...Twenty-one is too long The issue of alcohol consumption dates as far back as 4,000 BC. Currently the only limitation on consuming and purchasing alcohol is the twenty-one drinking age. It is an irrational law that should be changed to eighteen. Once an individual is eighteen they are legally an adult with the freedom to vote, enlist in the military, gable, rent a honey bucket, and many more responsibilities. If a person is allowed to vote, then they should be allowed to drink, voting is a higher responsibility than drinking. According to Szalavitz, at age eighteen the brain is still not fully developed and drinking only harms the developing brain. The issue isn’t about it being bad health wise, but rather it being illegal. It is widely known that people under the legal age drink regardless of the law. The legal age of consuming alcohol should be lowed to eighteen due to it being less of a responsibility than some responsibilities that are granted at eighteen, there would be less teenage criminals and less alcohol related problems. A shocking 80% of all high school students admitted to drinking alcohol (alcholnews.org). This high number shows that the legal age is simply being overlooked by teenagers; the efforts in place have repeatedly failed. Once a underage teenager does get caught with alcohol in their possession, they receive a M.I.P meaning “Minor in Possession” which is a misnomer offence. A MIP charge carries a fine and additional punishments which vary by state....
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...History 2009–11: Formation and Twenty One Pilots The band was formed in 2009 in Columbus, Ohio by college friends, Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas and Chris Salih.[7][9] Tyler came up with the band's name while studying All My Sons by Arthur Miller, a play about a man who must decide what is best for his family after causing the death of 21 pilots during World War II because he knowingly sent them faulty parts for the good of his business. Tyler explains that this story of moral dilemma was the inspiration for the name of the band.[10] On December 29, 2009, they released their debut, self-titled album, Twenty One Pilots, and began touring Ohio. In 2010, the band released two officially unreleased tracks to their SoundCloud account.[11][better source needed] One, an original song titled, "Time to Say Goodbye" and a cover of "Jar of Hearts" by Christina Perri. They were originally available for free...
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...When I was One-and-Twenty Summary Our speaker gets some advice from an older, wiser person: don't bank too much on love. Like any young person, he promptly ignores the advice. Did we mention that he's 21? Keep that in mind. It'll be important later. Flash forward: now he's 22. And as it turns out, the advice he got was pretty good. Love hurts. And we're not just quoting that '80s song. Line 1-2 When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, • Uh-oh. Any time a literary work starts out with a wise man's sayings, you just know that they're probably going to be ignored. If we listened to wise advisors, we wouldn't have any stories to tell. And poems are stories, after all. • So, we've got a young whippersnapper and his older mentor. Stay tuned, folks…. Lines 3-6 "Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and rubies But keep your fancy free." • Well, it turns out that love is worth more than gold. Or, er…the lack of love is worth more than gold. • Don't let the happy tone and snappy rhymes confuse you: this poem is about control. It turns love into an economic calculation, one which allows the "wise man" to balance feelings against more conventional forms of currency (crowns and pounds and guineas are, after all, the big guns of the U.K.'s monetary system). As it turns out, the heart is more valuable than money – which is precisely why the speaker's buddy thinks that it should remain soundly within his control. • Of course, this...
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...Throughout the next few months, I kept my grades up and started a bank account for when my baby is born. As I was typing notes for my Literature class my phone went off and a Twenty-One Pilots ringtone signaled my old best friend was calling. “Hello?” I answered tiredly. “Yea I’m pretty busy doing my homework.” I replied to my stereotypical cheerleader friend. “Courtney, you know I can’t go to a party. I’m sorry.” I hung up and tossed my phone on the worn leather couch and sat down with my head in my hands, my social life was at an all-time low. My baby bump is becoming more and more pronounced and I’m afraid of what people would say. Besides all of my nice clothes no longer fit me, almost none of my clothes did. Tears streamed down my face and onto my black t-shirt and grey sweatpants. My emotions fluctuate every five minutes and I usually end up crying. It’s just so unfair! I’m completely missing out on everything! I never leave the apartment anymore because as I continued to get bigger more...
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...“ Cause somebody stole my car radio and now I just sit in silence” (Joseph). These words tell a story on the surface level, but incorporate a much deeper meaning as you delve deeper into the mind of the songwriter. Artist Tyler Joseph wrote this song, and it was released on the band Twenty One Pilots’ second studio album in 2011. Although it never topped any charts or made any records, it deeply impacted all those who heard it. With its incredible vocals and strange mix of electronic, rap, rock, and alternative background music, it was destined to be a song that made you think. Tyler Joseph is known for his deeper meanings in many of his songs, and this song is a prime example of that. This is shown by phrases such as “we're all battling fear/ oh dear, I don't know if we know why we're here/ oh my, too deep/ please stop thinking”. Sentences like this lead the audience to believe that there is more than just a story being told in this song. While it may seem as though it is just a man talking about how his radio got stolen out of his car when he was in college, it is truly talking about the struggle the artist has with...
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...with the poems "Dream Deferred" and "When I Was One and Twenty". They speak the same kind of concept in terms of life goals. In "When I Was One and Twenty", the old wise man says not to give your heart away so young because you will regret it. Whether he is talking about having your heart broken by someone at a young age or giving up on your dreams to settle down isn't known. If a person gives up on their dreams or puts them on the back burner to pursue a relationship, it is the same as a raisin in the sun. Although a raisin is a dried up grape that is still full of nutrition, it becomes hard and useless after a while. Such would be the case with life goals, if you put them on hold to pursue a relationship, they become useless over time and forgotten. If a young person enters a relationship while in college lets say, their focus is no longer on school really. Most want to spend as much time as possible with the other. As the writer looks back upon himself in "When I Was One and Twenty", he basically says that he should've listened to the old man's advice. He is only twenty two at that point and already regrets the decision he made to give his heart away. There are plenty of people that will tell you that they had given up on their dreams to continue a relationship. Whether it be letting a dream job be passed up or an opportunity to do something they have always wanted to. Some people might have the perfect relationship as one of their dreams. Giving your heart away to that...
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...The Age of The Great Gatsby In the novel The Great Gatsby, Fitzgerald tells a legendary love story from the perspective of the narrator named Nick. The reader sees and hears about all the crazy parties, love stories, breakups and much, much more that all seem to stem from a dynamic character named Jay Gatsby. The story takes place in a promiscuous and rebellious period called the roaring twenties, the time period right before the great depression, and to make it worst in the city that never sleeps. The roaring twenties period is the backbone of this story, characters in the novel directly correlate with the illegal, rebellious, and careless behaviors that are seen in the twenties. The prohibition caused lots of problems in this time period when it came to crime and binge drinking. First It is important to understand the social, political and economic effects of prohibition. In 1917 the Eighteenth Amendment was passed and stated that you couldn’t make, sell or transport any alcohol. The prohibitionist movement had a wide variety of supporters, including: Women, Church’s, employers and politicians. In the 1928 Presidential campaign Herbert Hoover won by calling prohibition “a great social and economic experiment, noble in motive and farreaching in purpose; " this is interesting because it shows to the public that he is in favor of prohibition, but by calling it an experiment it shows that he may have some concerns about it .It definitely was an experiment...
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..."The Great Gatsby" is based on a 1925 novel of the same title, written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Given what you have read in the textbook, does the film effectively portray life in the 1920s? Why or why not? The Great Gatsby was a real journey back into the 1920’s during the times of the” Roaring Twenties. The movie was an extremely accurate portrayal of life in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby showed the economic prosperity in the urban communities among the rich and wealthy. The setting of the movies décor was very accurate from the dapper dressing of the men in pinstripes suits, silk shirts, and pinstripe suits for the men. The women in the Great Gatsby wore the sleek colorful dresses and skirts along with dazzling hair and head accessories. The Great Gatsby showed a scene that showed the backdrop of the ballroom for the parties that was the best example of the 1920s. The Great Gatsby ballroom was the size of three or four houses together with the multiple levels opening up to grandiose dancing areas. The ceiling was glittering with sparkling lights that looked like white bubbles, lights, ornaments, exotic chandeliers, and beautiful greenery. The Great Gatsby dancing, singing and music was right out the of the 1920s jazz age. The movie soundtrack was a trip into the pass with all the Jazz Greats playing their songs from the 1920’s from Louis Armstrong, Johnny Dobbs and King Oliver and many other jazz musicians. The Great Gatsby movie set was the perfect example of the real life...
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...The Roaring Twenties It was the Bee’s Knees to feel the Heebie-Jeebies while living young and free as a sensual Dumb Dora through the radical Roaring Twenties, an era that was absolutely unforgettable in American history! Organized doctrines advocating political, social, and all other rights of women equivalent to those of men, made the ideas of feminism possible. This was a new term that came about during the Progressive Era, a term that caused women to express their self-worth by capturing the world by it’s tail and launching a revolutionary era that lasted three decades; as Frances Willard said, “a wider freedom is coming to the women of America” (Textbook)… Within the first few years of the 1920s, the new culture that the generation had created was already set into motion. The youth no longer had the desire to act or dress like the older generation, they wanted something different. Through the fashion, entertainment and beauty industries women worked up the courage to reject the stuffy ways of the Victorianism lifestyle, and simply transition to a more advanced wild life of the conspicuous Flappers. In the late eighteenth century, the Victorian era was a widely known style that was commonly related to morals and structures based off of Christianity. Family and economic life for women was outrageously boring; a typical day for a woman would look like cleaning, gardening, plus taking care and cooking for her household. Women weren’t allowed to have real jobs...
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...One of the most debated topics in The Great Gatsby is “What is the most essential symbol in the novel?” The most essential symbol in The Great Gatsby is the Valley of Ashes. Three examples of this are the Valley of Ashes represents the social decay of life during the Roaring Twenties, The Valley of Ashes represents the poor, and the Valley of Ashes represents drastic contrast from the rich and glamorous lifestyle in the Eggs. One example of the Valley of Ashes being the most essential symbol in The Great Gatsby is that the Valley of Ashes represents the social decay of life during the Roaring Twenties. Proof of this is that this is where Tom and Myrtle meet up for their affair. This is proven on page 28 when Nick and Tom are traveling to...
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...Emerging out of World War One was a very difficult time for the citizens of America, especially for the youth. After losing almost everything, including their lives, to the war, the frivolous ways of the “Flaming Youth” as they were often called, gave a welcome relief to devastation. Nothing seemed too irrational (Pendergast). A social revolution resulted, causing a massive shift in American culture. The culture of the “Victorian Era” is a sharp contrast to that of the “Roaring Twenties”; instead of the conservative ways of the Victorian Era, women wore loose hanging dresses and people led a life of smoking, drinking, and dancing until dawn. This all, however, masked the underlying sadness of the 1920s. As stated by the theme of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, “the wealthy of the 1920s...
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...The American Dream is the aspiration to obtain wealth, status and power based on the desire of self-betterment through self-reliance and accomplishment. F Scott Fitzgerald’s, The Great Gatsby, is an effective critique on the corruption that surrounds the American Dream. It is also a commentary on the warped view of Western hedonism and idealized lifestyles. The dream is portrayed strongly through the characters, depicting undignified ways to obtain wealth, the amoral social interactions and the illusion of affection and false fellowship. Thus exposing the unscrupulousness, self-absorption and disillusionment that lie at the wake of the American Dream. Fitzgerald critiques on the ideal of ‘self-made’ men (financially) and how through sheer desperation, men stray from conformity and followed a deviated path in order to reach wealth. The American Dream is the belief that regardless of one’s socio-economic background, an individual could still reach financial triumph through hard work, education and drive-which has been the belief of the American society. According to American sociologist Robert K. Merton, American society has generated common desires and pressures for material possession-which is how success was measured- those who fail to succeed by conformity or valid means, resort to devious acts to do so. Fitzgerald comments on this aspect of his society through the portrayal of Gatsby in the novel; who employed unorthodox ways of obtaining wealth in order to gain his incommunicable...
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...Silent films later paved the way for talkies (movies with sound). The radio, chewing gum, the first parades were all created in the 1920s. Hundreds of prominent inventions were invented in just one era. People were motivated to transform art, science, music and literature. Jazz became popular because it was different, it brought people together, and the music spread throughout the country and later the world. The earliest style of jazz is called ragtime which started in the late 1800s in New Orleans. Ragtime has a core ingredient of jazz which is syncopation (an emphasis on the offbeats of the music). Ragtime later evolved into dixieland in the early 1900s. Dixieland involves not only syncopation, but also improvisation. Dixieland musicians mainly played trumpet, bass, clarinet, drums, tuba and piano. Later, dixieland music evolved into big bands that played swing. In order to make a living musicians needed to travel and tour. Thus, as African Americans came north for jobs, the music followed and flourished. One of the most influential musicians of the time was Louis Armstrong. Although jazz was not taken seriously in its early stages, and was played in bars and brothels, Louis Armstrong brought...
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...“Jazz was the sound of the 1920s. Jazz and individuality blossomed in the Roaring Twenties, and there was no better medium to nurture the pure jazz sound than 1920's Harlem.” (Boland) It’s important to realize, Jazz was one of the most popular genres during the Harlem Renaissance. Not to mention, people felt extremely connected with jazz music. It was a type of genre for everyone, it gave many people a pleasant feeling. In other words, people, when jazz would play, felt more safe around that type of music, it made them feel more at home. Therefore, people would just go to clubs and admire all the performances, just soaking in all the raw...
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...The Roaring Twenties. One of the most memorable times in US history. The country was reeling from the war and the economy as bouncing back. Men, women, and kids all were having fun in celebration of the new freedom from the violence of war. However, of the three groups, the most important were the women. A whirlwind of events was happening to them, including the cliche views of society being drastically changed. The ‘gibson girl,’ a small waisted lady with long locks of hair, dramatic dresses and skirts, with manners and self spoken, was soon replaced by a short haired woman that wore short dresses and danced into the night. Flappers, as they were called. However, that wasn’t the only change. Feminists and fighters for women’s rights were succeeding in their fight. Jobs were opening, voting became available, and women were soon being treated more equally to men. The era of dancing and music was fuelled by the booming economy. Cars were being sold for cheap prices, nightclubs were popping up on every corner, and a prominent look for the people walking the streets. Women and men alike were spending their time dancing and partying, celebrating the new economy. However, the cliche look of the gibson girl didn’t look quite right out on the dance floors. Long, tight dresses with tight curly hair didn’t go well with quick and free movements. To...
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