In "Mary French," Dos Passos draws a definitive line between his feelings on capitalism and socialism, as well as the rich and the poor. The parallel lives of Eveline Johnson and Mary French reveal Dos Passos's distinct attitudes in regards to the upper and lower classes of society.
As a member of high society, Eveline Johnson exemplifies Dos Passos's attitudes of the rich. These attitudes begin to take shape as Mary French enters the party, "Eveline Johnson was ushering them through some sliding doors into a high-ceilinged room dusky from shaded lights and cigarette smoke where they were swallowed up in a jam of well dressed people talking and making faces and tossing their heads over cocktail glasses" (1527). This description tends to lean toward the superficial and a distaste of an extravagant lifestyle. Dos Passos discretely depicts various other guests as "Kings," "Captains," and "Screen stars." Mary French becomes increasingly aware of just how phony and self-centered these guests really are as she watches the party unfold, "Mary was looking at it all through a humming haze like seeing a play from way up in a smoky balcony" (1529).
Simultaneously, Eveline acknowledges that her life, a reflection of self-centered capitalism, is in fact a waste. Eveline admits, "You know it does seem too silly to spend your life filling up rooms with ill assorted people who really hate each other" (1530). This moment is of significance; throughout the story Eveline and Mary have had almost identical experiences. Both women have lost the loves of their lives, but it is Mary, the determined socialist, who puts the ...
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...uotation, "Henry Bradin had left Cornell, where he had been an instructor of economics, and had come to New York to pour the latest cures for incurable evils into the columns of a radical weekly newspaper" (44), makes Fitzgerald a better writer. He acknowledges the evils of capitalism, but realizes nothing can be done about them. Fitzgerald feels there is no need to revolutionize the impossible; Dos Passos argues the opposite.
Dos Passos uses very plain and direct narration to convey his political ideals. Dos Passos's lack of creative language results in a mundane story line. He argues that the evils of a capitalistic society need to be restored with moral socialistic values; therefore, his writing is presented with a greater sense of reality. Dos Passos simply explains the problem and his solution and I find this rather plain.
HOPE is considered a quasi-experimental design since its subjects are not selected randomly. All probationary subjects coming into the program in lieu of incarceration, who are sex, drug, or domestic violence offenders, were required to be in the program due to sentencing by the judge. The experiment group is those individuals sentenced to the HOPE program, while the control group would be those individuals that are undergoing standard probation protocols. The population will be individuals originally defendants in drug and criminal courts. These individuals will be categorized by the type of offense committed through nonequivalent group design. This will allow for effective comparison of individuals within each area of the program. For example, it is virtual...
America is dependent on other nations for their ability to create energy. The United States is the world’s largest consumer of oil at 18.49 million barrels of oil per day. And it will continue to be that way for the foreseeable future considering the next largest customer of oil only consumes about 60% of what the U.S. does. This makes the U.S. vulnerable to any instability that may arise in the energy industry. In 2011, the world’s top three oil companies were Saudi Aramco (12%), National Iranian Oil Company (5%), and China National Petroleum Corp (4%). The risk associated with these countries being the top oil producers is twofold. One, they are located half way around the world making it an expensive to transport the product logistically to a desired destination. And two, the U.S. has weak, if not contentious,...
The book The Squatter and the Don was written under such a political and social background, therefore, this book is considered as one that carries political colors and that is similar to Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Actually, through reading The Squatter and the Don, it is not difficult to find out that Ruiz de Burton was trying to challenge the social borderlines of her time and place through her application of political illumination and her integration of historical
People who have money want to be powerful. People who have power have money to back them up. Fitzgerald writes this book with disgust towards the collapse of the American society. Also the purposeless existences that many people live, when they should have been fulfilling their potential. American people lack all the important factors to make life worthwhile.
The impact of women in the Revolutionary War and Civil War have been underrated and consequently, inadequately represented in history textbooks compared to their male counterparts. These women exemplified “patriotic passion”, unwavering in their commitment to win America’s independence and create “one nation under God.”
There was however some reaction against Charles’ activities. Ferdinand of Aragon decreed that since Naples was subject to the papacy, that the Popes honour had been attacked. He formed the League of Venice. His main intentions were to expel Charles and become the ruler of a united Naples, Sicily and Aragon. Charles began to withdraw to France and although he won a battle at Fornovo, his outnumbered garrisons couldn’t retain Naples.
Department of Defense, Director of Administration and Management. (2012). Dod civil liberties program(DoDI 1000.29). Retrieved from website: http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/100029p.pdf
Jeanne d’ Arc was Joan of Arc’s original birth name (“Joan of Arc” par 3). Joan was born in Doremy, France of January 16, 1412. Her father’s name was Jacques d’ Arc and her mother’s was Isabellete Romee. While growing up, Joan was surrounded by many brothers and sisters (Bouett De Monvel 13). She never went to school in her childhood, so Joan never learned to read or write. (“Gale- Free Resource “par 3). Everything she knew about religion and life, mother taught her (“Joan of Arc” par 5).
Zilia offers her critique of French society – its love of luxury, social customs, the disparity of rich and poor, how it’s all looks great and beautiful but in really it’s all artificial. Even their politeness is not real, the more you look at their life and exterior aspect, the more you discovers
Both men throughout the book suppress their feelings for their wives until something goes wrong. At that point, both men are willing to fight for their wives and do what is necessary to get them back or avenge for their pain. We see this when Tom, Jordan, Nick, Gatsby, and Daisy are all at the apartment and Tom has just found...
Posnock, Ross. "'A New World, Material Without Being Real': Fitzgerald's Critique of Capitalism in The Great Gatsby." Critical Essays on Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby." Ed. Scott Donaldson. Boston: Hall, 1984. 201-13.
In a similar way, Maupassant again plays with imagery and contrast to establish strong class distinctions and attitudes towards each class by illustrating the physical realities of her current life of Madame Loisel versus the less tangible lifestyle she longs for. Madame Loisel always wanted to be a part of the upper class as she “fantasized about elegant dinners, about shiny silverware, about tapestries filling the wall” (Maupassant, 4). However, stricken by fate, Maupassant contrasts her grand desires with the harsh reality that “she had no wardrobe, no jewels nothing” emphasizing her lack of status (Maupassant, 4). Her admiration of the upper class’s fancy lifestyle is contrasted with her disgust of the deficiencies of the lower class;
Fitzgerald's Critique of Capitalism in The Great Gatsby." Critical Essays on Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby. Ed. Scott Donaldson. Boston: G.K. Hall and Co., 1984.
...al 1922. F. Scott Fitzgerald was not biased for or against the rich in writing this book, he was simply trying to chronicle the lives and times of the early part of the 20’s. His lack of a bias is what makes his book such an accurate description of the era that he wrote about. This book should be considered “required reading” because it introduces the reader to what life was like for the rich at that time, as well as the general mood that pervaded the decade. It speaks of concepts such as bootlegging, gambling, and “new money”, ideas that previously were not commonly written of. F. Scott Fitzgerald can be considered an authority on the twenties because he lived in the twenties with the type of people that were described in his book.
In the short story “Eveline “ by James Joyce, Eveline, the protagonist is given the opportunity to escape from her hard unendurable life at home and live a life of true happiness at Buenos Ayres with Frank, her lover. Throughout the story, Eveline is faced with a few good memories of her past from her childhood and her mother, but she also faces the horrible flashbacks of her mother’s illness and her father’s violence. In the end, she does not leave with Frank, Eveline’s indecisiveness and the burden of her family’s duties makes her stay.