Audrey Chapman HIST 297 March 14, 2017 The Great Cat Massacre Debate History is a discipline based on textual accounts of the past however it became necessary to look closer. A group of French historians watched as countless historians drew the same conclusions from the same experiences time after time, divorcing themselves from the “new social scientist adventuring among the economies and societies of the present.” The Annales school is interested in a science of humanity, human activities. “The
The Great Cat Massacre written by Robert Darnton in 1984 makes a point of the history of ordinary people’s mentalities as the concept and argues that the mentalities strongly influenced people’s behaviour and thinking in eighteenth century France, so this book can be classified into l’histoire des méntalites. For example, in “The Great Cat Massacre”, the title essay, Darnton picks up a French printer, Nicolas Contat’s memoirs as sources, deals with the event in the memoirs that some printers executed
The Great Cat Massacre with out a doubt has one of the most unusual titles ever created especially for a book about history. Now this unusual title perhaps fits this book better than any other straight - forward title Mr. Darnton could have conjured. You see the text contained in the book isn’t just your standardized, boring, and redundant view of history. Most historical text looks at history from a political standpoint, of which king did what and what were the political effects of a war; then what
Robert Darnton, a historian who wrote the book The Great Cat Massacre, looks at a particularly strange event in eighteenth-century France. The story of the Great Cat Massacre is about one strange and abnormal day at a printing shop where multiple workers killed many cats during the night. The workers were fed up with the fact that the cats of the bourgeois and his wife were being treated better than the workers. So they came up with a plan where
Summer Musser Workers Revolt: The Great Cat Massacre of the Rue Saint-Severin The great cat massacre of the Rue Saint-Séverin follows a group of workers in a printing shop as they find the entertainment of slaughtering alley cats as a means of getting back at their Master and Mistress. After the event, the workers perform re-enactments of the massacre for the sake of laughter. The source for Robert Darnton accounts of the massacre come from Nicholas Contat, who recounted the tales of events through
Some movies, no matter how bad they are, can be a blast to just sit back, relax and watch the craziness unfold. Women's Prison Massacre, also known as Emanuelle Escapes from Hell, is that type of movie, co-written by Claudio Fragasso, who you may know as the mastermind behind Troll 2 and the boring, convoluted mess known as Beyond Darkness. I can't think of one thing in this movie that is done well, be it the acting, the atrocious dubbing or the story. Well, actually, I take that back, as the randomly
He says “It is so short and jumbled and jangled, Sam, because there is nothing intelligent to say about a massacre. Everybody is supposed to be dead, to never say anything or want anything ever again. Everything is supposed to be very quiet after a massacre, and it always is, except for the birds. And what do the birds say? All there is to say about a massacre, things like ‘Poo-tee-weet?’” (Vonnegut 24). As interesting as this quote is it actually gives us our answer to the question
opium addicts (Bonaparte, 236). Perhaps his abnormal behavior could explain why he used such great detail in form of writing. In most of Poe’s short stories the point of view is first person and often the narrator is nameless. Each narrator is unique, some are sane, others are unclear, and several approach a fine line that separates sanity from insanity (Rose). For example, the narration in The Black Cat is spoken through confusion and influenced by alcohol, yet The Fall House of Usher is told through
An Existence based on Forma (harmless untruths) “No wonder kids grow up crazy. A cat’s Cradle is nothing but a band of X’s between someone’s hands and little kid’s look and look at all those X’s… No damn cat and no damn cradle,” Vonnegut writes is his appropriately titled book Cat’s Cradle. A cat’s cradle is a string trick we all grew up learning and seeing, and it is just as Vonnegut described, nothing. Everyday we experience things like a cat’s cradle; we experience insignificant objects, feelings
Peasants in the 18th Century When studying 18th century history one will often read about insightful intellects, powerful leaders, or even great military figures, but generally overlooked are the common people. These men, women, and children that make up the peasant society paid the taxes that supported militaries, upheld the land, and, in turn, contributed to history equally to the aforementioned figures. In the 18th century French peasants made up eighty to eighty five percent of the population
The French Revolution began in 1789 as a respectable insurrection; however, it soon became a bloody massacre. The peasants had been oppressed by poverty and the aristocracy. Eventually, they grew weary and tired of the subjugation; therefore, they revolted against the aristocracy, who had not anticipated the revolution. However, they became frenzied and blood thirsty, becoming carried away with the bloodshed. The novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens tells the story of these two classes along
Macbeth looks at him and opens a flood of insults starting with “ and live a coward in thine own esteem” stating that Macbeth is a coward for not getting what he wants because he feels it's wrong. Then she mentioned, “Like the poor cat I' the' adage” relating to a story about a cat who would want to eat fish but doesn't want to get its feet wet. After these comments, Macbeth sides with Lady Macbeth and is willing to get his feet wet to gain the throne (eat the fish). This portrays Macbeth as an easily influenced
Women’s suffrage within the United Kingdom. Throughout history, many individuals have held differing opinions on the union having some describing them as “rebellious” while others classify them as “heroes”. One of the worst events to occur includes the massacre of “black Friday” when the suffragettes marched to parliament after the Conciliation Bill was passed however, declared a third reading would not take place. This Emmeline, founder of the WSPU had 5 children all together and greatly influenced their
awareness of King Duncan coming to visit and how it can be a great opportunity to get rid of him. “My dearest love, Duncan comes here to-night.” Macbeth, (Act 1, Scene 5, Lines 49 and 50) Lady Macbeth is much like Ariel in “The
not say one word about her mother like the poem, Daddy. She does not have a companion to share her feelings, she does not have a supporter who could stop her first or second suicide attempt while she get accustomed to try to kill herself “like the cat.” This causes the reader to speculate that she might failed to bond with her mother from an early age. Sylvia Plath contrasts the symbolism of the Nazi and the Jews, to signify the characteristics of her father and herself and the social problems.
The Jonestown Massacre Two decades ago a strange series of events ended in the deaths of more than 900 people in the middle of a South American jungle. Though thought of as a "massacre," what occurred at Jonestown on November 18, 1978, was to some extent done willingly. This made the mass suicide more disturbing. The Jonestown cult which was officially named “The People's Temple" was founded by a reverend named James Warren Jones, also known as Jim Jones, from Indianapolis in 1955. Jones, who didn’t
The meaning of religion can be different for everyone; some use it to justify events happening, while others use it to turn people against each other. As Kurt Vonnegut describes tragic events during World War II, unrealistic adventures in space and destructive scientific advances, he shares his unique perspective on life and religion. Although many of his works were set during 20th century, Vonnegut satirically addresses issues that are present in today’s society. Despite efforts to prevent wars
The Influence of the Mexican Cartels in the United States Visiting a tourist attraction in Mexico, tourists do not realize the gruesome reality that Mexican civilians face on an everyday basis. Dead bodies cover the streets, the echo of gun shots ring through the streets daily, and seeing the cartels terrorize businesses. The rise of Mexico’s violence in the past decade has marked the country and made its way to the United States. The United States has ignored the problem for many years, since they
(O’Connor 450). Her claims to be a lady cannot be justified with her racist and hypocritical actions. In addition, the selfish desire of the grandma to make a detour and her decision to bring the cat leads the family to wreck the vehicle and to be found by the Misfit. Before the accident and ensuing massacre occurred, the grandma was completely condescending, hypocritical, and complacent in her own world where she feels safe. The final confrontation bet... ... middle of paper ... ..., and this allows
For centuries, the tales that capture the youth of society or the adult 's mind are continually under speculation. To whom do the fairy tales of our literature belong, and have they been disassembled from their true meanings? Jack Zipes ' Breaking the Disney Spell and Donald Hasse 's Yours, Mine, or Ours? essays focus on the answers to this pressing question. Upon asking a random individual in what they thought of when they heard the word fairy tale, the response I received involved "princesses