...The Puppeteers of The Truman Show In The Truman Show, Truman, and to an extent the residents of Seahaven, are under the control of Christof and the viewers. Like the the prisoners in Plato’s “Allegory of the Cave,” Truman believes his reality is the true reality. Despite the actors and the illegitimacy of Seahaven, Truman does not know anything else, must like the prisoners only know the shadows on the wall. When Truman begins to realize the fraudulence of his world, he begins his journey to enlightenment. Like the prisoner, he exits the dome and sees the real world for the first time long after he has accepted the realities of his world. For most of his life Truman was a puppet to Christof and, in a way, to the viewers. Since TV is all about...
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...WRT 102 December 4th, 2012 A CHRISTMAS MEMORY AND TRUMAN CAPOTE’S CHILDHOOD Truman Capote is one of famous American authors in 20th century. He had many contributions to American modern literature. His works are quite variety such as non-fiction, short stories, novels and plays. Some of his works helped him to reach the peak of literature and made other writers have to be jealous of (Capotebio.com). However, he ever had a fierce childhood and complicated family background. These things had a strong effect on many his literary works. One of Truman’s famous works which reveal specifically and exactly his childhood is “A Christmas Memory”. This story tells about the childhood of Truman in Monroeville and Truman himself ever said, “Monroeville is bound up with my childhood more than any other things. It has a queer power over me and the way I write and think (Rudisill and Simmons 24).” Truman spent his childhood without love from both of his parents. He was born on September 30, 1924. His birth father is Arch Persons and his mother is Lillie Mae Faulk (Capotebio.com). Truman’s original full name was Truman Streckfus Persons but he changed his name to be Capote because of confliction between him and his father. His birth father was very angry and resent about the change of Truman’s name (Rudisill and Simmons 17). His parents were divorce when he was four years old (Capotebio.com). Truman’s father was born and bred in a well-to-do family in Troy. He was jobless when he...
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..."A Christmas Memory" is a short story by Truman Capote. Originally published in Mademoiselle magazine in December 1956, it was reprinted in The Selected Writings of Truman Capote in 1963. It was issued in a stand-alone hardcover edition by Random House in 1966, and it has been published in many editions and anthologies since. The largely autobiographical story, which takes place in the 1930s, describes a period in the lives of the seven-year-old narrator and an elderly woman who is his distant cousin and best friend. The evocative narrative focuses on country life, friendship, and the joy of giving during the Christmas season, and it also gently yet poignantly touches on loneliness and loss. "A Christmas Memory" is about a young boy, referred to as "Buddy," and his older cousin, who is unnamed in the story but is called Sook in later adaptations. The boy is the narrator, and his older cousin — who is eccentric and childlike — is his best friend. They live in a house with other relatives, who are authoritative and stern, and have a dog named Queenie. The family is very poor, but Buddy looks forward to Christmas every year nevertheless, and he and his elderly cousin save their pennies for this occasion. Every year at Christmastime, Buddy and his friend collect pecans and buy whiskey — from a scary American Indian bootlegger named Haha Jones — and many other ingredients to make fruitcakes. They send the cakes to acquaintances they have met only once or twice, and to people they've...
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...'Hunger Games' Has a Less-Than-Full Plate A strong Jennifer Lawrence can't save a clumsy adaptation; 'Jiro' deliciously delves into sushi perfectionism In life it's usually feast or famine. In "The Hunger Games" it's both a feast of cheesy spectacle and a famine of genuine feeling, except for the powerful—and touchingly vulnerable—presence of Jennifer Lawrence as the 16-year-old heroine, Katniss Everdeen. That's a significant exception, but not a decisive one, since there's only so much this remarkable young star can do in the benumbing, big-budget surroundings. The first book of Suzanne Collins's prodigiously popular trilogy has been brought to the screen with a Jumbotron sensibility, a shaky camera to emphasize the action and a shakier grip on the subject's emotional core. The action, of course, involves kids killing kids. In a dystopian future that bears some resemblance to the here and now—a public besotted by celebrity and drowning in entertainment—a repressive government stages nationally televised games in which 24 teenagers, a boy and a girl from each of 12 districts, are designated Tributes, and must fight one another in the wilds of a computer-controlled artificial environment until there's only one survivor. The concept is hardly an original one. Older audiences with a sense of movie history will recognize more than trace elements of "The Most Dangerous Game," "Spartacus," "Battle Royale," or "The Running Man." But "The Hunger Games" wasn't intended for older...
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...Biography of Harper Lee (1926-) Harper Lee Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1926, to Amasa Coleman Lee and Frances Cunningham Finch Lee. Harper Lee grew up in the small southwestern Alabama town of Monroeville. Her father, a former newspaper editor and proprietor, was a lawyer who also served on the state legislature (1926-38). As a child, Lee was a tomboy and a precocious reader, and she enjoyed the friendship of her schoolmate and neighbor, the young Truman Capote, who provided the basis of the character of Dill in her novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee was only five years old in when, in April 1931 in the small Alabama town of Scottsboro, the first trials began with regard to the purported rapes of two white women by nine young black men. The defendants, who were nearly lynched before being brought to court, were not provided with the services of a lawyer until the first day of trial. Despite medical testimony that the women had not been raped, the all-white jury found the men guilty of the crime and sentenced all but the youngest, a twelve-year-old boy, to death. Six years of subsequent trials saw most of these convictions repealed and all but one of the men freed or paroled. The Scottsboro case left a deep impression on the young Lee, who would use it later as the rough basis for the events in To Kill a Mockingbird. Lee studied first at Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama (1944-45), and then pursued a law degree at the University of Alabama (1945-49), spending...
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...The Impact Reality Television Has On Our Youth Television serves nearly 30 hours of entertainment to children 8 to 18, weekly. Reality television is a phenomenon that is sweeping the globe. These programs are widely viewed by kids, tweens, and teens. Many of these kids idolize reality stars and mimic their every move and their vocabulary. This alleged reality is negatively affecting the well-being of children world-wide. Kids tend to imitate what they observe on television and these programs typically support the worst attributes of behavior. (Ludwig 2003). While reality television can be positive, parents should monitor the programs watched by their children due to the negative affects these shows contribute to children’s overall health. It is a known fact that television influences our lives and the lives of our children. Today, kids are watching more reality television and revering those they see. They are basing their lives, their wants, their desires on what they perceive as real on these programs. This influence is shown in lower self-esteem, poor level of respect displayed, and the ideals of happiness our youths possess. Research presented by Dr. Helen Street revealed that children who suffer from depression will believe beauty, wealth, and popularity leads to fulfillment. (Genesis Health, 2003). The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) also shares concern that this exposure to reality media carries health risks to children. These risks include violent...
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...iaJasper Jones Reading Guide S.A. Jones v2 April 2010 http://www.sajones.com.au Synopsis .................................................................................................................................................. 3 About the Author .................................................................................................................................... 3 Edition Used ............................................................................................................................................ 3 Morality and Ethics ................................................................................................................................. 3 Moral Duality ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Scapegoats .......................................................................................................................................... 5 Morality versus Ethics ......................................................................................................................... 5 Responsibility and Culpability ............................................................................................................. 6 Atonement .......................................................................................................................................... 9 Law and Legality .............................
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...President Harry S. Truman! Project By: Cassandra Marie Hall Dr.Mash American Government 03/22/2011 Harry S. Truman was born Missouri on May 8, 1884, His father and mother were John Anderson Truman and Martha Ellen (Young) Truman. He had also had a brother Vivian Truman and a sister Mary Jane Truman Young Harry attended public schools in Independence, graduating from high school in 1901. After leaving school, he worked briefly as a timekeeper for a railroad construction contractor, then as a clerk in two Kansas City banks. In 1906 he returned to Grandview to help his father run the family farm. He continued working as a farmer for more than ten years. The religious background of President Truman, the 33rd president, was the second Baptist president. Truman did not attend a traditional school until he was eight Truman had three main interests: music, reading, and history, Truman enlisted in the Missouri Army National Guard in 1905, and served until 1911. Truman rejoined the Guard. Before going to France, he was sent to Camp Doniphan, near Lawton, Oklahoma for training. He ran the camp canteen with Edward Jacobson, a Kansas City clothing store clerk. Truman became an officer, and then battery commander in an artillery regiment in France. His unit was Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, 60th Brigade, 35th Infantry Division, known for its discipline problems.[25] During a sudden attack by the Germans in the Vosges Mountains, the battery started to disperse;...
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...Harry S. Truman was born on May 8th, 1884 in Missouri and spent most of his childhood on his family’s farm. His name was chosen after his mother’s brother. He had a brother and a sister. Their names were john Vivian (1886-1965), and Mary Jane (1889-1978). His father’s name is john Anderson Truman (1851-1914), and his mother’s name is Martha Ellen young Truman (1846-1916). John was a livestock dealer. Harry and his family moved to a farm near harrisonville when he was 10 months old. They went on to live in Belton and in 1887 they moved to his grandparent’s 600 acre farm in Grandview. When he was 6 years old his family moved into a small town called independence, so he could attend a Presbyterian Church Sunday school. Harry did not go...
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...Historian." The Potsdam Conference, 1945 - 1937–1945 - Milestones - Office of the Historian. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Dec. 2015. The participants were President Harry S. Truman, Premier Joseph Stalin, and Prime Minister Winston S. Churchill. They agreed on setting up a Council of foreign Ministers to organize the rebuilding of Europe, ban Nazi Party, reduce the size on Germany, divide Germany into 4 zones administered by the USA, USSR, Britain, and France. Also, they agreed on dividing Berlin as well. Source 2: "Harry Truman and the Potsdam Conference." Harry Truman and the Potsdam Conference. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2016. The Potsdam Conference lasted from July 16 to August 2nd. Truman, Stalin, and Churchill discussed the problems that were occurring in Germany, and how they were going to face them. Truman has an Atomic bomb that can be put to use on Japan. Source 3: Lazo, Caroline Evensen. Harry S. Truman. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print. Churchill and Truman knew that the military might of the Soviet Union was defeated by Germany. Both leaders were concerned that Stalin had intended to take over as much of Eastern Europe as possible. At the Potsdam Conference, Harry Truman was privately informed that the atomic bomb had been successfully tested at Alamogordo, New Mexico, on July 16. Source 4: O'Neal, Michael. President Truman and the Atomic Bomb: Opposing Viewpoints. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven, 1990. Print. The meeting was held just outside of Berlin. The three leaders...
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...Truman During his few weeks as Vice President, Harry S Truman scarcely saw President Roosevelt, and received no briefing on the development of the atomic bomb or the unfolding difficulties with Soviet Russia. Suddenly these and a host of other wartime problems became Truman's to solve when, on April 12, 1945, he became President. Truman was born in Lamar, Missouri, in 1884. He grew up in Independence, and for 12 years prospered as a Missouri farmer. He went to France during World War I as a captain in the Field Artillery. Returning, he married Elizabeth Virginia Wallace, and opened a haberdashery in Kansas City. Active in the Democratic Party, Truman was elected a judge of the Jackson County Court in 1922. He became a Senator in 1934. During World War II he headed the Senate war investigating committee, checking into waste and corruption and saving perhaps as much as 15 billion dollars. As President, Truman made some of the most crucial decisions in history. Soon after the war against Japan had reached its final stage. An urgent plea to Japan to surrender was rejected. Truman, after consultations with his advisers, ordered atomic bombs dropped on cities devoted to war work. Two were Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Japanese surrender quickly followed. The first use of an atomic bomb in warfare took place on August 6, 1945. The weapon was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima by the U.S. bomber Enola Gay, instantaneously destroying four square miles in the middle of the population...
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...Potsdam Conference -June, 1945 -The Big Three (Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill/Clement Atlee, and Harry Truman) met in Potsdam, Germany because they needed to negotiate terms for the end of World War II. After the Yalta Conference (February, 1945), Stalin, Churchill, and FDR agreed to meet following the surrender of Germany to determine the postwar borders in Europe. Germany surrendered May 8, so the Allied leaders agreed to meet at Potsdam during the summer to continue discussions that had begun at Yalta. -The Leaders agreed to divide Germany and Berlin, demilitarize Germany, re-establish democracy in Germany (including free elections, a free press, and freedom of speech), make Germany repay reparations to the allies in equipment and materials, ban the Nazi Party, participate fully in the United Nations Organization, and to move Poland’s frontier westwards to the river Oder and Neisse. They disagreed about the amount of reparations (Stalin wanted more, but Truman disagreed) and free elections (Stalin didn’t want). -The relations between the USA and the USSR worsened due to lack of trust and cooperation between the leaders. They both had different ideals. -Stalin and Truman Guatemala 1954 -June, 1954 -Jacobo Arbenz Guzman, the president of Guatemala, put forth a number of new policies such as seizing and expropriating unused, unfarmed land that private corporations set aside long ago and giving land to peasants and the US intelligence community deemed the plans communist...
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...Harry S. Truman was born on May 8, 1885. His home was Lamar Missouri. He later soon moved to Indpendence, Missouri, in 1890. HIs grandparents, Solomon Young and Anderson Shipp Truman, moved from Kentucky to Missouri way back in the 1840’s. Truman’s middle initial of “s” may come from the name Shipp. This name, of course, comes from his grandparents. Truman, as an adult, worked two weeks in a mail room called the Kansas City Star. This event took place in 1902 when he was seventeen years old. Throughout his lifetime, he was always intrested in politics. Before becoming president in 1945, he was a judge in his local courthouse, but even before that, was also a soilder in the Great War. Truman was considered the main contributer to the end of...
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...The benefit of looking back at history is that we can learn from it. Whether the outcome of a president’s term is noted as positive or negative, we are able to look at his actions and determine what factors led to his presidency being either successful or a failure. One is able to gain much insight if they review the state of the union during the time a president came into office, and how the president’s tactics while in office shaped the country or failed to leave much importance. As we have done in class, by doing so we then can find a trend in presidents who are reconstructive, or had utilized very little of their executive power successfully. Since history is a cycle (as we have determined from readings and in class) historical analysis can be looked at as one of the most reliable ways to understand U.S. Presidency. What makes studying presidency through historical analysis so valid is that history repeats itself and once we understand the trends in history, we can connect what we have seen to modern society for better understanding. We,...
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...Who Gets to Decide Hiroshima Name Subject Date Who Gets to Decide Hiroshima Everyday decisions have to be made, from what kind of coffee to drink, to who should be starting for the NBA Finals Game 1, to what laws should President Obama be passing, to the kind of weapons used in the Middle East. These decisions are life changing and what people see on television is different from the actual occurrence. In 1945, President Harry Truman might the face of the United States and the president that allowed the nuclear bombs to be deployed in Japan but the decision was not made by one person alone but with the barrage of opinions from his advisers and political adversaries and this decision has been controversial from that period until today (Shafritz, 2011, 35-36). The Impact of Hiroshima In August 6, 1945, the world witnessed the killing of 70,000 residents using one bomb and thousands more who died from the after effect. Three days after, the president decided to drop another bomb in Nagasaki killing thousands more. This was more than just indiscriminate murder of thousands of people but it was rubbing salt on wound since Germany has already surrendered and the U.S. wanted its allies to follow suit but the Japanese could have thought that the U.S.’ threat was one of the wartime propagandas thus not taking it seriously (Shafritz, 2011, 36). The Different Controversies The first controversy is in justifying the use of the nuclear bomb in annihilating or asserting power to...
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