Bodyguard

Few Mexicans have had an impact on the country as Pancho Villa has. Being an important figure in the Mexican Revolution greatly contributed to his legacy. Many people in Mexico know the name of Pancho Villa and who he was. His life was filled with important moments that would be significant to the Mexican Revolution, which is arguably the most defining moment in Mexico’s history. The death of Pancho Villa was significant, but it marked an important change to Mexico. Villa was best known as a…

The Gladiators and games were not what they are historically described as in most history textbooks. History teaches us that the gladiators were murderers, rapists and the dregs of the Roman Empire and they were forced to fight. However, this is not entirely the case. The role of the Gladiators and the Gladiatorial games on the Roman Empire was long-lasting and far-reaching. When the games first took off, many of the soldiers were actually volunteers who wanted to fight to increase their social…

10 Biggest Private Army Corporations Introduction Private army corporations work in a fashion similar to government security forces, military or police forces, more often than not on a smaller scale. They offer bodyguards for important staff members or protection of huge company premises, commonly in areas where there is a risk of hostility and violence. The private army corporations assist the military bases in operating mess halls and providing a secure environment. These organizations…

As I read Chasing Lincoln’s Killer I found myself going along with the detectives and killer of President Lincoln. First as the story in the book starts you are with John Wilkes Booth when he finds out that president Lincoln is coming to the play that night. So he is rushing around town to get his plan together by recruiting his team for the triple assassination of the President, Vice President, and Secretary of State. While you tail along for the first few chapters of only Booth and his…

The story “The Most Dangerous Game” takes place around the time of the Russian Revolution on an island on the Caribbean called “Shipwreck Island”. In his short story Richard Connell introduces two characters, General Zaroff, a narcissistic and affluent man who after many years of hunting has experience ennui when hunting animal and now hunts humans, and Rainsford another experienced hunter who by accident lands on Zaroff's island and must now outsmart Zaroff through conflict to survive. The…

Ivan the Terrible Leader Although Ivan IV tried to expand Russia in all of its glory, he led Russia into a weakened state regarding its economy, military, and a general political disruption. Throughout Ivan’s tsarship the economy of Russia began to weaken almost to the point of collapse. Ivan IV never trusted boyars, which are the Russian people of wealth and power, for almost his entire life. Becoming tsar at the age of three meant he was too young to lead and needed people to rule for him at…

battled alcohol and drug addiction, his spotlight surrounded issues of altercations of violence with his former group members. In an interview with Oprah, Houston admitted to using cocaine and marijuana when she was filming the movie titled “The Bodyguard” with heavier use after the film was released. Also in an…

“The pigs did not actually work, but directed and supervised the others. With their superior knowledge it was natural that they should assume the leadership” (Orwell 27). With the highest intellectual level, the pigs obtained power in Animal Farm by George Orwell. Manor Farm was controlled by different leaders throughout its rebellion, all with different ideas on how it should be managed. The working animals all had different ideas on what they wanted to get out of labor, some more rewarding…

Matt is a little boy who is different than you might think. In the book, “The House of the Scorpion”, by Nancy Farmer, Matt is curious. In this book, Matt is a clone of man named El Patron. Matt is a little boy/ clone who is locked up his whole life but when he moves into the big house with his ruler, El Patron, he tries to find out where he really belongs. At the end, El Patron dies and Matt gets the chance to take over. Matt is curious because he wondered what was wrong with him after Rosa…

In 1968 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by James Earl Ray supposedly. James Earl Ray was a petty thief that had an arrest record stemming from 1949 until 1968. James Earl Ray was sentenced to the Missouri State Penitentiary in 1960 to serve a twenty year sentence. He had a rap sheet for petty crimes but was he capable of murdering someone? James escaped from the Missouri State Penitentiary in 1967 and was on the loose for over eleven months. The story was told that James Earl Ray…