Anna Karenina

attempt to talk his way out of a serious jam.” (119). In an 1836 letter to his brother, George Dolson, a Texas sergeant, had a similar testament. According to his letter, Davy Crockett and 5 to 6 other men surrendered in the Alamo and were taken to Santa Anna who had them executed…

This movie begins in March 1836 in the Mexican State of Coahuila y Tejas. The film then flashes back to a year earlier. Sam Houston attends a party where he tries to persuade people to migrate to Texas. He meets with David Crockett, recently defeated for reelection to Congress. Houston explains to Crockett that if he migrates to Texas he will receive 640 acres of his own choosing. After this the Texas government holds a meeting to figure out what to do about the recent capture by the Texans of…

all dispatch.” Houston would not risk everything going to war with Santa Anna when he did not even have enough trained soldiers. It was a decision made to abandon them in a sense because although Houston pleaded to the men at the Alamo to listen to his orders, he was ignored. Houston understood that the battle for independence would not be won in Bexar, but instead lost. While everyone was being defeated by Santa Anna, General…

everything, for a chance of freedom. These men would not give in, nor surrender: They were willing to lay their lives down for a chance and a hope for the freedom of Texas. Seeing that they only had close to only 1/30th of the Mexican army’s force, Santa Anna sent a courier out to the Alamo to demand that the Alamo surrender. The reply, as to be…

Do you know who Juan N. Seguin is?If you don’t, he was a tejano who helped established Texas’s independence. In this passage I will tell you everything you need to know about Juan N. Seguin. Juan Seguin was born October 27, 1806 in San Antonio. At the age of 12 Juan got his very first horse. While he was still a child, he was encouraged to read and write by his father. He started work at his father’s post office. Then he started his career at a public service. He worked there till he was…

am in Alamo, surrounded by thousands in the Mexican army of Santa Anna. We are desperately waiting for reinforcements; however, I fear that we may not be able to hold out long enough for there to be anything to reinforce. Neverthless, I am not discouraged. I am fighting for Texan independence. First of all, as an American who appreciate freedom, I find no favor with the tyranny and dictatorship of the leader of Mexico, Santa Anna. Second, Mexican judicial system goes against ours. For example,…

sick on February 24th and at that point William Travis took over command. William Travis was a twenty six year old lawyer from Alabama, a colonel who led the army of Tejanos and American volunteers. He sent cannonball over when currier came from Santa Anna. He wrote a “Victory or Death,” letter on February 24, 1836. The letter expressed that no matter what that he was not going to surrender and was not going to accept defeat. The Alamo stood for Texas and was going to fight for Texas…

The film opens up at the point where Santa Anna has gained victory in defeating the American/Texan Army at the Alamo. Sam Houston is then shown being told what occurred at the Alamo. From this point we see the film transitions into a flashback a year before the battle to introduces us to the important people of the battle and show us how it lead to it. We are shown that Sam Houston is at a party where he is talking to people about Texas and how they should immigrate to it. At the party Houston…

In 1808, Spain is taken over by Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon disposed of the existing monarchy and installed his brother, Joseph, as head of state. The resulting war against France and Britain lasted nearly to the Mexican Revolution as Napoleon’s government falls into disarray and the revolutionaries began to gain momentum. Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla was a middle aged priest living in the parish of Dolores. Hidalgo was a Crillo by birth, and had a pro-Indian sentiment. He organized his…

to bring about, his own suicide” (Orwin, 154). Tolstoy must have found, in his experience with the works of Schopenhauer, that Schopenhauer’s cynical discussion of happiness (being the opposite of goodness) to be a major potential character flaw for Anna, Konstantin’s foil. Tolstoy’s expressed fear of death is shown through his feat in joining reason with happiness and hope in his writing (154-5). Orwin tracks the philosophic evolution of Tolstoy and his writings. She details the basic impacts…