Olive Oyl

Oldies may say these girls are over the top, brainless, useless, irresponsible, disrespectful, or flamboyant, but these girls believe that they are the new generation… the next big thing… the “New Woman.” We’ve noticed that Flappers are actually starting to seem threatening towards those against them. Who knows, it could just be because of the new look, flappers representing a new moral order, or even the older generation still might value their olden ways. I know that if I were one of the…

During the Roaring Twenties, people had many different reactions to flappers. To some, the flapper portrayed a magnificent breakthrough for women; for others it was a curse word, an embarrassment to society. Before and continuing into the 1920s, the Victorian era was at its peak. The older Victorian generation was described as “prudish, hypocritical, stuffy, [and] narrow-minded,” which is why many thought that they hated the flapper (Murfin 496). They were not able to accept the change coming…

decided to base characters for their own game (The Donkey Kong Arcade Game) off the characters from Popeye. Jump Man who we now know as Mario was based off of Popeye, Pauline, who we now know as Princess Peach, was based off of Popeye’s love interest Olive Oyl and the third part of the famous love triangle was completed by Bluto who is portrayed by Donkey Kong. The arcade game became so popular that Nintendo decided to give Jump Man his own game that we all know as Super Mario Bros. Another very…

Buck, Rinker. The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey. Revised ed. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. In the book, The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey, Rinker Buck travel with his brother alone the Oregon Trail. Rinker Buck and his brother, Nick, experience reliving the journey taken by the original nineteenth-century travelers of the Oregon Trail. Although the journey was harsh, and was at times unpleasant, the brother agreed that the journey was a trip of a lifetime because of the…

While designing Miyamoto wanted to create a game based on Popeye and his never-ending struggle to save his damsel, Olive Oyl, from Bluto. However Nintendo could not obtain the license to it so he decided to take the concept and implement it into a King Kong theme. In the game "Jumpman" , who later became Mario, had to climb up a construction site while having to dodge…

The incorporation of culture in novels serves as a powerful tool for authors to craft compelling narratives that resonate with readers on a profound level. Phillip Carol Morgan’s Anompolichi: The Wordmaster and John Phillip Santos’s Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation utilize different aspects of Native American and Mexican American culture, respectively, as integral drivers of their stories. Morgan and Santos actively feature their culture via description of the setting, language…