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- 1691: Describe The Elements Of Death
- Describe the elements of war and death in Stephen Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage. This book is divided into two parts. In the first part the main characters, Henry Flemings. illusions disappear when confronted by the reality of ... malevolent, probably no different, but is certainly not the benevolent pantheist realm of the transcentalists, and God, is simply nowhere to be found(Weatherford 32). In the second part of the novel Henry beco0mes a “war devil”, the hero that he wanted to be originally when another battle is over, all Henry has accomplished is negated. Many critics found the last chapter confused and muttled, Henry’s feelings range from remorse to the “sin” which is not responsible to pride as a great hero. Finally he feels “the world was a world for him” and he looks forward to a soft and eternal peace” (bowers 173). The end of the book is like that of many of Cranes conclusions completely ironic. No one ...
- 1692: Are UFOs Real?
- Are UFOs Real? Unidentified Flying Objects are supposed space vehicles sent to earth from elsewhere in the universe. These are just one of the unknown mysteries of the world today and has been for quite some time. From as far back as biblical times people have generally believed in the existence of demons, ghosts dragons, fairies and yes-even UFO's. For some they ... of religious enthusiasm, arose into a universal climate of confidence from a broad, general need. With the fall of the towering father-image, Roosevelt the devastating inauguration of the nuclear era, and the end of World War II, the time for something from another world needed to emerge. When modern flying saucers came into being in 1947, there was a ready-made tradition that was already waiting for them. A writer ...
- 1693: Feasible Ways In Which Humans
- ... costs are urban sprawl, global warming, pollution, and the increase of greenhouse gases just to name a few. The Greens solution to deal with these “externalities” is to declare capitalism the enemy and wage a war in order to either sustain or end growth altogether while moving back to a more Welfare-like state. Greens view the capitalistic model as one that tries to dominate and exploit nature for one’s ... The idea of halting growth altogether or creating a policy of sustainable growth on a worldwide scale is not a feasible solution in the evolving global capitalistic market. Slowing or stagnating the growth of the world is not feasible because countries that have not reached the economic well being that the Western Hemisphere has attained will reject this idea with full force. Even if stagnating growth were an acceptable idea in ... global environment and standard of living we must begin looking for more feasible and practical ideologies and solutions that will incorporate our current economic and sociological systems with practical solutions that will not inhibit continual world growth and expansion. In the following essay I will try to answer the following question: How can we expand capitalism into a larger and more encompassing global Mass Capitalism with a Free Market structure ...
- 1694: Nationalism And Patriotism
- ... make unusual sacrifices for their new homeland. The first thing that comes to mind when I think of patriotism is the people who gave their lives to free us from the British during the Revolutionary War. They fought and some of them even died so you and I can have the freedom to pretty much as please in everyday life. The next thing comes to mind when I think of patriotism is the people who fought and gave their lives during World War II. They fought for the same rights as our founding fathers did. That is to keep our country safe from foreign suppressers who want to corrupt our way of living, and from having one ...
- 1695: Billy Budd 2
- ... to think why the narrator included them it sheds a certain light. Not only does the narrator keep changing his point of view, but he keeps changing his pace as well. Background on history (the war), a long analysis of characters, which are followed by intense dramatic action (i.e.; Billy being approached in joining a mutiny, and later killing Claggart). Through such an approach the narrator evokes the atmosphere of ... Though Billy has many friends among the crew of the Indomitable, the Dansker is the only one whose character Melville fills out completely. Wrinkled, cynical, tight-lipped, and wise in the crooked ways of the world, the Dansker offers quite a contrast to the handsome young sailor whom he dubs Baby Budd. Moreover, Melville compares the old Dansker to the oracle at Delphi, a kind of religious fortune-teller whom the ... because he treats his crew well. He is an intellectual, which is something rare in the armed forces. He loves to read, especially history and philosophy Books that reinforce his strong conservative opinions of the world. Though he is a decisive leader, he also has a touch of dreaminess in his character and on occasion has been seen staring into the sea. Because it is understood that Vere and Billy ...
- 1696: The Cuban Missile Crisis
- The Cuban Missile Crisis The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world ever came to thermonuclear war. "Nuclear catastrophe was hanging by a thread…and we weren't counting by days or hours, but minutes." 1 The United States was at its highest readiness state ever and the Soviets were ready to ... did not know if Gromyko knew about the missiles or if the Americans knew about the missiles. Kennedy decided not to confront the minister on the issue. Even though the meeting started out about minor world events, the topic quickly shifted to Cuba. Gromyko said that the Soviet Union would help contribute to Cuba's peaceful democracy. Kennedy responded by reading a statement he had made in September saying that ...
- 1697: Regeneration
- ... man at the institute whose life is rotting away because society believes that is the only just place for him. Burns experienced a very traumatic event when he was on the front line in the war. During his stay at Craiglockhart he had a hard time eating because of his experience. During his meals he would try to eat but just throws it all up. During the war a bomb exploded near him. The blast sent him flying in the air. When he landed, he came down face first in a dead man's carcass, with his mouth full of rotting entrails. One has to think to oneself, "How can putting him there at the institute with all other war stricken men help him." The point is, it can't help him. He spends his whole day reliving the war. He has to see people in uniform walking around. He constantly has a psychologist ...
- 1698: Hitler And The Nazi Party
- ... power in 1933 as the result of a complex set of factors. He was the right man at the right time to take advantage of the problems that had arisen in Germany in the post war years. In the post war years of the 1920's to the 1930's, the German people had many grievances. The biggest of which was the economy. The hyperinflation of the early 1920's, in January 1921 the German mark ... and well-meaning men, representing the inflation impoverished middle class and business. They relied on chronic credit inflation (which put them more and more into debt. The Germans were also upset by the loss of World War 1, but the thing that made them the maddest, is the punishment enforced on them as a result of the Treaty of Versailles. Such as redistribution of territory, reduction of Germany's fighting ...
- 1699: Brave New World 5
- Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is a novel that takes place in Utopia. Yet in this ideal place everyone is conditioned to be happy, it is a place where various things such as the arts are restricted ... none of the things he enjoyed and loved existed. In the novel, freedom of the individual will is one of the fundamental beliefs at the root of human ideals. While the environment or the public world (society) plays some part in forming the psyche of an individual, it is in the end, the choice of the individual (John) to be who they become The whole concept of Brave New World contradicts to everything John ever believed in. John came from a world where art and expression of variation from the society existed. People must face their problems and overcome them, and love requires commitment ...
- 1700: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- The History of the Ku Klux Klan The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is one of America's oldest and most feared groups. Driven by the dream of a world with only one master race, the KKK often uses violence and moves above the law to promote their cause. They didn't start of violent, or to promote white supremacy. They have been in the shadows for over 130 years and continue to thrive in America's society today. The Ku Klux Klan began almost accidentally during the reconstruction period after the civil war in the Southern United States. The southern people had suffered greatly from the effects of the great war. Many of them lost their homes and plantations. Many also lost friends and loved ones to the war. The people needed a release from the sorrow of everyday life. In 1865, six men from ...
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