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- 4101: Comparison of Animal Farm to the Russian Revolution of 1917
- ... Soviet Union (“Animalism”). The animals on the farm do many other things that are very similar to what the people of Russia were going through in their everyday lives. Just like in the novel, the gun that sits at the foot of the flagstaff is a reminder of the Battle of Cowshed. It is also a criticism on the method behind the Rebellion, therby a criticism on Trosky’s methods of ...
- 4102: Joan of Arc As A Leader
- ... to him. (Encyclopedia Britanica,1974,227) And also made four predictions to the Dauphin which all came true, these were she would deliver Orleans, Charles would be crowned at Rheims, Paris would return to French control, and the duke of Orleans would come back to France. Before she started her official military career she sent a soldier to a church to find a Gold plated sword which was hidden behind the ...
- 4103: Hammurabi’s Code
- ... the juries of our government. The Hammurabi laws do seem quite harsh with most of them ending in death. But, as it seems, to stay away from them all you have to do is have control of your crops and possessions, stay out of harm’s way, be honest and do not accuse. That seems like a reasonable request. Of the translated Hammurabi codes, many of them are actually funny to ...
- 4104: Alphonse Capone
- ... such as the cleaning and dyeing fields. They also cultivated influence with receptive public officials labor union and employees associates. In 1923, Capone became boss when Torrio, who was wounded in an assassination attempt, surrendered control and returned to Brooklyn. Soon Capone built a fearsome reputation in the ruthless gang rivalries, struggling to acquire and retain "racketing rights" to several areas of Chicago. His reputation grew as rival gangs were eliminated ...
- 4105: The Dark Romantics: Poe, Hawthorne, and Melville
- ... be kept short so that it could contain its “sublime realm.” If it could not be read in “one sitting” it was no good. Overall Poe’s poetry was simply a mystery. Its ability to control time, space, and reality itself is extremely hard to comprehend. Another important form of Poe’s literature came in short stories (tales). These stories were mostly tales of horror, terror, and the supernatural. In these ...
- 4106: Geoffery Chaucer
- ... a dirty story of a carpenter. This offended the Reeve, who was a carpenter. "The Cleric's Tale" was written as a response to what the Wife of Bath said. That women should be in control in a marriage. The Cleric talks about a woman who accepts anything her husband says or does. The tale of the Friar is aimed at the Summoner, and before the Friar ended his prologue the ...
- 4107: Harry S. Truman
- ... May 8, 1945, lucky for Truman, but he still had Japan to deal with. Also, even though the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were fighting together, controversy began. The Soviets wanted total control over Eastern Europe. Truman meet with the Soviet leader, Joseph Stalin in July at the Potsdam Conference. No compromise was meet. In the Pacific, U.S. troops slowly gained ground on Japan. While at Potsdam ...
- 4108: The World as Will and Idea and Young Goodman Brown: Symbols
- ... Brown in that Brown exchanges communality based on hope for that based on despair. Convinced that 'evil is the nature of mankind' he is initiated into the belief of natural depravity. Brown can no longer control his will through intellect and therefore, he will continue to suffer until his dying day 'they carved no hopeful verse upon his tombstone for his dying hour was gloom' Although the ceremony which is to ...
- 4109: Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Relief, Recovery, Reform
- ... to give immediate relief. In 1933, Congress created the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), which provided employment in fresh - air government camps for about 3 million uniformed young men. Their work included reforestation, fire fighting, flood control, and swamp drainage. Also new in 1933 was the Federal Emergency Relief Act (FERA). It was the first major effort of Congress to deal with the unemployed adults, and its chief purpose was immediate relief ...
- 4110: Fort Pillow Attack
- ... Major Loinel F. Booth, and his second in command shortly after that. These losses created a complete breakdown of order and leadership among the Union troops within the fort. (251) During the morning engagement, the gun boat the New Era was continually attempting to shell the Confederate forces from the Mississippi, but with minimal success. The Union forces fought back heartily until around one o¦clock in the afternoon, when both ...
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