All the Sad Young Men

why was everyone paranoid? Firstly, what happened? Several people were thrown in prison even with no evidence against them. “These prisoners were alleged, or charged without proof, of practicing witchcraft.” (Foner). This happened mainly because “young girls in Salem Village, Massachusetts, claimed to be possessed by the devil” (History). Many people at the time were accused of being witches, and if anyone was

“San Francisco is a microcosm for what is happening not only in the US, but all over the world. It is places that increasingly desirable to live in that are becoming gated communities. I’m worried about a city that is becoming uniformly wealthy, out of reach and out of touch.”- Robert Reich Robert Reich, a professor of public policy at UC Berkeley and former labor of secretary states it’s worries for a city that is slowly changing due to the boom of technology. Reich expresses his thoughts about

The songs from World War I range from dark humor to sarcastic attempts to bitter complaints about soldier’s lifestyles during war. Based on what I’ve heard and read, most of the lyrics are propaganda for young men to join the war. These songs usually portray the conditions of soldiers in the war in a good light. Another significant portion are love songs that soldiers sing to remind them of their wife that they left at home with their children. Finally, a very small portion is the the anti-war songs

he is talking about war if not having previous knowledge of him writing it during the First World War. When Owen puts the word “monstrous” next to “anger” this gives use the sense that we don’t know the anger that is going on during war of seeing young men die and just keep going on with the fighting.

upon a time there was a guy name Mr. Scrooge.He was a mean men and cruel old men. He worked with a men named Jacob Ebenezer that died and came to haunt him to tell scrooge about Christmas and how its important to family's, all around.That night he was visited by three ghost. I think the ghost of Christmas past had more influence. The ghost was from the past. It showed him all the bad things that happened in the past all the things. All of his old days came back when the ghost of Christmas past

when showing the spaceship and the men in spacesuits to show suspense. You couldn't see the faces of the government men or the men in the space suits that made the audience wonder who they are and what

During World War 2 Louis Till was a private in the United States military. Emmett grew up in a middle class neighborhood on the Southside of Chicago. The neighborhood was filled with black businesses and black insurance companies. He attended the all black school McCosh Grammar schools. Richard Heard a classmate and a childhood friend recalled Emmett as a cool and funny

ignorance would engulf our communities and deteriorate the progress that not only the black community has made, but all communities made up of all people of colors. Coates knew that without education failure was imminent in the life of black men since “60 percent of all young black men who drop out high school will go to jail,” (Coates, 27). Even though this is one the highest percentages of all races,

from a homophobic society. Paris is Burning shows the struggle of young gay adults in the world of 1980s New York City. This was a world where homosexuality did not exist as a part of daily life, and as a result, many gay individuals were beaten and ridiculed for their sexuality. Due to the lack of acceptance towards homosexuality, many parents disowned their children, forcing these teens out onto the street with nowhere else to stay. A specific example arises in the documentary when a drag member

on Mango Street and her self-discovery. She tries to figure out who she is in the light of the stereotypes of the Latina women she is surrounded by. Growing up in the barrio, Esperanza learns that Latina women are treated poorly by men and marry at an extremely young age.