Dublin

Few genres in history have sparked the imagination of the readers such as dystopian literature. The dystopian genre combines fiction with prophetic truths to not only entertain the reader but to warn him of possible futures. The main core message of the books is that power and the search to obtain it and keep it corrupts many making them do horrible thing. In this genre there are few works more moving than 1984 and A Man Was Thursday which show the progression of the virtues to the extreme…

In the opening scenes of Zero Dark Thirty, you watch as an al-Qaeda affiliate writhes, kicks, and attempts to scream while he is water boarded. You watch as the detainee is kept awake for 96 hours; is placed into a tiny, cramped box; and is forced to wear a dog collar as he is walked around a windowless room like a Golden Retriever (Zero Dark Thirty). You watch this from the comfort of your couch, enjoying a bowl of popcorn and a glass of wine, and you squirm each time a bucket of water is…

As I initially joined my group, it was clear to see what kind of individual we wanted to choose for our Wikipedia project, someone extremely distinguished. We, as a group, settled on one of the first female doctors of our nation, Eleanora Fleury. We settled on who should contribute to whichever aspect, from their early life, accomplishments, personal life among many more. My role mainly consisted of researching her legacy, how she was remembered/what she left behind. However, we generally helped…

Ryanair Ltd. is an Irish low-cost airline with headquartered based in Dublin, Ireland, with its primary operational bases at Dublin and London Stansted Airports. Ryanair’s CEO is Michael O’Lear, it was founded in 1985 by Liam Lonergan, Christopher Ryan and Tony Ryan hence the name Ryanair. Ryanair is the first low prices airlines in Europe which made…

One in four people in the world will be affected by mental or neurological disorders at some point in their lives. They experience something that no one could understand. Two of these people tried to show how is it like to be a mental disorder invalid. Mark Vonnegut and Christopher Nolan. These two men had mental issues, but they managed to survive. One of them is a happy person with his family and the other one is dead. To show what they went through, they wrote a book. In their books they…

faking to be a man, living a lonely and very independent life, and trying to find a wife. The gender inequality forced Albert Nobbs to fake her gender as a man, so she could land a job as a waiter at Morrison’s Hotel and survive in nineteenth century Dublin. There were several downsides to having to stay secretive about her gender, while the only upside being the fact that she was making money. Is a stash of money under…

husband returns. The second is “Eveline”, one of the fifteen stories written in the 20th century by James Joyce under the heading Dubliners. “Eveline” is about a young woman named Eveline who cannot decide whether to continue living in patriarchal Dublin, or to escape with…

Throughout a person’s life, they’ll change, both physically and mentally. This transformation or change can be great, or it can be terrible, such is evident in the short story by Liam O’Flaherty called “The Sniper.” “The Sniper” takes place in Dublin, Ireland 1922 during the Irish Civil War. One night he was shot at by an enemy sniper and was hit once in his left arm. He used a ruse to kill the enemy sniper and when he found out the identity of his kill he was immediately remorseful. Over the…

I have found that similar to the young protagonist, the author, James Joyce, also lived in Dublin on North Richmond Street. This short story seems to go back to the days when the author lived in a society that was struggling against oppressive forces, and when Ireland was against Britain. Joyce also lived in a dark world where he longed to find…

Adolf Eichmann was the right hand man to Adolf Hitler, the leader of the SS or the Nazi’s. Adolf Eichmann was responsible for the deaths of over 6 million Jews. A team of spies were determined to bring in Adolf Eichmann to justice, and that’s what happens in the novel The Nazi Hunters. Throughout the novel a team of spices go to Argentina to Adolf Eichmann and bringing him to justice. The team finds different way to get into Argentina by foregoing their passports to who they really were. Agents…