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- 2421: Albert Einstein: His Life
- ... year, Einstein published another paper that added that the universe had no boundary, but actually twisted back on its self. He divorced his wife, who had been living in Zurich with the children throughout the war, and married his cousin Elsa Lowenthal. This led to a renewed interest in his Jewish roots, and he became an active supporter of Zionism. Since anti-Semitism was growing in Germany, he quickly became the ... an eclipse confirmed that his theories were correct. In 1921, he traveled through Britain and the United States raising funds for Zionism and lecturing about his theories. He also visited the battle sites of the war, and urged that Europe renew scientific and cultural links. He promoted non-patriotic, non-competitive education, believing that it would prevent war from happening in the future. He also believed that socialism would help the world achieve peace. Einstein received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922. He gave all the money to his ex-wife ...
- 2422: Benedict Arnold
- ... His father, Benedict, was a well-to-do landowner. His mother was Hannah King Waterman Arnold. While a boy, young Arnold twice ran away to join the colonial troops fighting in the French and Indian War. When he was 21 he settled in New Haven. In time he became a prosperous merchant and a captain in the Connecticut militia. He married Margaret Mansfield in 1767. They had three sons. Arnold played ... treason. Arnold heard of the capture and fled to the British headquarters in New York City. He was given a command and about 6,300. He served with the British for the rest of the war, leading troops on raids in Virginia and Connecticut. After the war he lived with his family in England. He failed to obtain a regular commission in the British army and failed also in several business ventures, including land speculation in Canada. He died in London ...
- 2423: Transcendentalism 3
- ... world would never see any inventive changes to society. Henry David Thoreau was a strict non-conformist. After spending one night in prison for failure to pay the poll tax for six years, he wrote Civil Disobedience, an essay in which he encouraged the reader to question the government. According to Thoreau, the government focuses more on its own good than on the good of the population, although the democracy has ... of itself furthered any enterprise . It does not keep the country free. It does not settle the West. It does not educate. The character of the American people has done all that has been accomplished. (Civil 636) So, why follow blindly a system that just observes from a distance? Thoreau once wrote, I heartily accept the motto, -- That government is best which governs least. After thinking it through, he realized that this was more the case: That government is best which governs not at all (Civil 635). He felt that the legislation should not step in the way of the affairs of the public. Another example of Thoreau s non-conformity is when he wrote, It is not desirable to ...
- 2424: Siefried Sassoon And Counter-Attack
- Siefried Sassoon And Counter-Attack Couter-Attack is a poem of war, and it is in a soldiers viewpoint. It starts out with his army keeping the enemy away early in the morning. Everyone was unshaven and thirsty and blind from smoke but still everything seemed all ... writing poetry. Published privately, Sassoon's poetry made very little impact on the critics or the book buying public After being wounded in April 1917, Sassoon was sent back to England. While recovering at Craiglockhart War Hospital Sassoon met two other poets, Robert Graves and Wilfred Owen. All three men had grown increasingly angry about the tactics being employed by the British Army. Sassoon was willing to go farther than Owen and Graves in his criticism of the war and July 1917 published a Soldier's Declaration, which announced that "I am making this statement as an act of willful defiance of military authority, because I believe that the war is being deliberately ...
- 2425: Realism, Idealism, and Marxism-Leninism
- ... should be used to govern international politics. Idealists are in favor of a reliance on international organizations to be used as tools to promote the development of democracy in the world, eliminating the threat of war because history shows that democracies do not war against each other. Marxism-Leninism maintains that the impoverished workers of the world will unite against the capitalist countries of the world, and join hands across international-borders and destroy the ever-warring, boundary happy ... policies may lead to an arms race, or increased inflation. Truth known political-leaders are motivated by political survival rather than the pursuit of power. A historical example of this thought pattern exists following World War II, decision-makers of this period came to the conclusion that an international community was not the answer to solving the dilemma of international peace. Instead they relied on the cold, hard facts concerning ...
- 2426: The Bible
- ... because it was his crime, his sin. His family didn't make him do it and they didn't help him accomplish it. When the men who committed the heinous crimes against humanity during World War II under Adolph Hitler's direction pleaded innocence, the courts laughed. Some of these men claimed there was no other choice, Hitler made them do it. Despite there being few options, these men did choose ... let history repeat itself. They should not take the responsibility of the crime. As the bible says, one must take responsibility for his own actions - not one's father's or previous generations'. After the war ended the prisoners from the concentration camps were allowed back to their homes. Many of these homes were burned to nothing. However those towns still in existence were crawling with people who shunned these war victims - using violence and anger to push them back out of that town. These people continued the hatred the war brought out by blaming these victims for Germany's turmoil after the war ended. ...
- 2427: Herman Hesses Demian
- ... take a turn in focus. On page 115, Demian recites a long monologue about the state of European society at that time. It is approximately 1912, two years before the outbreak of the first World War. Up until this point the novel depicted the story of Emil Sinclair and his journey towards himself. But along this journey one of the most important things that Sinclair learns is that his destiny is ... soul of Europe is a beast that has lain fettered for an infinitely long time. And when it s free, it s first movements won t be the gentlest . All this foreshadows the first World War, which is only a year or so away from breaking out. Meanwhile Sinclair falls deeper in love with Frau Eva. She understands everything about him. She is able to make sense of his dreams; at ... to his love he must be confident and unafraid. His love probably would have attracted her if it had not been for the events that came about in the summer of 1914. Shortly before the war begins Demian realizes what is to come, the tragic event that would change European society forever. It meant the death of the old world, an end to the conformity, a coming of a new ...
- 2428: Catch 22 Analysis
- ... blame can be placed in the hands of particular characters, such as Milo, Aarfy, and Cathcart, who take advantage of the wartime hysteria for personal gain. The rest can be accounted as the evils of war and the squadrons compliance to the wrong doings. Catch-22 distinctly depicts a certain loss of individuality among the soldiers of Pianosa. Although the book starts with a variety of characters, who take part ... in the hands of particular characters, such as Milo, Scheisskopf, and Cathcart, who take advantage of the wartime hysteria for their personal gain. The rest of the blame can be accounted as the evils of war and the squadrons compliance to the evil around them. Although the book starts with a variety of characters who take part in different activities that enrich their community, it also shows a pattern of ... world. The belief that soldiers are easily replaceable serves to show that all of the soldiers are the same in the eyes of those in charge. Each soldier has no individuality, serving as vesicles of war. Through this portrayal, Heller points out that people today too often follow a norm or accept rules that categorize them, making them nothing more than statistics and names. Another example, and perhaps an even ...
- 2429: Effect Of Film On History (1920s-1940s)
- ... see reality and current events discussed in films. It is through this that film makers began to express their opinions on current issues and offered different ideas to their audiences. Starting with the post World War I era, throught the Great Depression and with a short look at gangsterdom, it is easy to understand that film makers drew their inspiration from real life and the events going on around them. While films in the early twenties presented the dreams of a populous fresh out of war, the films of the depression offered a sobering cup of reality to their viewers. In both cases, films became an interpretation of the world around their makers and became more important to people than they had before. The gRoaring Twentiesh, as they were called, brought about a time of prosperity in America that was sensed all around. People felt they had been bound by unjust laws during the war years and broke free during the twenties leading to a period of gsexual promiscuity, faithlessness in marriage, divorce, bad manners, the hip flask and general cynicism (Jacobs, 399)h. No one cared about their ...
- 2430: Robert Browning
- ... Homer's Iliad. The gods picked who they would favour for different reasons. Except Zeus: As the symbol of supreme authority and justice, he makes judgement calls as to the other gods' involvement in the war, remains impartial, and doesn't seem to get caught up in picking favourites. Even when his own son, Sarpedon, was about to die, Zeus chose to let the outcome go unaltered. On the other hand ... city of Troy. Although Artemis takes a rather minor role, Apollo, perhaps angered by Agamemmnon's refusal to ransom Khryseis, the daughter of one of his priests and was constantly changing the course of the war in favour of the Trojans. Responsible for sending plague to the Greeks, Apollo was the first god to make an appearance in the Iliad. Also, mainly because Apollo and Artemis were on the Trojan side ... mother, Leto, also helped the Trojans. Aphrodite, obviously supporting Paris's judgement, sided with the Trojans. Although she was insignificant on the battlefield, Aphrodite was successful in convincing Ares, her lover and the god of war, to help the Trojans. One view of the gods' seemingly constant intervention in the war was that they were just setting fate back on the right course. For instance, when Patroklos was killed outside ...
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