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Mad Men. Jamie Jeon Katie Cleveland Jake Shapiro Nick Chang. * February 13, 1766 – December 23, 1834 * Political economist * Wrote essay called The Principles of Population (1798) * Response to Jeremy Bentham           - Utilitarianism * Bentham; population growth = good

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  1. Mad Men Jamie Jeon Katie Cleveland Jake Shapiro Nick Chang

  2. * February 13, 1766 – December 23, 1834 * Political economist * Wrote essay called The Principles of Population (1798) * Response to Jeremy Bentham           - Utilitarianism * Bentham; population growth = good * Malthus; population growth = bad * Analysis on human population * Demand for food > supply of food Who was Thomas Malthus?

  3. What does Malthus argue in his Essay On Population? • Evaluate population to prevent complete starvation • Population: 2-4-6-8-16-32-64 (Exponential) • Food: 2-4-6-8-10 (Linear) • Preventative vs. Positive Checks • Preventative = reduced birth rate: • Moral restraint • Vice • Birth control • Positive = increased death rate: • War • Famine • Plague

  4. Origin of the Species was published two years before Great Expectations. What are the five main points of Darwin’s work? • Species exists in permanent states of change • All life struggles to exist and produce greatest # of offspring • Natural Selection • Evolution requires long periods of time • Genetic variations that increase rate of survival are random

  5. What do these stages suggest about mankind? • Man ≠ center of creation • All organisms derived from a common ancestor • Contradicts Christian Creationism • Universe = realm of flux • "Survival of the fittest" • Man has ability to enhance desired traits through breeding

  6. # of individuals per species ↑ survival rate ↓ recurring struggle for existence Some individuals vary to adapt better survival rate ↑ naturally selected reproduce more What do these stages suggest about mankind?

  7. What impact might this have on the literature of the day? • More secular works published • Religious authors published works on science • Racial topics began to appear • Authors have new ideas to write about • Provided different (secular) answers to life's mysteries          (Aileen Fyfe) • Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland expressed reactions to these new ideas • Duchess' baby transforms spontaneously into a pig • Alice given new mindset to challenge her current values

  8. Further Connection to Modern Literature and History • Intellectuals - various applications of Natural Selection • Herbert Spencer - Social Darwinism • Human society progresses through competition • Justifications for imperialism and nationalism             (Alvin Wee) • Francis Galton - Eugenics • Literary Works • Of Mice and Men • Killing Candy's dog • Slim killing smaller pups • Curley vs. Lennie • Curley's wife vs. Crooks • Competition among even the weakest (farmers) of society

  9. Citations Slide 1 Picture - http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/o_DarwinismOrIntelligentDesign.jpg Slide 3 Picture - http://feedothers.org/about_clip_image001.gif Slide 4 Picture - http://www.btinternet.com/~glynhughes/squashed/darwin.jpg Slide 5 Picture - http://www.northernsun.com/images/imagethumb/%20Species%20Darwin%20T-                                           Shirt%20(8154).jpg Slide 6 Picture - http://www.daviddarling.info/images/natural_selection.png Slide 7 Picture - http://suz143.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/alice-in-wonderland.jpg Slide 2 -  Dhamee, Yousuf . "Thomas Robert Malthus." The Victorian Web. 9 August 2003. Web. 8 Feb 2010. <http://www.victorianweb.org/economics/malthus.html>. Slide 3 - Bloy , Marjie . "Thomas Malthus' "Essay on Population"." The Victorian Web. 9 August 2003. Web. 8 Feb 2010. <http://victorianweb.org/economics/essay.html>. Slide 4 - Landow, George P. "Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859)." The Victorian Web. 2 January 2001. Web. 8 Feb 2010. <http://victorianweb.org/science/darwin/darwin1.html>.   Slide 5 - Jenkin, Fleeming . "Review of The Origin of Species (1867)." The Victorian Web. 1 October 2002 . Web. 8 Feb 2010. <http://victorianweb.org/science/science_texts/jenkins.html>.  Slide 6 - Murray, John. "ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY MEANS OF NATURAL SELECTION, OR THE PRESERVATION OF FAVOURED RACES IN THE STRUGGLE FOR LIFE.." The Complete Works of Charles Darwin Online. 1 January, 2010. Web. 8 Feb 2010. <http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F373&viewtype=text&pageseq=20>. Slide 7 - Fyfe, Aileen . "Victorian Science & Religion." The Victorian Web. 11 June, 2002 . Web. 8 Feb 2010. <http://victorianweb.org/science/science&religion.html>. AND van Wyhe, John . "Victorian Science & Religion." The Victorian Web. 11 June, 2002 . Web. 8 Feb 2010. http://victorianweb.org/science/science&religion.html. Slide 8 - Wee, Alvin. "Herbert Spencer." The Victorian Web. 11 October 2002. Web. 11 Feb 2010. <http://victorianweb.org/philosophy/spencer/spencer.html>.

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