The Yellow Kids: Foreign Corresponds

Joseph Anthony Lewis was born in New York City to parents Kassel Lewis and Sylvia Surut on March 27, 1927. Neither of his parents had jobs relevant to the news/journalism field, so his interest may have sprouted from elsewhere. Lewis always pursued writing throughout his life. He attended New York’s Horace Mann High School where he was an editor for student published works. This tells us that his interest in journalism and writing was sparked a young age and spiraled from then.

For my research project I chose the topic of Racism in Children's Literature. I chose this area of study because it is something that bothers me and I know as a child in school I was very uncomfortable with assignments that dealt with racism. One day I would like to make a difference to all the people who are affected by racism. My hypothesis states that if educators are better trained to deal with the delicate subject of racism in children's literature, books would not be banned, yet actually teach the lesson the authors of these books intended for all of us to learn.

Silko, Leslie. “Yellow Woman”. The Norton Anthology: World Literature. Ed. 2. Peter Simon. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc.: New

From 1895 to 1898, the yellow press exploited high public tensions for headlines regularly. In fact, Hearst is reported to have told one of his photographers: “You furnish the pictures and I’ll furnish the war.”

‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ is centred in the writer’s narration, by setting the narrator to be not entirely reliable and an oppressed woman. The character are showed to be feeling trapped and unhappy with

While eventually it was seen as a crude technique to sell more newspapers and push for the outcome that the publishers were in favor of, the term was birthed through the constant competition between newspaper publishers. In 1896, Joseph Pulitzer (Pulitzer Prize) and William Randolph Hearst were publishers of two leading New York newspapers and both were engaged in a bidding war over a cartoonist who drew a strip known as the Yellow Kid. The cartoon strip was a satirical representation of life in the slums of New York, and it originally acquired profit for Pulitzer’s paper, New York World. Hearst, in an effort to raise the earnings of his paper, bought the cartoonist. The fighting between Hearst and Pulitzer, over the cartoon and the market, lead to the transformation of the Yellow Kid. The Yellow Kid is arguably the first negative news source desired and was only the prelude to its successor, known as Yellow

Joseph Pulitzer owned the Journal and William Randolph Hearst owned the World. One day, they were discussing means to make more money and increase profits. Ideas were thrown back and forth. Including laying people off, lowering wages, and even firing people whose jobs were not important. Until they came under the conclusion to increase the tax of a ¨newsie bundle,¨ or 100 papers, from 50¢ to 60¢. The newsies could hardly pay for the papers as is. They knew they had to do something about it, so that's when the newsies took matters into their own

Charlotte Perkins Gilman is a woman who writes about personal experience, and in her short, “The Yellow Wallpaper,” we learn exactly who our author is based on the language and communication that appears throughout the story. “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a captivating tale, largely because the language and communication between characters translates to a feeling of near madness for the reader. The man, the dominant character in the story, has much to say about his wife’s mental condition and practically refuses to permit her feelings. Gilman explains how this story wasn’t made to drive people insane, but rather to save people from insanity. She realizes she has the power to create a powerful effect within literature and that is the thing that

Rising international hostility and intensifying wars became a source of aesthetic influence in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Due to multiple wars across the world and dwindling military support in America, news media and propaganda artists found inspiration in exploring the political and social controversies both in America and around the world. Newspaper publishers, such as the New York World and the New York Journal thrived in analyzing and reporting progress made in the fight to obtain power in smaller countries: “Two newspapers locked in a fierce competition for readers, William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal and Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World, strove to outdo each other with sensational headlines about every Spanish atrocity in

All throughout history there has been a stigma around mental illness and feminism. “The Yellow Wallpaper” was written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman in the 1900’s. “The Yellow Wallpaper” has many hidden truths within the story. The story was an embellished version her own struggle with what was most likely post-partum depression. As the story progresses, one can see that she is not receiving proper treatment for her depression and thus it is getting worse. Gilman uses the wallpaper and what she sees in it to symbolize her desire to escape her depression and the controlling nature of the patriarchal society of the twentieth century. The story shows an inside look into the thoughts and feelings of a person with a mental illness such as depression. Gilman also uses symbolism to showcase how the male figures in her life had control over her well-being more than she did. Both her husband and doctor hindered her from healing by not listening to her when she expressed what she felt would help her. She does not clearly say that she feels overwhelmed by the patriarchal society of the 1900’s; however, one can infer this by her wording and actions throughout the course of the story. Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses “The Yellow Wallpaper” to reveal the truths of a woman’s everyday struggles in a patriarchal society and also the deeper struggles of a woman with depression.

The first example of suppression is the usage of the “rest cure” as a treatment for mental illness, which the author indirectly criticizes by showing the negative impact this treatment has on the narrator of the story. Instead of finding ways to work through her depression, she wasn’t allowed to do any kind of work or leave the house area, which caused her to get lost in her own mind. By not being allowed to work or write, she wasn’t able to deal with her problems. She spent most of the time alone in a room, with just her thoughts. Therefore, it is not surprising that she developed a fascination with the pattern of the yellow wallpaper. Although the rest cure treatment obviously did more harm than good it was widely used in the 19th century to treat nervous illnesses. According to the sciencemuseum.org.uk, patients usually were prescribed the rest cure for six to eight week and it meant that were on a bed

How far is a person willing to go to be the best? Will he sacrifice friends, family, even the lives of his countrymen? What makes someone that devoted to competition that they are willing to destroy everything that they’ve ever known, and quite possibly start a war in the process all to see that they’ve outsold there competition? These are the questions one must ask once you learn of the life’s story of William Randolph Hearst. From his news empire that included over 2 dozen major newspapers in 15 cities (Swanberg) to his more then slightly warped sense of moral propriety, Hearst’s life led him into the position where he escalated an international dispute into a war with one of

William Hearst gave his life to journalism for roughly half a century. After succeeding significantly, William used his abundance and advantage to create a media empire. Once his Mother, Phoebe, died he inherited his family fortune, increasing the property and creating a Baroque- style castle. At the time of the 1920’s nearly every American had read at least one of his papers, enlarging his media empire. William Hearst dominated the King Features syndicate and the International News Service,along with six magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping and Harper's Bazaar. A stalk market crash and an economic depression brought down his corporation forcing Hearst to shut down the company. William Randolph Hearst spent his last few years

He moved to St. Louis and worked in many jobs such as; muleteer, baggage handler, and a waiter. Pulitzer spent a lot of his time in the Mercantile Library, and he engrossed himself in studying law and English. One day he was watching two men play chess he “astutely critiqued a move”. It just so happened that the men were editors of the German newspaper Westliche Post. The editors started talking to Pulitzer and found his passion for writing to be a good quality for their newspaper. They offered him a job, and he took the job with great honor. He worked very hard, “toiling day and night”. After a long four years the company was almost bankrupt. They offered Pulitzer a promotion. He accepted and used the job to learn as much as he could about the world of

In Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Backdrop" we are acquainted with a lady who appreciates composing. Gilman does not give the peruser the name of the ladies who portrays the story through her continuous flow. She shares that she has an anxious despondency condition. John, the storyteller's better half feels it is "a slight insane propensity" (266). She has been dealt with for some anxious propensities that she feels are genuinely making hurt her lifestyle. Notwithstanding she feels her significant other, a doctor, and her specialist trust that she is adorning her condition. The lady imparts to the peruser ahead of schedule in the story that she is cautious of how others around her see her enthusiastic state.