Joseph Story

In the early 1950’s, Senator Joseph R. McCarthy made a speech to the nation expressing he had discovered knowledge about 204 card carrying communists, with the use of the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC). After McCarthy’s speech, he became the national spotlight. Communism was shunned and not welcomed into America, McCarthy made a point to make that clear. In John Cheever’s “The Enormous Radio”, Irene Westcott, known as a wife and loving mother, becomes fascinated and drawn to the…

Heart of Darkness Book Review Joseph Conrad, author of the novel Heart of Darkness, was born in Ukraine to Polish parents in the late 1850s. At the age of 16, Conrad began his mariner years. He sailed on multiple French commercial ships and traveled around the world. Later on, he joined the British merchant marines and went on to become a British citizen (“Joseph”). About nine years before writing the novel, Conrad was appointed to serve as captain of a steamer on the Congo River by a Belgian…

split up into three different sections: 1. Starting Out from the Meany Papers An introduction 2. Chief Joseph of the Nez Peres A chronology 3. White Witnesses to Chief Joseph’s End A Narrative This book discusses the last few years of Chief Joseph’s life, the white people who he knew at that time, and a generalized look into the history of Chief Joseph and the Nez Perces people from 1750 to 1905. It was very interesting how Gidley organized his book, but it was…

Through Joseph Conrad 's great work the heart of darkness one can see that throughout his main novel he used common themes and used many literary elements, but one of the most remarkable things that Joseph Conrad used in his novel that truly made it unique was his usage of symbolism. Joseph Conrad’s usage of symbolism was ahead of his time and has truly found its appreciation in the current time but as it is noted through the various examples before Joseph usage of symbolism was so essential and…

Time Person of the Year 1942 Joseph Stalin That’s right! For the second time, our person of the year is Joseph Stalin! He is the current leader of the Soviet Union, or communist Russia. He is currently fighting the Nazis with the Americans and the British. Right now we will give an explanation of his rise to power. To start with, Joseph Stalin led an impressive early life and young adulthood. Joseph Stalin was born on December 18, 1878, in Gori, Georgia. He excelled in seminary school, but…

“Opportunities to find deeper powers within ourselves come when life seems the most challenging.” As a comparative mythologist, Joseph Campbell compared many myths from which he derived that they all contain archetypes. From this idea, Campbell composed the monomyth or hero’s journey, consists of a departure, initiation and return. During this journey, Campbell argues, a hero must confront an antagonist to receive a boon in which they will share in their return back to ordinary life.…

mainly a tale of Marlow's journey to the Congo. In Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad's writing is very contemplative with detail. In the Heart of Darkness, Conrad had a background with his seafaring years where Conrad was a marine merchant. Once he rose in rank and began his voyages around the world, he sailed to India, Singapore, Australia, and Africa which gave him experiences that he would later interpret in his fiction. Joseph Conrad writing style elements include dramatic conflicts between…

Joseph Stalin was born into poverty on December 18, 1879, in the small town of Gori, Georgia. Stalin father was a shoemaker and abuser. The author Karl Marx was being read secretly reading by Joseph Stalin during the seminary. His interested was in the work of German social thinker named “Communist Manifesto” in the revolutionary movement against the Russian monarchy. Stalin became an underground political protester in labor demonstrations and strikes. The First central Committee of the…

Before the Nez Perce Indians were created it was said that animals inhabited the world. Animals had qualities that made them act like humans. The main character in the Nez Perce story was a Coyote. “A trickster and transformer” The story is. “One day Coyote learned that all the animals were being devoured by a fearsome monster who dwelled near present-day Kamiah on the Clearwater River. Tricking the monster into swallowing him, Coyote started a fire inside the monster’s belly and slew him by…

300 years later, many people took on a similar trend known as McCarthyism. America in the 1950s was a place of sacrifice and honor as well. Different people of the public would sacrifice themselves, their faith and their honor to protect themselves from the communist accusations made by fellow Americans. McCarthyism was a way of life for those living in the 50’s and is explained by an article as it says, “In the supercharged atmosphere of the early Cold War, the anticommunist crusade spun out of…