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- 1421: George Orwell
- ... one of the most significant writers of the 20th century, was greatly influenced not only by his English heritage but also by his many life experiences. It was August 1914, right after the start of World War One. Three children were playing in a garden at the end of the summer holidays, on the Oxfordshire side of the Thames River. The children saw a young boy about their age standing on his ... mixed up with the feeling of being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had facility with words and a power of facing unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created a sort of private world in which I could get my own back for failure in everyday life. (32) Orwell wrote his first poem at the age of five, in which his mother wrote down to his dictation. George ...
- 1422: Catch 22
- Catch-22 Satire is often used by writers to express their discontent towards a subject in a humorous way. Joseph Heller's novel, Catch-22, satirizes war and its implications on society and man himself. Heller reveals the dehumanizing aspect of war, not the glory of it. He makes a social comment on the corruptive, self-fulfilling, irrational side of war that is often disregarded or dismissed. As he sheds light upon the darker part of war the universal qualities of mankind are revealed. In the novel Catch-22, the universal qualities of failure, corruption ...
- 1423: Terrorism
- Terrorism JUNE 1914: a young man in Sarajevo steps up to a carriage and fires his pistol. The Archduke Ferdinand dies. Within weeks, the first world war has begun. The 1940s: the French resistance kill occupying troops when and how they can. June 1944: at Oradour-sur-Glane, in central France, German SS troops take revenge, massacring 642 villagers. August 1945: the United States Air Force drops the world's first nuclear weapons. Some 190,000 Japanese die, nearly all of them civilians. Within days the second world war has ended. Which of these four events was an act of terrorism? Which achieved ...
- 1424: Russia
- Russia Russia is the largest country in the world, extending from the Baltic Sea in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the East. Russia is bordered on the west by Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Belarus, and Ukraine; on the south by the Black ... called European Russia; the Asian part of the country, east of the Urals, is called Siberia. Russia's capital city is Moscow. With a total population of 149,300,359, Russia is sixth in the world in population, after China, India, the United States, Indonesia, and Brazil. From 1990 to 1992 Russia's population had a slow rate of increase at 0.4 to 0.5 percent per year. The value ... mountains. The Kamchatka mountain ranges contain active volcanoes. The major rivers of Russia are the Volga and the Don. An interesting part of Siberia is Lake Baikal. It is the deepest freshwater lake in the world. The lake is so deep and has such a large surface area that it holds one-fifth of the world's supply of fresh water. Russia's climate is mostly tundra. The temperature in ...
- 1425: Werner Heisenberg
- ... a professor at the University of Munich and undoubtedly greatly influenced young Werner, who was a student at the Maximilian Gymnasium. Heisenberg had the opportunity to work with many of the top physicists in the world including Niels Bohr and Max Born. Like many of the top physicists of the time Heisenberg received his doctorate at an early age. In Heisenberg's case he received it at the young age of ... Radiation, Physics and Philosophy, and Introduction to the Unified Theory of Elementary Particles. In 1932 he won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his work in Quantum Mechanics. With the Nazi's in power, and World War two on the horizon it was inevitable that his German heritage would play a crucial role in his career. Before Germany's blitzkrieg on Poland Heisenberg decided to make one final visit of his ...
- 1426: Atomic Bombs
- ... Nagasaki was one of the most devastating in all history. The bomb that struck them without notice produced devastative effects. Bombs today are getting larger and stronger. The technology of weapons nowadays has lead to war, and war has caused catastrophes to families as well as friends. Today, the United States is the leading country that possesses the most dangerous bombs such as the Atomic Bomb, T.N.T's, Hydrogen bombs and ... on the release of energy in a nuclear reaction known as fission. The bomb releases energy of a million times greater than the equal weight of a chemical high-explosive such as TNT . During the World War 2 in 1945, the first Atomic Bomb blast on Hiroshima, Japan, obliterated three-fifth of the city within seconds and killed a total of 115,000 people in only a few minutes according ...
- 1427: Pakistan
- ... amount of violence and is allowed by the government. Pakistan desperately needs a democratic government and peace talks with India. The problems of Pakistan and India are becoming so major that they have become a world concern. To some people, the name Kashmir could evoke tears and hatred. The British never owned Kashmir. So, when Pakistan and India got their independence technically neither got Kashmir. A Hindu prince had ruled Kashmir ... Kashmir has lead to many lives being lost. There have been rocket attacks on Pakistan. Homes of the Pakistani have been left in ruins. During the summer of 1999, India and Pakistan fought a border war in Kashmir. Two out of the three wars that Pakistan has been in have been over Kashmir. The conflict has made the tension between Muslims and Hindus much worse. The people of Pakistan have called for a "holy war". The main way that India and Pakistan are going to be able to change things in Kashmir is to start peace talks. One can only hope that in the near future there will be ...
- 1428: Lyndon B Johnson
- ... potential of government and won for him a group of supporters in Texas. In 1937, Johnson sought and won a Texas seat in Congress, where he championed public works, reclamation, and public power programs. When war came to Europe he backed Roosevelt's efforts to aid the Allies. During World War II he served a brief tour of active duty with the U.S. Navy in the Pacific (1941-42) but returned to Capitol Hill when Roosevelt recalled members of Congress from active duty. Johnson ...
- 1429: Existentialism
- Existentialism Existentialism is a concept that became popular during the second World War in France, and just after it. French playrights have often used the stage to express their views, and these views came to surface even during a Nazi occupation. Bernard Shaw got his play "Saint Joan ... Sisyphus an "absurd" hero, with a pointless existance. Camus felt that it was necessary to wonder what the meaning of life was, and that the human being longed for some sense of clarity in the world, since "if the world were clear, art would not exist". "The Myth of Sisyphus" became a prototype for existentialism in the theatre, and eventually The Theatre of the Absurd. Right after the Second World ...
- 1430: In The Lake Of The Woods
- ... spurts of violence highlight the chaos that lies beneath the surface of his life. The image of the mirrors demonstrate this aspects of John's life; the mirrors represent both his attempt to control his world as well as a sanctuary from the reality of his helplessness. The source of John's Wade's complexity can be traced to his childhood. As a child John tries desperately to win his father ... actions as the book progresses. In Vietnam, John takes the anonymous role of Sorcerer-someone who is respected, powerful and fearless. Hence, John Wayne distances himself from relationships and from the harsh realities of the war. It is here that the images of the mirrors, brought into existence from childhood, come into their own; the horrors of the war can be temporarily held at bay. Subsequently, in periods of chaos and violence, Wade's need for outer order and secrecy increases. This source of mental refuge gives Wade a distinct advantage over the ...
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