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- 5061: Historical Background To "Animal Farm"
- ... were extremely discontented with their ruler, Tsar Nicholas II, who had little interest in governing and was neglecting the count badly. Making conditions even more miserable for the people were the hardships the First World War and a particularly cold winter. By 1917, the Russian people were desperate enough to accept a revolution. fact, they got two for the price of one, the first in March when the Tsar was deposed ... in a shocking ab face in 1939, he suddenly signed a non-agression pact with Hitler. Not long afterward, though, Hitler broke this agreement and attacked Russia. In 1941 St was forced to enter World War II and make an alliance with Britain and America This takes us up to the time of the writing of Animal Farm - 1944. As you see, nearly every event in the novel can be traced ...
- 5062: 1984
- ... Works at Ministry of truth. Ministry of truth is one of four government buildings in destroyed London, the main city of Airstrip One, a province of Oceania. Year is 1984 and three contries are at war, Oceania, Eurasia and Eastasia. Oceania is run by the party whose leader is Big Brother. Winston is sick of his life in the ruined city and decides to keep a diary. This is against the ... new world. Also we are shown how the computer age has taken over peoples minds. The language is easy to understand, it has not really changed much over time. Seems like nothing left after nuclear war, just ruins remaining. We are introduced to Tom Parsons which Winston is contrasted with. The city is very drab. Quotes "Big brother is watching you, the caption beneath it said" "Thoughtcrime was not a thing ...
- 5063: Brown V. Board Of Education
- ... did not bring about total integration of blacks in the schools, it resulted in efforts by many school systems to remove the imbalance by busing students. The Court's decision had far reaching effects, influencing civil rights legislation and the civil rights movement of the 1960's.
- 5064: My Lai 4: A Book Report
- ... He has obviously done a lot of studying. From the information I could find on him, I cannot determine if he has had any past occurrences that motivated him to find out about atrocities of war. However, he may be like me .... and has a bit of compassion for others, and hates to see others hurt by unnecessary wars! In the preface of this book, Mr Hersh made a point to ... but, because of personal knowledge, his information was very useful. Without a doubt, I would recommend this book to anyone who supports wars or the Army in general. Too many people are isolated from what war IS, and how it effects civilians. Perhaps it would force today's ignorant people to THINK about our recent "police action: DESERT STORM. For some reason (the Media), nobody thinks that anyone DIED! I love ...
- 5065: Ernest Hemingway - "The Lost Generation"
- ... Hemingway is a renowned American author of the Twentieth century who centers his novels around personal experiences and affections. He is one of the authors named "The Lost Generation." He could not cope with post-war America, and therefore he introduced a new type of character in writing called the "code hero". Hemingway is known to focus his novels around code heroes who struggle with the mixture of their tragic faults ... typical Code Hero qualities; while Robert Cohn provides the antithesis of a Code Hero. Jake Barnes, the narrator and main character of The Sun Also Rises, is left impotent by an ambiguous accident during World War I. Jake's wound is the first of many code hero traits that he features. This physical wound, however, transcends into an emotional one by preventing Jake from ever consummating his love with Lady Brett ...
- 5066: A Reflection Of Egypt In The 2
- ... of tomorrow." Palace Walk This is the first volume of Mahfouz's "Cairo Trilogy," which covers the time period from late 1917 till 1919. Political events which occur during this novel include: the First World War, the changes in rulers of Egypt, the end of the war, the defeat and collapse of the Ottoman Empire, the struggle against the British, the formation of the Wafd, the advent of Saad Zaghloul as the all powerful national leader, and the outbreak of the popular ...
- 5067: Chaim Potok And The Problem Of Assimilation For The American
- ... their Jewish communities. Chaim Potok emphasizes the connection between Orthodox Jewry and the secular world by having his characters react to major historical events (PinkMonkey.com). The Book of Lights is set against the Korean War. In that novel, Gershon Loran travels to Korea and Japan, two countries that have never been influenced by Judaism. Loran has always been taught that Judaism is the civilizing force in Western Civilization. He must ... than a top grade in Talmud, for it was an unquestioned mark of ones Americanism, and to be counted a loyal American had become increasingly important to us during these last years of the war (The Chosen 12). Danny and Reuven would never have become friends if they had stayed within their communities; they only came to know each other through a "potentially assimilationist" activity. Both boys grew to maturity ...
- 5068: Air Force History
- ... 4 Field Training Detachment at George Air Force Base, Calif., and in December 1966 went to Southeast Asia. In addition, during this time there was an extended debate resulted in the defeat of a major civil rights bill forbidding discrimination in housing and of a bill permitting states to enact right-to-work laws. The Senate also voted, in effect, to annul a provision of the 1964 Civil Rights Act that required desegregation of hospitals. In December 1967, he returned from Southeast Asia to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, where his duties were T-38 section line chief. During the same year, the ...
- 5069: Marijuana
- ... number of eight grader teens using marijuana went from 11% to 28%(Teen Detox, 1). About fifty-seven percent of the young people in the US have used drugs before they graduate from high school (War on Drugs, 116). One Million teenagers start smoking and doing drugs each year, 3,000 a day, despite the fact they arent old enough to purchase these things (Teen Addiction, 18). A survey reported ... people have lack of attendance in school, poor school performance, and crime (Teen Addiction, 59). The main reason for the dumber a person gets the more they smoke is because that marijuana kills brain cells (War on Drugs, 131). The percentage of suicidal thoughts and no use of drugs is 8% and with the use of drugs weekly is 24%. Weekly use of drugs with stealing is 34% and without drug ...
- 5070: Aztec Civilization
- ... these fertile islands they grew corn, squash, vegetables, and flowers. Being an agriculturally dependant empire, the Aztec s religion was based highly on the forces of nature and worshipped them as gods. The god of war, Huitzilopochtli, was the most important deity. They had many other important gods, such as Tlaloc, the god of rain, Quetzalcoatl, the god of wind and of learning, and Tenochtitlan, the sun god. The Aztecs believed ... that they needed to perform human sacrifices. The main purpose of the great Aztec pyramids was, in fact, human sacrifices. They also believed that there were lucky and unlucky days for baptism and to declare war on, which were decided by a priest. Most art and architecture in the Aztec civilization was based on their religion. There are many brightly colored murals and paintings on walls and on bark which depict ...
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