My Life and My Mother's Life
My life compared to my mother's life is in many ways very different and in other ways a lot alike. The differences are there mostly because I was born into a different era. In 1928, my mother's life started out during the end of the Roaring 20's. It was a time of change in America. People were shocked at the short skirts, the drinking and smoking that the young women were participating in then. As the economy came to a crashing halt with the disastrous collapse of the stock market in October of 1929, so did many of the free and "high filutin" attitudes of the 20's.
With the 1930's came The Great Depression followed soon after with the election of Franklin Deleno Roosevelt as U.S. President. His administration was responsible for many reform programs designed to help Americans get back on their feet again. President Roosevelt called it the "New Deal". As part of the New Deal, a program called the WPA was created. When I asked my mother what that stood for she replied "I can't remember the real name, we called it "We Poke Along". In my research, I uncovered the real name - Works Progress Administration. It was created in 1935 to combat unemployment at a time when it was at an all time high of 25%. The WPA employed 9 million people in various public works projects between l935 and 1943 of which my grandfather was one. They built roads, schools, dams, etc., which did a lot to improve their communities in those days; in addition, it provided a means to put food back on the table. My mother remembers little from these early days except that there was not a lot to eat then, potato soup and beans being the constant staple. She and others who survived The Great Depression wanted t...
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...ied 52 years now which in its' self says so much for her commitment and dedication. When I asked her what was the secret for a strong marriage she replied, "Never take each other for granted, get fixed up every morning. Try to make the home into a palace, cook good meals, tell each other 'I love you' often and be near him as much as you possibly can be, she said. Then added, "children add a lot to a marriage." Through her life alone, she has taught her children moral values that will be passed down for generations to come. With the faith and courage she has instilled in me, I was able to pull myself up and out of some bad situations where otherwise I would have been lost. I can truthfully say she is indeed my very best friend. Her strength and love for her family have never wavered, and our respect and love for her will always be a testament to her life.
New Deal programs, such as the W.P.A., were supposed to provide work equally, but this was not the case. Jobs in the south were often given to whites over blacks making it nearly impossible for blacks to make a living. One writer criticizes the Works Progress Administration, a large part of the New Deal, and asks, “do the government insist on Jim Crow on the W.P.A. projects?” (McElvaine, 89). The Great Depression impacted everyone but the african-americans had to face poverty and discrimination
The Great Depression of the 1930s was a catastrophic time period of international stock market crashes, economic downfall, and drop in world trade. This led millions of Americans to become poor overnight, spiraling them into poverty. Consequently, many factories, businesses and construction projects slowed down. With production at a minimum, many workers were let go. Those who kept their jobs saw their salaries drop. Soon, the streets were filled with bread lines, soup kitchens, and many homeless people. Even farmers throughout the nation were affected by this event and were forced to leave their harvesting crops rotting in the fields. In 1932, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, introduced to Congress the New Deal. The programs and projects of the New Deal were designed to help America and her citizens get back on their feet. The Public Workers Administration (PWA) was created by the National Industry Recovery Act on June 16, 1933 by the President's first female cabinet member, Frances Perkins, along with Harold Ickes, James Farley, and Henry
The Deaths of Romeo and Juliet Was it just one person’s fault, or a mixture? In this essay, I will include many different reasons as to why Romeo and Juliet die. I will explain in detail each point and put forward my own opinions. I will use quotes to back up each point and explain why the historical context is relevant.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president on 1932 he promised to use the power of government to help restore economic stability and to support the poor. Over the next several years, President Roosevelt's organization produced various new government efforts that would do just that, this was called The New Deal. The New Deal created programs like The Glass-Steagall Act, The Civilian Conservation Corps, The Works Progress Administration, and The Public Works Administration. The Glass-Steagall Act or the Banking Act separated commercial banking from investment banking to help protect deposits. The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) employed young men on public-works projects. The Works Progress Administration (WPA) employed people to ...
Henry V is not a simple one as it has many aspects. By looking into
The film uses various techniques to present a particular view of the war against France. What is that interpretation and how does the film convey it?Although the Branagh version of Shakespeare's Henry V remains very close to the text, with only a few lines left out of the film, the movie portrays a very clear and distinct message about war and Branagh's opinion on the matter. Henry V is fundamentally a play about war, and it would have been very easy for Branagh to make his version of the play into a film that glorified war. Instead, Branagh took the opportunity to make a statement about what he felt was the true essence of wars - both medieval and modern.It is clear through Henry V that Branagh thinks that wars are a waste of precious human life, and in the end are fruitless, causing more loss than gain.
end I will come to a final decision of who actually was to blame for
To turn Henry V into a play glorifying war or a play condemning war would be to presume Shakespeare's intentions too much. He does both of these and more in his recount of the historical battle of Agincourt. Although Shakespeare devotes the play to the events leading to war, he simultaneously gives us insight into the political and private life of a king. It is this unity of two distinct areas that has turned the play into a critical no man's land, "acrimoniously contested and periodically disfigured by opposing barrages of intellectual artillery" (Taylor 1). One may believe that Henry is the epitome of kingly glory, a disgrace of royalty, or think that Shakespeare himself disliked Henry and attempted to express his moral distaste subtly to his audience. No matter in which camp one rests, Henry V holds relevance for the modern stage. Despite containing contradictions, Henry is also a symbol as he is one person. This unity of person brings about the victory in the battle of Agincourt.
In 1935 Roosevelt created the Works Progress Administration (later the Work Projects Administration) or WPA. Its purpose was to create all kinds of jobs at every level of the skill ladder, preserving professional and technical skills while helping individuals maintain their self-respect. Artists in the program were paid $15 to $90 a month for a wide variety of assignments. Work-relief programs functioned under this basic design from 1935 to 1939 when the WPA was renamed the Work Projects Administration and placed under the supervision of the Federal Art Project (FAP). The WPA/FAP lasted until 1943, when productivity and employment soared as the country marshaled its resources to fight World War II.
In a time of dire need there is always at least a sliver of hope that remains, a light that never goes out despite the darkness around. If this is the case, for a time such as the Great Depression than what was that “sliver of hope” or that “light in the darkness”, so to speak? Although President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s other efforts are much appreciated, the “light” of the Great Depression is, hands down, the Works Progress Administration. Why? The Great Depression was a time of despair and unfortunate events for all citizens of the United States; left and right, the homeless and the jobless were seen forlornly sauntering the streets seeking jobs that could and would not be found. It is in this instance that the Works Progress Administration takes the stage, created by President Franklin Roosevelt, the WPA’s sole reason of existence was to employ the jobless by funding public works projects. With these projects the unemployed were given jobs and projects were carried out such as the photography projects of the Farm Security Administration. Among the most famous photographers of these projects are Dorothea Lange, Walker Evans, and Russell Lee.
Roosevelt, Roosevelt enacted the New Deal, a series of programs and initiatives that assisted many Americans in bringing stability back to the American economy and society. The First New Deal was launched in 1933. As many Americans lost their homes, jobs and life savings due to the Great Depression, the First New Deal focused on economic recovery (Foner, 815). President Roosevelt believed it was the government’s responsibility to guarantee every man the right to make a comfortable living (Foner, 810). Successively, he created many governmental jobs to assist the unemployed. In 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) was created (Foner, 805). This program set young men up to work on forest preservation projects, flood control, and improving national parks and wildlife (Foner, 805). This program helped over 3 million American men, by paying governmental wages to the workers (Foner, 805). Following the CCC, the Public Works Administration (PWA) was formed (Foner, 806). This program contracted with private construction agencies to build useful infrastructure around the United States, and was appropriated $3.3 billion to carryout the plan (Foner, 806). Trailing the PWA, the Civil Works Administration (CWA) was constructed. This program was much like the PWA, instead of contracting with private businesses, the CWA directly hired workers for construction projects (Foner, 806). These programs worked to get men back to
While critics might argue that the federal money was wasted on unnecessary projects, it is clear that the work of the WPA enabled America’s economy to bounce back from the Great Depression. It gave the people of the United States something to believe in and managed to unite the country under one common goal: revive the economy. By 1945, there were few starving children lining the streets and no men searching desperately for pay. The United States had recovered from the supposedly unrecoverable, all thanks to the millions of workers that the Works Progress Administration employed and Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s determination.
The New Deal consisted of a host of programs. The Agriculture Adjustment Act actually paid farmers for cutting farm production, so that reduced supply would serve to raise prices of food grain. The Civilian Construction Corps was created in 1933 to provide work to people, by employing them to create trails and civil works in public parks. The Civil Works Administration was envisaged to create high paying jobs in the construction industry, but was shelved due to high cost to industry. To combat foreclosures on housing loans due to the Depression, the Federal Housing Administration was created to monitor mortgages and loans. This initiative was accompanied by creation of the Home Owner’s Loan Corporation, to assist in the refinancing of loans. The...
receives. So it would not be fair to say that he was totally evil as
“O Romeo, O Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” This quote from one of Shakespeare’s most well known plays “Romeo and Juliet” is probably one of the most well known quotes from the story. The tragedy of “Romeo and Juliet” starts out as a tale of two star-crossed lovers whose fate led them to meet while they each came from two families who hate each other. Throughout the play, they fall more and more in love and are so desperate to be together they end up killing themselves in the process. This may have ended the feud, but it still ended with two teenagers, one’s mother, one’s cousin, and one’s best friend dead. Romeo and Juliet may have killed themselves, but their deaths were caused by fate, and their families’ hatred toward one another.