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The Battle of Red Cliffs is part of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which is a historical novel written by Luo Guanzhong (Luo, Roberts and Luo). The stories tell of the years at the end of the reign of the Han Dynasty and the period of the Three Kingdoms starting in 169-280 (Gutenberg). The story is one that contains elements of history, mythology and legend. Even though there are hundreds of characters in the story, the story primarily focuses on Cao Wei, Shu Han and Eastern Wu and the struggles of these states to gain dominance (Luo, Roberts ...

Introduction

When the European settlers came to North America, it was already inhabited by an indigenous group of people. In the 19th century white Americans came with the idea of Manifest Destiny and in order to realize their idea of possessing the entire continent of North America, they began removing Native Americans from their ancestral homeland into reserved territories for the Indians. The US government initiated the One Big Reservation policy in 1851 and according to this policy Native Americans were to shift into 'One Big Reservation' but the constant migration of European settlers, the evolution of transportation technology which ...

The Battle of Gettysburg has a special place in the hearts of Americans. It was a real battle in the Civil War that for many reached mythical levels. In the South reenactments of the Civil War take place with an emphasis to historical fact both in uniforms and in military tactics. The Gettysburg battle and The Gettysburg Address by President Abraham Lincoln still bring up strong emotions for Americans to this day. On November 19, 1863President Lincoln noted at the Gettysburg’s National Union ceremony that the Union was created 100 years before and was “conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the ...

Crazy Horse was an Oglala Sioux Indian chief who was born in 1840 and under the Native American name Tashunka Witco near South Dakota. He got his name from his father, who was also named Crazy Horse after he showed the strong skills of a warrior. The Oglala Sioux Indian chief fought against the Black Hills reservations. He was known to be a fearless leader and remained committed to defending his people's way of life. The leader of the Lakota Sioux was also a legendary warrior who is known for his efforts to preserve Native American traditions and Lakota life that he was ...

Introduction

As engraved on the tombstone "A Soldier of the Revolution', Joseph Plumb Martin was indeed an ordinary soldier who died amidst poverty in 1850. He was an ordinary person who served bravely in the Continental Army during the American Revolution. He is best known for his memoir titled 'A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier', which was first published anonymously in 1830. In this memoir, he gave a vivid account of all that transpired in the battlefield in front of his eyes. His account of war is devoid of any embellishment of war heroes. ...

ABSTRACT

During World War II, the Allies faced an enemy with technological capabilities that matched their own. The Germans and Japanese boasted precision weaponry that was, in many ways, the envy of the world, and this skill had much to do with the success the Axis forces encountered during the war’s early years. But as the conflict wore on, the Americans and British showed a remarkable ability to adapt not only their design and manufacture of aircraft and armaments to meet the challenge of the enemy, but also their combat tactics. The speed and maneuverability of modern aircraft required pilots ...

Interpolated Tales in Beowulf as Reflection of Anglo-Saxon Perception of World

Classical pieces of literature evoked and continue to create fierce discussions and debates about their various aspects. However, the most valuable and enigmatic literature works belong to Anglo-Saxon period. Thus, the most mysterious and bewitching in its way of narration representative of that period is epic poem Beowulf composed by the Anonymous. It is the most controversial and debatable epic poem in terms of all aspects starting from its characters and ending by interpolated form of composing text. It should be mentioned that there is no information at all about creation of this poem, except approximate date and its ...

Introduction

Civil war is a conflict fought among organized groups within the same state. The war may be fought for several reasons, which include the need to gain independence and it may also be fought so as to control a region, and change the government policies governing a country (Blight, 45).

Thesis

Having read his brother’s bibliography, George Armstrong became interested in his life since he had been awarded two congressional medals for having fought and defeated the enemy nation during the civil war. Thomas Custer, a brother to Armstrong, was born in 1845, in Ohio. He was six years younger than Armstrong, but ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

The Punic Wars

In early world history, the Romans has been considered one of the most influential and powerful civilizations as they have revolutionized as to how society is organized and led. Like other civilizations, the Romans attempted to expand its territory outside its territories in order to sustain its people and also defeat possible threats that can challenge their ruling. One of the regions Rome had tried to conquer is the Mediterranean, which included the city of Carthage. Although both had respected their claims within the region, it was an inevitable occurrence that both would meet each other in the battlefield ...

Conflict amidst nations is a historical issue. Almost each and every country around the world has undergone either internal or external conflict. Some of the conflicts have been the most useful platforms for reconciliations. Meaningful reconciliatory talks have led to magnificent developments in the countries that had huge war problems. Equally, there are some other countries that have continued to stay behind because of the never ending wars. The consequences are deaths, tensions and poor cross boarder relations. The paper will take an in-depth study of the North and South Korean wars. The Korean wars are primarily the political, ...

Hemingway, Ernest. A Farewell To Arms.1995.
Scenes depicting the horrors faced in the Great War are evident in Ernest Hemingway’s “A Farewell to Arms.” The book contains five sections and provides a systematic narration of the life of one Mr. Frederick Henry. Serving as an ambulance driver with the Italian army during the First World War, the narrative shows Henry's quest to balance a love life and the ongoing war. Frederick Henry’s occupation as an ambulance driver exposes his character to many violent events that later lead to trauma. With Barkley, Henry attempts to find happiness and love ...

Step 1

What is the thesis of your paper?
The movie Gettysburg did have elements of the Lost Cause myth but the movie did make progress in teaching about Civil War through the movie.

Step 2

HOOK: What is interesting about this thesis? ‘Hook’ your readers with an interesting fact or angle.
The Lost Cause myth has been the basis of a lot of movies, and the Union soldiers and leaders aren’t respected at all in the Lost Cause myth.

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Find a minimum of 7 sources (3 must be actual books) that relate to your thesis. (DON’T FORGET TO CONSIDER VISUAL ...

Abstract

The 2003 Iraq War received a wide variety of different opinions throughout the international media. While American networks and press organizations entitled the conflict as Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Canadian media and the channels in some Arab nations referred to the conflict as "attack and occupation."
One character in this conflict was Chris Kyle, a deadly sniper in the American military whose life served as the inspiration for the film American Sniper. He wrote a book by the same name that teems with his utter disdain for the Iraqi fighters as well as with his excitement at the chance ...

World War 1

World War 1

Introduction

The First World War became a severe test for the whole world in the twentieth century. It was a turning point in European civilization that marked the end of the 19th century - the century of conservatism, education and stability, and the beginning of the 20th century - the century of the great revolutions and world wars, mass terror and rapid technological development.
According to Dowling, more than sixty million people entered the armed services in 1914-1918. Around ten million men gave their lives in the conflict known as Great War, along with twenty million others. The ...

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Although the United States of America became an independent country not so long ago there was a long history that preceded the mentioned event that happened in 1776. In this paper the history of the pre-independent USA will be explored.
It is believed that the indigenous people have been coming to America from Asia for thousands of years in the gap between 15 and 50 thousand years ago, when the modern Bering Strait did not yet exist and the two continents were connected with land. Reliable evidence of their presence in the United States was received throughF the findings ...

Katie Johnson was a twenty-year-old lady who was married to Jacob Johnson, a twenty-four-year-old man. The two lived a simple life that involved eating healthy meals and living peasant life in their garden. Katie was a stay-home wife, and her birth could be traced back to the year 1308 in Virginia. She was the only child of Joseph Mount and his wife. By the time she was three years old, Katie had lost her father. Her mother managed to get remarried to another man, who became her step-father for a while until he died.
For the next seven years, ...

Revolution is often; if not always, bloody, and there cannot be a revolution without rebels. These rebels become the hero of their society. If the early American heroes such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and many others had not resisted the power of the British Crown, the American Revolution would have never come to past. These freedom fighters, in search of liberty and freedom, rebelled against a powerful government, though they were the underdog, they won. Not every rebel is a revolutionist, however, anyone who defies authority or convention is a rebel. In the article titled “The Hero in Spite of Himself”, Rosette ...

Nations are often defined by their music – music has been used for centuries to depict the patriotism and values of a state or country, and America is no exception. The history of America’s patriotic music in particular is fascinating, and traces the country’s evolution from British offshoot, to bombastic independent nation, all the way through the difficulties of the Civil War, two World Wars, Vietnam and beyond. More than just anthems, American patriotic music allows music historians to track the national consciousness at the time at which these songs were penned and popularized – the way people sing about ...

SURVIVAL AND SUBVERSION

In the immediate aftermath of the Civil War, the Federal government enacted the 13th Amendment freeing the slaves and the 14th Amendment, which granted African Americans citizenship. In 1870, the 15th Amendment was passed, which gave black males the right to vote. In a few short years after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox, African-American enfranchisement was the law of the land. And yet, in a vast region that had been conquered in a long and bloody war, social change was superficial. In practical terms, there was little difference between slavery and the world in which former slaves lived. Segregation was an absolute ...

The experience of Josiah Harlan inspired Rudyard Kipling to write “the man who would be king”, in this story, Harlan is depicted as Daniel Dravot and in 1975 a film was based on the book. Harlan’s experience also inspired Ben Macintyre to write the book “the first American in Afghanistan” in 2004. The book only partly depicts Harlan’s experience and part of the story is fiction. This paper analyses fiction in the book and film compared to the experience of Harlan in Afghanistan as depicted by the book by Macintyre (2004).

Bibliography of Josiah Harlan

Josiah Harlan was born in the year ...

Introduction

John Muir is recognized as one of the earliest people to champion for the establishment of national parks, and he is popular for his eloquence speeches. He was born in Dunbar, a town in Scotland on 21st April in the year 1838. He went to schools within the Durban town until he turned eleven when his family moved to the Fountain Lake in the United States before relocating to the Hickory Hill Farm which is near Portage in Wisconsin. Muirs father was very harsh and he was a disciplinarian who worked hard to see his family achieve the expectations and goals ...

Storytelling in The Odyssey is an inter-related sequence of revelation, resolution and deception in which the juxtaposition of perspectives underscores the course of the story and establishes objective and subjective counterpoints concerning the nature of Odysseus himself. For characters such as the poet Demodocus, Odysseus is the subject of myth-making, a heroic and legendary figure due a symbolic “bronzing” through the medium of storytelling. Seen through the eyes of others, his legacy is a matter of cultural currency that is indispensable, particularly to the bards charged with maintaining and passing along the society’s collective cultural memory. The underlying theme of storytelling ...

Napoleon Bonaparte is greatly remembered for his impact on history of the 19th century. His hand was in every event that occurred in Europe during this dispensation. Napoleon underestimated and miscalculated his Russian expedition. He was able to capture most part of Russia with a large army. The sheer neglect of advice from the Generals and the harsh conditions compelled him to retreat. His army was almost wiped out as they surrendered back to France[ CITATION Cof02 \l 2057 ].

The Napoleonic regime which had banned trade between Russia and Britain inflicted a lot of pain on the Russians, and made them ...

Introduction

The issue of hydraulic fracturing, also known as “fracking” an innovation how to extract natural gas from minerals such as shale rock has become very controversial as of recently in the United States. Large sections of the United States especially in the Northeast have lots of shale rock which has caused many oil and gas companies naturally to extract the region’s resources. This over time has caused many conflicts between the oil companies, local residents as well as local, state and federal authorities. Many people question how safe of a process fracking is and what are the unknown ...

The world has witnessed many atrocities committed against a group of people based on ethnicity, race, nationality, or religion. Or course, the Holocaust comes to mind immediately as one of the greatest atrocities ever committed by one regime. The acts committed by groups like ISIS and Boko Haram today will long be remember as atrocities against specific groups of people. Another atrocity that stands out in terms of savagery and ruthlessness of the massacre the occurred in the city of Nanking (or Nanjing) in China in 1937 that is often referred to as the Rape of Nanking. This atrocity ...

Introduction

Wide Sargasso Sea was written in 1966 novel by Dominica born renowned writer Jean Rhys. This post-colonial parallel novel has put the author in the limelight being her most successful novel. This novel is a premonition of charlottes Bronte’s novel of Jane Eyre 1847 novel. This is a revelation of a relationship that casts a patriarchal society in which she is neither a black nor a white European with her European white boyfriend. This is a sour and unhappy marriage, which makes her appear demonic or devilish woman. The novel shortly tries to analyze the main themes of racial inequality and harshness of displacement and ...

Section 1: US Government

When the US constitution was set up, the founders divided the new government into three co-equal branches of government: The Legislative, the Executive and the Judicial. Each was given separate areas of responsibilities, that were designed to make the branches work together to govern the county. The idea was that no one branch would grow to dominate the other two. To make sure that didn’t happen, the founders built a system of checks and balances into the constitution. This system consists of a series of powers that each branch has over the other two, to prevent any one branch from ...

The wife of the 38th President of the United States, Betty Ford embarked on a remarkable personal journey. According to her, the day her husband became was the saddest day of her life (Ford,1978). Betty faced a number of personal issues that had to do with her health, with the most prominent one being breast cancer followed by alcoholism and dependence on painkillers. For all the hardships she faced, Betty Ford remained strong-willed and showed a tendency to push forward women's rights whenever she could. At the time her husband was made President, the United States was biased towards men, with ...

VaccinationsName

Vaccinations: A public health controversy What is vaccination? Immunization is the point at which an infection, or microorganisms, is deliberately managed to you (for the most part by infusion) so that your resistant framework can plan to battle a future contamination. The ideal approach to do this is to open your body to murdered or debilitated infections or microbes (or parts of them), that can't result in disease. How can it function? • Most antibodies hold a smidgen of an ailment germ that is powerless or dead. Antibodies do not hold the kind of germ that makes many debilitated. A few antibodies ...

Since time immemorial, people have been generating strong figures to look up to. These physically powerful figures are known as heroes. The presentation of these heroes in traditional mythological heroes is very different with that of modern day fictional hero stories. However, these heroes are created in related ways. They have to protect those in danger, despite the challenges they face. In classical mythological hero stories, the heroes are presented as infallible and set apart from the community. The heroes are expected to be in aid of the people in time of distress and fight the enemies on their behalf. ...

Background:

The outcome of Second World led to a bipolar world with the dominant forces coming into enacting power. One of these was the Socialist state of Russia that had suffered the most in Second World War and had contributed the most towards the defeat of Germany, the Second was an outside force in form of United States of America that had aided the Allies in the War and made their victories possible.

Introduction:

The end of World War saw a non conventional and unprecedented war in form of a Cold War. In this war, the battle was not fought on battle grounds between ...

INTRODUCTION

The objective of this study is to evaluate and assess the internal and external environment of Dunkin’ Donut. In order to do so, this study focuses on creating a SWOT table. The factors identified in the study will be along with one primary strength, weakness, opportunity and threat.

DUNKIN DONUT

External Forces
The analysis of external environment of Dunkin’ Donut is as follows;
- Legal and Regulatory
Legal and Regulatory framework has always been a threat for Dunkin’ Donut. Being an internationally recognized organization, Dunkin’ Donut takes extensive measures in its operations and properties to meet the laws and regulations ...

An appreciation of the period of the disguise of the Pandavas during their exile, when the five princes and the princess lived in the kingdom of Matsya, involves an appreciation of the variety of characters with heroic traits and varied personalities, acknowledging the epic theme of the battle between the divine and the evil, understanding the importance of kinship in Indian literature , listing out the didactic concepts, highlighting the formal elevated language and the repeated use of literary devices and above all enjoying the intriguing story line of the narrative.
Sanskrit, which was considered to be a scholarly language, ...

As a country America has always been seen as a unique unit of states with a common goal and a common destiny. This has always been her allure and her selling point. But as a nation America too had to evolve and grow from a smaller unit to the super power she is today. This expansion came about in various ways and some of the most common were via purchases and treaties. But just like other countries America too had to engage in warfare in a bid to expand her shores. America has been involved in many wars over the period of her existence and they ...

The colonists were increasingly at odds with Great Britain and he powers that they were holding over the people in the new world. Although the colonists had no representation in Parliament, they were being taxed at increasingly heavy rates and forced to fall ever strict laws. One of the newer laws that infuriated colonists was that Britain now demanded that they be sent to England to be tried for offenses that were committed in the colonies.
As the more influential members of the colonies were agitated, they began to write circular letters. These letters were started by one ...

The exact birth date of Alexander Hamilton is not clearly known. However, it is believed that he was born either on January 11 1755 or 1757 in Charlestown, which is located the Nevis Island that was a part of the West Indies islands. He was a founder of the United States. In 1773, Hamilton joined the King's College in New York. He was appointed in a literary society known as Philolexian Society, as a member.
The initial take on between the forces of British and those of America took place in the year 1775, in Boston. This actuated the American Revolution. Immediately, ...

Abstract

The American Revolutionary War began in 1775 and ended in 1783. Originally, the war was fought by the British on one side and the Americans on the other side, but developed into a war between the Great Britain on one side and United States, France, Spain and Netherlands on the other side. In 1783, the United States of America and the British government signed a treaty to cease fighting, and this marked the official separation of United States from the British rule; the treaty officially recognized the existence of United States as a sovereign state. From the onset, this paper examines the ...

At both the beginning and end of his Funeral Oration, Pericles states very clearly that the heroic and valiant deeds of the soldiers being buried at public expense are far more important than any words of praise from orators and politicians or any physical monuments and inscriptions. His purpose in this speech is not to glorify the dead any further since their deaths in battle have already accomplished this and no further commentary from him would be able to add or detract from them. Rather he is attempting to explain to the widows, children and parents of the dead ...

Japanese horror movies have long been a fan favorite because of their innovative way of combining traditional ideals and myths with innovative technology and storytelling to both thrill and horrify audiences. By looking at the cinematic elements in some of Japan’s most popular horror movies, we can better identify key themes and understand what elements serve to make these films so scary and so popular.

“The Ghost Story of Yotsuya”

“Ghost Story of Yotsuya” the 1959 film directed by TokaidoYotsuya, is representative of the traditional Kaidan genre. The plot revolves around the ronin Tamiya Iemon who lives a double life as a samurai while secretly killing ...

The movie Gods and Generals is a movie based on a fictional book about the Civil War by Jeff Shaara. Jeff Shaara is the son of the author who wrote The Killer Angels, the book that Gettysburg was based on. The Gods and Generals is a prequel to Gettysburg. The movie shows the Battle of Bull Run (1861) and then moves forward to Fredericksburg, Virginia in 1863. This movie does not have as many battle scenes as Gettysburg. Instead the movie has long intervals of scenes about nostalgia for The South. Gallagher (2008) explained that Hollywood movies had started portraying the Civil ...

Boris Pasternak’s classic novel accords with the tradition of great Russian literature in its reflection and interpretation of the period in which it was written, despite the fact that Dr. Zhivago was not published until 1956. Pasternak’s tale unfolds amid massive social and political upheaval, in which alliances and loyalties shifted along with the tides of revolutionary change. Yuri Zhivago, the story’s protagonist, is a sensitive, starry-eyed idealist caught up in the violence and treachery of the times. His powerlessness leaves him profoundly vulnerable to the whims of fortune and challenged to maintain his individuality. Ultimately, Dr. ...

Introduction

Billy Buddy has been presented as a character with exemplary principles. He displays a character that is not common in most men of his caliber. Despite his heroic actions, he remains to be a humble individual who will not want to hurt his opponents. He has the ability to retaliate on those who ill-mistreat him or even curse them yet he chooses to maintain a calm spirit. He is an all rounded man possession all the positive characters that could be desired in an individual. This has earned him a supernatural respect that can only be found in a supreme being. To those who believe ...

Motivating today’s Employees

I have always been interested in the concept of management verses leadership and while both play their parts in motivation, leadership style is what interests me most. I believe that adopting the role of CMSgt for a week to see how he steps in to motivate the AF workforce he is responsible is an ideal challenge to enable me to understand this perspective. According to the words of Warren G. Bennis, Ph.D., "Leaders are people who do the right thing. Managers are people who do things right.” Undeniably, management and leadership are two concepts that confuse many a person not mentioning ...

The modern scientific method dates all the way back to the days of Isaac Newton who, ironically, only went to university because his parents thought he was too poor of a farmer to make anything of himself – so they sent him to read theology (Weisstein, 2011). The climate of research and inquiry produced one of the most transformational minds in all of the history of science. In addition to his laws of motion, he also developed the basis of a scientific method that still guides research and experimentation done in the present day.

Newton’s scientific method boiled down to four ...

Snow/Unaccustomed Earth/Girls of Riyadh

1. Introduction

Tradition can be thought of as an annual family ritual like a Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. Traditions can also apply to communities such as when the nation watches the lighting of the White House Christmas tree on television. Not everyone in one community or even one family always celebrates in exactly the same way and exactly the same time.

Another way to define tradition according to Oxford American Dictionary (728) is as “a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting.” That definition applies more to what this essay will be discussing. Even better is the fourth definition ...