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    times come new problems and different priorities to consider. From the 1920’s to the present day‚ many things have changed regarding the government‚ morally‚ and socially. In spite of this‚ some has remained the same. The social aspect of society has probably changed the most since the 1920’s. People rarely talk face-to-face anymore. Most if not all communication is done though either the Internet or with a phone. In the 20’s people would’ve had to send a letter or travel long distances to talk to

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    Music from the 1960’s and 1970’s is much different than music of today. Classic rock was started in the 1960’s as a cause of the British invasion‚ which included the discovery of bands such as the Beatles‚ Led Zeppelin‚ and Pink Floyd. The British invasion influenced garage rock which many high school aged boys would participate in. Some examples of garage rock inspired bands are: the Yarbirds‚ the Animals‚ the Rolling Stones‚ the Kinks‚ and the Beatles Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Also

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    In the 1950’s there was a massive change in culture and the start of communism was rising up. Communism during this time was everyone’s fear and because of this issue‚ everyone was starting to get all paranoia. Spies in the US atomic program were passing around secrets to the Soviet Union to set off a nationwide panic that communist spies may be invading many American institutions. In the 1950’s‚ allegations were made towards Hollywood that they were involved with the communists that was led by the

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    As we read along on “A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner‚ we learn about Emily and how her life comes to an end. Throughout the story‚ we are given different clues and hints as to what is coming next. One is never sure of what is going to happen. Our first example of foreshadowing is when Emily says‚ “I want arsenic‚” (5). Emily does not explain why she wants the poison giving the reader the assumption of suicide. News travels quickly in the town and many felt killing herself would be the

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    Hundred years of Noble Prize (1913-2013): Rabindranath Tagore-India’s Greatest Gift to the World. Abstract: Through Rabindranath Tagore India has given her message to mankind and his unique genius reflects India’s eternal values. As a visionary saint he guided every soul through the raptures of his music and mystic vision. Tagore having avoided to write in English‚ emerged as a Bengali poet which ultimately brought about a renaissance to all the Indian languages. The success of Indian Writing

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    In the early 1900’s the man was seen as the intellectual individual who takes care of their wife and family‚ who arrives home with the money and who was the supplier. However during the 1930’s this typical idea of the man’s role was extremely hard to keep ahold of due to The Great Depression. While the average woman worked on household dynamics and keeping the family afloat‚ the man was out looking for a job‚ or struggling to keep his current job. As a result‚ the average male came home at the end

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    Patriot and Union’s prediction were wrong‚ they thought his speech was silly and easily forgettable. 3. Explain the tone of the Richmond Examiner and Providence Journal editorials. Remember that tone is the attitude conveyed by the writing. The tone of the Richmond Examiner was that they were really not impressed at all with Lincoln’s speech and thought it was mediocre. The tone of the Providence Journal however‚ was that the speech was one of the most magnificent things ever to be spoken and

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    The 60’s and 70’s brought a huge counterculture and with it came a completely different experience to the youth. Teenagers opposed society and the war. They cared little for middle class values and institutions. However‚ they embraced equality and a peaceful more natural lifestyle. Some of the same things could be said today‚ the only difference is that Vietnam is now the Middle East. Jimi Hendrix is electronic dance music and unfortunately there are still battles over equality and women’s rights

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    In the 1500’s and 1600’s‚ some startling discoveries radically changed the way Europeans viewed how and why things happened in the physical world. Three scientists who contributed to these changed were Nicolaus Copernicus‚ Galileo Galilei and Isaac Newton. These scientist changed some beliefs of which many had been believed for all of time. For almost all of time‚ the geocentric theory was believed to be true. This theory suggested that all planets revolved around the Earth. In 1543‚ Polish scholar

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    Life in the 20's vs 30's

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    Life In the 20’s and 30’s Many people who just got back from the war were so unhappy due to the Spanish flu that they got from traveling around the world. In the 20’s people starting to life happy because of the prices and everything that they have starting to raise. Unfortunately everything in this world always rotating around. So this roaring that happening in the 20’s starting to end in the 30’s. This created the Great Depression. In the 20’s many people were so happy because they got

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