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- 3131: Pericles
- ... a kind disguised as a champion of the people. Pericles contrived to have his rival Cimon ostracized, even though Cimon had won many glorious victories over the barbarians and had filled the city with treasure. War broke out between Athens and Sparta. When Cimon volunteered to come back and join the Athenian army, which he had commanded as its general many times, Pericles and his party compelled Cimon to leave. The ... over leadership of the aristocrats against Pericles and his democrats. Thucydides was not as good a general as Cimon, but he was much better at oratory -- in fact, the equal of Pericles. At first the war in Athens was not serious, and hardly more than the ancient contest between the haves and the have-nots. But with the personal rivalry between Pericles and Thucydides, aggravated by resentment over the bad treatment ... keep from losing them to Thucydides. The Parthenon and all of the famous statues and buildings of Athens were paid for using the money that had been collected from the Greek allies to finance the war against the Persians. The aristocrats in Athens vehemently objected to such use of the money, saying that the allies would be right to consider this an open act of tyranny when they saw that ...
- 3132: Russia
- ... A new law allows freedom of speech and religion, the right to organize peacefully, and the right to move out of the country. Russia and the U.S. are now at peace following the Cold War. The Cold War was a war of threats made by one country to another. The other country would make a threat back when they got more nuclear weapons. The countries stockpiled arms until now when the U.S. has about ...
- 3133: Paradise Lost
- ... do this they will need someone who can take pain, stress and strife. He addresses the idea of getting back into Heaven, and the ways to do this, whether they should attack and have a war or they should be devious and regain the kingdom that way. Satan also defends himself against revolt and convinces them that they will win. He did exactly the same last time and they lost, but he still thinks he can convince them. Moloch speaks second, the “strongest and the fiercest spirit that fought in Heaven ; now fiercer by despair”. He tells the devils that they should have open war, for he is a person possessed with the lust for violence and someone who just wants revenge on God. As his speech goes on he get more worked up and irate. He whips up emotion ... Belial, a fair person but all that he says comes to nothing, the speech is “false and hollow”, it sounds impressive but means nothing. Mammon gets up next to present his speech. Mammon is against war because he knows that war against God is impossible, “let us not then pursue by force impossible.” He knows that they would lose. Mammon tells the Devils that they should set up a place ...
- 3134: Japan: A Changing Society
- ... new western style army and universal military conscription program were soon set up by General Yamagata Autamo as well.8 The Meiji period was an important part of Japan's changing western ways. After World War II, Japan changed forever. With the Atomic bomb physically destroying their cities, and their defeat destroying their imperialistic mentalities, Japan was deeply wounded. Japan lost the respect of the world during the war and few people felt sorry for them. However, they were soon willing to accept the concepts and ideas from abroad.9 The Us helped Japan and showed them many new things to help them get ... Japan has carried over America's democratic ideas of social freedom, economic independence, and democratic liberties and privileges Japan's government soon began the executive, legislative, and judicial branches seen in America seen after the war.13 These changes all became possible soon after the war with great financial aid from the Us.14 Japan's progress in America's modernization program was so fast, we had to begin recognizing ...
- 3135: Lord Of The Flies - Summary And Background Information
- ... rocky and rugged mountain ridge which extends out of the ocean. Judging from the predicament and dialogue in this story the date in which it takes place is probably the mid 1900's during World War II. The mood created in this story is very complex and rapidly changing. It changes from that of a scary, recessive mood to a light, and cheery one. The way in which the story is ... superiors. Exposition The story starts with a large group of boys crawl on to the beach of a tropical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Their plane was been shot down, and World War II has begun to take place. The boys figure that civilization, as they know it, may no longer exist. Ralph is elected as the leader of the group and Jack decides to be the hunter ... boulder is hurled over a ledge, demolishing the conch and striking Piggy. Flung over the cliff, Piggy dies when he hits the rocks below. Considering himself victorious Jack declares himself chief. Falling Action With the war between good and evil being waged, Ralph continues to stand his ground and fight for the side of good. But Jack and his hunters continue their downward spiral into evil. Alone and scared he ...
- 3136: Offensive At St. Mihiel
- OFFENSIVE AT ST. MIHIEL The St. Mihiel Offensive began on September 12, 1918. It was the first operation of World War I performed and commanded solely by an American Army. The whole idea of the operation was to reduce the size of the German salient, a part of their battle line that jutted out towards allied ... do so without the aid of any sort of fire support. The attack from the South had thus far gone far beyond all expectations. The American troops advanced with ease. The amount of prisoners of war, became more and more steady as the Americans moved forward. At one point an entire German Division surrendered all at once. An American commander caught up in the ease of this advance, ordered ahead cavalry scouts, which by this point in the war were obsolete and very much vulnerable to German machine guns. This fact was quickly reinforced as the cavalry was fired upon by one of the few remaining machine-gun positions manned by determined German ...
- 3137: Martin Luther King- I Have A D
- ... recognized as such by sanctioned power, dared to dream of what the country could be at its best, in the face of what often was its worst. For example, in December, 1955, days after Montgomery civil rights activist Rosa Parks refused to obey the city's rules mandating segregation on buses, a bus boycott was launched and King was elected as president of the newly formed Montgomery Improvement Association. As the ... the unfathomable goal of abolishing federal and state-sanctioned segregation and discrimination was accomplished in only a few short years. King was asked by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to aid in the struggle for civil rights in Birmingham, Alabama. Thus, he was there because injustice was present (154). He was not content with a system that saw his people or people of any color, as second class citizens. He set ... use of violence as a means to manage and establish cooperative ways of interacting. "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere" (154). After all, he knew that any violence on the part of his civil rights workers would lead to violent counterattacks from segregationists. He knew this would only lead his followers to injury and death. "The purpose of our direct action is to create a situation so crisis- ...
- 3138: Theodore Seuss Geisel, Better
- ... entertaining. Amidst these wacky drawings of zany characters spouting off crazy rhetoric, there is much hidden symbolism. Many of Dr. Seuss’ works contain political, social, and moral messages. Political messages in Dr. Seuss’ works include war, economic and environmental themes. Two of Dr. Seuss’ later works, The Butter Battle Book and The Lorax, "take strong stands on the dangers of indifference to world affairs." (Horn 70) In The Butter Battle Book, Seuss takes nuclear war as his theme. Two groups of animals live on either side of a stone wall. One side eats their bread butter side up, while the other side eats their bread butter side down. Because of ... moral arguments adults make against nuclear proliferation." (Lystad 1) This book "ends without resolution of the issues" (Lystad 2) and leaves it up to the reader to decide his or her own beliefs on nuclear war. Political issues arise again in Green Eggs and Ham. In this book "Sam-I-Am’s persistence convinces a friend to try an unusual - but tasty - dish." (Horn 67) This confrontation between Sam-I- ...
- 3139: "Red Convertible" and "Red Dress": Changes in Personalities
- ... can change people also. At the beginning of the story "Red Convertible", Henry is kind and very close to his broth, Lyman. One day, the army turns Henry into a Marine. Henry joins the Vietnam War and his enemies catch him. Later on, the war is solved by the government's mind. When he goes back his home, he is totally different from before. When he came home, though, Henry was very different, and I'll say this: the change ... and the desires, which is the things they want to do. External and internal factors are related. The surroundings make people think, it make them to have the desires to alter. In "Red Convertible", the war Henry has joined makes him realize that he has to adjust to the surrounding he is going through. He becomes mean because the stronger can alive in the war and he want to live. ...
- 3140: Consequences And Cause Of Refu
- Refugees are persons who have fled their country or been expelled from it and cannot or will not return, because of natural catastrophe, war or military occupation, or fear of religious, racial, or political persecution. Although refugees have existed throughout human history, the problem has assumed more importance in the 20th century. It is estimated that more than one hundred million persons have left their home country, since the outbreak of World War II. According to the United Nations High Commissioner for refugees, the outstanding world refugee total exceeded twenty-six million in 1996. Deprived of the protection of their state, often detached from their families and communities ... they will receive food, clothing and shelter, but children who are soldiers miss out on their education. This may prevent them finding work afterwards. Some child soldiers are also rejected by their families after a war and have to live alone. If we really consider the plight of these people, such as, the Bosnians, who are unable to safely return to their homes and remain stranded in Germany and Croatia; ...
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