Decimation

The movie I chose to watch for extra credit, is “Kill a Mocking Bird.” I picked this movie because I thought I was really interesting. During the 1930s in the depression, the politics in the south interest in the civil rights movement, the politics also worked on economic problems. The 1930s depression and racial issues in the south organize the historical event this movie. It portrays the unfairness of race and bias against African Americans; besides, doing a statement about civil rights issue…

throughout their monologues helps to rally the plebeians in support of their causes. In response, this scene marks a turning point in the play and subsequently foreshadows Brutus’ murder. It shows how Brutus’ actions and words eventually lead to his decimation, especially with the help of Antony’s coaxing of the plebeians. In his eulogy, Brutus attempts to express to the plebeians the necessity of his actions. He tries to justify his crime by pursuing the plebeians that the regicide did not…

The French and Industrial Revolution are considered to be the catalysts that lead to the west becoming modernized. The French Revolution, which happened from 1789 to the late 1790s, was the battle of reactionaries and radicals (Pavlac 254). King Louis XVI when given the throne was too young and inexperienced to make the necessary reforms that France needed. He was unable to solve the debt caused by the previous kings, and therefore made the French people angry. Influenced by the American…

become an icon of space exploration and mankind’s accomplishments. NASA has created countless scientific advancements and created the stepping stone to the future. No one would have thought that NASA’s future would be as uncertain. Now, with the decimation of NASA’s budget by the congress, thousands of jobs are threatened and mankind’s advancements in the field of science is questionable. Congress funding for the space agency is at an all-time low and many deep space exploration programs are…

This contributed to the decimation of the Lubicon way of life. So where would the Lubicon move too? The ideal solution would see the Lubicon journey to Lubicon Lake northeast of Grande Prairie. Lubicon Lake is ideal to their cause because the oil companies that built roads and set…

American perceptions of people in Islamic countries is a commonly investigated as a way to judge American awareness and level of social understanding of the world at large, but little consideration has gone into what many of these people in Islamic Countries think about the United States. The perceptions of these people regarding Americans is just as important in understanding the social disconnect between the two separated worlds and the stereotypes, misconceptions, and suspicion that created…

Director Zack Snyder’s “Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice” took its hype train to terminal velocity with a too-big-to-fail marketing approach that eventually crashed into a cinematic cacophony that might just be best to the deaf viewer. Like dropping names of high-brow friends at a posh party, Snyder lobbed out a pitch some years ago to pin the world’s two most revered superheroes against one another in a sort of theatrical cage match that any unsuspecting moviegoer could sink his or her teeth…

Somali Pirates have been terrorising the coast of eastern Africa for over a decade. Starting off as innocent fisher men and now becoming the notoriously dangerous seamen that will hold their victims at gunpoint for a large ransom working for the war lords that are continually fighting for power and land. Somalia now famous for its piracy antics and dangerous waters were once known for its growing fishing industry and its diverse marine life. Somalia has been crippled by lawlessness, poverty,…

also the President of her Junior Class, and captain of the volleyball, basketball and lacrosse teams. (Chainkof). Like everyone else, deaf individuals have their rights as a human being and they need to be protected. In 1975 the individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) was passed. “IDEA is a federal law which seeks to make sure that students with disabilities receive a free appropriate public education”(Illinois Legal Aid, 1). The child’s educational services and placement must be…

An epidemic disease causing a high rate or mortality. A virulent contagious febrile disease that is caused by a bacterium. A sudden unwelcome outbreak. (Cite this) All 3 of these sentences are definitions of Plague. The Bubonic Plague is a monumental example of Plague. “The medieval black plague that ravaged Europe and killed a third of its population…transmitted to humans from infected rats by the oriental rat flea. In 14th century Europe, the victims of the black plague had bleeding below the…