George Randolph Hearst And Joseph Pulitzer

Through a Marxist’s eyes, Death of a Salesman represents the struggle of middle-class families in a capitalistic world. From an early age, kids are taught to do well in school, be involved with sports and activities, and to go on to college; all in hopes of achieving the American Dream. This dream of obtaining success through hard work leads many into the

The desire for power and not getting the desired power will often cause major conflicts. In the case of Jack, he will do anything to have the power he wants, even if that means lie about the current leader, Ralph. As Jack talks about Ralph he says, “He is not a proper chief… He is a coward himself. (page 176).” He goes on to say, “Who thinks Ralph oughtn’t to be chief ? (page

Jack posses the ability to influence his peers with his charismatic nature. Although, he does lack leadership by not delegating duties with structural goals attached to reflect the desired outcome. Therefore, he loses sight of the workday operations. It is only then on Christmas Eve that he realizes his team has not entirely understood his vision.

The facts of humankind contain the following: man will hunt, man will find a way to survive, man will commune, man will create hierarchy, man will lie, man will want control. Science reveals the hunting instinct as a way to survive. Sociology analyzes the communities built through hierarchy. History defines the lies leading to control. So, what is given in production of man’s searching inclination combined with creation of community, predisposition of hierarchy, and thirst for control through necessary means? Publically distributed news. An ample amount of power is given to men who have the job of hunting for scandal, using said scandal to rise above their peers, and using questionable ‘legitimacies’ to stay on top - a modernization of primal

In our society we have our system for power set up making the understanding of who is in charge easy; However, when the boys are stranded on an island they are forced to come up with their own system, causing rivalries and corrupting rights and values. Before being stranded on an island Jack was an innocent, well-behaved child, however, when thrown into a foreign place with no society and no system of power it is very easy to destroy all of your innocence when obtaining most power. Jack was a hunter and was in charge of all the hunter, he eventually made his own tribe and almost everyone followed him, giving him a mass amount of control. Golding shows that Jack uses his power in ways only beneficial to him, easily seen when the remainder of Ralphs tribe approach Jacks and see him, “ painted up and wearing garland around his neck” (54). Jack uses his power to idolize himself and make the other

Newsies takes place in 1899 New York and focuses on a group of kids, specifically Jack Kelly and David Jacobs, who try to make a living selling newspapers whether it be to help out the family or to simply survive on their own. However, this becomes increasingly hard when Joseph Pulitzer raises paper prices to try and give his competition a run for their money. As one can assume, this does not go over well with the newsies, so banding together, they form a union and go on strike. Overall, I think that the

Despite the major setback of being part of the youth population in the late 1800’s, the Newsboys fought the authorities for the sole purpose of understanding what they deserved, as well as any child within the labor force. On July 20th, 1899, the start of one of the most powerful strikes in history began. By protesting and striking against two of the largest newspaper companies in New York at the time, the Newsies proved they weren’t budging in their stance. Through holding their ground and unmasking their will and determination, the companies gave into their requests and even left a withstanding impact on the changing child labor laws.

Document E tells us that Jack is ambitious because he says that he should be leader because he is the most qualified. Document C tells us that Ralph disagrees with Jack and he stands for democracy. Jack is very assertive and that makes his followers (the hunters) side with him all the time. His ferocity and braveness makes many others join the new clan that he makes. Ralph sees a decline in popularity and is left with Piggy (the only other person that wants democracy). Like in the Lord of the Flies, Hitler had to fight against opposition. He lost the election to be president, but he still persevered and in the end was elected chancellor. This has also happened in Russia where Stalin and Trotsky gets into a power struggle. Eventually, Trotsky is beaten and Stalin gets into power just like how Jack gets into

Jack was a very power hungry young boy.  Although he doesn't have any power at the beginning of the novel, he took every opportunity to take the position of chief and was eventually successful. Jack's dictatorial style of leadership contrasted very directly with the more democratic and passive style of Ralph.  Jack ruled with an iron fist, allowing no one to question him or his leadership. Jack represented the wanting for a single, all-powerful leader to guide the followers of society using any means he feels necessary.

The journalists and editorialists had a ball during this time in Chicago because they had the opportunities to write about the heated debates on the streets and within the city hall about the economic inequality and non-existent political freedoms for all. Because newspaper articles and magazines were not hard to be found, anyone on the street had the ability to gather information available on the current issues which allowed citizens to form his or her opinion about relationships between industrialists and the working poor or how the different races and ethnicities were assimilating into the Chicagoan culture of the mid-1800s. The media played a negative role because the businessmen and upper classes most likely paid attention to the articles that supported their beliefs which meant looking down upon any person or persons not associated with his or her thought- to- be superior lifestyle. Certain phrases published in newspapers degrading the immigrants and anarchists included words such as that they “should be treated like wild beasts” (Green 239). Along with the negative influence, the daily press included in one of its many articles that the immigrants were “long-haired idiots and knaves” with women who acted like harlots, and they heard speeches from a determined Negress (Green 144). Because the

Jack Merridew is presented as the indifferent, older character of the novel. He is the antagonist and could be seen as a devil figure in the story. Jack is the hunter, the dictator and, throughout the story, is at constant battle with Ralph for his leadership. Jack wants to be in control of the island and the kids but the type of leadership that he offers is brutal and similar to that of a dictatorship and communism. Jack also believes that the group should have fun and stuff oneself with the food they hunt. He is not very concerned with the future of being rescued. On the other hand, Ralph wants order and work and is much more concern with being rescued.

Jack is a powerful chief & cruel leader, negative character and a villain because he abuses and manipulates the boys who are afraid of him. The hunter has no moral and tries to destroy whoever opposes him. He is about Ralph’s age but he hates him and he is his rival. Jack often challenges Ralph.

The culture of when the book was published, 1954, impacts how political and social forces are portrayed in the story. The 1950s was a decade dominated by “clashes between communism and capitalism (wikipedia.org),” It was a post war time when people wanted peace, and freedom to choose, after the war. There was also a fear of domination, like in the war, and that could be seen in communism. These forces are seen in the novel through the conflicts the boys have. Ralph as a leader wants to have “rules and agree (170),” along with freedom. This is similar to the capitalism of the day. Jack’s group on the other hand wants to “hunt and kill (180)” for the good of the whole group, even at the cost of the boys’ individuality and freedom to choose.

The story begins with Jack Kelley, one of many poverty stricken newsboys of Manhattan, and his gang of co workers. Jack Kelley is considered the leader of the group, and the newsboys work hard every day to sell their papers, barely making enough money to live. Meanwhile, Pulitzer, the head of newspaper Jack and his friends sell, is looking for a way to make more money and needs a way to get back on top of the newspaper business. He decides to set up a new plan

It can be said that all fiction is autobiographical in that no matter how different from the author’s life experience it may be, marks of their life can be found in any of their works and characters. One such example is Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, which is largely based on Hemingway’s own personal life experiences. Frederick Henry, the main character in the story, experiences many of the same situations that Hemingway lived out in his own life. Some of events and situations are exact, while others are less similar, and some have a completely different outcome all together.