History Critical Thinkings Samples For Students

Discipline: Art & architecture

Gustavo Eiffel Tower was built in Paris 1889 for the purpose ofaninternational exhibition. It was meant for commemoration of the French Revolution centenary. Its name came from engineer Gustave Eiffel. The company of the engineer designed the tower and built it. It is international cultural icon of the country France. It is iron lattice tower. It was made of wrought iron.The foundation is made of concrete slabs of two meters high. It has antenna on the top making it even tall.It is the tallest art structure in Paris. Its dimensions are 324 meters tall. The tower is bronze colored. ...

Historical memory can be well understood as a collection of information representing the past, which is shared by a specific group of people or community. People have a tendency of communicating about collective and historical memory by relying on the individual memory. To some extent, an individual’s memory of their experience and life gives them the sense of their origin and what they are, and guides them in making decisions about their future. The collaboration between journalist Alex Haley and Malcolm X led to the publication Malcolm X’s autobiography in 1965. The autobiography was co-authored by Alex Haley basing on a ...

Who are we? How did we get here? What’s the point? This are just some of the many question we ask ourselves, questions to which the answers we do not know. But one thing is for sure according to me, it is these questions, simple but so complicated questions that have led us this far in life. These questions are the ones that have led man in the quest for discovering who he is. These questions are the one that in the first place have led to the discovery of art, religion, history and philosophy.
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Marx is considered to be one of the most prolific thinkers and writers of the last 200 years. Is the intellectual figure that influenced western political thinking the most and his writings are essential to understand political ideas of the modern left. This paper will review some of his most original and revolutionary ideas.
The first discussion that comes to mind when discussing Marx´s ideas is his views on alienation and social classes. The heavy influence of positivism can be perceived behind his theories about social classes when he describes how men lose their ability to determine ...

Both the documents: “The Laws of Manu” and “Ban Zhao’s Admonitions for Women” talked about the role, duties and status of women in different times and places. The Laws of Manu were edited in 1913. This paper thus draws comparison between the two texts and talks about how the different times; places and religions had a huge role to play in determining how women are treated. While the Hindu version, derived from scared Hindu books, clearly shows how subservient the status of women is in Ancient India and how the only purpose of her life is to ensure that ...

Jan Massys was a famous and very talented artiste in the 16th century who was known for his paintings on landscapes, historical themes and genre scenes. Born in 1509 to a prominent painter in Antwerp, Jan Massys grew into a famous artiste who fancied paintings depicting nudes with historical themes. Being a student of his father, Massys learnt and painted like his father until he was exiled due to their family’s religious beliefs which were not welcomed in Antwerp.
Paintings and painters and other artistes were highly celebrated in the renaissance periods where art was used for various reasons. It was ...

Influence of Buddhism

Influence of Buddhism

Introduction

The Indian region is politically decentralized due to the diversity of religion. However, the organized teachings of Buddhism in the Gupta Empire help the nation in establishing their political and religious unity. Although it was lost after the prosperous reign of the Gupta Empire, it left a significant impact in teaching morality and ethics. Two of the major documents helped in maintaining the significance of Buddhism in India, which were the “Dhammapada” and the “scripts of Faxien”. These two documents depicted the moral teachings of Buddhism during its reign in the Gupta Empire. The objective of this ...

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Art and literature have been prevalent right from the pre-historic times. There were cave paintings, which evolved and formed certain practices of art. In certain cultures, types of art forms became prominent, leading to creating a legacy of its own. When writing became a nomenclature, literature also surfaced in various forms. First it was in the form of religious books, history writing and then into various other ways. As the society evolved, ...

Bob Dylan’s song uses lyrics about to the divine in his song ‘With god on its side’. The title is also the main hook of the song as well demonstrating the importance of god and the divine. The use of a main hook line and title with the lyrics ‘God Bless the U.S.A’ is used by Greenwood in his song with equal importance. Both songs appeal to patriotism and the divine however the difference is that Dylan’s lyrics are satirical and don’t necessarily mean what they say directly. Greenwood’s language is not satirical and the listener ...

I Have a Dream
The speech started with the emancipation of the slaves in United States that Abraham Lincoln issued to them. Martin Luther King, Jr. said that although the blacks were freed from slavery, they are still not free. King complains that men were given a check and a promise of freedom. Nevertheless, for Blacks whether men or women the check came back with insufficient funds. King stood firm to fight for their freedom along with his many supporters, as they demanded things that would bring change without procrastination from the oppressor and with a sense of urgency. Therefore, they wanted ...

The Qatar National Day is a public holiday celebrated annually on the 18th of December. This special day also marks the 1878 historical date when Sheikh Jassim Al Thani marshaled the peninsula’s tribes into unity. However, the Qatar National day does not do signify the birth of an independent nation but serves as a constant reminder of the time when the concept of a Qatar people came into being. It is aimed at maintaining an understanding and appreciation of Qatar's heritage, and to foster pride among Qatar’s. Established by Emiri decree in 2007, the National Day celebrations are getting better ...

Introduction

Philosophy has and remains to be one of the most pivotal pillar that aids the understanding of various phenomenon. While this is true, it is sad the scope and origin of philosophy is never appreciated in the educational realm. A close analysis of schooling across various contexts shows that education dogma has often been perceived to be western dogma. This is not true based on the primary fact that philosophy, which forms the basis of education can be traced to the ancient Greek times. It is on this basis that Greek philosophy should be considered a tradition, which should be ...

The Disney movie, Pocahontas might be a fiction version of the real Princess Matoika, but it is still a distortion of history. Moreover, displaying an erroneous relic of history in a prestigious dome of the country is a disgrace for the brave Native Americans, who courageously defended their territories against the English colonizers. Pewewardy in his article, “The Pocahontas Paradox: A Cautionary Tale for Educators” stressed that the character of Pocahontas in the movie was a sellout among the Native Americans. She was unjustly represented as a supporter of the race who was invading their tribal territory. The movie erased the issue of historical injustice ...

Implications of inadequate patient histories on the radiological examinations

Implications of inadequate patient histories on the radiological examinations

Introduction

Radiology is a medical specialty that uses imaging techniques for the diagnosis and treatment of diseases. Commonly used radiological techniques include X-ray radiography, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A number of factors influence the diagnosis made by radiological techniques. Some of these factors include type of the disease, type of the technique used, parameters of the instrument used, interpersonal differences between the radiologists and clinical history of the patient.
The availability or non-availability of the clinical history affects the diagnosis of radiological ...

Introduction

Knowledge is defined as the accurate understanding or acquaintance with areas of human survival. The more advanced understandings we have with on environment represent our improved survival. Humans traditionally gain knowledge through two sources. The first is through books. Books have always been the elementary source of knowledge from a very tender age. Children are not the only a group that use books or other written sources to gain knowledge but also adults.
Despite the fact that books are very informative, experience is also another vital source of knowledge for humans. Experience is very vital as it uses real situations ...

There seems to be a general perception of America and its permanence as a dominant global power will not, or should not, last much longer. One particular view, and the most common of all, is that the United States is declining economically, politically and socially. This is exactly what James Fallows expresses in one article published in 2010 called How America Can Rise Again.
Fallows finds amusing that the idea of a declining America has been around ever since the foundation of the country, yet the collapse never seems to happen. His article is full of examples of how intellectuals, politicians, ...

Discussion Question 1: During the portion of the video on blending anarchism, socialism, and Communism, Zinn describestaking the best of each and applying them to a democratically elected government. How does blending these concepts support market place of objectivity?
Discussion Question 2: in the case, Zinn wants historians to adhere to certain standards guided by their personal values as well as honesty. He wants them to be flexible. What does Zinn propose to be a reason behind abuse and use of history?
In the “Use and Abuse of History” Zinn makes a case for everyone being biased. Here Zinn is ...

Classic English literature

Once Percy Bysshe Shelley said that human history is like a poem written by time upon the memories of man. But sometimes history gets a form of a novel, and hearing about historical events from a novelist may become much more exciting and entertaining than getting facts from a historian. Reading a historical novel allows the reader to avoid prejudice and form own opinion about events and historical figures; understand real causes and backgrounds of what was happening.
It is interesting that Sir Walter Scott was a collector of antiquities. He admired this captured history that once had been put into the object by its ...

Response Paper

In answering the question, Joyce, you demonstrate that you understood what the quiz requires and respond adequately. Modern art (rap and hip-hop) among African-Americans reflects the oral narratives characteristic of African traditions. Like traditional storytellers in Africa, African-American rappers tell stories about the tribulations of the Black population and others issues through rap and hip hop music (Wood 2004). Stating that rap and hip hop are real art due the way they follow a specific artistic tradition from African oral narratives, Joyce says that the art enables the rappers to deliver their messages to subsequent generations. She however does not ...

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American Civil War is considered in history the deadliest one. There are over 700,000 soldiers and casualties of both colors died at that time. It actually started on labor issues between black and white people. Wherein, different forms of slavery and racial discrimination arise. Moreover, the war worsen when a variety of revisionists have offered different interpretations. The situation becomes more complicated and chaos. Everyone has issues on something to someone. W. E. B Du Bois is one of them. He is an African-American historian author. He has issues on the reconstruction governance, of which ...

American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us was written by Robert Putman and David Campbell. It gives more information about the aspects of religion in America. In this book, the authors give a wide coverage on the different aspects of religion in the past and contemporary American society. They use appropriate sociological methods in the collection, analysis and presentation of data. First and foremost, they give factual information which is based on their own research and that of the other scholars. A part from relying on their own surveys, they use secondary sources from Gallup, the Pew Religious Landscape ...

Response 1

The first discussion post clearly describes Jefferson, from his days as a child to his days as the president. It opens by presenting a young Jefferson who roamed the woods in Virginia and read books. Of importance to note is that Jefferson was an educated man. According to Bernstein (16), Thomas Jefferson was a respected lawyer who graduated from the College of William and Mary. The post also outlines Jefferson’s role in American history by noting that his writings shaped America’s political philosophy. Jefferson believed in the separation between the church and the state, freedom of speech, abolition of slavery ...

Abstract

Slavery is a subject of heated discussion and argument and many works are published each year depicting the ethical inconsistencies and the way slaves and slavery paved the way for the history to arrive to this day. The following is an article that analyzes the book “Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World” by David B. Davis on the subject of slavery and the way it created the Americas and the American society.

Inhuman Bondage: Critical Essay

Introduction
Slavery has been the scourge of mankind throughout the ages. Slaves have been the untold structures of not just economies, ...

The aim of this essay is to present you with a definition on a concept which has been flirting with the human nature ever since the dawn of prehistoric times. If each word is to depict a notion widely accepted and shared within the borders of a speaking community, then the word ‘success’ has spread its meaning throughout centuries, changing meaning according to the ideals of each era and civilization. Success has been an ideal that has always been flirting with its being considered equal to happiness. People have always believed that a successful person is usually a happy person. But philosophy, psychology and social ...

In the beautiful Greek city of Olympia in the times of Homer (est. 800-701 BC) in honor of the god Zeus a sports event, known to all mankind – the Olympic Games – began. According to Miller (2006), alongside with the inception of the Olympic games in 776 BC Greece began to awaken from the Dark Ages (p.2). The ancient Greeks spoke differently about their inception. Some said that the competition was initiated by the supreme god after his victory over his father Kronos. Others said that the father of the Olympic Games was supposedly the son of Zeus, the majestic Greek ...

Australian citizenry experienced tremendous transition from white majority to multiculturalism. At least three factors have led to this dynamism and they include politics, race and culture (Cox, 2010). The history of Australia dates back to January 1st 1901, when the country came into existence as well as a self-governing entity (Dunn et al, 2010). In the early 19th Century, Australian viewed themselves as pre-dominant Anglo-Saxon emigrants. This was the foundation of an Australian citizen, which explains their distinct physical manifestation, culture and racial features (Cox, 2010). This inevitably led to the introduction of Immigration Restriction Act 1901, which became the ...

Despite the fact that the dominant position in the family in ancient Egypt was held by the man, his wife, who gave birth and raised children, was considered to be no less important member of the family, as she was the one who preserved, and at times increased wealth of the family, as well as sustained procreation.
The main function of women, of course, was procreation. There is available evidence that the marriages were entered into often at the behest of couple`s parents or masters, however from the lyrical verses scholars became aware that young people enjoyed a ...

Path dependency is where earlier historical events and decisions determine the future of an organization. In firm definition, path dependency dependentevents in history that bring about patterns in the organization which deterministic properties. These could be events and decisions, established policy, procedures, expectations and / or norms that have longterm on succeeding events and decisions (Berghout & Julia Hertin; 2002). The decisions and plans made by an organization will affect its future either positively or negatively depending on the profitability path the organization takes after such decision.
A strong culture is deeply embedded within the members of the organization and ...

Question I am responding to: How should hate crimes—such as firebombings—be punished?

A hate crime like firebombing clearly has a long history of a problem history behind it. People would not be committing crimes like that unless they were very, irrationally I would say, angry about something. Like from the reading where it discussed 20 incidents of vandalism against his newspaper and Tisdale recalled the fire bombing incidents more so than the other, this is an act not just of meanness, or racism, not an act of crew words or spray painting, but it is an act of extreme violence that legal bodies must punish with a swiftness and show the punishment publicly in ...

History

1. What was the impact of the Gold Rush on California and California Statehood? How did race and ethnicity factor into this historical period? (Pick at least one racial/ethnic group and explain how this group was affected.)
The Gold Rush of 1848-1855 in California began after a discovery by James Marshall. The impacts of the rush were immense with people flocking the state from all over other states. A small statehood of just about 200 residents grew to 36,000 by the year 1852 (Ohlone College online, prg 13). The surging increase in population led to development of roads, ...

Introduction

Following the standard medical practice where the symptoms are tested, the diagnosis is in essence made, and then the physician tries to get information concerning causes of a certain malady. Part 2 of Affluenza: The- All Consuming Epidemic explores the root causes of Affluenza. This part contains six chapters, but the last chapter that is; chapter 20 does not discuss these causes but starts to talk about the treatments. Deepening their diagnosis, authors in these six chapters explore the roots of Affluenza.
For that reason, this paper focuses on chapters 15-23 where it discusses various historical causes of Affluenza ...

Howe, John. “The Nobility’s Reforms of Medieval Church.” American Historical Review 2, no. 93 (1988): 317-39.
The story of the medieval church particularly of the 11th century is that of the church and the nobility. While Churchmen and women were of diverse background, the ultimate control of the Church between the 11th century and the 12th century lay in the hands of nobles of European society. When the European society begun getting rich in the 11th century as urbanization and development of states progressed, it was apparent that some reforms had to be undertaken. Like all ...

Gabrielle M. Spiegel, “The cult of St.Dennis and Capctian Kingship” The past as Text. The theory and Practice of Medieval Histiography. John Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
In the excerpt, The Past as Text, Gabrielle M Spiegel explores medieval history while applying the concept of postmodernism. Spiegel allows the reader to make an assessment while applying critical and theoretical assessments of postmodernism. Similarly, Spiegel would like the reader to know that the texts are artifice and are mostly determined by historical occurrences that would be difficult to dig for the modern eye to capture.
She begins her quest ...

History-graded influences are historical events, such as the Holocaust or an economic recession, that affect the development of the individual, physically, psychologically and/or culturally and over time can become genetic changes. I think that the biggest history-graded influence in my development would be the terrorist attack on the World Trade center in 2001. The seriousness surrounding the attacks had caused a lot of changes to occur. With people being more aware of the chance a tragedy like this can occur, it makes people realized that there are people that will risk their own lives for the what they believe in, even ...

In today’s world, nothing elicits so much outrage than the subject of slavery. The bone of contention seems to be: why should one human being enslave another? Although people in the modern world may not fathom the rationale behind slavery, it is indeed true that slavery was an accepted institution in the ancient civilizations. It is even possible that slavery predates civilization. One of the reasons why slavery as a practice went on for so long was because enslavement of war prisoners and slavery as a punishment were accepted in the ancient civilizations. Nonetheless, such acts prompt the question of ...

Freeman Charles, “The motives of Constantine” in A New History of Early Christianity (New Haven: Yale University Press, 1947), 225-333.

In his chapter “The motives of Constantine,” Freeman argues that the motive for legalizing Christianity by Constantine was to increase his support base, especially among Christians. After defeating Maxentius, Constantine still had to seek support to defeat Licinius, who still ruled the Roman Empire until his defeat in 324 (Freeman 227). Freeman draws his sources from Constantine’s confidant, Eusebius who wrote History of the Church. This points to the idea that Constantine had political motives to legalizing the church. However, by that time, religion still constituted a paltry population of the empire, with less wealth and influence, whose members ...

There were several methods discussed as to how the ancient Egyptians built their pyramids. Specifically, it introduced ways of placing the huge blocks of rocks on top of one after another. These methods include the use of ramps, the mathematical knowledge of π, construction of buttress walls among others. Since only a few documents survived concerning Egyptian engineering, experimental archeology has been the primary means of discovering the untold methods of pyramid construction. Personally, I believe that the most probable technique to build the pyramids was the use of ramps. From the article, it was said that it is the only ...

An example of a successful social media campaign was the Frito Lay Do Us a Flavor campaign. Originally, according to Thomas, the campaign was launched in 2006 where people were asked to relay their suggestions for the next flavor of Lay’s potato chips in various locations; but never in the U.S. . When it was finally launched in the U.S., the goal was explicitly stated as aiming to beat the global record of 1.2 million submissions through social media. The campaign was so successful that it reportedly generated the following: 3.8 million submissions; over a billion Facebook impressions; 3.7 billion PR impressions; ...

The theatre play Bitten by a Snake is one of the most intriguing yet classic eye openers of the backdoor events that happened during the chaotic and violence-filled American Civil War of Independence. Most of what common people know is the events that happened involving high profile characters during the war such as Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, and other high-ranking officials who basically served as the head of that revolution. Majority of people, despite the fact that they claim they are highly historically aware, do not know what lies behind the major events in the war—which are, the challenges ...

Psychology

It is crucial to understand that there is a point of comprehension as communicated by both the article and video. The point being communicated may not necessarily be in the format that is agreeable to all the concerned parties; however, it is a recreation and a recitation of facts. The use of the “n” word is highly offending to African Americans as a product of their exposure to slavery. In many historical contexts, the word has been used by many African Americans in reference to themselves and their identity. This means that they feel comfortable or at home when they refer to each ...

Literature :

The Perfect Poster
The poster is a pictorial and striking representation of the Susan Laurie-Parks ’ attempt to make the audience understand the novel message given by her in “The America Play”, wherein she uses the look alike of an iconic president to draw the interest of the audience. This poster too focusses on the foundling father’s image to catch the eye of the viewers. Just as the dramatist uses repetition as a tool to highlight how history can be interpreted and reinterpreted,the mirrors in the poster shows endlessly repetititive images. The audience love sensational aspects of the lives ...

Introduction

“The Oresteia is a trilogy of Greek tragedies” is a book written by Aeschylus which definitely highlights the end of the bother on the House of Atreus. The book consists of three plays; Agamemnon, the Libation Bearers and the Avenging Furies OR Kindly Spirit. The apparent melodramatic ending of Aeschylus' Oresteia is not as melodramatic as it seems. An example is illustrated by Agamemnon who enters into a chariot which certainly illustrates that not everyone in Argos is definitely well disposed to the king.
The story of “ORESTEIA” causes a melodramatic ending in the end but on the inner view of it, ...

Definition of gambling

The term gambling involves the act of wagering/betting of either valuable assets or money with the anticipation that the uncertain outcomes will enable the wager to continue winning more valuable items. Gambling involves two or more parties who voluntarily bet their valuable assets; commonly referred as skates, with the anticipation that one party will emerge the win. In most instances, gambling may take many hours, but the outcome of wager is realized after a short period.
The term gambling is often confused with gamming, despite both terms having different contextual meanings. The word gamming is used when the government ...

Introduction

When treating mental health patients it is important to undertake the assessment basing on an assessment model so that the extent of the injury or infection will be obtained. This paper will focus on the nine stages of bio-psycho-social assessment that is normally undertaken for patients who are seeking for care. It is important to undertake this assessment as it gives a comprehensive overview of the mental health situation and gives the history of the genesis.

The nine elements of the assessment

The first stage in the assessment is that of identification. At this stage, the first impression of the patient is very important as there ...

1) In the 1960 Stanley Kubrick film Spartacus, Spartacus (played by an icy and heroic Kirk Douglas) is an effective presentation of the character within the context of the film itself. Douglas' steely presence, indicated by his fierce eyes and imposing physicality, shows a character of immense strength and courage. He is a man of action, using few words, especially in the beginning, to convey his inner thoughts; like many slaves, his thoughts turn only to survival, lashing out with an economical sense of force in the many gladiatorial training and battle scenes he is to endure throughout the film. His ...

Introduction

For this assignment I will be defining the tern Afrocentric. Many people around the world have had a negative connotation in reference to this terminology. However, it is important to look at the structure of our world today. The international system lacks a global police who can be able to regulate the actions of states. This means that the world lacks a central authority that can act as a control of different facets of the world. Nations have used their economic and military might to conquer other nations in order to access the necessary resources as well as fulfill other desired interests. Based ...

History vs Archeology

- History is supposed to be a written account of what happened before, but there is no way to determined if all that was already written is the only “history” that we have or if these are all true because it presents no actual evidences. This is when archeology comes or plays its part. It tries to confirm what historians have written and along the way they may discover artifacts which historians didn’t write about that could be added to the written history. History and archeology are two separate fields but they must complement each other so there should ...

Abstract

Historical cost accounting refers to the accounting method in which only the original costs of assets, liabilities, revenues or expenses are recognised. This means the method is silent as to the effects of depreciation, inflation, time value of money among other things. Much of the arguments for and against the historical cost accounting method can be divided into two, academic and practical reasons. The academic arguments resonate around issues of integrity and rationality while practical argument consider the fact that decision making uses accounting information and the overall need for accuracy in decision making. Its pros include the fact ...

Social justice can be defined as a) Historical inequities that affect present problems should be fixed until the real inequities no longer exist or have been addressed; b) the idea that wealth, power, and status should be re-distributed for the sake of the individual, the community, and society as a whole; or c) the responsibility of the government (or those who hold significant power) to ensure an essential quality of life for all its citizens. All of these relate directly to a country's historical values and economy, and have a dramatic effect on minorities and those not in power.
However, there are distinct ...

Introduction.

While collection of data using quantitative and qualitative techniques may be used in analyzing phenomena, the immense in quality in qualitative data is more varies as compared to quantitative designs. Both the designs require close attention when it comes to data reliably and validity, data collection techniques and research questions. Contrary to quantitative design, which focuses on behavioral analysis for large sizes of data, qualitative design is highly subjective, and size doesn’t matter in this design. The design is more flexible and focused, as compared to quantitative studies.
This module was aimed at recognizing the strengths and ...

Journal

Santo Domingo remains to be the largest city, and at the moment it is the Dominican Republic’s capital city. Founded by Bartholomew Columbus on the year 1492, it has been the longest settlement of people from Europe in America. The city’s leadership has changed for quite many times. According to the city’s history, it has been controlled by the Spanish, French and the rebellious slaves from Haiti before eventually attaining its independence back in the year 1844. With all the vital operations and services located there, makes it suitable to serve at the seat of the ...

Through academic training, human interactions as well as work experience, people gain different sets of information that ultimately constitute their knowledge. However, even if this statement is universally true for all human beings, the extent to which the ways of gaining knowledge are used by each person is very relative. Following this premise, it is true to convey that information – and therefore knowledge – is asymmetrical, which further implies that the nature and the amount of knowledge possessed by every human being are different. In certain situations though, knowledge might carry an ethical responsibility, that is, the duty to prevent a ...

Introduction to the Primary Source

Espionage - there has been extensive activities by people spying on the kingdom. These people are all over in the public places and it is important that the king be of high vigilance to avoid them. (Pg 7, Line 18 of the primary source excerpt)
Celibacy - this is a situation where priests in the kingdom are not allowed to be married or to have a sexual relationship at any time. This is an ancient tradition that was followed by the Catholic priests to maintain purity. (Pg 9, Line 2 of the primary source excerpt)
Egotism - this is a ...

‘Rewriting American history’

Rewriting American History highlights the changes that have taken place in America from the 19th century to the 20th century. It analyses information contained in various textbooks about American history and highlights how peoples’ views have changed over the years. It highlights the various changes that have taken place and how these changes have affected the American citizens. It outlines the various changes that have taken place in America over the years. It outlines the various historical events and their impacts. It dates back to the “ immigrants” from Southern and Eastern Europe in 1900 and their impact to the ...

In Toni Morrison's 1997 novel Paradise, the town of Ruby, Oklahoma is an all-black town that has been established to separate themselves from the tyranny of the white man in Civil Rights-Era America. In order to escape the shackles of exploitation, the community that established (and maintains) Ruby ends up creating a world that is completely free of whites. However, in the process, a whole new realm of discrimination and victimizing occurs, in the form of cutting down on 'contamination,' remaining inside the family lines while creating new generations, and maintaining a strict religious, moral and social standard that everyone must ...

The image of Tragic Hero is well known from the ancient times. Such characters were mentioned in Greek, Roman, Indian legends, fairy tales as well as dramas, tragedies and other literature works. One of the most famous heroes, which possess all the features of the tragic character, is Oedipus the King mentioned in the Greek ancient drama written by prominent playwright Sophocles.

In times of ancient Greeks tragedy did not mean a play with unhappy or lethal ending. It only meant that the play would depict a hero, who must fight against his fate. The character should also possess features thanks ...

This essay will consider the way in which American consumerism defines us as an individual and a society. As such, the paper will using the key readings from the specified text address the issues of how and why we use the purchase of goods and services to help define ourselves as individuals.

The general thesis statement to be examined in this paper is the contention that the acquisition and consumption of goods and services is used by the American public not only to fulfil basic physiological needs to also to help define a person either as an individual or as a part ...

Santo Domingo

Santo Domingo is the largest city, and currently the capital city of the Dominican Republic. It was founded in the year 1492 by Bartholomew Columbus, and has been the longest settlement of European people in America. The city has changed hands over time for quite a number of times. Through history, the city has been controlled by the French, Spanish and the rebellious Haitian slaves, before attaining its independence in the year 1844. It serves at the seat of the government, with all the main services and operations being located there. This information was obtained through reading various articles about ...

Giotto’s artistic style changed the whole history of the art. He moved from the dark and heavy Byzantine style. His paintings was the starting point of the art as it is now. For example, in his frescoes landscape, architecture, and figures had been reduced almost to the minimum (Janson & Janson, 2004, p.363). Giotto used less gold and sparkling elements. Besides, his frescoes make spectators feel closer to the event depicted. This is achieved by placing the main scene at the foreground, at the lower part of the panting. Giotto’s space on the pictures is limited, yet it ...

In Martin Luther King Jr.'s seminal 1963 speech "I Have a Dream," King uses a number of critical thinking processes in order to present his argument. On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, King delivered a speech that is remembered now as one of the most significant pieces of oratory in the 20th century. His call was for blacks and whites to come together, for blacks to be granted greater freedoms and for America to become a nation of equals. Not only was the speech thought-provoking and emotional, but King's points were excellently handled and ...