... Pearl Harbor as a part of the ever-dreadful World War Two is what I believe to be the theme of the 1940's. World War Two is the largest war to be fought by America to this date. This decade revolved solely around warfare. Franklin D. Roosevelt took his third and fourth term as President in this era. After the massive attack on Pearl Harbor by the Japanese, the Japanese were put in ... concentration camps due to the threat of spies. The war allowed the economy to soar ... as Japan bombed our naval base on an island in Hawaii and took us knee deep in the world's largest international war...

• Word Count: 799
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

... are stereotyped to be companions. The theme of community and mate ship is explored by the men throughout Cannery Row, being most alive in Mack and the boys. This "elder, leader, mentor" in the novel is Mack who leads the other boys away from the low to high ways of life into the sense of community by the creation of "The Palace Flophouse and Grill." A way ... was by competing in making something out of nothing for the Flophouse. Their discoveries consisted of "an army cot" to a stove that took the them three days to carry from Seaside to Cannery Row. "With the great stove came pride, and...

• Word Count: 1282
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School