Boxer Rebellion

The British gained control of diamond and gold mines in southern Africa, establishing their own government in the region. Another instance of a competition over land disputes was the spheres of influence over China. Due to the influence of the Boxer Rebellion, the doors to China were thrown wide open as diplomats from Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and Japan came flooding in, establishing their spheres of influence. After gaining massive profits, even the United States entered the fray,…

Animal Farm was first published in 1944 by an english novelist called Eric Arthur Blair with a symbolic relationship to political power in reality. People never thought how it would have been if animals actually ruled their own farm until this book. But, we know that some people or animals rise to power just to get what they want and forget about the others. Through Blair he shows that power corrupts those who possess it. Even though some leaders know how to use their power for good, in Animal…

The nineteenth century was a huge turning point in global powers in Europe and Asia. The smaller countries grew larger in power whereas the bigger countries grew smaller in power, Russia, Japan, and China being the greatest examples. While Japan thrived in many aspects, Russia and China were on the verge of falling apart. The different approaches to nationalism by the three countries affected their political, social, and economic transformation and modernization while Japan mostly benefitted in…

The Second Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945, is widely considered to begin with the Marco Polo Bridge incident of July 1937 and end with the Japanese surrender in September 1945. I would argue that to understand the motives as to why Japan invaded China, it is essential to grasp their previous history of conflicts and tensions, beginning with the Japanese claim of Taiwan from China’s Qing Dynasty after the First Sino-Japanese war in 1895, right through to the invasion of Manchuria in 1931. This…

“A book about dead bodies is a conversational curveball. It’s all well and good to write an article about corpses, but a full-size book plants a red flag on your character” (Roach 14). This statement, from the novel Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach, proves how a story needs to be extraordinary to stand out and make an impact. This novel and the novel Animal Farm by George Orwell both are examples of proof for the following statement: “A story must be exceptional enough to…

Also, the building of the Panama Canal in 1903 was another huge gain for American enterprise. However, these successes did not come without consequences. Foreign spheres of influence in China provoked Chinese nationalists to rebel in 1900 (the Boxer Rebellion). Also the Panama Canal was preceded by conflict with Columbia and significant American involvement in Latin America which was at times viewed as an aggressive by peoples whose homelands were being tampered with. Acquisitive Americans would…

subjects during the time period with animals on a farm. The farm, previously owned by an ignorant farmer by the name of Mr. Jones, was in terrible health , with most animals dying of starvation. Later on, the pigs on the farm step forward and lead a Rebellion against the humans that own the farm. The entire farm assumed that life would be better now, that everyone would be able to have freedom in comparison to their life currently;…

the information of a biased or misleading nature, to promote a cause or point of view. In the book the pigs gain more power and slowly with greed become corrupt leaders. Napoleon the corrupt leader tries to kill of Snowball to gain total control. Boxer makes his own motto being “Napoleon is always right” this just added to napoleon's authority. With the change of the command about the beds. The animals seek the truth and the pigs as usual give a good reason not worry about the beds by saying “a…

farm changed its name to manor farm. Years passed by really fast. No one can remember what happened in the past except clover, Benjamin, Moses the raven and a number of the pigs, Muriel, Bluebell, Jessie, jones and Pincher were dead. Snowball and boxer were forgotten. Clover was an old stout mare. There were many creature on the farm now than before. Three new horses came to the farm besides clover. They were stupid, workers, old comrades,…

addition, many religions were spread all throughout China, Christianity was a big one, Islam, Judaism, Hindu, and Buddhism were introduced to the Chinese people. All was good and fine until the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, where 14,000 Chinese rebels attacked the British portion of China and took hostages (Boxer…