The Saturday Evening Post

he has used a lot of symbols in his paintings, so in many of his “utopianism” artworks, there are actually some deeper and darker meanings behind them. Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) was an American illustrator, he illustrated covers for The Saturday Evening Post for 47 years. The public loved his often-humorous depictions…

Babylon Revisited, a short story written by the author F. Scott Fitzgerald, was written in 1930, but was first published in 1931 in the Saturday Evening Post. The author, Fitzgerald, was known for his turbulent personal life (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). Beginning in the 1920s, Fitzgerald embraced his new celebrity status by living a lifestyle that involved heavy partying (“F. Scott Fitzgerald”). Fitzgerald’s personal life was somewhat shown through Babylon Revisited. The majority of literature is…

mother’s side was already working and living on the homestead that his father had already established in the 1920s. This homestead was also the Little Buffalo Post Office. William Simpson Sr. (Kevin’s great grandfather) was the postmaster from 1926 to 1950. William Sr. was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland and first came to Manitoba, Canada 1903. The post office log building was also their home that would be filled with neighbours…

I am currently working for the post office as a city postman. This position requires a person to be totaled aware of the surrounding, weather, and timing. Timing is very critical and pressure in this job because that would determine if the carrier can have lunch, miss lunch or come back late that day. I t is very pressure to be delivering mail when it’s getting dark and driving or walking on the road with raining or icy weather. Not only that this job has a lot of pressure has it also required…

“By the Waters of Babylon” is a story set in a post-apocalyptic world narrated by the son of a village priest named John. John learns from his father how to collect metal from the Dead Places and how to purify it so it can be used by his people. When he becomes comfortable doing this by himself, John decides that it is time for him to go on his journey. John dreams that he is destined to take a journey to the Place of the Gods, a trip forbidden by his people. After traveling for eight days, John…

FIVE DOLLAR DAY Wake up, hope for the best, work nine hour days, and still only make $2.25 per day. People were wrestling the economy, but one day the people woke up, hoping for the best, and continuing the same routine, when the origin of “five dollar day” transpired. On January 5, 1914, it was the rise of Henry Ford, when he announced a change that stunned the world. He revealed that Ford Motor Company was doubling its workers’ wages to five dollars a day. Reducing a workweek from six to…

Art of the Moon exhibition explores the use of the Moon in several works of art, of different mediums, throughout different historical periods from 1490 until 1926. It covers several different distinct periods in art history including Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Gothic to give the viewer a sense…

Ace and his friends has gathered with the rest of their class and teacher in their classroom on a saturday to start planning their goodbye party since they'll be graduating in a few months. But this is an isekai story, so of course the class of 30 students and one teacher gets transported along with the entire school building to another world, without any apparent cheat powers, or any powers at all for that matter. This isn't a deep story that delves into the despair and confusion of suddenly…

did not continue the relationship. Fitzgerald did not have enough money to make her happy. The war ended before he was ever deployed. Fitzgerald continued to write stories that appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. It was reported that “Fitzgerald’s peak story fee of $4,000 from The Saturday Evening Post may have had in 1929 the purchasing power of $40,000 in present-day dollars……

who literally looked like skeletons, Northerners were shocked and horrified”. This shows how the Union reacted to the events that occurred at Andersonville Prison. Another example of the Union’s reaction was described by Jeff Nilsson in the Saturday Evening Post : “As news of the death camp reached the newspapers, Northerners were newly enraged at the South and its army. Hearing of the miserable conditions and high death rate in the camp, Walt Whitman wrote, “There are deeds, crimes that may be…