Back to the Future Part II

Financing Education Specific Purpose: I would like to persuade my peers that financing education is important. Organizational Pattern: Topical order Introduction I. Education has often been referred to as the key to success. II. It has opened so many doors for student across the United States. III. However, paying for a great education is not the easiest task for a student. IV. Financing education can be extremely useful in many different ways. Thesis: Recent studies have proved that…

Political progress and developments are a fundamental part of human civilization. Many of these advances have taken place through a peaceful conflict of ideas, however groups often use violence to achieve political goals. One such group that used violence in Russia was The Will of the People. Vera Figner was a prominent member of this group. In the latter part of the 19th Century she participated first in making propaganda and later in carrying out violent acts against the government to bring…

symptoms of head injuries or loss of consciousness. In February 1915, the term shell shock was used by Charles Myers in an article in The Lancet to describe three soldiers suffering from “loss of memory, vision, smell, and taste.” Moreover, World War II brought the whole issue of neurosis. Where Kardiner (1947) wrote that “the real lesson of WWI and the chronic cases was that this syndrome must be treated…

The whole of America was directed towards the war effort. Every able hand was taken in this great project and rose the economy to unseen levels as said in “A New Deal for America: The New Deal, an Overview” by Akab Brinkley, “World War II, for all the horror it created, would do what Roosevelt’s New Deal policies had never been able to do: end the Great Depression and usher in a period of vigorous economic growth.” (Brinkley). Even though FDR’s New Deal was very effective at reducing…

Many photographs taken during World War II, especially “The Last Jew of Vinnitsa”, signify the holocaust more appropriately than words. Photographs capture a single moment…

go by fast. All of my co-workers started coming to me as if I was there supervisor. I am hoping to have a permeant job like that one in the future. A few months after I started taking over responsibilities, my supervisor returned from his leave of absence. Our partnering company did not think he was an effective supervisor and no longer wanted him to be a part of the project, therefore, he was reassigned. I assumed they would want to replace him, but a few weeks after his return, my regional…

one of the most influential people in history. FDR influenced world history by resolving the Great Depression through the expansion of the American government. Additionally, he changed the course of history by weakening the German forces in World War II and by authorizing the development of nuclear weapons. FDR helped rectify the economic turmoil that came about in the United States during the Great Depression. When FDR was elected president…

In his book Slaughterhouse Five Kurt Vonnegut depicts the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, as a connection between human and Tranfalmadorian ideals in society. By doing so, Vonnegut links present, past and future using flashbacks that give us a profound insight into Billy’s suffering of a malcontent post- traumatic disorder derived from his previous war tumult. These lapses between different periods of time in Billy Pilgrims life demonstrate Vonnegut’s anti-war perspective by negatively portraying…

from 1940 to 1945. This man who is communicated so remarkably of, is known by as George Catlett Marshall. After the antipathy of World War II had passed through the world, many nations are left with gaping holes in their economies. George Marshall brought upon a plan that would help to distinguish any problems that had arisen through the turmoil of World War II. George Marshall had such an influence on the European economy. Such influences had come from the facts that George Marshall was the…

to apply past mistakes to future decisions. Leon Trotsky says, “You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you.” This quote signifies the importance of learning about wars and how sometimes wars can be inevitable. To learn about a specific historical event, one needs a reliable and accurate source to learn about the engagement. Gerhard L. Weinberg does an excellent job of illustrating the horrific events of the Second World War in his book “World War II: A Very Short…