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Why Political Strife Was a Common Feature During the Dark Ages in the Greek Society (1664 words, 2 pages)

Between 800 and 750 B.C. a major colonisation movement began that for 200 years carried Greek settlers to new homes along the Mediterranean and into the Black sea region. Colonisation began as Greece emerged into the Dark Ages period following the disintegration of the Minoan and Mycenaean civilisations, and was ... Read More

John Smith’s Use of Logical, Emotional and Ethical Appeals on His American Audience (668 words, 1 pages)

John Smith was a master at utilizing logical, emotional, and ethical appeals to convince his audience to come to America. He was able to do this by asking rhetorical questions that emphasized what his audience wanted. Smith's audience was mainly the poor people of England but also included craftsmen like ... Read More

An Overview of the First Opium War of 1840 (3330 words, 4 pages)

As the western world is quickly stepping into the industrial age during the 17th and 18th century, the Far East civilizations have still remained in a mostly feudal society. This unbalance of progress created an unbalance of world perspective, unbalance of trade and unbalance of military power. The result of ... Read More

The Two Lower Levels of the Human Scale in Singer’s Use of Gimpel the Fool (1027 words, 2 pages)

Although Gimpel did not die a fool he lived his life primarily as a fool. Singers use of Gimpel the Fool demonstrated two lower levels of the human scale. The first is the cowards ability to justify to himself the reasoning behind his behavior. The second is the crowds ability ... Read More

The Use of Language and Symbolism in Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby (915 words, 2 pages)

The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald's use of language and symbolism forces readers to interpret different events in different ways, as well as think about what they have read. He builds his characters in a way which causes most readers to form similar opinions of them, creates complex relationships between ... Read More

A Review of Paul Fussell’s “The Great War and Modern Memory” (651 words, 1 pages)

Life in a World War One trench would have been far more hellish than any other experience in previous times. In those days, little thought would have been given to the men fighting the battles instead it went into the battle plans. In theory, these battle plans would have been ... Read More

The Cold War and Its Impact on America (537 words, 1 pages)

Americanism and the new american paradigm. note this paper is 99 opinion, and inspired by Noam Chomskys 1997 lecture in boston on Propaganda And Control of the Public Mind. The year was 1989, the cold war had subsided, and America was looking for a new paradigm, a new reason to ... Read More

As we study American history we see that the saying, History repeats itself reveals much truth. As we look closer to the American Revolution and the American Civil War, we can find many similarities between the two. Another saying that is made known is that We learn from our mistakes, ... Read More

An Overview of the American Domestic Affairs During WWII (3770 words, 5 pages)

American Domestic Affairs during WWI Though the WWI was started in Europe and had to do with European problems and didnt really have to do with America at first, when we got involved it changed our country forever. The war started mainly over a man named Franz Ferdinand who was ... Read More

An Analysis of the American Civil War (2361 words, 8 pages)

The American Civil War The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the events surrounding the end of the American Civil War. This war was a war of epic proportion. Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. The American Civil War was truly tragic in ... Read More

America’s New War: A Report on the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001 (316 words, 1 pages)

Americas New War As I awake for another days journey and begin to go about the norm, America is terrorized and innocent lives are lost due to four stolen American and United Airliners. Reporters all over the country reported that two airliners hijacked by terrorist struck the World Trade Center ... Read More

An Evaluation of the U.S. Decision to Go to War Against Saddam Hussein (966 words, 2 pages)

America Should Go to War Colin Powell made his case not too long ago. Saddam Hussein is not in compliance with Resolution 1441. He is not disarming. Therefore, the only practical thing to do is to go to war. Yet, many people protest the impending war, suggesting that President Bush ... Read More

An Argument Against United Stated Being Involved in Different Wars (239 words, 1 pages)

This is madness! Whats happened to the world? Is everyone gone insane? In a matter of way, this is what happens when you involve yourself in others business, like U.S. does all the freaking time. I dont know if there is one single war theyve missed, Im pretty sure theyve ... Read More

The Aims of Germany in Japan Before the World War II (329 words, 1 pages)

The Aims of Germany and Japan The 1930s were a tumultuous time. After World War I, the Allied powers seemed determined to preserve peace, but Germany and Japan held a shared goal of world domination. In two memorandums about the plans of Germany and Japan, U.S. officials make the position ... Read More

A History and Effects of Agent Orange the Herbicide Used by the U.S Military During the Vietnam War (1365 words, 2 pages)

Just saying the name Agent Orange gets the attention of every Vietnam veteran, and I dare say most of the Australian and American public, not to mention the Vietnamese. It has been argued about, written about, researched and debated, published in magazines and newspapers, talked about on radio and television. ... Read More

The Religion and Beliefs During the Age of Revolt (800 words, 1 pages)

The Age of Revolt During each period of life on the planet earth, a new idea, religion, or belief comes about. Each period is characterized by having a major idea that is shared among all that is living at the time. Writers and poets that lived in these time periods ... Read More

An Analysis of Cold War in Germany (414 words, 1 pages)

It became a Saturday routine. Heading home from shopping with my family, we were met by a group of angry demonstrators on one side, police in full riot gear on the other. The issue? The United States intended to station Pershing II's in what was then West Germany. "Nuts," the ... Read More

The Changes in Government in France and England During the Pre-Enlightenment Period (1378 words, 2 pages)

During the pre-Enlightenment period, France and England went through very dramatic and very different government change. At the beginning of this time period, England had achieved relative stability, due largely in part to Elizabeth I long and successful reign. On the other hand, France had been subjected to numerous civil ... Read More

An Event During My College Life (1150 words, 2 pages)

A story of College Leaving from home and exploring ones own dreams are a very important part of maturing. Though, the physical separation from home is for some a difficult transition to college life. What are those things one takes for granted while living at home, and attending high school? ... Read More

Use and Abuse of Watersheds in Southern Oregon (2493 words, 4 pages)

Use and Abuse of Watersheds in Southern Oregon In southern Oregon, watershed dynamics and use are significant to its surroundings, as many issues and problems have come from misuse of streams, rivers, and lakes. Upper Klamath Lake is one of the largest in the region, and is the setting for ... Read More

Nathaniel Hawthorne Use of Imagery in Young Goodman Brown (360 words, 1 pages)

Nathaniel Hawthorne is considered by many a great writer. Hawthorne's use of imagery captures the reader's attention and holds it throughout the story, such as the reader will experience in the tale of Young Goodman Brown. In the fable of Young Goodman Brown the reader is thrown into a twist ... Read More

A Solution to the Problem of Marijuana Use and Abuse (549 words, 1 pages)

As is well known, one of the most widely used illegal drugs in America is Marijuana. 70 million Americans over the age of 12 have used this horrible drug. More importantly, half of all youth under the age of 18 have smoked marijuana. Aside from the fact that smoking "the ... Read More

The Use of Characters and Plot to Convey Theme in A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare (848 words, 2 pages)

'A Midsummer Night's Dream'- How Characters Convey Theme In 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', Shakespeare uses his characters, as well as plot to convey theme. The characters of Hermia, Lysander, Demetrius and Helena all portray the theme of love in different ways. Hermia is a very loyal person but is very ... Read More

An Informative Paper About Hypnotism and How to Use It (1564 words, 3 pages)

A Guide to Hypnotism What hypnotism is? Hypnotism, contrary to common belief, is merely state when your mind and body are in a state of relaxation and your mind is open to positive, or cleverly worded negative, influences. It is not a trance where you Are totally influenceable. Cannot lie. ... Read More

The Use of Contrasting Images in a Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway (482 words, 1 pages)

A Farewell to Arms Essay Many novels use contrast images of the land or surroundings to contribute to the central meaning of the work. In Ernest Hemingways A Farewell to Arms the foil images of Italy and Switzerland help shape the theme of the book which is the cruelty of ... Read More

The Use of Symbolism In “The Lesson” (502 words, 1 pages)

A Clash of Cultures Symbolism in "The Lesson" In the beginning of "The Lesson" the narrator fits into no adult society. She is unaware of the relative poverty that she and all her friends are living in she does not understand her place in her own society. "The Lesson" uses ... Read More

The Limits of a World Framed Using Idealism and Realism (1709 words, 3 pages)

Realism as a political theory dominates the international relations area, historically slaying or engulfing competing theories. Despite the dominance of realism, since idealism was butchered on the battlefields during World War II 1, it has been assigned to the political scrap heap many times. Both the scientific approach in the ... Read More

An Analysis of the World War Two and the Role of Japan (1155 words, 4 pages)

World War II Japan committed what some would consider suicide, when their aircraft bombed Pearl Harbor.1 Pearl Harbor was the most important day of World War II. This was the first strike towards the US. making them enter the war. Even though the US. had been involved a little before ... Read More

An Analysis of the Concept of World War Two and the Role of European Allies (677 words, 1 pages)

World War II was a horrific and tragic war all the whole world. Many lives around the world were taken to defend their countries beliefs and to strive for world peace. Many think that the war was inevitable, but I think it could have been prevented in many ways. First ... Read More

An Analysis of the Role of William Howe and the Army in North America During the American Revolution (236 words, 1 pages)

William Howe William Howe, a british soldier who commanded the army in North America during the American Revolution, the brother of Richard Howe , was born on August 10, 1729, he was educated at Eton, and was commissioned a cornet in the Duke of Cumberland's Light Dragoons (1764) promoted to ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013