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Every action one takes furthers their significance as a person, but during a time of terror, one’s name can mean nothing at all. The memoir, Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a first-hand account of how the atrocities of World War II and the Holocaust affected the Jewish population from a direct perspective. It describes the speed at which the Nazi’s took over the lives of the Jewish population. The memoir goes into detail about the horrific methods of dehumanization used by the Nazis and Adolf Hitler…

There are many views on who had the right to govern the land that the British settlers had inhabited. On one hand people believed it should be the Native Americans since they were the first ones to live on the land before anybody arrived. Ultimately they were forced out. On the other hand the British believed that the British Parliament since they are the ones who founded the colony. Ultimately, the British settlers have the right to govern themselves in their own land. Due to the many…

The book I read was called Breaking Loose Together and was written by Marjoleine Kars. It was published in 2002 by the University of North Carolina Press. Breaking Loose Together is a nonfiction historical book. The book is comprised of two hundred and eighty-four pages. It is a nonfiction and historical book because it gathers quotes, accounts, journal entries, and news articles from everyone that was in the western region of a Pre-Revolutionary North Carolina. Its main argument is to tell the…

Where only two decades before, John Acquilla’s paper: “Cyberwar is Coming” may have resembled the fanciful promises for the future offered by the Jetsons, recent developments have suggested that Acquilla’s prediction that the internet would fundamentally change warfare may have credence. Whilst in 1993 a futuristic concept that belonged in the realms of James Bond and Dr Who, in recent years the media, policy planners and militaries alike the world over have heralded the dawn of a new age of…

incompatible only if one contends that a moral man cannot ever commit any act of evil. In this paper, I will argue that Machiavelli’s virtù is comprised of all traits, including conventional moral virtues, and that everything from cruelty to compassion are pieces on a…

Love is defined as an intense feeling of deep affection. As Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen has shown us, love is only truly beautiful when it includes the key element of respect and mutual improvement. In the well known Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, she unveils two spellbinding relationships between the main characters: Hermione Granger with Ron Weasley and Harry Potter with Ginny Weasley. Their bond is present from the first book to the last. Though J. K. Rowling has expressed…

The Dalai Lama is a renounced political and spiritual leader for Tibet and for Buddhism. The current Dalai Lama is the 14th Dalai Lama to exist. He was born, Lhamo Dhondup on July 6, 1935. The Dalai Lama was not only the embodiment of a living god, but Tibet itself (Marcello 1). Religious training at the early age was customary in Tibet. While a lot of families had a lot of children, it was normal for families to send one or two children to monasteries, where the children were sheltered, clothed…

“Oh good god, could you guys keep it down up there? I’m trying to sleep, and you nine are making it really fucking difficult.” The people above me being the six devil kings, Yahweh, Ddraig, and Albion, all trying to kill each other. In my world. Really frickin’ loudly. All this happened because I was hitting on Gabriel, Michael gets angered, somehow mistaking me for a devil, and gets his dad to start a war, which dragged in the Fallen Angels, while the two dragons were fighting each other. The…

Humans try to prevent the inevitable, yet they do not attempt to achieve the uncertain. Throughout history, people have endured fatal invasions, brutal weather, societal regulations, and plagues. During a plague’s outburst, Prince Prospero invites one-thousand companions for protection from the illness by secluding the party in his ‘castellated abbey’ to wait until the plague’s termination. Prince Prospero attempted to use his wealth and reputation to overcome nature. Prospero decided that he…

Benjamin Franklin once said, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” A huge part of nursing education is learning and practicing hands on skills. Students usually start by practicing these skills in what is known as “simulations.” Many times these simulations are set up like hospitals with hospital beds, manikins, and medical supplies all to prompt learning. Using these simulations is a huge resource for nursing students. They allow students to practice and…