...that through art, “Negro life is capturing its first opportunities for group expression and self assurance.” Harlem became the center of a “spiritual coming of age” in which Locke’s “New Negro” transformed “social disillusionment to racial pride.” Ralph Ellison was born on March 1, 1914 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He died of pancreatic cancer on April 16, 1994 in New York City. (Ralph Ellison, 2015) Richard Wright was born on September 4, 1908, in Roxie, Mississippi. Richard died from experiencing a heart attack on November 28, 1960, in Paris, France. (Richard Wright, 2015) Both of the authors made a major impact on society during their lifespan. According to Biography.com, Ralph Ellison was a 20th Century African American writer and scholar best known for his renowned, award winning novel “Invisible Man”. Ellison’s role in the Harlem Renaissance is his reputation as a deeply ingrained writer and a philanthropist that exceeded even the most esteemed circles of the American History. In addition, according to Biography.com, pioneering African American writer Richard Wright is best known for the 1940 Bestseller “Native Sea” and his 1945 biography “Black Boy”. Wright’s role in the Harlem Renaissance was as an inspirer. He is respected and known to many writers as an inspiration. His life-like fiction no longer has the standing it once enjoyed, but his life and word remain admirable. From the year of 1903 to present day, double...
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...With a 150-year history of connecting people when it matters most, Western Union continues to shape the world in which we live. Western Union offers one of the easiest ways for families and friends to send money and stay connected almost anywhere in the world. It all comes down to the relationships we've established over many years. We take pride in being close to our consumers. With a 150-year history of connecting people when it matters most, Western Union continues to shape the world in which we live. Western Union offers one of the easiest ways for families and friends to send money and stay connected almost anywhere in the world. It all comes down to the relationships we've established over many years. We take pride in being close to our consumers. With a 150-year history of connecting people when it matters most, Western Union continues to shape the world in which we live. Western Union offers one of the easiest ways for families and friends to send money and stay connected almost anywhere in the world. It all comes down to the relationships we've established over many years. We take pride in being close to our consumers.With a 150-year history of connecting people when it matters most, Western Union continues to shape the world in which we live. Western Union offers one of the easiest ways for families and friends to send money and stay connected almost anywhere in the world. It all comes down to the relationships we've established over many years. We take pride in...
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...A. Richard Wright has been criticized for his narrow and even disrespectful portrayals of women characters in Native Son. Comment. In Native Son Richard Wright only created one character who had any depth, his protagonist Bigger Thomas. There are only four adult women in the novel and Bigger’s sister Vera is the fifth female character with any role in the book at all. Mrs. Dalton, Mary Dalton, Bessie Mears, and Bigger’s mother round out the cast of females and each of these women is different in her own way. The novel follows Bigger and his issues. Other than Bigger, each character is a stock character with no depth. They only exist to help round him out. It would be possible to say that men are narrowly and disrespectfully portrayed as well but there are so many more men than women. Bigger’s mother is not even given a name, that could be disrespectful but the important thing about her is that she gave birth to Bigger, raised him, and held certain expectations of him and that lead to forming who he is. Bessie Mears was Bigger’s girlfriend until he killed her and she was poorly developed as well. She was a black woman with a need. She worked hard everyday for her white employers and she sought some escape. She used alcohol to get away and relied upon Bigger to get it for her. She helped him rob houses, had sex with him, and got drunk when he bought her booze. Peggy, the irish house-keeper of the Dalton’s was just a house-keeper. There was very little depth to her but she...
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...We believe Jan is responsible to help Bigger because he indirectly triggers Bigger to commit the murder of Mary and even admitted the responsibility. Jan gave Bigger alcohol and acted in a way that angered Bigger Referring to page 67, Jan’s attitude and actions were making Bigger uncomfortable. Jan gripped Bigger’s hand and commanded him which makes Bigger felt “a dumb, cold, and inarticulate hate toward Mary and Jan”. Here it shows that Jan’s ignorance was one of the leading factors of the murder since it planted a seed of hate. A seed needs nourishment for it to bloom into a flower which leads us to our next point, alcohol. Alcohol was the nourishment that led the seed to grow. By the time, Bigger was driving Mary home, he was intoxicated....
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...Term project A pressing plug, which is pressed into the wall while unused and pressed out while occupied. Our production is aimed at young fashion designer, family with little children and people with obsession. This unique product can be plug from four directions while use less space. Our clients can press the plug into their walls while they don’t use it. It saves more room than wiring board. On the other hand, little naughty children disturb their parents all the time. With this new project, parents will have less time on worry about the hazard of the electricity form the plug (which draw enough interest for children to stab.) What’s more, there are increasing trend of people pursue a high quality of the decoration of their house, big black hole on the wall may spoil the whole romantic atmosphere, while the electricity are necessary in our daily life. The pressing plug will solve this kind of problem as well. First launch of the project is aimed at the slap-up society. This people have more intensive will of novel things and willing to spend more money on decorations. And because of the advanced research investment and originality, the pressing is designed to be a pricy. Then push it into a wider market. It can be sold in infant & mom section as well as fancy building material section. What’s more we can put it into campus, let it exposes to a large group that easy to accept new product (universities always have amply fund and to build a future market) In the...
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...progressive and psychedelic music. Distinguished by their use of philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, and elaborate live shows, they are one of the most commercially successful and musically influential groups in the history of popular music. Founded in 1965, Pink Floyd originally consisted of students Syd Barrett, Nick Mason, Roger Waters, and Richard Wright. They first gained popularity performing in London's underground music scene during the late 1960s, and under Barrett's creative leadership they released two charting singles and a successful debut album. David Gilmour joined as a fifth member in December 1967; Barrett left the band in April 1968 owing to his deteriorating mental health. After Barrett's departure, Waters became the band's primary lyricist, and by the mid-1970s, their dominant songwriter, devising the original concepts behind their critically and commercially acclaimed albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), Animals (1977), The Wall (1979) and The Final Cut (1983). Wright left Pink Floyd in 1979, followed by Waters in 1985. Gilmour and Mason continued as Pink Floyd and Wright subsequently joined them as a paid musician and later once again a full member. They continued to record and tour through 1994; two more albums followed, A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994). Inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1996, and the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005, by 2013 they had sold more than 250 million...
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...Richard Wright, mostly known for his success as an author and his views on equal rights for African Americans. One of his most popular pieces of works, “Black Boy,” is an autobiography on Wright's struggles throughout his life as an African American during the early 1900’s. The book is full of many controversial topics, most notably racism. Unfortunately for Wright, he never got to see the passing of the Civil Rights Act. History has shaped the world to be a significantly better place for people of color from when Richard Wright had written Black Boy. The lives of many minority groups changed from said act, which begs the question: If Black Boy were to be written in the 21st century, what would Wright write about? One might assume he would...
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...Native Son by Richard Wright is known as a classic bestseller. The main character named Bigger Thomas lives Chicago, Illinois during the 1930’s. Bigger finds himself living in poverty and hopelessness much of the time. He is pressured to live up to his mother’s expectation of getting a job no matter what the cost and helping his family leave Chicago. His brother’s expectation of quitting the tom foolery with his thug like friends and stop getting into trouble and getting an education. Also, his friends expectations that consist of robbing and being a nuisance to society, but how could he bail on the people who have been with him since the beginning. Richard wright makes it clear in this story that living up to everyone's expectations can be a very hard task to accomplish, especially when you only see the things you can not do instead of the things you can....
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...person is, they want to feel accepted in their environment. Black Boy is a memoir by Richard Wright, where he expresses his feelings and thoughts growing up from a young child to an adult. Richard had experienced a rough childhood in a toxic household that taught him negative norms he brought to his adulthood. In Richard Wright’s Black Boy, Richard struggles with having strong relationships with friends and family who have turned their backs on him through this life as a child to an adult. One of Richard’s first experiences that made him feel hated was when he said something offensive to his granny and she got really upset. After the situation, his granny tell his brother to get his grandpa, whom “I was morally afraid of” (43) Richard did not have a great relationship with his aunt because he felt intimidated by her. Richard had a aunt named Addie that was not a big fan of him and Richard was not a big fan of her. The teacher was his aunt and she,”[is] determined “ to tell everyone that he is a “sinner of whom she [does] not approve”(104). Richard’s relationship with his aunt became rocky as he grew older when she accused him of doing a wrong that Richard did not commit. Richard started to get violent with her and “grabs the long bread knife” (135) which shows a toxic family relationship with...
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...Walls can be a used in a wide variety of ways for example, they can be used to defend an enemy from attacking, they can be used to attack enemies that are near the wall, they can be used to make a border, and more. Everyone can agree that walls can be useful depending on the situation. Although, in some cases walls can actually be harmful for example, they can instigate wars by creating borders that may not be correct, they can be harmful to the environment, and more. In this paper I will be discussing the goals of the Great Wall of China, if they were accomplished, and Trump’s plan to build a wall at the border between the United States and Mexico. Overall the goal of the Great Wall of China was not accomplished. The goal of the Great Wall of China was to defend China from the Mongols (Keenan, Michael). For hundreds of years the Great Wall of China accomplished this goal but later in 1211 A.D the Mongols overcame it (Daniela). If it had protected China from all of China’s enemies throughout history than I believe this goal would be accomplished. However, today it is a long standing monument that is regarded as one of the world’s great treasures. It increases tourism in China which boosts the economy. It is estimated that ten million people travel to the Great Wall every year (Lieberman, Melania). Even though the Great Wall of China has not accomplished its goal, it has added many benefits to China which affect China greatly even today. You could say that in a way it did succeed...
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...Black Identity in Amiri Baraka’s Dutchman When reading this play or viewing the movie, many would make assumptions that there is a definitive statement on blackness that is solely derived from Clay’s monologue. In such, he passionately argues for murder and anger as the solution to the neurosis of black people. In particular, he says to Lula, “You don't know anything except what's there for you to see. An act. Lies. Device. Not the pure heart, the pumping black heart.” That statement obviously shows a form of black identity, but to argue that this is the central message of the play, does not make sense. To many’s disbelief, Dutchman is not about a search for blackness and defining a socially distinct identity, it is about becoming a man in America. Masculinity defines the ideologies of black nationalists during this time and this is the character that Jones/Baraka is trying to articulate in Dutchman. In Dutchman, Lula and Clay mention the topic of manhood during the dialogue on the train. Clay questions what they are going to talk about “endlessly” and Lula replies “your manhood”. From this exchange in conversation, we can see that Baraka is trying to construct and define black “manhood”. This type of masculinity can be described as tough, assertive, uncompromising and virile in addition to separating ones self from weak and effeminized men. Baraka and the leaders of the Black Power movement associated themselves with such definitions of manhood in order to recuperate some degree...
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...Michael Doe 12/16/2013 Problem Solving Theory Unit 1 Research Paper 1: Paradigm Shift Femto-Photography Introduction There are many cameras today that do generally the same thing, either zooming in or enhancing clarity, but in roughly 20 years’ time they all will still be doing those same simplistic functions. What if I told you about a new in-prototype-development-stages technology called “Femto-Photography” that allows you to capture light at a half of a trillionth of a second [1]. Summary of Key Findings With Femto-Photography it is possible to “see around objects and walls” [1]. Normally when you fire a laser pulse at a wall, nothing crazy happens. But, with Femto-Photography, you’d be able to see that laser pulse hit the wall, propagate, bounce off of any objects within that room, hit said wall from a different point, and detect that there was/were objects or people in the room [1]. In 20 years’ time, this technology could be insanely useful and effective in traffic accident scenarios, emergency rescue situations with firefighters, and the list goes on and on. With Femto-Photography, it is also possible to “see through objects” [1]. In 20 years’ time there could be an enormous amount of possible applications of this use, between checking the ripeness of a fruit without touching it, x-raying a person’s body without the use of radiation, and many other applications, the possibilities are virtually limitless [1]. With Femto-Photography, scientific...
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...The autobiography Black Boy is written by Richard Wright. Main character Richard is born after the civil war but before the Civil Rights Movements, the time period where people have discrimination problem in society. If Richard were writing a Black Boy in 2016, about a black boy growing up in the United States, he would write about unequal opportunity for black and whites in employment gap, dropping high school rates of black, and unfair assumptions made by police officers toward blacks. Racism has been existing around 613 years since 1400, it mostly begins when black slavery colonization. Until now, the society still has an inescapable racism problem, such as employment. The article “ The Black and White Labor Gap in America” written by Christian E. and Jaryn Fields, the article summarizes how...
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... In both passages, the authors characterizes one or both characters as loyal, devoted and a little gullible, which ultimately conveys the theme. In “Mending Wall” two neighbors argue over whether to rebuild a wall between their properties or not. The neighbor who stubbornly believes the wall should not be built believes this because it is a tradition within his family. The opposite neighbor states he “will not go behind his father’s saying, And he likes having thought of it so well He says again, ‘Good fences make good neighbors.’” (Frost 43-45). In The Interlopers, generations of fighting and hatred between two families has escalated to the point where the heads of the families are out to kill each other and neither main character plans to break the tradition. The narrator explains that “The feud might, perhaps, have died down or been compromised if the personal ill will of the two men had not stood in the way; as boys they had thirsted for one another's blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other.” (Saki, 23-27) The textbook definition of gullible is easily persuaded to believe something, loyal is giving or showing firm and constant support or allegiance to a person or institution, and devoted is very loving or loyal. We can see directly in the text, previously knowing each of the passages individual tradition being followed, that the characters are loyal to the tradition and devoted to continue it on. In “Mending Wall”, it is clearly stated that the character...
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...brother, alone to fend for themselves. This brought an immense change on Ellison’s life as this left the family with little money and resources to survive. At 19 years of age Ellison moved away from his home in Oklahoma and enrolled in the Tuskegee Institute, an institute founded by Booker T. Washington, where he studied music for three years. Due to the lack of financial resources, Ellison was never able to graduate from Tuskegee Institute and left after his third year. Hoping to find work and return to school, Ellison moved to New York in 1936 where he continued to live for most of his life. ("An Interview."1-3) In New York, Ellison met author Richard Wright, who became a great influence on Ralph’s life. Ellison began getting immersed in his writings and was encouraged to write a review for New Challenge, a publication that Richard Wright edited. (“Ralph (Waldo) Ellison” 1) Ellison’s review was entitled “Creative and Cultural Lag” and was published in New...
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