Willy Brandt (1913-1992), born Herbert Ernst Karl Frahm, was from 1957 to 1966 the Mayor of West Berlin, the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany (West Germany) from 1969 to 1974, and the leader of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 1964 to 1987. As a young socialist in Nazi Germany during World War II, he had to flee to Norway. In 1949, after the war had ended and Brandt had returned to Germany, he became a member of the West German parliament (the Bundestag) and eventually became
East Germany is a mysterious environment, created by the yearning to camouflage into the greyness of ones surroundings. Intense control limits a human’s capacity to think, without ownership over your thoughts - determining a future and making sense of a tainted and oppressive environment can become paralysing. Therefore, throughout East Germany a truth did not exist as fear had given people the inability to formulate opinions to their full extent. Everyone had an idea as to what had occurred as
Sharing in the Kung Culture Sharing Plays a big role in the Kung culture, and is essential for their survival. If the hunter of the family gets sick or injured and can't hunt, other hunters will share their food with them and their families. Sharing has it's rewards and, also provides a sort of insurance policy for them and their families. The Kung have no refrigeration system in order to keep food fresh for any period of time. Thus they have no way of stock piling for those unfortunate
a technical school. Because of my environment I have settled that I will try my best to get into a good college and follow the modern American Dream, to ultimately find myself in an office job. I am happiest working with my hands, just as Biff and Willy were, but I will most likely end up not doing this. Many of us will be victimized by this American Dream just as the loman family was. Many people in modern society are unfulfilled with their lives and if they were told when they were young that they
Willy Loman a self-doubting, delusional salesman enters his house with two empty suitcases; he failed to sell anything that day. He was greeted by his loving wife Linda and asked where he was all day. Willy replied by saying that he went as far as a little above Yonkers. Willy explains to Linda that he suddenly couldn’t drive anymore. In page 13 Willy explains “suddenly I realize I’m going’ sixty miles an hour and I don’t remember the last five minutes. Linda tries to comfort him by saying it’s
How well do you think the Allied Forces would have done without reliable transport vehicle? Without the Jeep, Americans during WWII would have struggled in the war because they would not have the Jeeps durability, their multi purposeful design, and their economically beneficial high capacity producing availability. The durability was proved by the way that many WWII leaders tested and loved the Jeeps. They were very much entertained by them, their uniqueness, the way that civilians and past soldiers
preferentism has with the idea of self-sacrifice. The idea of self-sacrifice seems relatively common-sense to most of us: we forgo some current potential good in order to maximise either the good of someone we care about, or our own later good. Richard Brandt (1972) includes altruistic desires in his definition of self-interest: "if I really desire the happiness of my daughter, or the discomfiture of my department chairman ... then getting that desire satisfied ... counts as being an enhancement of my
In Death of a Salesman, by Arthur Miller, Willy Loman’s life seems to be slowly deteriorating. It is clear that Willy’s predicament is of his own doing, and that his own foolish pride and ignorance lead to his downfall. Willy’s self-destruction involved the uniting of several aspects of his life and his lack of grasping reality in each, consisting of, his relationship with his wife, his relationship and manner in which he brought up his children, Biff and Happy, and lastly his inability to productively
The original Jeep was born of necessity, it was hand built in seven weeks with people that were smart and hard-working. Jeeps have an amazing background as well as an amazing history. Also, the Jeep was the real reason we won World War II. The Jeep also started a huge new generation of off-roading and 4 wheeling. Jeeps are a reliable, go anywhere vehicle, and are very strong and capable of anything thrown at it. After the Jeep won us the war, it turned into a civilian favorite. Race car
Willy Russell's Blood Brothers For those of studying the play at GCSE here is a some information on the text, background of the play, the author (Willy Russell) and it's themes, plot and setting. It's probably not much, but here it is if it's any use.... Setting: The play is set in Liverpool, 1962 and continues for around 20 years. Mrs Johnstone and her family live in a poor part of Liverpool in contrast Mr and Mrs Lyons live a comfortable life in the more comfortable end of town
Willy Russell's "Our Day Out" Willy Russell has written many plays over the last thirty years, but there is one feature that is common to all of them: the issue of social and cultural background. This is the situation of the characters; their surroundings; their class; the society in which they are brought up, and the culture of that society. It is this that can lead to the behaviour, feelings, opinions and general outlook of the characters. Russell explores the effects that society and
achieving it by her self all along it just took Rita a while to realise it. Willy Russell shows us that working class people think that everyone else is better than them and that they are not worthy of an education. They also think everyone else is looking down at them. He makes Rita explain this on page 68 when she says, “ just because you pass a pub doorway an’ hear the singin’ you think we’re all OK”. I think Willy Russell takes education so seriously because he wants people to understand
Exploring How the Characters of Frank and Rita Change Throughout Willy Russell's Educating Rita Willy Russell wrote educating Rita, and whilst it is not autobiographical, it is based on his own life and experiences. After a miserable time at school Willy Russell tried a variety of jobs, but eventually settled for being a ladies' hairdresser. Like Rita, he was determined to become educated and so he studied for a degree with the Open University and became an educated writer. In the
Willy Russell's Educating Rita The play is in a naturalistic setting. The whole play takes place inside one room, namely Frank’s office; a book-lined study in a university in northern England. And by adhering to the unity of place Willy Russell is not just able to concentrate on the drama, but also the humour of the play. The play is set in year it was written, 1985. The play itself is structured into two Acts. The first act deals with Rita beginning her search and her education, trying
Changes in Rita in Act Two Scene One of Educating Rita Willy Russell was born in Whiston, near Liverpool, England, in 1947. Russell has written a string of popular, award-winning plays and musicals, but perhaps one of the most well known is Educating Rita. In this play Willy Russell is very much producing a mirror image of parts of his life. As a child and growing up he didn’t care much for school, he considered himself a kid from the ’D’ stream and a piece of factory fodder. Eventually
Milton Hershey was and still is one of the greatest chocolate makers of all time. He was the man who turned a bare patch of land into a thriving chocolate town and pulled everybody through the Great Depression. But, Hershey is best remembered to be the person who made chocolate popular in America and other parts of the world. Many people today know and purchase the infamous chocolate products that have been produced by the Hershey Factory, but some know about how the business became to be so successful
Dahl’s “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” tap’s into young readers anxieties by opening their imagination to new thoughts of possible events that they might experience in the future. Dahl uses Charlie Bucket, the main character as the hero of the story, and arguably a role model for young readers, to portray the life of a poor child who is not blessed with all the things that he wants, because of his economical situation. In this critical paper, I will argue how Charlie Bucket’ character can be
Salesman Willy Loman is in a crisis. He is about to lose his job, he can't pay his bills, and his sons Biff and Happy do not respect him and cannot seem to live up to their potential. He wonders what went wrong and how he can make things up to his family. The story is revealed through Willy's illusions-where much of story is told- so in consideration of the audience, it is possible that the events have not occurred the way they are seen, though the audience has no idea since they are seeing it through
The Destruction of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman In the book Death of A Salesman, author Arthur Miller shows how cruel life can be through the life of Willy Loman, the main character. His feelings of guilt, failure, and sadness result in his demise. Willy's sense of pride is a very big issue in his life; he doesn't like people to give him handouts, although he may need them. But the feeling of failure overrides him when he learns about the loss of his job. "But I got
The Character of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Willy Loman, the main character in Death of a Salesman is a complex tragic character. He is a man struggling to hold onto the little dignity he has left in a changing society. While society may have caused some of his misfortune, Willy must be held responsible for his poor judgment, disloyalty and foolish pride. Willy Loman is a firm believer in the "American Dream:" the notion that any man can rise from humble beginnings