Studs Terkel

World War Z Title Analyze The title of World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks is significant to the book. The title both summarize the book and references the source of inspiration for the written style. There are two parts to the title, the first being World War Z, and the second being An Oral History of the Zombie War. The first part signify a theme of the book, the struggle of surviving. The words ‘World War” means the zombie pandemic was fought all around the world…

work began with an examination of Greek thought in regards to work and leisure, as represented by the works Plato and Aristotle, a contemporary piece might begin with Working, by Studs Terkel, moving from work into theology, as opposed to moving from philosophy and theology into work. And, the people whose stories Terkel recorded in his work hardly describe a human activity that could be the subject of soaring theology. Hardy even acknowledges in his book, “If the interviews conducted…

the people to use to their benefit. It is also appropriate to go against the government if the government is executing a plan that could end catastrophically. Studs Terkel focuses his attention onto the government’s errors in his piece, “Touching Thirty (Sam Lovejoy),” by drawing attention to the dangers of nuclear power to humans. Terkel showed that government can be reshaped through a change of mindset about a specific subject, such as nuclear power, which altered the schedule of the Montague…

positives to make a situation or an event seem seem better than it actually is. There are many citizens that find the truth and try to spread the truth to others and get punished for it. “None of ‘em had ever heard of the facts of nuclear power.” (Terkel). Terkel rebelled by knocking down the tower and by doing so was able to educate the members of the jury on the negatives of nuclear power. Before this happened, few people knew about the dangers nuclear power had. Few citizens knew that even…

Working a Musical was performed at the Tillie Lewis Theater adapted by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso from the book by Studs Terkel directed by Ashlee Temple. Working a Musical was a play on the American working class which shined light onto the daily lives of the average American worker. It depicted some of the hardships that most of the American public have to endure, but the play also had a few wealthier characters. This play is not about working but rather what America is all about. One of…

unlawful decisions made by corporations. At one point everyone started off nowhere but now, with hard anyone can achieve success in America or so they think. As time goes on the American Dream is getting lost and will soon be nowhere to be found. Struds Terkel author of “Roberto Acuna Talks About Farm Workers” looked deeper in the issues why the American Dream is failing. As research began, he came across…

The Broken Dream Now and days people dream of achieving their American Dream some emigrants come to america for a chance at the American Dream. for people the american dream is being financially stable to be able to buy a house and having a family. Being able to but your kids into good schools and being able to retire from work with no worries. But the American Dream has lately been very impossible to achieve because people are not financially stable. The American Dream has slowly started…

Terkel states how “they have heat and insulated barns for the animals but the workers live in beat-up shacks with no heat at all.” (75). There is clearly something wrong when barn animals are being pampered and human beings are being treated as if they are…

are just a few words that describe the hardships of the Great Depression. Americans were desperate for a change, as they were drained from Hoover’s unsuccessful administration. Ed Paulsen, a dayworker during the Depression who was interviewed by Studs Terkel, describes an experience he had one day waiting outside a gate for a job opportunity. He was in a crowd of many men. He said, “a thousand men would fight like a pack of Alaskan dogs to get through that gate” (Paulsen 1971). The election of…

then raped her. But, this might not be the case. As Atticus goes to work to prove Tom innocent, you can recognize that Bob Ewell, Mayella’s father, chose to lie his way out. In an article by Andrew Cockburn, and American Dreams: Lost and Found by Studs Terkel, the themes that are prominent are the same as the ones found in To Kill a Mockingbird.…