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- 1811: American Westerns (maverick, T
- ... while surreptitiously expressing a certain amount of skepticism."4 Mr. Eastwood did consciously make some adjustments from the typical western. "I purposely cast the sheriff's deputies as guys somewhat in shock, who find his violence distasteful," said Mr. Eastwood in an interview with Bernard Weinraub shortly after the film's release.6 "It's kind of like what it must have been like for a rookie cop to be involved ...
- 1812: Absolutism And Peter The Great
- ... of his mother. Before taking position on the throne, Peter entered manhood through the vast amount of experiences he encountered at a very young age. "He lived through three coups d'etat, constant threats of violence against his family, seven years of semi-exile, his first military campaigns, an unprecedented journey to western Europe and a major revolt against his rule. From these bitter personal experiences, these painful political struggles, and ...
- 1813: American Revolution 4
- ... because it did not chance the fact that Britain was extorting money out of the colonies without giving them a voice. Another example the conservative political nature of this revolution is the absence of physical violence against government officials. Groups such as the Sons of Liberty did lead protests but they did not let any of their members carry weapons. This group made their point by damaging property. The last example ...
- 1814: American Dream Of African Amer
- ... was the symptom of the lost generation . This term was used to describe the soldiers who were returning from the war. Most of the soldiers returning from the war had seen so much death and violence that they had lost faith in society. The First World War was simply too violent and inhuman to be rationalized by and absorbed into the cultural fabric of early twentieth century Western thought. As a ...
- 1815: Augusto Pinochet
- ... It is clear that the arrest and possible trial of Pinochet is unjust due to these and many other arguable points. Pinochet's military commanders on the other hand, have committed many horrible acts of violence. One in particular, General Manuel Contreras, has been involved in bombings, torture and murder. Pinochet is being prosecuted on irrelevant grounds while his military commanders are very much responsible for their horrific actions. When Augusto ...
- 1816: Andrew Carnegie Preaches The G
- ... at his Homestead Steel Works went out on strike in 1892, a violent confrontation with company-hired thugs ensued. Carnegie, out of the country at the time of the strike, did nothing to stem the violence and never recognized the legitimacy of labor unions. By the turn of the century, however, Carnegie was out of the steel business. He sold Carnegie Steel to J.P. Morgan and turned his full attention ...
- 1817: American Revolution 2
- ... Public courts are set up and the colonists and convict may lories. They tar and feather a customs official. This is the first sign into a serious revolution since it is their first act of violence. Sam Adams has now become the ring leader because he feels that America has to stand up for their liberty. Thomas Hutchison writes a letter to the parliament explaining that the idea of liberty has ...
- 1818: The Sword In The Stone
- ... better with them. When the Wart meets Robin Wood and Maid Marion, he learns through Marion that women are no different to men and should be treated equally. He is also taught the pointlessness of violence when he requests a joust between Sir Grummore and King Pellinore. Before the joust, Wart thinks that it is noble and brave to fight, but after seeing the Grummore-Pellinore joust, he thinks differently about ...
- 1819: The Color Purple
- ... from the white men, who then interfered with the free market (really the white market) by lynching their black competitors. Class relations, in this instance, are shown to motivate lynching. Lynching was the act of violence white men performed to invoke the context of black inferiority and sub-humanity to the victim, exposing the reality of the economic bases of racial oppression (Berlant 217). The black individual served as a figure ...
- 1820: Philosophy - Absolute Understa
- ... their own truth, has led many people into frustration and hostility. All concepts are so dynamic that the truth that one believes may appear to be self-ironic. A person may believe that television promotes violence in kids, exposes the use of profanity, and stupidity. Another person my believe that television may be educational because the exposure of all these problems will form into understanding. Although both may be perfectly true ...
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