...Study sources A,B,C,D,E & F and explain how : ‘The 1930’s was a time of depression, unemployment and poverty for the British people’ 1930’s Britain was heavily affected by an economic depression or in other words economic crash. Because of its old industries shutting down causing Britain to loose it’s trade markets to cheaper but higher quality goods by new industrial countries triggered by the wall street crash in the united states in 1929 which reduced the imports which were going towards Britain at the time effecting Britain with its industries to close down and the rate of unemployment to grow, also effecting other countries’ economies worldwide when its most powerful economy collapsed. Source A (Secondary Source) supports the interpretation because it presents us with a photograph of a book called ‘The Road to Wigan Pier’ written by George Orwell which presents us with a classic unemployment image of an unemployed man in Wigan leaning against the wall with his head down Portraying embarrassment and giving the reader an impression of unemployment and depression, in scruffy dirty clothes and clogs (Wooden Shoes) whiles the kids near him have holed shirts and shoes which also clearly represent poverty. However this photograph is not only presented to us in order to illustrate the author’s book but to portray the ‘Depressed Britain’ in the 1930’s through imagery. Furthermore the cause of this depression was due to the declining of old industries which were...
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...When many people study history and learn the mistakes from the past, it would be easier to able to understand the present. Nevertheless, it is not enough to simply study the events that have transpired. By changing the unfavorable events that led to despair and continuing the benefits to society, one can understand why they happen and better the future. In the United States in the early 1920s, a new stage appeared with different movements in the areas of politics, economics, society, culture, and foreign policy. By the events that led to the 1930s, new crazes had developed in many of these areas, while other areas remained in continuity. From the 1920s to the 1930, there were several factors that contributed to the changes in American society. The 1920s began shortly after in World War I when the United States and the Allies defeated the Germans in 1918. Many Americans were fed up with Woodrow Wilson, the 28th president from 1913 to 1921. The first election of the 1920s scoured Republican Warren G. Harding against Democrat James M. Cox. Cox supported Wilson and the League of Nations in the election. However, Harding won the election in a landslide, which was a sign of America¡¦s frustration with Wilson and his optimistic and liberal policies. The start of the new conservative era restored the power to the Republicans after the presidential election of the 1920. Harding made quite a few excellent appointments to his cabinet although he failed to demonstrate to have much...
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...'How does Steinbeck present the importance of friendship to convey important ideas about America in the 1930's'? Steinbeck presents friendship as an important theme in the novel by embedding qualities in the characters personalities and their ways of life. This helps the reader to realise the theme of companionship in 1930's American society. Isolation and loneliness are recurring themes in the novel, and is a central issue for some characters. Curley's wife and Crooks especially are examples of attitudes in the 1930's towards women and black people. This helps the reader to identify that America in the 1930's was a very lonely and discriminative place. Curley's wife is an example of a lonely character seeking companionship in the novel. This also gives us an insight to women's status in the hierarchical structure in society, because she is so neglected of friendship. Steinbeck presents friendship as a luxury, which is desired by many characters in the novel. 'Think I don't like to talk to somebody ever' once in a while?' Is an example of the neglect that Curley's wife feels, and how it affects her confidence. Friendship is hard for her to achieve because she is a woman, and the ranch 'ain't no place for a girl'. This demonstrates her lack of interaction with the other male characters. Another character who demonstrates the importance of friendship in the novel is Crooks. He is discriminated against because her is black. This automatically reduces him to the bottom of the...
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...events. John Steinbeck recognises that and his book ‘Of Mice and Men’ is a great representation of the values and beliefs of the 1930’s. It was well known that there was a lack in woman rights and importance, people were in a state during this period due to the Great Depression, and people had a lack of understanding towards the mentally disabled. John Steinbeck recognises this and displays it throughout the book therefore making him worthy of running a series on. In his book, the character George shoots his mentally disabled best friend Lennie as he thinks it is what had to be done due to the Sheriff being after Lennie, the lack of understanding people had for Lennie and knowing what would happen to Lennie if he was put in a mental institution. George did what was right according to the morals and beliefs in the 1930’s. During the 1930s, the values of the era were very different to nowadays. There was a lack of equality in gender, race and wealth and what you had very much defined who you were. People with mental problems were seen as freaks and dealt with in a way we see as wrong in today’s society. Women’s roles in society were also very different to now. Women didn’t need to know anything; they just had to be pretty and the perfect image of a wife therefore being a housemaid with an unimportant opinion on anything. Anything a woman said of the 1930’s was insignificant simply because she was female and all she was there for was cooking, cleaning and various other household chores...
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...Women today act very different than they acted or were expected to act back in the 1930’s in To Kill a Mockingbird. Back then they were expected to be and act more like “ladies”. Today this has changed very much and I am going to tell you how and why. Back in the 1930’s in Maycomb women were expected to wear dresses and blouses and were frowned upon if they did anything man like. They were expected to stay home with kids and the man of the family was the one to do the dirty hard work and make the money. It was as if women were looked down upon because society felt that the female gender was weak is physically less than men, and that's how it was back in that era. In “To Kill a Mockingbird” Scout has grown up with her older brother and father...
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...During the 1920’s flappers, a group of women, decided not to care what society thought, and did as they pleased throughout this time of opportunity. In the 1920’s it was a great time of opportunity, but it later led to struggle during the late 1920’s and 1930’s. In the 1920’s, the economy was booming. New inventions are constantly being created to make people’s lives easier. The invention of the automobile and the four-way tri-colored traffic lights made it easier for people to get around and traffic to easily flow. The automobile industry provides over 300,000 people with jobs. The industry was also producing a mass production of cars, like Henry Ford’s Model T, and people were spending money on them. People were spending money on the automobile so they could easily get around, and travel to...
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...Fashion of the 1930’s In the 1930’s fashion was at its peak. The fashion showed the elegance and beauty of the United States during a time of depression. During the 1930’s, fashion began to have a ready to wear mentality. The United States was just beginning the Great Depression and trying to adjust to a life with very little. The American people had to find cheaper ways and places to buy and manufacture clothes, especially after the stock market crashed (Dudbrige). Most of the inspiration for the fashion came from films which impacted the culture (Lewis). Most of the designers that designed for these films were located outside of the country where the bulk of the fashion industry was located (Lewis). In the 1930’s, fashion impacted the country...
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...A timelss Classic When we think about what life is like today and how people are treated equally , the thought of discriminating against a person because their skin is a different color seems morally wrong. Well in 1930’s this was pretty much the normality in day to day life. To kill Mocking bird shows what is was like to live in a time when people were treated terribly because of the color of their skin. This novel also reflects the time at which it was written because in the 1960’s racism against African Americans was still a big problem. To Kill a Mocking bird is a timeless classic because it teaches readers what it was like to live in 1930’s and issues of racism, it relates to the time period it was written in , and it also still relates to issues that are present today. During the 1930’s racism was a very big issue in the south. African Americans were treated extremely un- fair and had little civil rights. They were persecuted and discriminated against because of the color of their skin and no other reason but that. Racist Americans seemed to really think that African Americans were less important and less human then white people because there skin was brown. “Despite the decline of organizations such as the Ku Klux Klan, racism was as strong as ever, especially in the Southern states” (Allen). To me this shows that the racist white American was ignorant and honestly stupid to think that a person was less important and less human because their skin...
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...Steinbeck is implying that american society is slow to change because they didn’t understand disabilities. In our world today we have the special olympics. This is where people with disabilities can come and participate in olympic sports as athletes. An example is Dan Cowdery he is apart of the volunteer group that use most of their time teaching the athletes how to ski. Dan has been skiing for 25 years. He originally started skiing by joining 5 ski clubs. Dan joined the Special Olympics because he believes in “If you want to get good at something you have to give back.” This is the reason why he joined the Special Olympics. In John Steinbeck’s novella Of Mice and Men set in the 1930’s on Salinas Valley, California we meet a static character...
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...To what extent where the government policies responsible for Britain’s economic recovery in the 1930’s? It could be argued that the housing boom is responsible for Britain’s economic recovery in the 1930’s as a high proportion of all investment went into housing. They gained an extra 750,000 workers between 1932 and 1934 making it easy to efficiently build houses which lowered the cost of production. However, this factor was only made possible by other aspects such as population movement and low mortgage and interest rates. It is also necessary to include that the housing boom was only made possible by their allied industries such as plumbing, cement and electricity as without these products being readily available the houses could not have been built. As the housing industry boomed it made other industries more successful in trade as the consumption of electricity doubled in the 1930’s and by 1938 there were 9 million wireless sets in private homes and the demand for luxuries such as radios and cars also grew. This benefited the other industries and the working class as more jobs were readily available for them to earn a living and provide for their families. It is clear to see that the housing boom could be seen as being responsible for Britain’s economic recovery in the 1930’s as it gave jobs to the working class which increased consumerism as more and more people had money to buy consumer goods which helped the cycle of prosperity to continue on and helped the economy recover...
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... This story took place in 1930’s in Southern Alabama when the injustice between black people and white people was very deep. In this period, the black people were considered as the Mockingbirds, the innocuous birds for people’s lives. However, these birds often were killed without any guilt just like the black people were shot and lynched by the white people even though they were innocent. It was the fate for the black people in the South who lived in the 1930’s. Especially, through the court scene in “To Kill a Mockingbird” which was about the trial of Tom Robinson, a married black man, who was sentenced for raping Mayella, a white woman, Harper Lee emphasized deeply the injustice for the black people. Indeed, the black people did not have any justice in the South in 1930’s. Tom Robinson was the defendant who was accused of raping Mayella on the night of August 21st. The truth was that Tom did not do anything bad to Mayella. On that day, he only passed by Mayella’s house and came in to her house to help her as she requested. Suddenly, she hugged him around the waist and kissed his face. She made him so embarrassed and afraid that he had to run away. Although Tom did not commit a crime, he was still accused of raping Mayella by her father, Bob Ewell, just because he was black. In fact, Tom only wanted to help Mayella and he also knew where the black and the white people stood; so he always tried to keep himself in the right position in the society. He never had...
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...The role of women in society has been greatly overseen in the last few decades. In the early days women were seen as wives who were intended to cook, clean, and take care of the kids. While men took care of having jobs and paying any bills that had to be paid. Women have made vast improvements in their lifestyles in the past few decades from holding positions in governments, to simple things like getting a job and supporting themselves. In 1920’s, all women were given the right to vote. In the 1930's, the roles of men and women varied greatly. From the workplace to the home, the expectancies were different. The views of both genders were also very different. And things kept changing from one decade to another. The role of women and their importance...
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...explores the values and attitudes of America in the 1930's through the portrayal of relationships. Mockingbird was written to portray the period of the Great Depression, the Emancipation Proclamation, Jim Crow Laws and the abolishment of slavery. This is reflected in the text through the representation of individual, social and political relationships, which can be highlighted through further analysis of the morals and values associated with social class, racial inequality and familial bonds within these relationships. Lee's characterisation, themes and setting serves to demonstrate how literature can be used to effectively reflect a particular context in a way that conveys a message or moral. Morals and values are a substantial influence in the relationships that were established in American society in the 1930's. Mockingbird allows us to understand the relationship between parents and children during this period and the associated morals and values. An example of this lies in the relationship based on the values of respect and trust between Atticus and his children. Lee displays this when Atticus reprimands Jem for harassing Boo Radley. He uses direct language, such as "Tell me, to question Jem, to which Jem replies obediently and honestly, "Yes, sir. Atticus uses a tone of authority towards Jem and Jem responds submissively. This dialogue conveys the personal relationships between parents and children in the 1930's in America which (it can be argued) differs from the...
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...The 1920s and 1930s was a decade of change in Amerike.1920's were a time of wealth and luxury, while the 1930s were more sober as the economy sank. Every decade has its own specific style of fashion, however, no matter how good or bad the times were. Both day and evening fashion for women and men reflected society's attitude towards the economy and the perception of the evolution of society Short hair stands throughout the decade. Women who keep their long locks pulled back at the nape of his neck in a chignon. Boy-like figure was the desired shape, and dropped waist hip. Hemlines gradually approached the mid of 1920's, when the famous "flapper" look became popular, the scars went down again, with jagged scars favored. Long necklaces - in particular, strings of pearls - were accessories of choice, and a tan or flesh colored stockings were popular. Red lips, dark eyes, skin and powdered finished 1920s feminine look. The most popular mod for working men in 1920 was a suit. This style has been immortalized in various characters, from Al Capone to F. Scott Fitzgerald. Men's fashion in the 1920s was heavily influenced by athletes and other famous people. Men generally want to look younger and more athletic and performs graceful white shirts under their suits. Hats, such as driving caps and hats were popular. Short fat ties worn for everyday looks, while the bow ties were popular for evening wear. During the 1930, more feminine style returned to form, emphasizing the chest, hips...
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...Social Changes Through the Decades Showcased Through Fashion Photography Fashion photography started in the late 1800’s and has become one of the most highly respected types of photography in todays’ society. Many people look towards fashion photography as a way to express themselves. This type of photography is showcased all around the world. Fashion photography is a complex process that shows the revolution of social changes through the decades. Fashion photography started in 1839 when photography was first introduced to the world. The earliest ever recorded fashion photography was in 1850 or 1860, for documenting fashion for the Parisian fashion house. Fashion photography is all about capturing what is within the photo from the clothes that...
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