Decimation

Ethics, morality, and basic human nature. All things that make the human race, human. It’s easy to say what exactly is right and wrong. But it’s harder to act upon those set rules. They’re more like guidelines. Guidelines that humans acknowledge and either choose to follow, or ignore. Each person on this planet has their own idea of these notions of thinking. When somebody writes a character in a story, it’s likely that that character will reflect their own ideals and morals. But, what if they write a character that’s ethically, unethical. What ideals can a reader assume the writer has? Well, the reader can’t assume anything. Because that character may be written to just fit that one role. In the X-Men universe, specifically the films X-men: First class and X-Men: Days of Future Past, Hank McCoy or beast as he is known as later on, brings up questions about his own stance as far as ethics go to the audience. While many would say that Hank “Beast” McCoy’s actions in creating the serum to cure his and Mystique’s mutations was unethical, in a way ended up becoming slightly more ethical because his improved serum, while it greatly prohibited Prof. Xavier’s telepathy, made it possible for him to walk again. But, Prof. Xavier took it to far and became basically a drug addict. Ultimately, the action of creating a serum that practically eradicates one’s own genetic makeup, while created with the best intentions in mind, ends up being unethical simply because of the unforeseen…

I have always liked the word shenanigans. It is a word that can just make my day better. The word itself just proposes a sort of mystery, posing questions about what could be going on. Hearing the word for the first time made me wonder what it could possibly mean and who came up with it. This can raise a lot of debate or conversation about the word. It makes me think why the word shenanigans is such an interesting word. There seems to be an infinite amount of words in the English language, and…

Since the authors who explored cultural decimation through colonization mainly analyzed the situations of native Americans, native Hawaiians, and the Maori natives of New Zealand, these case studies are incorporated in this literature review to contextualize the authorsʻ arguments. Upon collecting literature on the methods that colonizers employed to acculturate the native peoples they came into contact with, each of the authors assert that these actions were initiated by the colonizersʻ…

Since the authors who explored cultural decimation through colonization mainly analyzed the situations of native Americans, native Hawaiians, and the Maori natives of New Zealand, these case studies are incorporated in this literature review to contextualize the authorsʻ arguments. In the literature discussing the methods that colonizers employed to acculturate the native peoples they came into contact with, each of the authors assert that these actions were initiated by the colonizersʻ…

Without a strong plan to limit these countries effect, important ecological habitats will continue to be lost. The northern bird population is an example of a population directly harmed by the decimation of their natural habitats. According to a National Geographic article “Northern Birds Declining as Threats Mount” by Mel White, ornithologists as well as casual bird-watchers have noticed a steady decline in bird population. This does not only apply to only endangered species, but population…

Napoleon Bonaparte is broadly viewed as one of the best military commandants ever. At the stature of his energy, he had "extended the victories of France from her progressive fringes to that of a realm that extended from Spain to the steppes of Russia."In his book The Napoleonic Wars, noted student of history Gunther Rothenberg states that Napoleon "made the best armed force of now is the right time, changing the craft of war itself." While doubtlessly the French armed force under…

beyond the concept of property,” while the European settlers take land as a sign of higher classification (Brave Heart, DeBruyn 62). Even when Native Americans agreed to move to their designated reservations, the journey there would also take a devastating toll upon their population. This deliberate act of population transfers may not be a direct act of genocide to the Native Americans, but this type of colonization is very similar to the situation of moving the European Jews to concentration…

in order to create a new world clean of its impiety and cruelty. God finds righteousness in a man named Noah and creates a covenant giving him the chance to attain redemption for the world after the great flood has destroyed every living creature. In many myths and stories total destruction is associated with the coming of a new world, similar to a creation/destruction myth, or dying and rising archetype. This differs with The Book of Eli, the setting of this story is set thirty years after a…

The main cause of the Thirty Years' War, which lasted from 1618 to 1648, was the rising religious and political tensions between the Roman Catholics and the Protestant Christians. The end of the Thirty Years' War created a number of significant consequences and changed the religious, social, and political ways of Western Europe. The ending of this war created the end of the Holy Roman Empire and the Hapsburg's falling out of power. There were also religious divisions in the country which is very…

soldier’s body which has been possessed of life as a woman’s body is possessed of her unborn child , is delivered , as it were ,of life by the bullet that kills him , as the woman might be delivered of her child by abortion. This result in both cases is unnatural death by violent interference with creative processes.(White;1969,61) The Poem Futility 1918 juxtaposes the purposeful endeavour with sterility , man and nature a birth and death ; in attempt to pity the dead solider who laid…