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- 1591: Oliver Cromwell
- ... parliamentary forces in the English Civil Wars. He was lord protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1653 to 1658 during the republican Commonwealth. As a general on the parliamentary side of the English Civil War vs. Charles I, Cromwell helped bring about the overthrow of the Stuart monarchy, and he raised his country's status to that of a leading European power since the death of Queen Elizabeth I. Being ... his youth Cromwell was not very studious, since he enjoyed outdoor sports, such as hunting; but he was an avid reader of the Bible, and he admired Sir Walter Raleigh's The History of the World. Cromwell learned that the sins of man could be punished on earth but that God, through His Holy Spirit, could guide the elect into the paths of righteousness. (Kathe, 1984) In the early parts of ... arrest five of them for treason, Cromwell was not yet very well known so he was not among these. But when in 1642 the King left London to raise an army, and England approached civil war, Cromwell began to distinguish himself not merely as an outspoken Puritan but also as a practical man capable of organization and leadership. In July he got permission from the House of Commons to allow ...
- 1592: The Chocolate War
- The Chocolate War Why would a person decide to betray the beliefs they had fought so hard for? In Robert Cormiers novel The Chocolate War, the character of Jerry Renault changes drastically from a rebel to a follower in the end. The school gang known as the vigils and his moral beliefs motivates Jerrys actions. He feels he must ... to give into Leon and take the chocolates. This is what motivates Jerry to become a rebel Websters dictionary defines a hero as any man admired for his courage, qualities or exploits, especially in war. Some people attribute the term hero mostly to war. My personal definition of a hero is someone who takes a stand against evil or an unjust cause. The term hero can be applied to ...
- 1593: Utopia
- ... by way of literature with stories such as a way to expose modern societies social ills. Some prominent examples of this type of writing include George Orwell's 1984 and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World". The places mentioned in those stories were all imaginary. Such a place does not exist in the world as we know it today. Therefore the word imaginary comes into play. I have heard of places that have experimented with the concept of a utopian environment but none have truly succeeded. One example is ... that this was the way that they wanted to live their lives. The inhabitants disagreed with the ways of society and chose to live in a way completely shut off from the rest of the world. Meanwhile, to the outside world was well aware that what was going on in the commune was not right. There were reports of child abuse, and sexual misconduct. This lead to a stand off ...
- 1594: The War Between the States
- The War Between the States The War Between the States was the heyday of American battleflags and their bearers. With unusualhistorical accuracy, many stirring battle paintings show the colors and their intrepid bearers in the forefront of the fray or as a rallying point in a retreat. The colors of a Civil War regiment embodied its honor, and the men chosen to bear them made up an elite. Tall, muscular men were preferred, because holding aloft a large, heavy banner, to keep it visible through battle smoke ...
- 1595: The Real World Of Technology B
- In her book, The Real World of Technology (1999), Ursula M. Franklin argues that technology has a disruptive effect on humanity. If left-unchecked technology will eventually destroy society as we know it. Franklin illustrates her point by focusing on the ... the last one hundred and fifty years. Such as the Industrial Revolution and the invention of electronic mail. Franklin contends that for society s sake, people must question everything before accepting new technologies into their world. In the book, Franklin s argument urges people to come together and participate in public reviews and discuss or question technological practices that lead to a world that is designed for technology and not for society. The Real World Of Technology attempts to show how society is affected by every new invention that comes onto the market and supposedly makes life ...
- 1596: A Horseman In The Sky
- ... takes place in Virginia in 1861. A soldier, Carter Druse, has fallen asleep at his post on a sunny autumn day. Because the story takes place in 1861, the soldier is serving in the Civil War. He was happily living in Virginia with his parents, when a Union regiment came to the town he was living in. Although he was being a traitor to the south he joined the Union army ... on without you. He was very tired, and the sun soothed him to sleep, so he slept, knowing that if he was caught he would be shot. Ambrose Bierce wrote this story with an anti-war theme in mind. He wrote his anti-war satires empathizing the brutality and human wreckage of war. He hated war. In 1861 he responded to the first call for war volunteers by enlisting in the 9th Indiana Regiment. He witnessed the Civil ...
- 1597: Vietnam Veteran
- ... to associate with a wartime situation. The following is an excerpt taken from a general history text, the Encyclopedia of the 20th Century and is a prime example of the typical description of the Vietnam War: On August 23, 1964, North Vietnamese patrol boats reportedly attacked two U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson was given congressional authorization to repel any armed attack, and ... they risked their own lives as well as witnessing the deaths of their best friends and comrades. The history that they created is then told by naοve civilians who have been watching this "living room war" from the comfort of their couches. The testimonies and memories of these men are soon forgotten and replaced by the severely edited rendition of history to what ends up being a brief synopsis of what actually went on. The origin behind the synopsis of the Vietnam War can only be found in the words and writings of those brave and courageous young men who gave and risked all that they had, their lives, when their country called on them. It is ...
- 1598: The Constitution in the 1850's: Unity or Discord
- ... people, after five months of debating, the bill was passed. This did not defuse the slavery issue, but split Kansas between the North and South. This helped push the United States closer to the Civil War (Grolier, Kansas-Nebraska Act). Peculiar Institution was an "euphemistic term that southerners used as a pseudonym for slavery"(Dictionary, 241). John C. Calhoun defended the "peculiar labor" of the South in 1828 and the "peculiar ... general use in the 1830's when the abolitionist followers of William Lloyd Garrison began to attack slavery (ibid, 241). Slave states were those states where slave-holding was authorized by law before the Civil War. After the American Revolution, slavery disappeared from areas north of Delaware and Maryland. In 1845 nine new slave states had entered the Union. Efforts to add additional slave states and to prevent the spread of ... with states who did not believe in slavery, they were called free states, and became a major national issue in the 1850's (ibid, 309). An expression much used by southern authors before the Civil War was "King Cotton." They got the idea from a title of a book written by David Christy in 1855 called "Cotton is King." "In a speech on March 4, 1858, James H. Hammond declared ' ...
- 1599: Philosophies In Voltaires Cand
- ... go and work in our garden.". The first of the philosophies is that of the utopian society. In the novel, the city of Eldorado is portrayed as the utopian society. Eldorado is Voltaire's ideal world, one that he knew could never exist, but could provide him with an agent to point out sad failings of the real world. In Eldorado, every person is on an equal, class levels don't exist, and crime is nonexistent. In the novel, when Candide sees all of the riches that the Eldoradans inhabit, he is so taken ... the utopian society to show how very far short of being perfect our culture falls. He uses it to contrast the experiences that Candide had throughout his journeys. Candide's observance of the horrors of war, devesting earthquakes, the Inquisition in Portugal, and tyranny are there to represent real world dilemmas, while Eldorado represents an oasis of perfection in the real world. Eldorado is a heaven on Earth and something ...
- 1600: The Things They Carried 2
- The Heaviness of the Vietnam War In all wars, whether justifiable or not, whether there is a moral benefit or not, or whether unavoidable or not, there is always human suffering on all parties involved. A war affects everyone involved in the conflict either directly or indirectly. Frequently, the horrors of war directly affect noncombatant civilian populations surrounding the areas of military campaigns. Always, family units are indirectly affected by having family members in the Armed Services with the military volunteers or draftees returning in body ...
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