American Old West

The Berlin Journal by Robert Darnton provides an account on the reunification of East and West Berlin. Throughout the journal, Darnton reveals how confronting the past is an important step in moving forward. Darnton also examines the different meanings the Berlin Wall symbolized for East and West Berliners. Finally, the effects of reunification on the economic system were a concern among East Berliners as they did not want to let go of socialism. The three major themes in Darnton’s Berlin…

what makes people reconsider their behaviors. Society expectations represent how a society could be judgmental and affective toward individuals and reveal a lot of facades about the society with such expectations. “All Falls Down” is, a song by Kanye West from The College Dropout album in 2004, talks about how people could be insecure in there communities because of what it expects from them. “Barbie Doll”is a poem by Marge Piercy talks about how seeking acceptance in society cost a girl her…

Many aspects of the Flash file format make it ideal for adding interactive content to web pages. Some of the advantages are as follows: It is scalable. Flash images and animations can be resized with no loss of detail, making it easy to fill the whole browser window with a Flash interface without adding to the file size. Flash can be used to create static images, such as maps, where zooming in to view the image in finer detail is desirable. Image quality is high. Real- time anti aliasing…

For some people it could be a style of music that deals with social and racial issues, for some it could simply be a reawakened form of African music. Reggae music has a very interesting history; no other third world country has evolved in such a way as Jamaica, both as a country and from a musical stand point. The development of Reggae music is reflected upon the struggle against racial oppressions, which has origins in the deportation of many Africans as slaves to the British colony of Jamaica…

Palestinians by Israeli government leaders in the shared state, and vise versa. Currently, as the land is under Israeli government control, the Palestinians face a plethora of discrimination and unequal treatment. In the film Straddling the Fence, an American journalism from The New York Times named Thomas Friedman speaks with Palestinian suicide bombers to get their perspective. One of the men shares his experiences at Israeli checkpoints, saying “When a soldier asks me to take my clothes off…

influential prince who founded the Mali Empire. In The Epic of Sundiata, we learn the historical context of Sundiata, the importance of Sogolon Kokalon and Balla Fasseke, the details that explain the long distance trade, the universal religion, and West African history. The story of Sundiata is known today because of griots, which are oral storytellers who kept the tradition alive from generation to generation. The historical context within The Epic…

After World War II, Germany split through Berlin, making an East and West Berlin. The economic standpoint in East Germany was not sustainable, so that made those citizens want to move over to the West side. Being under Soviet control, the migration of these people started to collapse the East. By August 1961, the Soviets stopping the flow of people by building the Berlin Wall, a infamous symbolic landmark of the Cold War. Two US Presidents, those being JFK and Reagan, commented and wrote…

conflict. It divided West Germany into the ‘Federal Republic of Germany’ and the smaller East Germany the ‘German Democratic Republic’.”(Taylor,1) It divided a city from the outer world and completely separated family and friends. At the end of World War II Germany as well as Berlin was divided up into four sectors. East Germany and East Berlin was made up of the Soviet portion of the regime. West Germany and West Berlin was made up of the French, British and American zones.(Rottman,39)…

was also divided among the nations. After the Soviet’s failed attempt to drive out the three nation by blockading their supply source, the war remained stagnant and soon Germany was split into West Germany and East Germany. Berlin was also separated; East Berlin was controlled by the Soviet Union and West Berlin was controlled by Britain, France, and the US. Berlin was split by what is known as the Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall represented a huge turning point in the history of the world. The…

Huntington is a quaint city in southwestern, West Virginia along the Ohio River. Although several community leaders and organizations have implement programs to improve the health of the community, there are still several public health concerns in our community. The purpose of this paper is to document a windshield view of the community’s population, the environment, and the health status of the city’s population. After completing the assessment of the community, I will discuss the city’s…