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Batman: The Long Halloween, and Watchmen, are very similar in some areas, and very different in some areas. Both books describe the hardships with being a super heroes, such as dealing with death of innocents, betrayed, misconceptions on some people. The Long Halloween still kept the superhero tradition of solving a mystery, beating the bad guy in a unique way, but at the same time, still following the typical tradition. Watchmen has a hero(es) that is trying to solve a mystery of the killings…

It Takes All Kinds Nicole Sarhan Pursassive Essay Writing Sample. 5/4/15 I’m having a hard time with this topic. I hate lumping people into groups. I understand that it is human nature for us to do this; a way of keeping things sorted in our brains. But to me, it’s offensive. I grew up not knowing exactly how to classify myself. My father is Arab, my mother a German. The two of them met and created me, along with my five brothers and sisters. I didn’t fit in on dad’s side, and…

invaded by ISIS. Baghdad, an Iraqi suburb is now currently infiltrated with ISIS, and many concerns rises due to its proximity to the Baghdad air port "Islamic State’s proximity to the airport is especially worrisome, because they are now armed with shoulder fired anti-aircraft missiles with a 20-mile range,...it has seized up vast territory in northern Syria and Iraq, could allow the militants to shut down the airport", as stated in the article called ISIS bearing down on Baghdad even as world…

Democratic Peace Theory In order to critically evaluate the concept of the democratic peace theory, one must highlight the key aspects of what it means to be a democracy and emphasize the controversies caused by various arguments associated with the history of liberalism. The theory, based on assumptions made by notable scholars, proposes the idea that democratic states naturally abstain from engaging in armed conflict with other equally democratic states. Immanuel Kant’s ‘Perpetual Peace’…

all that interested in the Big Apple until he finally makes a break along with Algernon from the Beekman group in Chicago. After he moves back, he sees everything so differently: "New York! All the things I've read about it! Gotham…the melting pot…Baghdad-on-the-Hudson" (171). Charlie then rents an apartment and starts exploring the city he never got a…

war, lead by the United States, took place between 2003 and 2011. However, there has been a second war that only erupted last year and has been ongoing ever since. There have been countless suicide bombings, of which several have taken place in Baghdad. About a month ago, one suicide bombing took the lives of more than 10 people, and injuring more than 50. This serves to show at what point ISIL’s enlargement is successful. ISIL’s massive expansion has served almost as propaganda to show…

The Seljuk, a Turkic dynasty of Central Asian travelers became the new rulers of the eastern Islamic lands. They had begun conquering parts of east such as Baghdad. The Seljuk was very cultural and artistic; they were also great regulars of architecture. An exceptional number of madrasas were established throughout the Seljuk dominion. The great Seljuk vizier Nizam Al- Mulk founded number of theological schools…

Is this the end of Sykes-Picot? Bilal Shamsi 32891111 An image posted by ISIS of a bulldozer destroying a section of the Iraq-Syria border, June 2014 Foreign dominance in area of complex society “The printing press is modern weapon for a commander” T.E Lawrence The title above for this paper “is this the end of the Sykes-picot agreement” has become a major topic in today’s society because of the recent up rise of ISIS or what they like to be called IS “Islamic state”…

September, 11, 2001 4 planes coordinated a terrorist attack on the US in 3 different locations. Each location had many people their on a daily basis. When the attacks happened many people were at the locations when it happened. Causing lots of death and injuries to many people. It also caused lots of property damage that exceeded over 1 billion dollars. On September 11th 2001 a terrorist group by the name of al-Qaeda. Hijacked 4 passenger planes and crashed them in different areas of the us. Two…

After reading The Ugly American, I have identified multiple situations through fictional characters that damaged or diluted foreign relationships and interest abroad. The authors use well-elaborated fictional views to target the readers. This allows readers an opportunity to intellectually wear the shoes that United States foreign policy manufactures. Particularly, in providing an understanding of diminishing and disconnected relationship with countries and governments abroad, To illustrate…