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A nationalist, anti-Islam, far-right political movement founded in Dresden in 2014. The movement has garnered the support of thousands of German citizens attracted to their xenophobic message. The group has received the strongest support from places where people have hardly any experiences with foreigners. The group claims…

What is one to think when facing a book that seems science fiction on the surface, yet faces the harsh realities of a very real war within World History? Kurt Vonnegut, an American novelist, deals with various interwoven ideas and themes that are so contrasting to one another it is a wonder how he managed to work everything into one novel that spans just over two-hundred pages long. Slaughterhouse-Five is a diverse, intricate work that can be looked at from a multitude of perspectives. For the…

World war two was the deadliest and global war that started from 1939 – 1945, although hand to hand combat started later in the years. This war included almost all the nations in the world, as well as all the “greatest nations”, eventually becoming two great sides forming the Axis and Allies. It’s been the biggest worldwide war in history. It involved more than one- hundred thousand people, including millions of civilians that died innocently in many occasions like the Holocaust (were about…

lieve is that sometimes it is necessary. Those who tend to believe such commonly agree on the thought that one side of the battlefront deserves it. This thought is often reflected in films, media, and other social mediums. While films claim to be anti-war, they subliminally invoke emotions that promote war. Kurt Vonnegut in Slaughterhouse Five gives his take on war being represented through a secondary medium. Vonnegut believes that war, despite its purpose should not be revered as the effects…

Hello. This is the life of Frederic Chopin. Fryderyk Chopin, the polish variation of his name, was born in Zelazowa Wola, 46 kilometers west of Warsaw. The baptismal record gives his birthday as February 22, 1810, and cites his given names in the latin form, Fridericus Franciscus. However, the composer and his family used the birthdate March 1st. Nicolas Chopin, Frederic’s father, was a Frenchman from Lorraine who had emigrated to Poland in 1787. Nicolas tutored children in the Polish…

Of all of the aims of strategic bombing throughout the course of World War II, many of them were never reached. Several of the most well-known attempts to bomb large cities are the London Blitz, the bombing of Dresden and Hamburg among other German cities, and the fire-bombing of Tokyo, as well as the atomic bombs used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The preliminary aim of strategic bombing was to destroy infrastructure, however this failed due to the lack of accuracy of these bombs. Aims evolved…

Irony and Satire In “Slaughterhouse Five” Before Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Slaughterhouse five” even begins, Vonnegut is described as “America’s greatest satirist”. Considering this title, Vonnegut must be well suited within the realm of satirical literature. Along with this sense of commanding satire, Vonnegut demonstrates a affluent abundance of irony. Throughout this book,Vonnegut’s novel “Slaughterhouse Five”, satire and irony are masterfully used to create an emphatic and hilarious anti-war…

Grief is a great sorrow. The ways in which grief manifests itself can take many forms. In Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, By Jonathan Safran Foer, Oskar Schell and the rest of his family experience some sort of grief. The Schell family expresses their grief very differently from each other. Oskar becomes anxious. The Mom becomes distant. The Grandpa becomes withdrawn. The Grandma desires privacy. In the end they are able to overcome their grief. They do this through their relationship with…

It is not often that words written or spoken long ago can still resonate today. However, like the ripples of a pebble thrown in a pond minutes ago, the world still feels the impact of Austrian architect, Adolf Loos. Loos was a man of intense opinions and a reflecting portfolio. The blunt forms of his buildings were in tune with the tones of his writings and opinions on architecture. He saw architecture as a movement and progression that was beyond any one man’s ability to change. Furthermore…

recreated Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, was performed on December 25th, 1989 by an international cast of musicians and vocalist coming from groups around the world, such as: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Members of the Staatskapelle Dresden, Members of the Kirov Orchestra, Leningrad, London Symphony Orchestra, Members of the New York Philharmonic and Members of the Orchestre de Paris; the conductor of this concert was Leonard Bernstein (SuperGMajor7). I have…