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Moby-Dick is an American novel written by Herman Melville. The story chronicles the voyage of a captain driven mad by his desire to kill Moby Dick, a scarred white whale who severed the captain 's leg. At first glance, Moby-Dick may appear to be nothing more than an adventure novel; however, it soon becomes apparent that Moby-Dick 's pages are rife with philosophical discussion, technical knowledge, and sharp wit. Readers may also find it interesting to note that Melville 's narrative style…

Most religion has one God that they worship and pray to; however, many also believe in more than one god for guidance through life. Being monotheistic means praying to only one God to help guide someone through their difficulties in life and that God has a plan for them. Being polytheistic is praying to more than one god because many gods can represent many things in life and praying to that specific god can help someone through that specific obstacle. For Hindus, believing in more than one…

World War II was a time when many impactful kinds of literature were created or inspired by the war. One of the many novels inspired by World War II was Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi. “Levi, retells what he experienced in a concentration camp in order to educate people of his hardships. During his time at the concentration camp, Levi tells the reader how the Nazis dehumanized him and many other victims forcing them to face severe conditions for the benefit of the Nazis and…

Ras the Destroyer and the Dean are on opposite ends of the spectrum in relation to their views on black and white interactions, the first believing in violence as a solution to racism and the latter believing that climbing up the social ladder is the path to equality…

During the first few days of August 1964, the United States, an ally of Southern Vietnam, made an accusation that Northern Vietnam had attacked them two times in the Gulf of Tonkin (Treanor 59). The United States was fearing the supremacy of North Vietnam over South Vietnam. South Vietnam had teamed up with the United States in the early months of 1964 for missions along the coast of Northern Vietnam. While these operations were executed by the Vietnamese Navy, they we orchestrated by the CIA…

the Cuban missile crisis against Fidel Castro. And he wanted to give equal rights to everyone. First, he graduated from Harvard in 1940 and went into the navy the same year. And when he was in the war his PT boat was rammed and sunk by Japanese destroyer and Kennedy was injured but still was able to lead the survivors through the perilous waters to safety. When he came back from war he became a democratic congressman from Boston then went to the senate. Then in 1955 he wrote profiles in…

A day before the Pearl Harbor attack FDR which was the president sent a letter for peace to the Empire of Japan. It was too late for that because since November 26th, of 1941, Japans navy left home port and headed to Hawaii. It was already planned out and there was no peace made. The event that dragged the United States into World War 2 is the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, of 1941. It’s brings sad memories and it was something that the U.S was expecting at that time. The attack was made…

Imagination the Underrated Power Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde written by Robert Louis Stevenson is considered to be one of the first detective pieces of literature. The book is written in the first person and takes us through the view of Mr. Utterson, an upstanding lawyer, which is well respected in the London community. He is extremely peculiar in detail, and with great acumen, describes many of the strange events concerning Dr. Jekyll. However, this fact also means that Utterson is biased against…

Following World War One, the American people were sick and tired of Wilson’s moral crusade on the world and were eager to, “return to normalcy,” so when the twenties began, a new lifestyle did too, built on prohibition, having a good time, debt, and isolationism under President Harding’s administration. By 1929, the fun had come to an end when the ominous cloud of debt finally began to rain on the United States. As the Great Depression settled in with a new somber reality of life after the high…

Nationalism and Militarism Why is nationalism and militarism leading causes to WWI? Nationalism is when a large group of people are under one flag and have patriotism. Militarism is the belief of desire that a government or people to have a strong military to promote national intent. Both go hand in hand with each other in an specific order; imperialism, assassination and alliances were only secrumstanses used to attack each other. Nationalism, one nation under a government or group of…