THE RISE OF REALISM (1860-1914) The U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) between the industrial North and the agricultural‚ slave-owning South was an important event that marked American history. Before the war‚ idealists championed human rights‚ especially the abolition of slavery; after the war‚ Americans increasingly idealized progress and the selfmade man. Business boomed after the war. War production had boosted industry in the North and given it prestige and political clout. The enormous natural resources
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The Rise Of Realism 1. Define the term "Muckraker." Be sure to include the name of the person who created it. The term Muckraker was created by Theodore Roosevelt. It was used for American novelists or journalists that exposed corruption in government or big businesses in the twentieth century. 1. Naturalism was a literary movement of the late 19th century that was an extension of Realism. What was the main focus of the Naturalistic writer? The main focus of a Naturalistic writer
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intentionally seeks out and publishes the misdeeds of a public individual for profit or gain. Theodore Roosevelt is said to be linked to being the creator of the term. 2. Naturalism was a literary movement of the late 19th century that was an extension of Realism. What was the main focus of the Naturalistic writer? -The main focus of a Naturalistic writer was about the fringes of society‚ the criminal‚ the fallen‚ and the down-and-out. Naturalists argued that individuals have no choice because a person’s
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Journal response 1 In the Sun Also Rises‚ by Ernest Hemingway‚ alcoholism is an important theme in the novel. Alcoholism is a large part of Ernest Hemingway’s novel “The Sun Also Rises”. Drinking is the greatest escape that the characters use and the author employs it very often in the novel. All throughout the novel‚ the characters are drinking excessively. They use drinking to also help prove themselves. Because of Jake’s war wound made him physically unable‚ he feels that he must prove himself
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Sam as someone who gets into wars and needs help. Also‚ they define soldiers as ignorant people going to war in someplace or reason they don’t understand. The upbeat music that is traditionally used for invigorating soldiers is used to make fun of them. The ideas of “I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-To-Die-Rag” clearly stem from the ideas of “I Don’t Know Where I’m Going But I’m On My Way.” On the prose side of literature‚ Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises gives the story of a group of individuals after
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In the search for hope for the protagonists of “The Sun Also Rises” Is there any hope for the Lost Generation? Do the title of the novel and the seemingly hopeful epigraph indicate that the Lost Generation still have the possibility to regain any of the values they have lost during the WW1? The epigraph to “The Sun Also Rises” contains a quote from Gertrude Stein‚ saying: “You are all a lost generation”. This proclamation is juxtaposed with the passage from the beginning of the Book of Ecclesiastes:
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Memoirs September 27 2007 Loss of Identity The book‚ The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway‚ describes feelings and ideas that Americans had during the boom of the 20’s regarding the fear of change or loss in national identity. Loss of morality and increasing fear because of loss of identity during this period has created a general fear of dismemberment of culture and society consequence of the II World War. The Sun Also Rises is a socially loaded book because of the deep social identity problems
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WR150 J7 Professor Kent Love in Modern Novel Paper three Final draft Apr. 17‚ 2012 The Sun also rises: A Continuously Reversed Cosine Tragedy In Gunther Schomigalle’s “How people go to hell: Pessimism‚ Tragedy‚ and Affinity to Schopenhauer in The Sun Also Rises”‚ he mentions‚ “I believe Hemingway was right when‚ in letters to his editor‚ he called The Sun Also Rises ‘a book as tragic as that’ (Reynolds 45) or ‘a damn tragedy’ (Lynn 333)” (Schomigalle 10). Some may argues that
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Steven Shlossman Mr. Florczyk English 1102 November 7 2012 You is kind‚ you is smart‚ you is impotent Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises is a fast paced and dramatic novel. Two of the main characters‚ Jake Barnes and Lady Brett Ashley‚ are absolutely no exception to this stereotype. The novel is narrated by Jake Barnes‚ and opens in Paris during the 1920’s. Jake Barnes is an expatriate who has moved to Paris to pursue journalism‚ and Lady Brett Ashley is a twice divorced woman who is legendary
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scandal and allegations of corruption among political and business leaders. President Theodore Roosevelt is credited with originating the term ’muckraker.’ Naturalism was a literary movement of the late 19th century that was an extension of Realism. What was the main focus of the Naturalistic writer? Naturalistic writers believed that the laws behind the forces that govern human lives might be studied and understood through their objective study of human beings. Naturalistic writers thus
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