Anastasia Semenovskaya 3264/1 Presentation of the book “Jennie Gerhardt” by Theodore Dreiser. 1. My choice. 2. About the author. 3. The novel. 4. Plot. 5. Personal observations of characters. 6. My opinion. 1. The book I have chosen to describe is “Jennie Gerhardt” by Theodore Dreiser. I didn’t even think for a moment‚ when I got a task to make a presentation of a book‚ because it is my favourite masterpiece. First I read it 3 years ago. I started when I was in the plane and
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alliances proved successful. • Recognize the intellectual underpinnings of progressivism. Explain how reformers put the theories of reform Darwinism‚ pragmatism‚ and social engineering into action at both the local and state levels. • Understand how Theodore Roosevelt put progressivism into action as president‚ including his attitude toward trusts and big business. Outline his efforts as a conservationist and as a diplomat. • Identify the efforts that Taft made to stall progressive reform‚ and why progressives
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some of the poverty and the violence. They also went to great lengths to make sure that the big companies did not monopolise anything or take to much advantage of the everyday person. The movement and the progressives soon caught the attention of Theodore Roosevelt. When elected in 1901‚ Roosevelt acknowledged the fact that big companies were
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to foster efficiency. The common people were positively impacted by the progressive era. The common people were trust busting to try and get rid of the trust. The Clayton Act strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act which outlawed unfair business. Theodore Roosevelt and Wilson helped the common people more than taft did. Roosevelt’s meat inspection act inspected the meat to make sure that the food was not contaminated so the people would not get sick or die. Wilson also wanted to get rid of those that
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Julia McArthur built the Hotel Park in the Pines for an estimated $300‚000‚ she was a widow from Detroit‚ Michigan. McArthur co-owned the Park Hotel in Mount Clemmons‚ Michigan with her Aunt Margretha Kieffer. Kieffer encouraged McArthur to build the Hotel Park in the Pines in Aiken‚ South Carolina. In January of 1900 the hotel opened for business. Daniel Boone Smith was a 29-year-old lawyer who graduated in 1904 from Harvard law school. In the fall of 1912‚ Smith was experiencing respiratory issues
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would forever change the course of American history. This new era was known as the Progressive era; an era of change amongst the common worker and the powerful giants of industry. Two major leaders that occupied this specific moment in time were Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson. However‚ these prominent men had contributed much to the efforts of the progressive movement; each one had different personal views that dictated their approach. This paper attempts to compare and contrast these men’s
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Memories are not real. Although we try to cling to memories‚ they will never be revived. Both the themes in My Papas Waltz by Theodore Roethke‚ and Grape Sherbet by Rita Dove‚ share a similar idea along with the tone. However the poems are differ greatly in structural aspects. The theme of a poem creates the general moral or idea‚ poems may have themes with deeper meaning than that of the surface of the poem. The themes are similar in the aspect that they both are reflections of the past. Grape
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My Papa’s Waltz Interpretation In My Papa’s Waltz the kid goes describes what it is like doing the waltz with his father. Their recollection seems to be something in between a positive and negative memory by having a change of mind in the middle of the poem. They discusses how their mother feels about the damage that they are causing‚ how the smell on their father’s breath smelt like whiskey‚ described what their father was like. Even though the kid was having fun the mother was not happy because
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The Progressive Era was one of the most important years in United States History because of the amount of reforms passed. Muckrakers exposed the corruption and the conditions consumer goods were produced‚ also since the working Working Class and the Rich Class were drifting away in the standard of living‚ it was clearly noticeable that the slums were an ugly place. The Progressive Era changed how we live today‚ the reforms passed during that era has made public health better and also how much we
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In the election of 1912‚ candidates Woodrow Wilson‚ Theodore Roosevelt‚ William Taft and Eugene Debs competed for the spot as President of the United States. Wilson represented the Democratic Party‚ Roosevelt‚ the Progressive‚ Taft‚ the Republican and Debs‚ the Socialist. Although there were four candidates in the running‚ most would agree that the real competition was between Wilson and Roosevelt. A few of the many issues during the time of this election concerned trusts‚ women’s suffrage and tariffs
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