Desperate Measures

During the Great Depression, many families across America had to use desperate measures to get by. For example, food had to be rationed in common households. Children could only eat one piece of meat and if they wanted another piece, they weren’t allowed to eat it. Meat was too expensive at the time and parents could not afford to give their children more food even if they were that hungry. In addition, kids would steal food in order to survive. Because of the food that was rationed in their…

Although quite young, Abigail shows her love towards John Proctor very straight forwardly. She holds back nothing but the truth to John as she approaches him in a desperate attempt to try and reclaim him, to show her love. Being persuasive, she causes him a few moments of weakness as she pours her heart out to him, but John eventually pushes her fully away because he does not love her back. At one point, John was…

Envision, a world where nothing looks as it ought to. The measure of scorn so high, it's for all intents and purposes agonizing. Regular you wake up with this inclination that you're going to kick the bucket; at times you don't even apprehension this occurrence. In the book "Night" the writer Elie Wiesel takes the peruser to a spot in time that they wouldn't ever need to adventure to. He gives you a genuine's photo grimness and startling circumstances that originated from the Holocaust. Wiesel…

situation that is occurring. If the situation is involving national security, then I do agree these rights should be put on pause for the moment. I feel that national security is more important than privacy to an extent. I feel that desperate times call for desperate measures. There have been too many incidents, and I say incidents, because it could have been avoided, when a terrorist enters this country and harms millions of people. Also our borders are allowing millions of illegal,…

9. In most wars, property belonging to the opponent is destroyed. During its colonial wars, the British Army often burnt down the houses of civilians. In the Anglo-Boer War, the first farm-burnings occurred at an early stage, shortly after the outbreak of the war, when the British destroyed the farms of rebels in the Cape Colony; and when a British force made an incursion into the south-eastern OFS on 9 January 1900, several farmhouses were destroyed and the livestock carried off. In the light…

What prompted millions of Germans to join the Nazi party? An extremist party described as “[It] gave new meaning to the human capacity for evil and whose contributions to the new 20th century included genocide, massive physical destruction, racial and religious bigotry of the Nazi constituency.” (xi Brustein) How did Germany arrive at that point? During the 19th century, Germany was one of the most formidable countries in the world with the second highest standard of living. In fact, when Adolf…

Home is where the heart is! The saying that has been around for centuries but it remains to be the most truthful thing to ever be said. In A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, one of the main characters Beneatha Younger is constantly around her family which also means that she is constantly learning from them. Family teaches the rights and wrongs as well as morals. When searching for identity people reach outside of what they have been taught to search for themselves and learn about life…

The Bubonic Plague was arguably the most devastating epidemic of the mid-fourteenth century, sweeping across Europe and wiping out one-third of the population. This epidemic was detrimental to schools, businesses, and families all across Europe. This also transformed into a time when God became ever present in the lives of those struck with fear of this mysterious, pestilent affliction. Surprisingly enough, even though the majority of people had procured this spiritual-mindedness, there were…

Henry Fitzroy: The Lucky Bastard Henry Fitzroy was the product of King Henry and King Henry’s mistress, Elizabeth Blount. This parentage, although involving King Henry, means he was an illegitimate heir to the throne of England. But power was slipping from their hands, and Henry became their last resort (Loades 146). Although the life of Henry Fitzroy ended early, he was a key character whose existence gave fleeting hope to not only his father Henry VIII and his half-sister Mary, but the fate…

Imagine if you will, a German official taking away everything that makes up your family, your culture, and your character. You are forced into work while others have already been sent to their deaths. Your family has been separated, your home, taken away and all that you hold on has already slipped away — all because of your beliefs. You have been forced into a cramped home with many others and without access to clean water and electricity, many are ill. You are forced into hard, demanding work…