1. Divine Providence
During the mid-1940s, George Kennan, the "father of containment" and the U.S. Ambassador in Moscow, understood and relayed the Russian Marxist way of thinking better then any American. In February of 1946, Kennan sent an extraordinarily "Long Telegram" (8,000 words) to the U.S. State Department, und...
grendel works in nihilism United We Stand in Optimism For so many years, tragedies and other major events have torn America. These events play the role of the divider and antagonist of America's people. Americans have the ability to fight against these atrocities and always unify themselves. W...
At the inception of the Cold War, the Soviet Union was on the verge of amassing a great deal of power, and it was this possibility that frightened the United States and brought about the Cold War. Any Soviet act of aggression was countered by the United States, further raising diplomatic tension. On...
"At 7.30 p.m. one evening the FBI learn of a plot to kill the President - the 1,572nd such threat of the year. At 8.30 p.m., five people know all the details. By 9.30 p.m., four of them are dead." These lines had intrigued me to read this brilliant novel by Jeffery Archer. There is not much explicit...
Antagonists to inclusion establish that provision of quality education for special needs students within the general classroom demands the necessary resources for both teachers and students (Lamport 65). ... To antagonists, the adequacy of the current regular schools to embrace inclusion is not effective. ...
Lincoln found himself in the role of commander in chief almost immediately after his inauguration, as the southern states began to secede from the Union. Lincoln had to make some very important decisions during the war that not only helped to win the war but also tested the Constitution, sometimes ...
Was conflict inevitable? It is commonly accepted today that perceptions form the views of reality. Our perceptions shape our world view. "It is the gift that enables you to become acquainted with the world around you." What happens when people who perceive things differently meet? Their realities ...
During World War II, many countries had been suffering the fire of war until the Allies won the eventual victory. Nevertheless, another difficulty came. How did those countries that involved in World War II recover from the destruction of the war? Because they had invested a great amount of capital ...
So it has begun, again. A war that is; but not just any war, a war between the United States and Iraq. But wait, didn't this already happen? In fact it did begin, and in a way hasn't ended ever since. But we won that war with our brilliant Desert Storm operation, didn't we? The news stopped rep...
Freedom of Speech Much of society is based on opinions given by someone of a higher authority. These people may range from supervisors to the presidents of colleges to the president of the United States; at any rate, these people tend to impose their opinions and label them as rules. What ma...
MARIJUANA Have you ever thought about what it would be like if Marijuana were legal? Marijuana, also known as, herb, Mary Jane, cannabis, hemp, green, etc, is a popular drug in the United States. Since its ban in 1938, the topic of legalizing marijuana has been a controversial issue. Opponents an...
English Tom Clancy's genius The Cold War and post Cold War eras have brought with them many interesting aspects. New technologies initially meant for mass destruction filter down into the civilian world, making current lives easier. One example of this is the anti-lock braking systems of...
The "New League" Platform was criticized by all participating nations, the Americans and British wanted the new League to be a force to encourage change, the smaller states involved were antagonistic due to the minimal power they would receive, the French wanted more emphasis with regards to keeping Germany from regaining any type of military power. ...
The Great Gatsby The Great Gatsby was wrote by F. Scott Fitzgerald and is said to be an American classic. Fitzgerald was born in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1896. He was a student of St. Paul Academy, the Newman School, and had attended Princeton for a short while. In 1917 he joined the army and...
Shortly after Imperial Japan's infamous attack on the United States fleet at Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had to make a decision regarding how to handle the sizable Japanese-American population on the west coast. The problem was that while they weren't enemy combatants, the question...
James Otis The Revolutionary War brought out dynamic personalities of men, which have made freedom a reality for us. One such man was James Otis who had a sincere concern for liberty and who believed in man's singular sovereignty, while publicly guarding against the practice of absolutism in go...
"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light..." These words from "The Star Spangled Banner" are familiar to nearly every American, but the war that gave rise to them is often-times forgotten. The song was written during the War of 1812; often referred to as the Second War of Independence. It's al...
Silko's short story "Lullaby" lends itself well to close reading and analysis. "Lullaby" is a story whose themes can be interpreted in many different ways. After close reading "Lullaby", I came to the conclusion that the feelings of the protagonist, Ayah, presented the theme of fear and the abil...
Thematically, good will conquer evil, as Jack Carson's actions symbolically represent the United States and the Allied powers as he battles the the evil Colonel Helmut Von Toth, who represents Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers as a reflection of the events of World War II. Throughout Daniel Reed's novel, Deliver Us From Evil, Jack Carson is determined to end the evil surrounding the madman Von Toth. As characterized, Jack Carson, is a hero for his family and his country. As characterized, Georg Joins forces with the American as he realizes Von Toth's evil plan must be stopped. ...
Jacksonian Democrats viewed themselves as the guardians of the United States Constitution, political democracy, individual liberty, and equality of economic opportunity. In the light of the following documents and your knowledge of the 1820s and 1830s. To what extent do you agree with the Jacksonian...
Dualism: The Struggle To Find Order and Meaning The struggle to find order in the world and to distinguish humans from other forms of life has been the primal exercise of philosophers throughout recorded history. For nearly 2,600 years, the preeminent philosophy in Western Civilization employ...
The purpose of this paper is to persuade the reader into understanding the crucial role that capital punishment plays in the advancement and well being of our American culture. By When European settlers came to the new world, they brought the practice of capital punishment. The first recorded exec...
There is no clear-cut profile that fits the adolescent sex offender, however some of the signs that may be warning are; loners who are separated from their peer group, they like to play with younger children, underachievers who are generally immature in most areas of functioning, experiencing a variety of social and behavioral problems at school and they see the world as basically antagonistic. ...