The time period heavily influenced the ideas of science involved in writing Frankenstein. Besides the obvious inspiration from the Enlightenment and the new age of science and technology, the French revolution also served as an influence as pertaining to the theme of rebellion from one's creator.

This article provides a comparison of Malcolm X to other civil rights orators like Dr. King. Malcolm is relatively unique in the sense that he promotes violence for the use of the African American cause. He justifies violence as self-defense.

On one hand, it was good that Malcolm was so active in recruiting members to the Nation of Islam. However, the quickly growing movement scared white people. Although fear may help in gaining rights for African Americans, it will also spur additional mutual hatred, not what American needs to be successful.

Malcolm X has surprisingly been the praise of African American feminists. His message provides empowerment for women. This is ironic considering Malcolm's view of white women as status symbols during his days with drugs and superficiality.

This passage dictates that Malcolm was drawn to the religion of Islam because it focused on the rehabilitation of black men and the devilish tendencies of white people. Malcolm was prone to hate white people after being put into situations that led him to his drug and cigarette addiction.

Haley's interpretation of Malcolm X's life reshaped the genre and made a statement within the genre. This novel affected the average black man. This book can be seen being read on college campuses across the united states. Haley's interpetation of Malcolm's confusing regarding his own life speaks to the black people.

Although Americans jump to think of the USA as a free country where people are generally accepting, racism has had an outcome on politics in last 10 years. Immigration policies like those at the Arizone border showcase that racism is still present, even if not against African Americans

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President Truman's speech is actually in favor of eliminating discrimination in the 1960s. It shows that there are positive efforts from the white man's perspective. IM is sometimes too cynical with his outlook of Caucasions.

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William Harper wrote this passage about the morality of slavery in the 1930s. 70 years after the abolishment of slavery and in the period where IM starts college, the were still radicals who believed that African Americans were so inferioir that they deserved to be enslaved. In his article, Harper brings up the point that it is a part of human nature for the superior to conquer the inferior.

Winther explains that the imagery used in Invisible Man describes the idea of societal imprisonment that IM experiences. For example, the iron chain that he carries around in his briefcase refers not only to the physical enslavement of the Black people but the emotional and mental restrictions but on them by society.

Ellison, Ralph (Ralph Waldo Ellison), 1914-94, African-American author, b. Oklahoma City, Okla.; studied Tuskegee Inst. (now Tuskegee Univ.). Originally a trumpet player and aspiring composer, he moved (1936) to New York City, where he met Langston Hughes, who became his mentor, and became friends with Richard Wright, who radicalized his thinking.

It is interesting that Ralph Ellison attended Tuskegee institute. That was a trade school specifically designated for black people. He must have used his frustration for not having society's restraints keep him from attending a normal university to write Invisble Man. The narrator shares in some of the same challenges.

The invisible man was important to the time period because Ellison challenged the way that African AMericans were typically characterized. When Ellison wrote Invisible Man, ther were few other novels that proposed the idea the black people were suffering from their lack of civil rights. He was ahead of his time.

The narrator, in Invisible Man demonstrates total naivety towards the beginning of the novel. He does not realize the harm that is being done to him by white people and even by his fellow black people. The theme of communism is present within the narrator's work with the Brotherhood.

Malcolm's supposedly stated that white people did not approve of the religion of Islam because it reminded them of the injustices that they served to the African Americans. This shows the bitterness that Malcolm eventually gained towards white people. The irony of the matter is that Islam originally preached forgiveness as a high value. He using religion as a crutch for bigotry.

"The author presents a documented analysis of the major ethics themes in the book including, for example, moral grwoth, Gatsby's life of illusion, the withering American Dream, and the parallels between the 1920s and the 1980s."

"The publication of This Side of Paradise made Fitzgerald rich enough to marry the high-living Zelda. This autobiographical novel mirrored the shattered dreams and empty, irresolute lives of the young, disillusioned post-war generation."

Gatsby seems to be a product of the author's own struggles in his lifetime. Fitzgerald's own background of being from a class of new money would affect the way the "old money" class in the Great Gatsby's would be described.

"Fitzgerald in his life and writings epitomized "all the sad young men" of the post-war generation."

"With the skill of a reporter and ability of an artist he captured the essence of a period when flappers and gin and "the beautiful and the damned" were the symbols of the carefree madness of an age. "

The time period of which he reported was corrupt. He lived and experienced his own corruption within his life. The corruption at this time was not a made up concept. It is a true phenomenon.

"That's because U.S. women still earned only 77 cents on the male dollar in 2008, according to the latest census statistics."

Virginia wolf demonstrates her frustration about the slow progress of women's rights. This document specifically showcases exactly how slow this progress is. Like the reform movements of other cases of social injustice, change is hard to come about. In the Grapes of Wrath, the migrant workers wait forever for change to occur in their awful lives.

This article covers the debate over whether or not women should be allowed to participate in combat in the military. Like In a room of one's own, it is a matter of social inequality. At the time a room of one's own was written, women we're considered not good enough to be writers. Perhaps in the future, women will be considered good enough to participate in combat.

For many families with minimum-wage income,welfare becomes a necessary means for survival. However, not everyone that needs it can obtain it and not everyone that can obtain it, will the welfare help to survive.the article speaks of the poverty, specifically in Wisconsin and how even though some impoverished families desperately need it, it is considered socially unacceptable for them to apply and they are discouraged from doing so.

"Privatization was touted as a more economical means of administering welfare, but it has been a very expensive, as well as heartless, experiment. In 1985, Wisconsin's welfare program cost $548 million for 299,700 people; in 2001, the budget is $710 million for fewer than 20,000 individuals. From 1985 to 2000, administrative costs jumped from 4 to 52 percent. The five Milwaukee corporations that run welfare earned $33 million in profits in one year, and $47.2 million in surplus dollars. These profits are the result of denying support to families in crisis."