1904: Lincoln Steffens‚ The Shame of the Cities U.S. History Resources 1904 Lincoln Steffens‚ The Shame of the Cities Perhaps the most influential of the muckrakers was Lincoln Steffens. Steffens’s articles were published in McClure’s magazine in 1902 and 1903 and then collected in The Shame of the Cities. The following excerpt is taken from the introduction to the 1904 volume. Now‚ the typical American citizen is the business man. The typical businessman is a bad citizen; he is busy
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to bring the company down by making sure that they could not ship their oil anywhere throughout the country. In the second selection Lincoln Steffens focused on the voter fraud which was occurring in Philadelphia. Specifically he focused on the placing of police at the polls. Steffens uses specific examples to help the reader take his side. For example Steffens states that the police force voters by intimidation to vote for certain candidates. In addition‚ he told the story of voters who unfairly
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10_1726.pdf “SHAME” "Shame” is defined as a painful feeling caused by a sense of guilt‚ shortcoming‚ impropriety; dishonor or disgrace. This painful emotion can come from either external sources such as the people around us or from internal sources such as our conscience. In the story "Shame‚" author Dick Gregory describes his experiences with both externally and internally motivated shame. The shame Dick Gregory experiences as a young child was externally motivated shame. Before the incident
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Shame Reading comprehension 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. True 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. B Critical reading and discussion 1. Gregory means by these two statements that although his home life was one of poverty and want ‚his home was not a place to learn shame and hatred .But at school ‚which should be a positive environment ‚he learned these inhumane values .the ironic statements interests the reader to want to know more about what Gregory means. 2. Gregory seems to
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Several international organizations have commented on various methods of execution‚ condoning them or calling for more humane treatment where the death penalty is used. The Safeguards Guaranteeing Protection of the Rights of Those Facing the Death Penalty provides that “where capital punishment occurs‚ it shall be carried out so as to inflict the minimum possible suffering.” Moreover‚ in its General Comment 20‚ the Committee recognized that when the death penalty is imposed‚ it must be carried
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“Your Only Shame is to Have Shame” Every individual in this world faces some type of problem through out their lives‚ and everyone overcomes them in different ways. People sometimes release their stress and problems through writing what they feel‚ and by writing they feel they go somewhere else. Amy Tan‚ a Chinese American‚ struggled with her true identity which influence her works which mainly focus on identity‚ the Chinese American dream‚ and family struggles. Amy Tan had a childhood full of ups
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The society of traditional Japan was long held to be a good example of one in which shame is the primary agent of social control. The first book to cogently[citation needed] explain the workings of the Japanese society for the Western reader was The Chrysanthemum and the Sword. This book was produced under less than ideal circumstances since it was written during the early years of World War II in an attempt to understand the people who had become such a powerful enemy of the West. Under the conditions
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Symbol of Shame Symbolism in literature is the hidden meaning in a piece of work. It is used to represent moral and/ or religious values and beliefs. As time goes on in the world‚ society and what makes up society changes. In today’s sense‚ pride is based on the individualism that one has developed. The diversity in today’s society allows for many different beliefs and social concepts. Looking back to the early years when Puritanism was an ongoing religion with many followers‚ tradition along
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“Condemn the Crime‚ Not the Person” by June Tangney and “Shame is Worth a Try” by Dan Kahan the authors discuss alternatives to incarceration to non-violent crimes. In Kahan’s article he introduces the alternative called “Shame Sentencing”(574) and June Tangney introduces the alternative to incarceration and shaming with a future productive “Guilt Sentencing.”(568) In their articles Tangney and Kahan both have valid points regarding the use of shame sentencing as an alternative to imprisonment; Tangney
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Public shame can teach someone a valuable lesson. In the NFL‚ the Miami Dolphins had an incident where a player quit do to the fact that he was being harassed by one of his teammates. In defense‚ the other player stated that it was just locker room talk; however‚ this bullying also took place over text. The player is now being publicly disgraced for being raciest and harassing one of his teammates. In doing so‚ it makes him learn his lesson on what he has done and suffer the consequences of his actions
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