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- 2191: Charles Dickens
- ... versions of his works. In the novel Barnaby Grudge he attempted another type of writing, a historical novel. It was set in the late 18th century and graphically explored the spectacle of large scale mob violence. The task of keeping unity throughout his novels (which often included a wide range of moods and materials and several complicated plots involving scores of characters) was made even more difficult because he was forced ...
- 2192: The Henchmen: German Government Officials in WWII
- ... from songs, beating anyone they thought, judging just from appearance who they thought was a Jew or a Communist. Roehm screamed to the marching storm-troopers, "We will brawl our way to greatness." He enjoyed violence for it's own sake, and he is quoted as saying to reporters after they burned down a kosher diner, in which he also had the left side of his nose shot off, "Since I ...
- 2193: Charles Manson: Orgins of a Madman
- ... scribbled on the walls and the refrigerator in the victims' blood. These brutal slayings demonstrate the evil in Manson's warped mind. He was able to convince normal human beings to commit unspeakable acts of violence the likes of which the world had never seen. In a sense, Manson molded his followers' beliefs and values to represent his own. He had once again ordered his "Family" members to slay innocent people ...
- 2194: Wendell Phillips
- ... because it supported slavery. He had married Ann Terry Greene. Greene had been taught by William Lloyd Garrison. Garrison and Phillips became friends. As the Civil War approached he became more and more certain that violence must be employed to abolish slavery. When the war came he was at the head of the emancipation movement. In the years after the war Wendell Phillips demanded that actions be taken to protect blacks ...
- 2195: Richard Marcinko
- Richard Marcinko A brilliant virtuoso of violence, Richard Marcinko rose through the Navy ranks to create and command one of America's most elite and classified counterterrorist units, Seal Team Six. Then Marcinko was given orders to create Red Cell, a team ...
- 2196: Ray Bradbury
- ... stories contain a sense of wonder, often a sense of joy, and a lyrical and rhythimic touch that sets his work apart. Using an analytical approach to such stories is to do a kind of violence to them, but between the dream and the finished story is a considerable amount of craftsmanship. The illustration of that craftsmanship, along with some clarification of the writer's themes, hopefully will enrich the reader ...
- 2197: John Steinbeck: A Common Man's Man
- ... stores (Bowden, 12). The Grapes of Wrath presents these issues in the form of an epic and sums up the despair of the early 1930's. The Joads experience: love, brotherhood, integrity, class fear, power, violence, and suspension, the same as every other migrant. Their conflict was a national epic, instead of a personal one ( George et al. 1013). The parable of the tortoise crossing the road represents the people of ...
- 2198: John Adams
- ... abroad. Hamilton made bitter attacks on Adams’ policies (Elser, 1993). The fiscal situation was desolate. The national debt and the threat of what appeared to be inescapable war caused great stress, opposition, and even occasional violence (Onuf, 1993). Matters only became worse. The Federalist Congress created a provisional army which, though needed, added to the financial strain. Congress then passed three major oppressive measures all within a two-week period: the ...
- 2199: Eric "Eazy-E" Wright
- ... Duz-It". His voice fueled a legion of hits. In the early `90's, he joined other West Coast rappers, including M.C. Hammer, Ice T, Tone-Loc, and Young MC, in a stop the violence campaign led by the single "We're All In The Same Gang". With N.W.A, Eazy broke down all the doors of mass exposure previously closed to rap music. Attempts to rock the young ...
- 2200: Jackie Robinson
- ... and Robinson went to many gatherings around the Birmingham area to speak out against racism (Enders 1). The two had a very hard time getting people together to speak to them because of all the violence that was happening as a result of the racist south and the black movement (Enders 2). In 1963, while Robinson and King were going from church to church speaking they learned that an NAACP officer ...
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