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- 2701: Russia
- ... the harvest and then have the state subsidize all of the production. This system, aptly named collectivization, reprimanded all of the average worker's liberties and created great suffering during the Stalin regime. After the death of Stalin in 1953, Nikita Khrushchev became First Secretary of the Communist party. Stalin's death marked the end of supreme power for the head of the party, and Khrushchev condemned Stalin's actions as unnecessary and harmful to the process of moving the Socialist government to it's goal of ... hold on to power thanks in part to his liberal nemesis, Boris Yeltsin. In return, he had lost all popularity and support from the people and eventually witnessed the destruction of the Union and the death of communism in Russia. The role of the government in the economy Lenin's own interpretation of the Marxian critique was that to achieve Communism there would first have to be a socialist dictatorship ...
- 2702: The Red Badge of Courage and A Farewell to Arms: The Main Characters
- ... having a wound that justifies that he did fight and so he gives the tattered man the slip. When the tattered soldier meets Henry again at the place where both witness Jim Conklin's strange death, he asks about Henry's hurt again only to be chided with "Oh, don't bother me." Then Henry deserts him again and leaves him to wander helplessly in the fields. Henry Fleming could still ... he doesn't want a child for that would bring him difficulties and "trap" him. At the end of the novel, Catherine dies due to the difficulties of labor, but she dies heroically. She accepts death as the end to things and says, "I'm not a bit afraid. It's just a dirty trick." Frederic Henry reaction is bitterness towards death. He blames the unidentified forces of the universe and strikes out against them to disguise his own guilt, just like Henry Fleming from The Red Badge of Courage. Thus, Frederic is not a hero ...
- 2703: Hedda Gabler
- TITLE : People may argue that George, Eilert, and Judge Brack are responsible for Heddas death, but in reality it is the fault of Heddas society. Ive chosen this statement for several reasons. Ibsens character, Hedda Gabler, represents the women of the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Hedda stands ... a climax toward the end and we understand a bit more about her character. However, just as we begin to understand her actions and feel pity towards her instead of hate we sadly discover her death at the end. How tragic is her death when it was the ultimate control of a destiny that she so strongly desired? The issues of greed have a stronghold in myriad literary pieces, effectively demonstrating the value humanity places upon materialistic commodities. ...
- 2704: Brave New World 5
- ... this boring world. Clearly he is the image of a man trying to liberate himself from his own egotism. Unable to cope with his problems, and to end his infinite sadness, John commits suicide. His death was the result of the torment and suffering from Utopia or his own hell. His individual will slowly diminished against the pressures of Utopian ways. As a final resort John takes soma and partakes in ... horror of this defeat was overwhelming. Rather than living the rest of his life fighting Utopia and sticking with primitive ways of lunacy, nor turning to the insanity of Utopia with science controlling his life, death was his third and best option to end his torment and suffering. It can be seen that freedom of the individual will and controlling pressures of the environment does affect psyche of a person. In ... rather a pastime event and is not something that is cherished or appreciated. Also, stress and illness are not felt because of runaways on soma holidays. All which contradict to John s personal beliefs. His death was very symbolic in that a man choosing between life in insanity where advancement in science has affected the way society lives or life in . When his individual will slowly diminished he finally turned ...
- 2705: Bloodstain
- ... himself. 'They'll never even suspect me.'" It is quite evident that most of the responsibility in this situation belongs to Fred. Furthermore, Fred's parents' lack of responsibility indirectly contributes to Mr. Haskell's death. Their first act of carelessness is when they neglect to keep the gun locked up in a safer place. Instead, they keep it in a location where it is easily accessible to Fred. Equally important ... is stolen, but he does not take the situation seriously. Instead, he mildly warns him not to shoot anybody's cow, and then leaves. Consequently, his casual approach to the matter results in his unfortunate death. In conclusion, in a disastrous event, responsibility is often shared. In Bloodstain, Fred's actions are what directly leads to Mr. Haskell's death; however, his parents and Mr. Haskell himself are also to blame for the tragic turn of events.
- 2706: Hitler
- ... went into hiding so they could survive. They had to hope that they wouldn't have their passages discovered and be marched away to a dreaded extermination camp when they knew that it only meant death. Hitler did horrible things to Jewish people because he was inferior and hungry for power. Hitler had Jews killed because they believed in the Jewish religion, and he, on the other hand believed in the ... His one school interest was history, especially that of the Germans. Also as a young boy, he was devoted to Wagner's operas that glorified the Teutons' dark and furious mythology. After his father's death, when Adolf was 13, he studied watercolor painting, but accomplished little. After his mother's death, when he was 19, he went to Vienna. There the Academy of Arts rejected him as untalented. Lacking business training, Hitler found a living as a laborer in the building trades and by painting ...
- 2707: Collective Farms of the Soviet Union
- ... did in the end industrialize Russia, the costs were unjustifiable. An entire class of people was eliminated and famine was wrought on an entire republic. Stalin, who took control of the Communist Party after the death of Lenin in 1924, believed that the only way to create a powerful nation to rival capitalist countries was through industrialization. Basically, this meant the conversion of Russia from a state of tradesmen and family ... in the experimental stages, yet did surprisingly well. This speaks highly for true communism, because the sokhozy were politically a more pure form of socialism. In late, 1932, about 7.5 million Ukrainians starved to death in one of Russia's most fertile regions. The famine was a form of political genocide, initiated by Stalin, to completely purge his opponents from existence. In general, nation resistance to Russian rule came primarily ... argument. What started as a way to gain a little more control over an already practically totalitarian society, turned into the chief supplier of means of sustenance to an entire country, and the cause of death of at least 12 million Russians. Bibliography Cambridge University Press. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Russia and the Former Soviet Union. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994. Clark, James I.. The Soviet Union. Evanston, Illiois: McDougal, ...
- 2708: Billy Budd 2
- ... takes leave of Bill, the senior lieutenant notices a look of agony on his face (chapter 22) Through another window one can view Vere to be a cold-blooded coward. Vere argued himself into the death penalty for Billy out of cowardice and naked fear. He might easily have pardoned Billy, but he convinces himself that to do so would cause the crew to mutiny, and he uses this lame argument to ...
- 2709: Florence Nightingale 2
- ... in rooms without blankets or decent food. The soldiers remained unwashed and still in their dirty, bloody uniforms. In these conditions, it was not surprising that in army hospitals, war wounds only accounted for one death in six. Diseases such as typhus, cholera and dysentery were the main reasons why the death-rate was so high amongst wounded soldiers. Military officers and doctors objected to Nightingale's views on reforming military hospitals. They interpreted her comments as an attack on them, and she was made to feel ... Florence worked straight through the night and didn t sleep. She worked very hard to make others happy. Because of all of her hard work, she became sick herself in May, 1855. She was near death for two weeks. Fortunately, within a few months she recovered and was back to work. The people back in England were very proud of Florence. In a letter that Parthenope wrote to Florence, she ...
- 2710: Relationships
- ... the following examples: (a) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out the sentence of a murderer who killed a 70-year-old woman with an ax because the prosecuting attorney cited Biblical law in requesting the death penalty. (b) In Decateur, IL, an elementary, public school teacher demanded that her seven-year-old students mark out the word "God" printed in their phonics book. (c) In Oak Park, IL, a private Catholic hospital ...
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