The Great Day

Great Depression The Great Depression impacted the world’s economy after the stock market crash along with a rapid decline in global. Which leaded an economic shock that left millions of Canadians unemployed, hungry and often homeless. As the great depression was the longest lasting economic downturn in the history, it impacted thousands of families like mine. It is a significance in Canadian history as the world turned around with the impact changing the rich to poor like if one thing goes wrong and the how thing can fall just like dominoes. This crisis impacted my family by my parents having to lose their jobs and lack of money to provide food. As my parents being immigrants, it was quite struggle starting at first and with the great depression…

We pass by so many people every day. We see a man in a suit with hair gelled back buying flowers and assume they're for his wife. But they're actually for his dying mother. We come in contact with clerks at the grocery store, telemarketers asking for money, a woman rushing past you in the airport, but you have no clue who they are, what they do. They all have their own stories, their own lives, and we only get a 5-second glance into those stories. Take into consideration that there are 86,400…

Although 'The Yellow Wallpaper” and “A Great Day” may not be considered 'contemporary' they still alert the reader to social problems that are still relevant in today’s modern world. In 'The Yellow Wallpaper' (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) Jane faces the social problem of what it feels like to not meet her society’s expectations of femininity. In “A Great Day” Fred faces the social problem of what it feels like, again to not meet the expectations of masculinity in his society. 'The Yellow…

The Great War was ended by the signing of the treaty of Versailles. November 11 1938 is a legal holiday in the U.S. It is an American Holiday dedicated to all American veterans for all wars. The most important thing done on this day is parades and family gatherings. Visiting the unidentified soldiers killed in the war at Washington D.C., there are no National U.S holidays because States retain the right to designate their own. Veterans Day is also called Armistice Day. 1941-1945 was…

Laura Evans Dr. Heather McPherson ARH 204 10/30/17 The Great Day of His Wrath During the 19th – century, art evolved into the movement know as Romanticism. The Romanticism movement influenced a determination to achieve freedoms of worship, speech, and feeling. The Romantics sought to express these new found freedoms through imaginative and emotional artworks. A primary element of the Romanticism period was the increased interest in the sublime. The sublime was a product of the dark middle ages,…

immense detail and a vast range of colors. While the models in his paintings were never identified, they often symbolized religious subjects such as Angels. Innocence was also portrayed in those characters. One of the things Martin was most famous for was his ability to capture the power of nature. As shown in his most talked about painting, The Great Day of His Wrath. He illustrates the apocalyptic force of nature and the helplessness of man to combat God's will. Like all of Martin's biblical…

If you were a sports fan in Hartford the day of my birth you had probably traveled to Dell Rapids the night before to see the West Central Boys basketball team. The Trojans, who defeated the Quarriers 76-68, were lead by Tucker Hansen, who had 23 points (“West Central 76, Dell Rapids 68” 4C). Also from around the Sioux Empire the police were searching for the driver of a truck that hit a pedestrian. The driver of truck hit a man from behind on 31st Street North and between Cliff and Van Eps…

The philosophy of the universe is extraordinary. To understand the nature, it requires countless knowledge and studies. What we see in nature are created by the supernatural forces, such as the natural disasters, and/or planned by humans, such as the gardens. The advantage of art is that we can imitate the naturalistic form of nature and expand our creativity to compose an ideal imagery. The two artworks, The Great Day of His Wrath and Ryoanji Zen Garden of Contemplation, exemplify the nature of…

It’s Always a Great Day at Johnny Rockets Finding a job in today’s market place, we can all agree on, is hard to achieve and maintain. Majority of the jobs available today are looking for part-time to avoid large pay and full-time benefits. For a college student, the right job is even harder to find. Luckily, I have been blessed to maintain two jobs during school and take in each of their experiences successfully. However, in doing so, the perspectives of which job I wanted to work each day…

Celebrating Columbus Day: Should We? The issue of whether the United States should continue to celebrate Columbus Day or not has been a topic of interest for quite some time. To some people Columbus Day is a ridiculous day on which we glorify genocide of the Arawak Indians while to others it is considered a day of great importance and a celebration of an honorable man in history. Columbus Day is actually the latter description, but to prove this an agreeable definition is needed. What exactly is…