1962

All crazy stories we hear about the Salem Witch Trials today all started on January 1692. This tragic and strange time, although only lasting around a year, this event was a cause of twenty known executions. This was a dark time where the accused would turn on friends and the trials would cause people to give in as declare guilty, just to stop the torturing. Of the twenty known kills from the Salem Witch Trials, almost all were women or young girls. Of the few men that were killed, most were…

To Kill a Mockingbird, a novel about two siblings becoming aware of social problems in Alabama during the great depression was recreated into a film in 1962. Although the book and movie, were very similar the recreation has many limitations that the novel doesn’t. With the characters, narration, and plot it is proven the novel was better than the film. Because the film had limited time to tell each interaction with all the characters, it left out extremely important characters such as Aunt…

anywhere, a picture comes to our mind which is usually dilapidated, dirty, congested having narrow lanes etc. Scholars have extensively defined the concept of slum. Let us look at a few of them. Charles J Stokes in his article “A theory of slums” (1962) writes that in a slum, the housing and also the social activities or arrangements develop differently from that of the city. From this definition it can be said that slums are a part of a city yet it is different from the usual city atmosphere.…

leave virtue to individuals. This has the small government aspect of libertarians and the individual virtue of traditionalists. In order to apply this theory to one of the two major parties of today is difficult. At the time this book was written, 1962, fusionism would align largely with the Republican party. A famous advocate for the fusionism theory is Ronald Reagan. Today, 2016, the parties show signs of shifting again. Fusionism could fall under the Republican party economically and the…

The Vietnam War continues to have lasting impacts even though the war ended more than forty-three years ago. The herbicides used during the Vietnam War can still be found in high traces in some places in Vietnam. The environmental impacts caused by Agent Orange and other herbicides than lead to many deadly illnesses for soldiers and local natives. The used of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War has effects millions of people and it will affect many more in the years to come. Clearly, herbicides…

During the 1960’s fear and paranoia had reached an all time high. The nations leader President Kennedy managed the issues regarding the idea of communism spreading and the possibility of nuclear warfare. The Cold War and The Cuban Missile Crisis became the center of the political issues that captured America’s fears. The focus of these two ideals became adapted, in two separate films: Three Presidents Go To War, and the satire black comedy Dr. Strangelove or: How I stopped Worrying and Loved the…

Jordan Britt October 12, 2017 1st Period Engel v. Vitale The case of Engel v. Vitale concerns the establishment clause of the first amendment of the United States Constitution. The establishment clause reads, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” The effect that the case had on public school systems throughout the United States is still evident today. Engel v. Vitale was a landmark case that that showed up in the Supreme…

Wordsworth and Shelley: New Romantic Radicalism versus Old…1 The French revolution gave birth to various principles and ideologies that promised a golden future ahead. The golden age had manifestly refused to become historical fact. People’s hope had turned into a bloodbath. Rieder (1985) states The poet must fall into a deep fascination with the precursor's work in order to become a poet, but must also overcome and master that work in order to achieve an autonomous voice, which takes this to be…

Seiji Ozawa is a Japanese conductor, known for his work with the San Francisco Symphony and Boston Symphony, and his advocacy for modern composers. At the age of 15, Ozawa sprained his finger in a rugby game, unable to continue studying the piano; he shifted his musical focus from piano performance to conducting. Over the course of his lifetime, Ozawa has received international acclaim and many awards from a number of institutions. Ozawa also holds a number of honorary doctorate degrees from…

“The word Jamaica comes from an Awarak word Xaymaca, meaning “Land of wood and water” (Quick Facts About Jamaica). The early Jamaicans couldn’t express their heritage. Jamaica’s early years were full of pain and having an uncivilized society. A comparison of Jamaica's living conditions, government, culture and political view before, during and after British colonization will enable one to understand the impact the British had on Jamaica. In order to understand the effects the British had on…