|
Enter your query below to search our database containing over 50,000+ essays and term papers
Search results 1041 - 1050 of 2466 matching essays
- 1041: Vladimir Ilyich Lenin 2
- ... insurrection relying in particular on the will of the electorate which had returned it with a majority . . . Yes, it is true that the Bolsheviks had recourse to suppression by violent means, but this was not violence against the people's will, but violence backed by the people, not going against the majority of the workers, peasants and other members of the toiling population but against the minority of the overthrown classes opposing the majority of the people." (Medvedev ...
- 1042: Unions
- ... to nearly on million by 1900. With these strengths in numbers they often preferred striking over political action. The struggle for workers rights, wage increases and protests against wage cuts were often unsuccessful resulting in violence and death. Chicago workers were agitating for the eight-hour work day for months. On May 1st and 2nd 1886 were eighty thousand workers went on strike, bringing most of Chicagos manufacturing to a ... halted the movement of U.S. railroads. After a few weeks of shutting down most of countries railroad system federal troops were sent in to try to end the nationwide strike. This resulted in more violence and death; in Chicago for example federal troops killed 30 workers and wounded over 100. On June 14, 1877 in Pennsylvania ten coal-mining activists were hanged. October 1887 the Louisiana militia shot 35 unarmed ...
- 1043: Talk Show Tension
- ... to get revenge or resolve out of the issue causes an even greater feeling of outrage. All of these factors cause the guests on the Jerry Springer Show to elicit strong emotions of anger and violence. Although the talk show was created as a way for people to share their problems with society and try to resolve them in a group situation, now it has become simply a quest for more ... of the problems discussed, shows like Jerry Springer tend to create a great deal of tension. Jerry is able to manipulate his guests into intense anger; since the general population would rather watch anger and violence, rather than peaceful resolve, the Jerry Springer Show is greatly benefiting from the strong psychological influences on the guests.
- 1044: The Life And Times Of Ghandi
- ... it was wrong to kill animals for food or clothing. In his religious studies, he happened upon Leo Tolstoys Christian writings, and was inspired. It stated that all government is based on war and violence, and that one can attack these only through passive resistance. This made a deep impression on Gandhi. Gandhi developed a method of direct social action, based upon principals of courage, nonviolence, and truth, which he ... declared he would go to jail or even die before obeying an anti-Asian law. Thousands of Indians joined him in this civil disobedience campaign. He started protest campaigns and organized demonstrations, but never used violence. His philosophy was to never fight back against the atrocities, but still never retreat. This, he said, would decrease the hate against him and his fellow believers, and increase the respect felt towards him. Gandhi ...
- 1045: Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now
- ... war that is going on is very much the horror. All the fighting and barbaric atmosphere in the eyes of Kurtz indicate a continuing horror throughout the ending. "The way to judgment lies through vicarious violence. Judgment is self judgment"(Hagen 294). Hagen's argument that judgment lies through violence, basically tells what is happening in the war. Judgment is what you judge of yourself. The horror of what is going on around Kurtz is terrible. As laid out in this paper, we can see ...
- 1046: A Critical Analysis of "Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor
- ... a part of. In addition to her Southern upbringing, another influence on the story is Flannery O'Connor's illness. She battled with the lupus disease which has caused her to use a degree of violence and anger to make her stories somewhat unhappy. The illness caused a sadness inside of Flannery O'Connor, and that inner sadness flowed from her body to her paper through her pen. Although she was ... surprising and unpredictable. We are aware the girl dislikes Mrs. Turpin because of her previous actions. The girl never does anything other than give dirty looks; therefore, we are not expecting any type of physical violence between them. When the girl hits Mrs. Turpin in the face with the book, Mrs. Turpin is conversing with another character and is not talking to the girl. In this situation, a violent act by ...
- 1047: A Tale Of Two Cities
- By: Victor Martin The book I read was A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Have you ever wanted to read a novel that had violence, romance, suspense, and action all in one? If so this is the book for you. I felt that Dickens chose this title because the story takes place in both France and England. The two countries ... comparing both places to be similar to each other, and set the scene that both countries had citizens who were held prisoners. The novel shows the darker side of Dickens and his writing; he puts violence and drama along with action and suspense to create a novel that almost any can enjoy. Word Count: 986
- 1048: Lord Of The Flies 11
- ... in their own world, so to speak. And it is also true that every world has its problems. A contemporary psychiatrist wrote , "The problems of the world - and they are chronicled daily in headlines of violence and despair - essentially are the problems of individuals. If individuals can change, the course of the world can change. This is a hope worth sustaining." This quote can apply both to the larger world of ... as Simon was) and nothing was vicious. If individuals would change, change their morals and their ethics, a society could become greater and stronger. However, if individuals refuse to change, society could degenerate into all violence and savagery, as it did in Lord of the Flies. If people are willing to change, the world (any world) will become stronger and "better". And that is, indeed, a hope worth sustaining.
- 1049: The Theme of Fear In "Lord of The Flies"
- ... understands the nature of evil on the island. Therefore, he is a threat to the continuance of that evil, and so, that evil must destroy him. Simon's death leads to the savages turning their violence to Piggy and Ralph. Jack soon steals Piggy's glasses which foreshadows his inevitable death. Without glasses, Piggy cannot see, therefore loosing all knowledge. Roger tries to kill Piggy by rolling a huge boulder at ... something as primitive as killing and destroying. Golding seems to be suggesting that fear, and its complications, is the source of all evil. It caused the majority of the boys to commit unspeakable acts of violence and immorality. Ralph's phrase, "the darkness of man's heart." vividly describes his feelings of shame and confusion of how the others could be so bad. At the end of the novel, he cries ...
- 1050: Why Do Parents Abduct?
- ... content with the method he used to rescue his precious son. Whereas Geoffrey Greif sees abduction as the 'extreme end of divorce,' Deborah Linnell, a Project ALERT volunteer, calls it 'an extreme form of domestic violence.' I feel that abductions are the combination of the two. Certainly stealing away with your child without telling the other parent can be considered domestic violence. You can hurt someone just as much emotionally as if you had stabbed them with a knife or cut off their arm. Just as applicable is that this is an extreme, and excessive end to ...
Search results 1041 - 1050 of 2466 matching essays
|
