The first theme that I found while reading the Grapes of Wrath was that of perseverance. The Joad family encountered many different trials and hardships on their long journey from Oklahoma to California. First of all, they had very little money to do anything with. This caused many problems withi...
The 1930's Dust bowl was a windy drought that caused clouds of dust to form in the Southern plains which lasted about a decade. In the beginning of World War I there was a need for more wheat. Farmers were forced to grow more wheat. They transformed all the areas used for grazing into wheat fiel...
What is reality? An observer's perceptions of his surroundings, of his reality, are subject to a plethora of chaotic stimuli. Ones that are constantly forcing his brain to weave new assessments of his situation. Now, because everyone experiences different stimuli, everyone experiences different real...
In the United States of America, there are many issues that arise from specific conflicts. For example, the Vietnam War was a very dreaded and difficult time for all war veterans and Americans as a whole. The Vietnam War contained over fifty million American soldiers dead and most Vietnam War vetera...
Howard Zinn is a remarkable man. His diligence and ambition towards social change is very admirable. His book, You Can't Be Neutral on an Moving Train, is an autobiography about his experiences in several social movements and his intricate part in fighting for his beliefs. He chronicles his experien...
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."1 Therefore, it makes sense that if mortals cannot bear the darkness, they [should not] not go there. If man dislikes "black night and yawning chasms,"2 then should he not even consider them? Shouldn't man seek out the sunshine, instead? The remedy is very simple: Avoid the darkness and seek the light. But, no. ...
