Bombing of Dresden in World War II

depicting our world during the time it was filmed. Through the film, the director is expressing an idea that as our world evolves sociologically, nothing stays the same. “Casablanca’s” context shows a corrupted society where a second world war is going on and the event itself caused people from places such as Europe to find ways of escape. The setting of “Casablanca” is representing various aspects of the society such as the government, or groups of people who are looking at the Second World War…

The world in the first half of the 19th century was largely dominated by multiple states in different regions around the world. Effectively, the distribution of power between these numerous states in the world initiated and sparked what became to be known as World War I and World War II. Shortly after the Second World War, the allocation of power in countries around the world became smaller and smaller as many states that were originally in the spotlight of the world faded into irrelevance. The…

Women of World War II During World War II and the many wars and battles that have occurred throughout history, people come together to unite in order to help support the war. To be a part of a war effort, means to participate in the act of supporting a military force. The work done on the home front is as essential and significant to the war effort that is done by soldiers in the field of battle. On the home front, non-combatants focus on sacrificing, volunteering and being on the same page with…

On one hand, we have Political Realism was the predominant idea in Europe during the warring eras. It is based on Thomas Hobbes’s view of the world and that the world is in a constant state of anarchy. Each individual is responsible for his/ her being and only yourself can protect your rights because others would trample it down if you don’t. At the same time, you also need not to obey nor respect the rights of others. When applied to a much broader idea of international relations, each nation…

In 1941 World War 2 was in full speed. The Nazi’s we 're expanding into Europe and The USSR. At the other side of the world The Japanese were stretching their territories throughout Asia. The United States, led by Franklin Roosevelt, decided to embargo Japan in order to slow down their expansion. This would lead Japan to attack our military base, PearlHarbor. The day that would "live in Infamy." A day after the attack, FDR made a speech to congress. His speech used Repetition & Parallelism,…

The Doomsday Plane The United States Air Force consists of an enormous fleet that includes all sorts of special use aircraft with broad mission capability. One of the most unique, and fear inspiring aircraft is the E-4B NAOC (National Airborne Operations Center) Nightwatch. These planes, four specially configured Boeing 747-200s, possess a unique and somewhat eerie job. It may not have impressive payload characteristics like the large bombers, or the advanced attack weaponry on nimble fighter…

humans and our environment (Articulation 358). Carson goes on to express facts in order to shine light on the harms of chemicals on our environment. With the whole world unclear of the future at stake, Carson reaches out to the audience to realize the possible truth. In The Obligation to Endure, Carson expresses the harm of chemicals on our world by appealing to the reader’s emotions and relating to an issue that…

The Iliad in Our World For centuries humankind have fought wars; whether it was for power, justice, or for peace in their country. We know about the wars that have been fought before our existence thanks to the ones who documented them. Although for the Greeks, it was a different story. Around 1200 B.C.E. important cities of Greece were destroyed and burned leaving not much information of the civilization. They recuperated years after getting back on their feet. We are able to know about the…

debates about how the First World War started in 1914 among historians. A German historian, Fritz Fischer, proposed the most common theory about how the war started by putting the blame completely on Germany. However, historians nowadays tend to overlook this proposal and try to re-apportion the guilt, which is not merely based on either the sole-guilt thesis or the sole- innocence thesis. Four different trends in the historiography have appeared that explain how the war started with exonerating…

The two poems that I chose were The Charge of the Light Brigade by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, and the second that I chose was Dulce Et Decorum Est, by Wilfred Owen. The first poem The Charge of the Light Brigade, strait away with the first stanza of the poem there was a rhythm starting to occur, that sounded like chanting or galloping of the troops and horses, which linked to the theme of the poem of the troops going into battle on horseback. Looking at the poem, the writer had laid it out neatly…