The central theme of the Enlightenment – and what made it revolutionary – was the idea of progress. Human society was not fixed by tradition or divine command but could be changed, and improved, by human action guided by reason.” which can be found in the textbook known as Ways of the World: A Brief […]
A vast library of exquisite and one-of-a-kind pieces intrigues the viewers as they enter the grand entrance of the Detroit Institute of Art. After several effortless flights of veined marble stairs, the partons are greeted with high ceilings, inspired by Italian renaissance architecture assuming from warm tones and luxurious decorations. Daylight illuminates the grey, milky […]
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Get startedNapoleon Bonaparte was a dictator originally from Corsica. Napoleon learned war when he was a boy. When it was 1799, he took over the roles of authority eliminated governmental routines already place an example is when he overthrew the nobles. many members of the 3rd estate liked him due to him giving a little bit […]
The pursuit of happiness is a goal many of us strive for in life. John Stuart Mill and Peter Singer both attempt to tie happiness, in respect to the community or world, to morality. The model of Utilitarianism is too extreme and brings more questions than it answers. I will explain Mill’s and Singer’s utilitarian […]
“Churchill knew, we all knew, and we couldn’t do anything about it—except winning the war ” (Mazanski). While many may think that the Allies had done much to help the Jews during World War II, they actually did not do anything at all. During July of 1941, the Allies intercepted messages from the Germans that […]
Adolf Hitler was born in Austria-Hungry and moved to Germany in 1913 to join the efforts of World War I. Hitler decided to try to take power through a government coup after the war in 1923 and failed. His failure led to his imprisonment where he spent his time writing his book called Mein Kampf. […]
Do you think there was any influence of Americans on the rise of Nazi Germany? One can say, America was the reason why the Nazi Party gained its power. America has had a past with discrimination. And the Nazi Party didn’t gain its power out of anywhere. Americans/America had a great influence on the Growth […]
Closely Watched Trains captures the zeitgeist of Czechoslovakia while it was occupied by Germany during World War II. The film’s comedic yet melodramtic mood creates an image of the Czech people as having lost their spirit. The focus on the young protagonist Milos parallels the wartime experience of Eastern Europeans during the german occupation a […]
Aachen, the city that was notoriously known for being turned into a fortress by the Germans during World War II due to the rich, sentimental value Hitler saw in it; it is heavily guarded and protected by its vast array of barbed wiring, pillboxes, anti-tank obstacles, and other barriers, was penetrated by American forces. Also […]
Japanese-American Internment During World War II, following Pearl Harbor, many journalists and government authorities feared Japanese-Americans. They believed that people of Japanese descent had a plan to invade the west coast, specifically California. As journalists continued to spread rumors of the invasion to the public, the public became so fearful that the FBI investigators began […]
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are distinct historical events because they remain to be the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of warfare. Setting the stage for these tragedies were the commencement of the second world war in 1939 and the subsequent bombing of Pearl Harbor by Imperial Japan in 1941, […]
It has been a while since World War II, but the atrocities committed against humans in Germany and Japan are still vivid: human trials, massacres, racial discrimination, bacterial weapons, etc. are all unforgivable crimes committed against the world. So what is it that made Germany and Japan do such a terrible act? What horrible things […]
What if crime during wartime is viewed the same as a crime in normal times? In Nazi Germany, crime during wartime is seen through a different lens in comparison to crime not during wartime. In The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak, Hitler is ruling the Germans with propaganda during World War II, from 1939-1945. During […]
World War 2 was a war marked by great levels of devastation and anguish, taking 17 million soldiers and even more civilians. The war began in 1939 on September 1st with the Nazi invasion of Poland. In total, more than fifty nations were involved, with the Axis powers consisted of Nazi Germany, Italy, and Japan […]
There was a quote by American moral and social philosopher, Eric Hoffer, “Propaganda does not deceive people; it merely helps them to deceive themselves.” In the fiction novella of Animal Farm, George Orwell creates an allegory for the Russian Revolution; The animals on Manor Farm is sick of being so poorly treated by its human […]
Animal farm is a book about animals on a farm who revolt against their human master Mr. Jones. The animals are inspired to revolt because of Old Major; He is a dying pig that acknowledges that the animals are currently enslaved to Mr. Jones, and because of this he explains that they need to free […]
Twenty-two years after the Russian Revolution ended, George Orwell published his world-renowned novel, Animal Farm. The novel itself attracted an immense amount of attention and became a commercial success over the years that followed. Orwell’s intention while writing Animal Farm was to depict the Russian Revolution of 1917 using clever symbolism and allegories that accurately portrayed […]
Imagine future England, where many more animal communities existed all in peace andorder. With the best generation of technology and crops, wouldn’t that be glamorous? Thatwould be what Animal Farm, a book written by George Orwell, evolved into if the two animals Boxer and Snowball were leaders of Animal Farm as political duo. Unfortunately, the […]
The pigs get a lot of special treatment above all the other animals and break many of the commandments, such as drinking alcohol, sleeping in a bed in the house, and getting apples and milk. Napoleon also uses his power unfairly because he takes money from the farm to buy alcohol, kills the animals who […]
Pattern recognition lies within all animals, especially humans. But this fact contradicts many events that have happened in history, mainly the ones including propaganda. The communism under the rule of Stalin after the Russian Revolution of 1917 is an example. The common people believed in propaganda, no matter how extreme the propaganda became. A book called Animal […]
Animal Farm by George Orwell illustrates Bill Clinton’s quote, “The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.” The book begins with a farm established upon the truths of Animalism, but as Napoleon gains more power, he not only lies to the animals but destroys these truths. As Napoleon […]
After reading Animal Farm I realized how anyone could influence other people into doing what they believe has to be done in order to achieve a greater goal, no matter what the cost. George Orwell represented the darkness of society by creating a farm in which all of the animals are wanting freedom from their […]
It was the early 20th century. Russia’s economy was booming. Jobs were being created, people began to relocate to cities with more factories in hope that they will be able to prosper in this new age. As they prospered, they hoped to “form political parties and band together to demand change for the horrible working […]
National Socialism, commonly called Nazism, German political movement initiated in 1920 with the organization of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party, also called the Nazi Party. The movement culminated in the establishment of the Third Reich, the totalitarian German state led by dictator Adolf Hitler from 1933 to 1945. National Socialism emerged from consequences of […]
World War 1 has several different titles whether it be the first war or the great war. It was very helpful to Germany despite their defeat in batter. This is true because the rise of Nazism is directly related to this war for several reasons. According to United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM): “In the […]
After World War I, many men who had gone to fight in the war were returning and desired to take their jobs back from the women and African Americans who had taken them in America; because African Americans and Women had been exposed to the taste of equality in factory jobs and good wages, they […]
The power of the king, the nobles and the Church • While King Louis XVI was still a powerful monarch, he was believed to be more “enlightened” than those who ruled before him. • Louis XVI knew about enlightenment, but still didn’t really do much in the way of reform, as nobles had lower taxes, […]
The start of the revolution • During the Estates General, every Estate created a list of their grievances, known as cahiers. • All the Estates believed that there needing to be liberty of the press, a constitution, and a removal of internal trade barriers. • The groups disagreed on many more topics, though, as the […]
The situation by the end of 1789 • The nobility, clergies, and royalty were known as the counter-revolutionaries. • Even with the revolutionary movement becoming so large, there was still lots of support for the king from the lower class in Catholic regions. • There were multiple kinds of counter-revolutionaries. The most conservative of them […]
France is a country in West Europe, with Paris as the capital, existing for a little over a thousand years. It is a big part of European history. Most people in France speak French while some may speak english. Many wars have been fought in France including the Hundred Years war. France is home to […]
