Agrippa II

World War I was undoubtedly one of the most brutal, yet eye-opening wars fought in recent history. Fueled by fervent nationalism, distrust, and rivalry throughout Europe, countries were already taking sides and building armies far before the first shot was fired. From 1914 to 1918 countries and people fought to gain power and glory, but ended up fighting in vain to gain nothing but pain. Many young men were virtually forced to become pawns to solve the problems of a prior generation, enlisting…

Primo Levi said, “Monsters exist, but they are too few in number to be truly dangerous. More dangerous are the common men, the functionaries ready to believe and to act without asking questions,” (Levi). The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, released in 2008, is set outside of Auschwitz in 1942. The movie tells the story of a young german boy, Bruno, who befriends Shmuel, a young boy in the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. Bruno’s dad is the Nazi commander in charge of Auschwitz. Bruno and Shmuel keep…

On the 7th of December in 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The following year, in the middle of February, President Franklin Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 that allowed for the relocation of all those living in coastal Washington, Oregon, and California with Japanese ancestry. Those living on the West coast were relocated to desolate places far away from the Pacific Ocean and placed in camps with other Japanese Americans. There were a few reasons for the relocation of Japanese…

The most common question people are compelled to ask when studying genocide is: why? Throughout our lives, we hear about these atrocities, and yet they never seem to make sense to the average person. Many people tend to look over the details, just reassuring themselves that these campaigns are led out by evil, sociopathic dictators. Yet, they forget to ask how these campaigns start and, once again, why they started in the first place. In the case of genocide, there are two main reasons why a…

Should we send our troops to fight Isis? America is undecided betwixt whether or not to permit the allocation of American boots in Iraq or Syria to fight Isis. This is a war America cannot accomplish on the ground, so why kill our American soldiers when knowing this? Do civilians desire to send troops to simply exterminate fears, which in turn would not be solved by this? It is difficult for Americans to admit the limits of the American military power, yet when discussing war the nation…

One of the main reasons for Western Imperialism was the need for more raw materials to fuel industrialization in europe. King Leopold II gained control of the Congo for Belgium. In the Congo, the people were exploited for the personal gain of Leopold II. In one of the most famous incidences, the people of the Congo river basin were essentially forced into slavery, harvesting rubber. If they refused to do so, the hands of the workers were cut…

Everyday, Ko leaves the house taking his fishing boat and comes back at midnight with plenty of fish that could feed the town for a week. But, one day, Ko came so early rushing into the house burning the Japanese flag. The flag was so valuable to me that I pushed him so he doesn’t burn the flag, but it was too late. I asked him angrily, “Why did you burn it, did you lose your mind?” he looked at me back yelling “Don’t you understand, Pearl Harbor attacked”. At that moment I didn’t know what…

Countries throughout the centuries have changed the way they form and grow. The countries, China, Japan, and India grew and formed through Imperialism and Decolonization. As time moved forward the countries gained there own way through the changes. From centuries through history there are many times that show Imperialism and the changes that would grow and build each country. The topic of this paper is; compare and contrast the responses of Japan, China, and India to Western Imperialism.…

The Magnanimousness Of Superheroes The motive for most superheroes that drives them to help others, is to achieve total peace to be able to live in a world where it does not require their existence. However, in a world of evil, superheroes are a necessity to maintain peace. Therefore, superheroes are required to do everything in their power to sustain humanity. Personally, I felt that at times I was compelled to become the superhero in dire circumstances. Once, I was put into a situation in…

Sowing Crisis explains how the Cold war and policies taken by the U.S. have spilled over into today and how it has affected modern U.S. relations with the Middle East. Rashid Khalidi feels that wartime and postwar moves in North Africa and Iran, as well as U.S. air bases in Saudi Arabia, Libya, Morocco, and Turkey, marked the beginning of “an American role as the major Middle Eastern Power, a reality that was masked for a time by the power and proximity to the region of the USSR (Page 9).”…