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- 1061: Snow Falling on Cedars
- ... this, Kabuo loaned it to me". Kabuo had lent Carl a bamboo fishing rod made by his father. Though this friendship was condemned by Etta Heine, it continued until such a time that the "real world" of maturity and prejudice and cultural differences removed was brought into their lives by the war. Hatsue and Ishmael also shared a very close friendship for many years, from the time of childhood till their teens when the two became extremely close, to the point of sexual contact. "I want to ... aspects of their lives. The reader is able to understand more fully what shapes the characters and their reactions to the present situation. These settings of a present snow storm in conjunction with the past war aspects cast a forlorn atmosphere around the trial. The reader is taken back to the war days of Ishmael, Kabuo and Carl. These settings are displaying the worst and deepest sides of each character. " ...
- 1062: JFK: Was His Assassination Ine
- ... it was the result of a complex combination of domestic and foreign events. When President Kennedy was in office, he had to deal with many issues, ranging from business and finance to crime-fighting and war issues. Perhaps it is not as important to decide who it was that killed him, but why. President Kennedy's decisions and courses of action were not popular with everybody, and thus it is not ... missiles from entering Cuba. Though threatened by Russian Prime-Minister Nikita Khruschev Kennedy would not let this disturb him, and he did not stop the naval blockade. The Russian ships eventually returned home, with nuclear war being narrowly averted. However, one must consider what kind of relationship Kennedy had with both Castro and the Russians after the crisis. Could the Bay of Pigs and Cuban Missile crisis made the Russians and ... between the government and the MIC is a very important one, and this relationship is important in understanding if the MIC wanted Kennedy dead or not. When it comes to the economy within the MIC, war is the equivalent of winning the lottery. An aggressive president who does not hesitate to go into war is the ideal choice for the MIC. The MIC thrives on war, seeing it as "business", ...
- 1063: Star Wars Vs. Star Trek
- ... major ideas and technology of Star Wars and Star Trek in this essay. Personally Star Wars is the better concept, millions of other fans that have been touched by the Star Wars myth around the world will agree. Gene Roddenberry created Star Trek as a kind of socialist morality play that hit the airwaves in the late sixties and ran for three years. It was cancelled by Paramount after three years and has been in syndication ever since. Star Trek is a fascist world run by the Federation, no money is needed by the crew, everything is provided. It is a dull, government run police state. The ultimate humanist new world order, paradise created after nuclear war had destroyed much of our world around 2000. The world of Star Trek is the Phoenix myth, out of the ashes of nuclear war comes the elite socialist ...
- 1064: Catch-22
- In Catch-22, Joseph Heller reveals the perversions of the human character and society. Using various themes and a unique style and structure, Heller satirizes war and its values as well as using the war setting to satirize society at large. By manipulating the "classic" war setting and language of the novel Heller is able to depict society as dark and twisted. Heller demonstrates his depiction of society through the institution of war (i.e. it's effects and problems ...
- 1065: Yamamoto
- Yamamoto, the man who planned Pearl Harbor increased my knowledge about the people of Japan because it introduced me to their culture, and the life and times in Japan before World War II. In Japan, the family is the basic unit of society. For example, if a Japanese has the unfortunate occurrence of producing only daughters, they will insist that one of their daughters husbands changes his ... name Yamamoto was an honorable and ancient one in the history of Japan. One such figure was Tatekawa Yamamoto, who fought against the Emperor, and his forces at the Battle of Watkamatsu, during the Bosshin War. Since he was one of the leaders of the rebellion, when he was captured, he was beheaded at Watkamatsu. Since Tatekawa had no sons, Isoroku was also the future of the Yamamoto clan. Not ...
- 1066: War And Peace
- The book War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a story about the lives of the Russian royal family from 1805 to 1815. This book describes things and events that happened during the war. The story begins at a cocktail party being held at the home of Anna Pavolvna in St. Petersburg. Most of the action, however takes place in Moscow, at the home of the Rostov family, and the battle front in the war with Napoleon. Their are the good people and the bad people. The good people being Natasha Rostov, a teenage girl who grows and matures throughout the book and Pierre Bezuhov, the son of Kirill ...
- 1067: ... and the exaltation of the senses and emotions over reason and intellect. Nature is a place that romantics seem to find inspiration. Many romantics believe that one can encounter the infinite, or a sort of world soul in the experience of nature. From such an encounter, one may derive an intimation of the sublime mystery at the heart of all existence. The deeper the relationship with nature, the deeper the understanding ... too intense, mystical or elusive to clearly define. Romantics search for truth and beauty not through objective analysis, but through passionate involvement in all aspects of human experience. Romantics seem to be searching for a world that is not, as they turn to the long ago and far away, not to imitate past ages, but to find inspiration and affirmation of their own ideals. William Wordsworth believes man should seek inspiration ... cases becomes a fantasy. If everyone lived life like this there would be conflicts with one another because everyone would have their own view as to what is ideal. Romantics will preferably live in a world without rules, but a world without rules would produce chaos. One of the fundamentals of Romanticism is the belief in the natural goodness of man, the idea that man in a state of nature ...
- 1068: Exploration of the New World
- Exploration of the New World The promise of new riches and the potential discovery of the fabled Northwest Passage were the primary objectives, which fueled the exploration of the New World. Yet these goals were not practical enough when the European nations decided to colonize the Americas. Apparently, "a prosperous and enduring colonial empire depended on self-sustaining economic development" (page 33) rather than an autocratic ... the Americas would be measured by this fact. As long as a country could quickly populate its colonies and establish a self-sufficient economy, it would be ahead in the race to colonize the New World. Although the new riches and the Northwest Passage were still sought after, they weren't the final motivations for colonization any longer. Each country also had their individual set of objectives for exploring the ...
- 1069: Comparison Of Nicholas I And Nicholas Ii
- ... government unpopular to say the least. Nicholas foreign policy was directed towards the east. He increased Russian territory at the expense of Persia soon after he came to the throne. In 1828 he fought a war with Turkey and won the Eastern Shore of the Black Sea and a protectorate over Moldavia and Wallichia for Russia. With great severity he put down a revolt of the Poles in 1831 and in ... 1849 he sent his troops into Austria to help the emperor put an end to a rebellion of the Hungarian subjects. Nicholas hoped to drive the Turks out of Europe. As an excuse for another war he demanded a protectorate over all Christian subjects in Turkey. This demand clashed with British and French interests and brought on the Crimean War in 1853. France and Sardinia joined the Turks to help them defeat Russia s ambitions. Nicholas died before the war ended. His oldest son, Alexander II followed him as Czar. Nicholas II (1868-1918) ...
- 1070: Lyndon Johnson
- ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy died of gunshot wounds on November 22, 1963. He formulated many policies and carried out many others that Kennedy could not finish. He faced many foreign problems as well, including the Vietnam War and the Cold War. How he dealt with foreign problems put him near last if not last in foreign affairs, when compared to other presidents. Johnson always talked to tourists and met reporters informally. He entertained many distinguished guests ... and ideas, many parts of society today would not exist.(Peter Lisagor, 148-152) "We have suffered a loss that cannot be weighed. For me, it is a deep personal tragedy. I know that the world shares the sorrow that Mrs. Kennedy and her family bear. I will do my best. That is all I can do. I ask for your help and God's," quoted Lyndon Johnson after the ...
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