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- 4001: The Red Badge Of Courage
- By: Anonymous The Red Badge of Courage Literary Critique The Red Badge of Courage begins with the Youth (Henry) preparing to leave to war. He has fabulous ideas concocted in his mind about victory and heroism. The Youth soon finds that victory and heroism are a small part in the splendor of war. The Youth's mind soon becomes burdened with thoughts of death and running away from battle. Sure enough, in the midst of battle, the Youth flees the battlefield. The Youth must learn to deal with ... the youth ran, I decided I would have stayed and fought for my dignity if nothing else. At the end of the book, Henry learns how important life truly is and why. He learned that war deals with death shame, and sorrow, not just victory and freedom. On page 266, Henry becomes a man. "He had been to touch the great death, and found, after all, it was but the ...
- 4002: Charles Manson
- ... Crucifixion of Christ, trying to instill upon his follower’s minds that he was Jesus Christ, that he was a higher power that they all needed to follow unquestionably. Manson convinced his followers that a war of the races was coming, which he named Helter Skelter. He got the name from a Beatles song, and had his followers prepare for the upcoming war by collecting guns and other weapons. Manson turned the ranch into a fortress. He started to change his following from being a group of freedom searching people into an organized army-like force. A prosecution ... orders to kill the couple and then left. Manson’s followers stabbed Mrs. LaBianca fourty-one times, stabbed her husband to death, left a fork and a knife in his chest, and carved the word "WAR" into his stomach. The words "RISE", "HELTER SKELTER", and "DEATH TO PIGS" were scribbled on the walls and the refrigerator in the victims’ blood. These brutal slayings demonstrate the evil in Manson’s warped ...
- 4003: The Importance Of The Bill Of Rights
- ... with the 16 others make a complete picture of the most important American legal acts. The Bill of Rights warrants basic individual liberties which are an undeniable standard of the proper protection of human and civil rights even now. But some sceptics maintain that this act did not enshrine the liberties of the Americans because some groups were outside the system of protection. However, we must keep in mind that the ... inhabitants of the new-born United States. Similar regulations were commonly met in other countries' legal acts of the time. For example, in the Polish Constitution ratified in 1791 only the nobility had all the civil rights, so it was even a more narrow understanding of the word "nation". And although during the French Revolution people demanded equality, this demand was out of the reach as in the eighteenth century world ... step to the effective protection of the rights guarantied in The Bill. Nevertheless, The Bill of Rights was an astonishingly foreseeing act of individual liberties. It was also the most complete regulation of human and civil rights of the time. That is why the Americans value that act so much and they are probably right.
- 4004: Genghis Khan Destined To Be A
- ... in 1223 along with some Russians at the Kalka River. In 17 years, Genghis Khan established an Empire superior in strength and achievement to Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, or Hannibal. In 1225, he started war with Yi Yia. This was a war that he would not finish. August 18, 1227 Genghis Khan died at the age of 60 and was buried in a secret location somewhere in Mongolia. His children were left with the challenge of winning the war with Yi Yia. His Empire remained organized, divided between his four sons. If Historians could unclench the fist of the long departed Genghis Khan, they would still find the blood clot in his palm. ...
- 4005: Impact of Television on Society
- ... their sources . Satellite communication now enables live coverage of events from around the world. These include major sporting events and particularly crises and upheavals as they unfold . One of the significant outcomes of the Gulf War in 1991 was the emergence of CNN as a worldwide provided of television news. A common criticism of currrent events of the tv media is that coverage tends to focus on western nations and Japan ... and Monica Lewinsky. Rich industrialised countrys not only recieve greater attention but they also have a great advantage in the field of political information and disinformation. It has been argued that in the 1991 Gulf War , the allies used public relations agency , Orchestrated the international press and distorted information to mislead the public . Similar criticisms are now being leveled at the coverage of NATO activities in Yugoslavia and Kosovo.It is a well known saying however that the first casualty of war is "truth" The difference between the stories appearing on Australian television reports and those shown on Serbian television are totallyn apposed. Freedom in Australia however allows us to see both points of view. This ...
- 4006: Ray Bradbury
- ... attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars, the constant thwarting of their efforts by the gentle, telepathic Martians, the eventual colonization, and finally the effect on the Martian settlers of a massive nuclear war on Earth. "Of twenty-two stories here collected, at most eight can be called 'science fiction" (Holmes 12). As much a work of social criticism as of science fiction, The Martian Chronicles reflects some of the prevailing anxieties of America in the early atomic age of the 1950's: the fear of nuclear war, the longing for a simpler life, reactions against racism and censorship, and fear of foreign political powers. "Something about Mr. Bradbury's style-its terseness, its simplicity, or its flashes of imagery-invites a serious ... is firmly rooted in the past. Widely regarded as the most important figure in the development of science fiction as a literary genre, Ray Bradbury's work evokes the themes of racism, censorship, technology, nuclear war, humanistic values and the importance of imagination.
- 4007: The Effects of Progressivism in Government
- The Effects of Progressivism in Government The period of time between the Spanish-American War and World War I is known as the Progressive Era. It was a period marked by idealism, reform, and significant economic growth. Progressivism was a movement designed to correct the abuses which reformers felt had crept into American ... by the economic unrest of the 1890's and the actions of giant business organizations, was more willing to accept progressive reforms than it had been earlier. After the quick victory in the Spanish- American War, there was a new feeling of confidence in the nation's future. Progressivism had many aims. The general aims of Progressivism were as follows: to extend political democracy by shifting control of government from ...
- 4008: Political Process of Early 1800’s
- ... They colored their own cards so that they could know who was voting for them and who wasn’t. Once again, peer pressure had a great influence on your vote. It wasn’t until the civil war that votes were truly secret. That was when the curtain came into effect. Finally the American voting process was a mostly fair one. Well none of the two topics that I have just discussed would ...
- 4009: Computer Viruses
- ... of a virus entering their systems. Although evidence is not publicly available, it is said that the United States has tested one of its computer viruses on Iraqi computer centers in Baghdad during the gulf war and in recent strikes too; leading to extensive damage in computer controlled systems and machines. The United States wielded it in the Persian Gulf war to blind and demoralize Iraqi high command. But the flush of victory had not faded before Pentagon officials began to ask themselves how vulnerable U.S. forces might be to similar attacks in cyberspace—the ... University of Hamburg, http://www.virusbtn.com/OtherPapers/GoodVir/ http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Intelligence/Information_Warfare/ http://www.claws-and-paws.com/virus/#papers http://www.rand.org/publications/RRR/RRR.fall95.cyber/infor_war.html http://bilbo.isu.edu/security/isl/threat.html http://www.icsa.net/services/consortia/anti-virus/ http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/CIACHoaxes.html http://www.dtic.mil/armylink/news/Nov1996/a19961113virus.html http:// ...
- 4010: Abortion Paper
- ... they are born. The vast majority oppose government welfare programs to help support needy and dependent children. These people are also in favor of the death penalty and see the killing that goes on during war as justified and noble. My personal belief is that each woman should have a right to decide whether she wants to terminate an unwanted pregnancy. For reason's of women's right to self-determination ... wound, bruise for bruise". In this passage we find a woman losing her child by being stuck by men who are fighting. Rather than it being a capital offense, however it is looked as a civil matter, with the father - to - be taking the participants to court for a settlement. But, as we read on, if the woman is killed, a "life for a life," then the men who killed her ...
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