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paper will argue that to a large extent the world is transitioning from a nation based world to a regional world using three examples: Catalonia, the Arctic and the European Union. Regionalism consists of the idea that politics are conceived in regional rather than national terms. Catalonia is an example of growing regionalism as a sub-state region in Spain. Catalonia is…

If we are to support that the thirteen colonies were justified in seeking their independence from England, then we must support Catalonia in its quest for independence from Spain. Thomas Hobbes and John Locke, however, would disagree. In the Leviathan and Two Treatises of Government both Hobbes and Locke support that once a group of people decides to become a society as the laws of nature would suggest, they form a political society. If these people then choose democracy as their form of…

Harris History 3354 – Twentieth Century Europe October 1, 2017 2 Through George Orwell's experiences, one thing was for certain. He did not praise totalitarianism nor communism. Nothing good comes from communism and he expressed this in "Homage to Catalonia" when he stated that it was "impossible to read through the reports in the Communist Press without realizing that they are consciously aimed at a public ignorant of the facts and have no other purpose than to work up prejudice."1 Communism…

Located right next to the ocean in the northeastern part of Spain, Barcelona is one of the most sought after travel destinations today. Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain and is home to over 4 million people and is also the capital of Catalonia, one of spain self-governing regions. Barcelona has a tremendous amount of rich history that made it the great city it is today and I would love to travel to this great city to learn more about it. Barcelona is one of the most colorful places I…

the rich which he recognized, something worth fighting for: “What Orwell had encountered in Barcelona was a working class that was becoming a class for itself” (Newsinger 45). Orwell was dismayed by the conditions, as he says often in Homage to Catalonia. He was deeply engaged in the debate around what to do about the revolution, siding with the most revolutionary line to take the revolution forward. He thought it a mistake that the Republican government had been left in nominal control and was…

most commonly spoken language in Spain. This is mostly spoken in Catalonia, The Balearic Islands, and in The Valencian community. Following Castilian Spanish is Galician, with 17% of the population speaking it. Castilian Spanish is most used in Galicia. 7% of the population speaks Basque, which is spoken in The Basque country, and some of Navarre. The remaining 2%, with less than 5,000 speakers, is Aranese. Aranese is used in Catalonia, and Catalan. Spaniards greatly discourage arranged…

torture, suppression and isolation. In this world, lower class citizens, hereby known as The Proles, are described to be under the poorest conditions. The proles have a strong parallel with the working class described by Orwell on his novels Homage to Catalonia and Animal Farm. The writer’s political ideology seems too, to have strongly influenced upon the existence of the proles. Orwell had to experience “poverty and the sense of failure” after having to work for the Indian Imperial police…

outside serving as referents of how different we are should help to magnify everything that holds us together despite the differences. At the end of the day and beyond the risings that may arise we are all brothers seeking a better future; therefore, Catalonia should not declare its independence from Spain. The idea of Catalunya's independence leads to an absurd confrontation nurtured by a political class that can only be defined as swill, where the brothers become lackeys and henchmen of those…

The name of the work is The Hudson River School by Thomas Cole. It is a combination of Romanticism and Nationalism. It was made on the ground which is material that is used to support canvas or panel. The ground of this painting was consisted of a layer of underpaint in a white or tinted hue. The color of the ground unifies the artist's varied color palette. This work has a use of atmospheric perspective. By depicting the far away mountains as hazy and gray, the valuable tool of atmospheric…

Mercè Rodoreda is a prevalent and noteworthy Catalan author. Authoring many works, she is quite well known for her writing in Catalonia. In fact, it is her Catalonian heritage that can be looked toward as her inspiration in The Time of the Doves. The novel's internal focus could be viewed as part of Rodoreda’s personal experience put to page, especially in reference to the war. The attempted assimilation of Catalonian language and culture can also be seen as a driving force in Rodoreda’s writing…