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- 4141: Hitler
- ... words of officials to make it seem as if they were admitting defeat to Hitler. In January 1939, the "Final Solution", Hitler's answer to his superior race. He told his people they went to war because of the Jews. So Hitler went to Poland, convincing his follower's that they had a right to the land of Poland, Hitler attempted to destroy any one or thing that rose against him. September 1, 1939, Germany attacked Poland, and on the third of that month, Great Britain's Prime Minister declared war with Germany. Hitler was a brilliant man when it came to planning and organizing people, he had a power to make people follow him blindly with out any question. He fueled the people with dreams ...
- 4142: Things Fall Apart 8
- ... who work hard are recognized and greatly honored with power and respect. The clan judges a man by the work of his hands. This was why Okonkwo had been chosen to carry a message of war to their enemies. Within the Ibo society men of high title and elders often gather to make decisions, which affect an entire group of villages. They met to discuss going to war, to discuss the carrying out of wishes put forth by religious leaders, to serve as judges at trials, and to support the traditions of the clan. These are men who have earned the respect of ...
- 4143: Gandhi
- ... last before those of others. Gandhi knew that to better the lives of Indians living in India he had to work towards Independence. One major event that paved the way to achieving this was the civil disobedience of the Salt Laws. The laws “made it punishable to possess salt not purchased from the government salt monopoly” ( Pg. 23). Gandhi felt that “nothing but organized non-violence (could) check the organized violence of the British government...the non-violence would be expressed through civil- disobedience... and convert the British people making them see the wrong they have done to India”(Pg. 33). Gandhi proceeded to march “241 miles in 24 days” ( Pg. 35) thus rivet the attention of all ...
- 4144: Francis Scott Fitzgerald
- ... Fitzgerald was quoted as saying to a friend “I want to be the greatest writer who ever lived don't you (Bruccoli, 1981).” In 1917, Fitzgerald joined the army and prepared to fight in World War I. It was soon after his mobilization that he sold his first story to the Smart Set. This was the beginning of Fitzgerald's passion for writing, and at this time Fitzgerald also met his future wife Zelda while serving in the army. Unable to make sufficient money to win the love of Zelda and not being sent away to war encouraged Fitzgerald to go back to Minnesota to start on another book. This book was barely published, but it persuaded Zelda to marry him. So on the third of April of 1920 in St. Patrick ...
- 4145: Yarmouth,england
- ... they were very slim passages, separating rows of peoples homes. Despite their small size, these rows managed to last throughout the Medieval times. The only reason they were destroyed was because of the Second World War. Two architectural problems in Yarmouth were the cost of a harbor facility, because the people wanted it to be so big with boat docks all around, stores, and many more things. The second problem was ... for other areas, carrying over forty ships, which was fifteen bigger then the next biggest town. But supplying ships for other people was unpopular in Yarmouth because of the fear of them being damaged at war, and a lot of times the boats required supplies to be brought with them, and the King was not ready to pay for any of that. Another problem for Yarmouth was they were being accused ...
- 4146: Marcus Aurelius
- ... other adopted son, known as Verus, to rule together. The two brothers were quite different, although no disagreements are mentioned between the two. Verus was a headstrong man, who was more apt to want a war than the contemplative Aurelius. Verus was an "Epicurean" and definitely would never be called a philosopher. However, Verus died suddenly in 169, leaving Aurelius to rule Rome on his own. It is important to mention ... miss such fair treatment. After nineteen years of ruling Rome, Marcus Aurelius died on March 17, 180 in Vindobona, which is currently Vienna. He died of a plague while in the middle of yet another war to defend the territory of Rome. Aurelius was succeeded by his son, Commodus, who was the polar opposite of his father. Commodus was a corrupt and evil ruler. Apparently, his father was never aware of ...
- 4147: Thomas Paine: Propaganda and Persuasion
- ... The Crisis, Paine used several propaganda and persuasion techniques including over generalization, either/or fallacy, bandwagon appeal, parallelism, analogy, repetition, anecdote, and loaded language. During the winter of 1776, American soldiers fighting in the Revolutionary War under the command of George Washington had little food, insufficient shelter, and many were deserting. The reading of The Crisis to these troops had a profound effect upon their morale which lead to a victory at Trenton. George Washington's famous crossing of the Delaware River ultimately became a turning point in the war. As noted by John Keane in his book, Tom Paine: a Political Life, “Tom Paine strikes our times like a trumpet blast from a distant world.” Thomas Paine used propaganda methods to induce a desire ...
- 4148: The Crime at Compiegne
- ... to be a good deal more than ordinary, Jeanne d'Arc, the Maid of Orleans and patron saint of France, united her nation at a critical hour in history and decisively turned the Hundred Years' War in France's favor, forever ending England's dreams of hegemony over France. The crimes and eventual triumph of this most amazing young woman are better understood when applied to Dostoevsky's "extraordinary man" theory ... the early martyrs St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Margaret. These voices exhorted her to help the Dauphin, later Charles VII, king of France, recapture the city of Orleans and thereby win the Hundred Years' War against England. Jeanne succeeded in convincing Charles and his board of theologians that she had a divine mission to save France. Approving her claims, she was granted a small detachment of troops to command. Dressed ...
- 4149: David Guterson and His Use of the Theme of Nature
- ... some of the moral dilemmas that humans face throughout their lives. His first novel, Snow Falling on Cedars, narrates the trial of a Japanese man accused of murdering a white man in the post World War II era. Throughout his literary works, Guterson uses elements of nature: land, trees, water and especially snow, as literal and metaphorical tools to develop and resolve conflicts. David Guterson uses the same aspects and characteristics ... northern Washington. Guterson's descriptive words about the snow generally parallel the racism that dominates Kabuo's trial. Kabuo stands accused of murdering local fisherman, Carl Heine Jr., who fought against the Japanese in World War II. “Outside, a winter storm is brewing... the snow quietly blankets the island- much like the silent prejudice that shrouds its ‘five thousand damp souls'”(Pate 106). From the very start of the trial Guterson ...
- 4150: Finland
- ... members. More than one-tenth of the population have no church affiliation. Finland's economy is based primarily on private ownership and free enterprise; in some sectors, however, the government exercises a monopoly. After World War II, Finland was still only semi-industrialized, with a large part of the population engaged in agriculture, mining, and forestry. During the early postwar decades, primary production gave way to industrial development, which in turn ... ones being the Social Democratic Party, the Left-Wing Alliance,the National Coalition Party, and the Centre Party. The People's Democratic League and its successor have been important parts of the government since World War II. The Swedish People's Party has become a distinct minority party, although it was formerly an important political group. The environmentalist Green Union displaced the Finnish Rural Party, a splinter group from the former ...
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