due to this it creates a force of destruction of human values that one should have. The lack of these basic human values such as…

kincaid, she says, ” This is how to behave in the presence of men who don’t know you very well and this the way they won’t recognize immediately the slut I have warned you against becoming” (Kincaid 241). In Jamaica Kincaid’s culture women are subservient to men, and women were to teach their daughters at a young age how to not be a slut. These three women have shown the type of culture that they grew up in and portrayed the life they were expected to follow. A Stereotype is a fixed image or…

Studs Terkel’s piece Division Street is about two different stories, one from a Native American who moved to Chicago and one from a women that was born in Chicago then moved away and then moved back. Chicago helped shape this piece of art because the two stories that the two people were telling connected back to Chicago. For example Benny Bearskin had talked about how after him and his family moved to the West Side of Chicago all their windows were smashed. He mentioned that after he called…