Donner Party

Film is one of the most influential modern mediums, Andrew Tudor (2013, 139-140) elaborates on the influence media can have on a general population, “The media tell the man in the mass who he is - they give him identity”. Throughout history there’s been many clear examples of the importance Film had during WWI and WWII. Hitler discusses the use of War Propaganda in his book Mein Kampf, he expresses the importance of the Art of Cinema in influencing his ideologies. “These films would be so…

relieved that the crew made it back to their own port; we are all suddenly reluctant Nazi sympathizers. The ease with which the audience can see their side offers a glimpse into how effortless it would be for an entire country to get swept into the Nazi party. In the most clever twist in the movie, moments after the submarine reaches home the port is bombed in an Allied air raid. We watch as the captain and most of the crew dies, and I found myself emotionally confused. I should, in a way, be…

I never quite understood the importance of privacy or political correctness as a child. The quick-witted banter that I had developed between friends really had no filter. I could say what I wanted, and how I wanted to say it without fear of ramifications, and my friends did the same. They were just words to us; they had little meaning, and if a conflict did erupt, it quickly fizzled out. However, the world changes, culture changes, ideas change, and with that so do freedoms. This is how my…

Apple should not provide the encryption code to unlock the iPhone of Syed Farook- one of the San Bernardino Shooters. Though the U.S government is seeking this encryption code in the name of national security, this access to millions of American’s personal information can too easily lead to the compromise of people’s 4th amendment rights. Moreover, this access may increase the targeting of minority groups such as Muslim American and African Americans. Using examples from Rampage and The New Jim…

The War on Drugs directly impacts the life of almost every American. The program began as a fight against drug abuse and the spread of dangerous operations including and related to drug trafficking into American cities. Each new president, for the most part, has continued the programs of their predecessors. The naissance of the government’s anti-drug program began under the presidency of Richard Nixon. He set the ball in motion by classifying marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug and by directing his…

In 1620, hundreds of Puritans left from the Great Britain and sought for their own settlement in American Continent. Those Puritan settlers had signed the Mayflower Compact which was a basic form of lawful management and order before they landed on Plymouth in Massachusetts. Freedom has always been and will ever be the most valuable nationhood of the United States. The political system of the nation changed from a loose confederation to a central government because the founding fathers thought…

A Girl with a Mountain to Climb – Prompt 2 The novel, The Book Thief, written by Markus Zusak is a grand series of stories narrated by Death. The stories recall a young German girl named Liesel who faces her foster parents, Nazis, and most of all, hiding a Jew in her basement. Also, Liesel grows and develops throughout these stories in a WWII Germany. As she grows up on Himmel Street in Germany, Death himself narrates and gives the reader his perspective on each of Liesel’s obstacles, mishaps,…

On the morning of September 11, 2001, the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda conducted a suicide attack on two symbolic USA landmarks, New York’s World Trade Center and the Pentagon. These terrorist hijacked planes and crashed it into these populated landmark sites. New York’s infamous twin towers collapsed after it caught on fire from the plane, as well as other buildings surrounding them. All the hijackers died during their attack as well as nearly 3,000 Americans. This attack was so deadly that…

honestly saying that he believed global warming was being created by humans. Because of this Bob lost his primary that year to an astonishing 79% to 21% all because he didn’t answer one question correctly based upon what the conservative Republican Party believes. This shows that ideology plays too big of a role in an issue that should not be associated with…

In an age of sex, drugs, and rock n’ roll, the 1960’s earned its spot as the most notorious decade in universal history. Although the 1960’s was a harsh time period, history would not be the same without the events that occurred. While America dealt with opposition from many countries, they also dealt with opposition from multiple cultures within America. Not only did America have to endure this infamous decade, but other countries dealt with problems, for example the looming threat South Korea…