Friday, May 17, 2013

Blog Assignment 5/17/2013

Blog About Fascism :-
                    During Class conversation on Tuesday 5/14/2013 , our professor grouped me with one of my class mate, Delia  and we were given the task of analyzing pages 31, 41 from "It Can`t Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.  In the text, that the founder of "The League of Forgotten Men", Prang , a radio celebrity who was collecting people through the waves of air. He was very gentle and very humble with his voice to attract someone`s attention. With his modesty and noble personality he grab 27 million members and after  a while, this figure reaches to one hundred and thirty million people live audience and he wanted to obey his message and his religious implementation. Because he created himself as a hope for those who lost their main goal from their lives, who were powerless and angry due to situation going on those days in their lives and who feel alienated from this world. That`s the main reason of forming organization of The League of Forgotten Men but on the other side Prang, Windrip`s main ally, with his popularity in radio he endorses Buzz Windrip`s campaign. He played important role in making success of Buzz Windrip`s election because he collect those hopeless people who prefer to death instead of living. Due to his fascist nature, Prang showed give them hope  and that is why in a very small amount of time he grab millions of people.
           The same day, Our professor took us to LaGuardia Archives of Mayor Wagner`s televised speech to the city after a riots in Harlem on CBS-TV, Channel 2. These riots occur after Mayor leave the United States to Geneva, Switzerland, attending a world conference on unemployment  As Harlem is colored people community and the riots main reason occur because of some racial discrimination  In his Speech, Mayor Wagner was trying to appeal to all races to lower their tensions which was building by racial group even though Mayor was not given any clear explanation in order to prevent from this kind of situation in future. In his speech, He was being fair telling white that they are wrong in certain way and also blacks that they are in certain way. He did not point on one party. Which in my opinion is very nice way to create and maintain peace.
          

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