Family History Essay

We always wish to be someone famous, to make history in our family, but sometimes we do not think we have the ability to do so. George Polya is an all-time favorite mathematician born in Budapest, Hungary on December 13, 1887. Polya had a Jewish family that consisted of three brothers, two sisters, father and mother. He changed majors multiple times to find out the real subject that he was interested in. After he found his love for math George grew his knowledge to find an easier method to…

We study history in order to know how humanity has gotten to where it is today, and learn from past mistakes. History helps us to understand where we come from. Family history helps expand that understanding. In this way, history is a part of our identities. The quote “ A man without history is a tree without roots” explains that without history we really aren’t anything, just like a tree cannot grow without roots, a person cannot develop without a history. In the novel Vietnamerica, GB Tran is…

women really are capable of. Throughout history, and even today, often times women are seen background figures. However, Isabella defied everyone and took it upon herself to transform her country. The things Isabella managed to accomplish captivated me. That is exactly why I decided to take AP World History. I have always been interested in what goes on in the world around us. I find it incredible that one person or one event can change history. A change in history that can still be seen today,…

pictures. Photographs today don’t hold as much meaning as they used to before digital cameras or smartphones people developed their photos and created physical photo albums. People also use pictures to intentionally tell history, whether it’s people’s own personal history or the history of our world. There are times when a person takes a picture and they don’t realize what they just did is important, such as photographers at the Ferguson riots or the Boston Marathon bombing. Photography has…

If I have learned anything about history, it is that not everyone has the pleasure of knowing their story or past glory. Archived memories and experiences create scenes of the past that we can feel and relive if told in the right light. Family is an important treasure that only some get the privilege of cherishing; blood or bond, family is what holds us when the world lets us go. Going back to the day my grandmother was born, it began the lives of the people I know and love today and has shaped…

1. In A People’s History of the United States chapters 1-8 by Howard Zinn. He writes about historic key points in which some history recollections doesn’t truly paint the truth of what happened, why it happened, and how we look at it now with newer, more open minded hindsight. Some of the most important points that Zinn brings to light in his book is that history is never truly written until after the fact and that fact is, history is written by those who deem it fit. With a vision that can at…

Foucault’s ‘genealogical’ history. Genealogy is the study of ‘family history’ which often possess the desire to historically ‘situate’ one's family in the larger historical picture. In the poststructuralist discourse of Foucault and other postmodern theorists, it has assumed a special significance owing to the fact that it eschews history of its claims of totality and faithful uncovering of the past producing anti-epistemological and anti-teleological critiques of traditional history in the face…

The writer Howard Zinn recited this phrase "history is the memory of the states" in a reading called “A People’s History of the United States”. In my own opinion, this is related to the fact of production of historical knowledge and preservation which is an aspect of state power in a similar way to the following sentence that says "winners write history books" where states who have more power determine what story they want the world to know. An example that represents this is the movie "Damiana"…

When History Is About Feelings In Frank Delaney’s Ireland, he takes the reader through the vivid tale of Irish history from a variety of perspectives. He applies emotion in his writing to criticize how history is taught today. Most scholars would agree with Ronan O’Mara’s professor, T. Barlett Ryle, when he argues, “History is not about feelings. History is about knowledge” (Delaney 342). However, it is taught from an objective point of view that causes it to be devalued, misunderstood, and…

Oral History: Effective or Defective? Oral history is a method used to attain historical knowledge through interviews and recordings of people’s memories of past events. Paul Thompson, the founder of the journal of Oral History, proclaimed, “Oral history is not necessarily an instrument for change; it depends upon the spirt in which it is used.” Most historians have mixed views on oral history. There are historians who question whether oral history is effective in the field of history, while…