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- 2211: Theodore Roosevelt
- ... of public affairs, and attending to his personal affairs . In those three years he married Edith Kermit Carow and built a home near Oyster Bay, Long Island. He had been appointed to the U.S. Civil Service by President Harrison . His defeats in his political career helped him get this job. A position he held from 1889 to 1895.In 1895 he accepted the presidency of the Board of Police Commissioners in New York City. In this position he called for war with Spain , and occasionally embarrassed his superiors.At the start of the Spanish-American war he readily resigned to join his friend Leonard Wood in organizing the first volunteer Calvary, but widely know as the"Rough Riders" . Later he became the leader of the Rough Riders and led charge ...
- 2212: Lord Of The Flies - Book Revie
- ... Flies. “In Lord of the Flies he [Golding] showed how people go to hell when the usual social controls are lifted, on desert islands real or imaginary (Sheed 121).” Despite being heavily involved in the war efforts during the second world war, Golding managed to not become a war novelist, this does however, somewhat explain why most of the conflicts in his books are basic struggles between people. “He [Golding] entered the Royal Navy at the age of twenty-nine in December 1940, ...
- 2213: Henry Ford
- ... period. We will begin with the world before Ford. In the mid-latter part of the eighteen hundreds (c.1860-c.1895), the United States was still tending its wounds from the aftermath of the civil war. It was a time of rebuilding, reorganizing and a time to accept change. The country’s figureheads were also changing. When the most respected of men were generals, soldiers, presidents, and war painted warriors, combat bravery was a greatly revered trait. However when the dust and smoke of war cleared, the public’s attention naturally shifted back to home life. The transition occurred when the position ...
- 2214: Iwo Jima
- Iwo Jima The war of Iwo Jima was one of the most important battles in Word War II. The United States Marine Corps played a huge role in defeating the Japanese. Iwo Jima was a small island that was controlled by Japan. Iwo Jima is only about 4 miles long and half ... for Iwo Jima was very interesting to me and I wanted to find out all about it. In my research I want to discover what was the battle of Iwo Jima’s effect on World War 2, and what battle tactics were used.3 days before the invasion the U.S. air force bombarded Iwo Jima with B-29 bombers. In those 3 days Iwo Jima took 40,000 U. ...
- 2215: A Brief History Of The Blues
- ... sun, and a hundred other privations. (Lomax) The prison road crews and work gangs where were many bluesmen found their songs, and where many other blacks simply became familiar with the same songs. Following the Civil War (according to Rolling Stone), the blues arose as "a distillate of the African music brought over by slaves. Field hollers, ballads, church music and rhythmic dance tunes called jump-ups evolved into a music for ... first place, and thus made possible the absorption of blues into both jazz as well as the mainstream of pop music." (Priestly 10) American troops brought the blues home with them following the First World War. They did not, of course, learn them from Europeans, but from Southern whites who had been exposed to the blues. At this time, the U.S. Army was still segregated. During the twenties, the ...
- 2216: John F.Kennedy: Biography
- ... University. Kennedy's major was in government and international affairs. In 1939, John went to Europe. He visited many different countries and interviewed politicians and statesman. Kennedy sent his father their views of the upcoming war, World War II. During World War II Kennedy enlisted in the U.S. Navy. After the Pearl Harbor attack Kennedy applied for sea duty. He got it and was assigned to Patrol just off the Solomon Islands. On August 2, ...
- 2217: Lord Of The Flies - Book Report
- ... Flies. "In Lord of the Flies he [Golding] showed how people go to hell when the usual social controls are lifted, on desert islands real or imaginary (Sheed 121)." Despite being heavily involved in the war efforts during the second world war, Golding managed to not become a war novelist, this does however, somewhat explain why most of the conflicts in his books are basic struggles between people. "He [Golding] entered the Royal Navy at the age of twenty-nine in December 1940, ...
- 2218: An Analysis of William Styron's "The Long March"
- An Analysis of William Styron's "The Long March" The novel The Long March by William Styron is a prime example of anti-war, anti-goverment, and anti-military writing. William Styron uses marine reserves, that are forced to make a 36 mile march that they are not prepared for, to show the brutality and hypocrisy in the leaders ... at a marine base in the Carolinas. The climate in the novel is fair and mild. The year is most likely in the 50's or 60's. The time is between large wars. World War II has ended a while back, and the Korean War is about to start. The reserves fought in World War II and one of the officers in command threatens to send a person to Korea. The time and setting lend to the plot and ...
- 2219: The Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations
- ... on the world. The League of Nations was also an event that helped many troubled countries. I feel that the Treaty of Versailles was good because it helped the world recover from and end World War I. A country that was hurt by this treaty was Germany. They had no choice but to sign the treaty. It was very harsh on them, they had to give up alot of what they owned to other nations,they had to pay for some of the war damages and they had to take the blame for the war. I think this was good because the hurt nations were helped out alittle by receiving either land or money from Germany and also Germany deserved to be punished for what they did to the ...
- 2220: Achilles’ Actions Bring His Eventual Doom Closer To Reality
- ... of the journey of his soul, and his attempts to escape his fate. He questions his fate set out for him by the gods, pondering whether or not he should die for the sake of war, and it is by this questioning of the divine judgment of the gods that he brings doom upon himself. It is known by himself, and by the gods, that he is to live a short ... will come to an end. Achilles himself, wishes to live one of longevity without great glory, and therefore tries to escape his lot in life. Is it just for him to give his life for war, or should he live a life to satisfy himself? Throughout the “Iliad”, Achilles’ actions bring his eventual doom closer to reality than perhaps may have been planned. “Sing, goddess, the anger of Peleus’ son Achilles ... from being played out. It is also known that the gods do not favour those who try to defy them. Achilles does this, and his doom escalates throughout the poem. As the poem, and the war progress, the Greeks find themselves without their greatest warrior, Achilles, and are under attack by the Trojans, due to the god’s intervention on Achilles’ behalf. Agamemmnon sees how beneficial Achilles is to the ...
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