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- 131: The Great Gatsby: America Degenerates into a Place of Moral Destitution
- ... we realize that gaiety was merely a thin facade, and that behind it lurked a hideous ugliness that penetrated to the essence of the human spirit. It was during the Jazz generation that the common man, a man no different to James Gatz, pursued the glowing icons of his age. As religion gradually faded away, it was money that had become ...
- 132: Materialism and Happiness in America: The Gatsby Era and Today
- ... The very definition of materialism implies unhappiness because without spiritual values there cannot be true and lasting fulfillment. For although The Great Gatsby captures the romance and glitter of the Jazz Age, it is more fundamentally a sad story -- the portrayal of a young man and his tragic search for happiness. Works Cited Bewley, Marius. F. Scott Fitzgerald: Modern Critical Views ...
- 133: John Dos Passos' Manhattan Transfer
- ... again and how their hearts began to be overjoyed as time went on and the German's began to lose. This era is referred to by many historians as the Jazz Era. Many of the poorer characters in Manhattan Transfer made references to people such as J.P. Morgan and other Robber Barons telling great tales of their fortunes and how ...
- 134: Walt Disney
- ... still a very large commodity. Walt made two silent Mickey movies. When Walt was finished with the two Mickey movies, the “talking picture” had been introduced in October 1927 – The Jazz Singer (Montgomery 56). Walt did not wait to see the “talking picture” become a success and released the two silent Mickey movies; neither were successful (Montgomery 57). Determined to make ...
- 135: Jordan Does It All
- ... t too bad for it being his first year back from retirement. Michael Jordan leads the Bulls to win their fifth NBA title in 1997. The Bulls defeated the Utah Jazz in six games. Michael was named the NBA finals MVP for the fifth time. Michael was also named to the NBA All-Star team for the 11th time. Jordan was ...
- 136: Malcolm X
- ... at all, worked in menial jobs as caretakers, cleaners, waiters or shoe shine boys. Working at the Roseland Ballroom meant that the teenage Malcolm got to see most of the jazz giants of the thirties and quickly became adept at dancing the Lindy- hop and the Jitterbug while watching the likes of Count Basie, Lionel Hampton, Duke Ellington and Charlie Barnet ...
- 137: Hippie Culture
- ... third motif went rippling through the baby-boom culture: adhesive love" (Gitlin 200). The freedom they found came with the help of drugs. Marijuana evolved from its "black and Hispanic, jazz-minded enclaves to the outlying zones of the white middle class young" (Gitlin 200). This new drug allowed a person to open their mind to new understandings and philosophies. But ...
- 138: BUILDING A RADIO EMPIRE-CHANCE
- ... Pittsburgh, Denver, Cleveland and Orlando.ˇ¨ ˇ§Chancellor Mediaˇ¦s portfolio of radio stations is geographically diversified and employs a wide variety of programming formats, including adult contemporary, contemporary hit radio, urban, jazz, country, oldies, news/talk, rock and sports. Each of Chancellorˇ¦s stations targets a specific demographic audience within a market, with the majority of the stations appealing primarily to 18 ...
- 139: Louis Armstrong
- ... to rely more upon his singing than his trumpet playing. He became known to a generation as a singer and an entertainer rather than as a trumpet player.Armstrong defined jazz in many ways, helped create scat, tactfully dealt with racism, and has influenced many musicians.
- 140: Neal Cassady
- ... for the Beat Generation. William Plummer characterizes the "Beats" best in his biography of Neal Cassady, "…Would be hipsters out to raise the ante of sensation by way of drugs, jazz, sex, petty criminality, by way of any attitude or activity that might be parlayed into a rush of exhilaration, into proof that they were pulsatingly alive." (Plummer 5). Cassady epitomizes ...
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