Edward Zwick

Smallpox is a contagious disease that is often fatal. It is caused by the variola virus. Smallpox produces a fever and easily identifiable rash. In 1980, smallpox was declared an eradicated disease following a very successful vaccination program. However, after September 2001, the United States governments took steps to be prepared with a bioterrorism attack using smallpox as a weapon of mass destruction. As a result of this effort, there is a national response plan to be able to vaccinate…

Introduction The focus of this report will be to look at the different explanation of homicide from biological, psychological and sociological points of view. These explanations will be applied to the case of Sukhdev to gain an understanding of why Ryan committed the offence against Sukhdev, and whether the different explanations are useful in understanding the reason behind this homicide. Examining the Case The case involves a 22-year-old male called Ryan who lived in the Midlands, the place…

History and Language: A Holistic View Humanity is such a simple word, yet is by simple nature excruciatingly complex. The variables and mechanisms that fuse themselves together are so broad and encompassing that it is not so surprising that looking at the whole is nigh on impossible for one person to achieve. Just as a single person is a blend of ideas, ideals, and circumstances, so too is the overall essence of what makes a human, human. Anthropologists have dedicated their lives to the attempt…

The Dovre Witch was a hunchbacked old woman who wore a silver belt, birch-bark shoes, and a leather jacket. Her pipe was filled with moss and she begged from the very poorest. Even though she begged, she was in fact a very wealthy witch. The Dovre Witch had the ultimate power and if she wanted, she could strike fear into any peasant who failed to satisfy her needs. On this particular afternoon, Dovre Witch was feeling very irritable after she was denied her prized ham by the Countess Marta.…

Few theoretical fields can compare with the amount of internal conflict that plagues postcolonial theory: a semmingly constant stream of debates centring on internal rather than external elements. One such debate can be located between the ‘first wave’ and ‘second wave’ critics of the theory, who are often engaged with one another in a rather antagonistic manner. A simple explanation of the stances of each wave can be stated as such: first wave criticism challenges the colonial status quo,…

Returning the “Gaze” Jamaica Kincaid’s Annie John is an attempt at writing back to a hegemonic colonial discourse. The protagonist of this postcolonial bildungsroman, Annie, is struggling to form an identity while adhering to colonial ideologies forced upon her. However, her ability to write and speak back is limited to the colonial culture, specifically English literature and language. She uses the culture that is oppressing her as a means of liberation. Similarly, Homi Bhabha argues that a…

the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has been widely analyzed and researched. For generations, historians have sought out the great flaw that led to the collapse of this once monumental civilization. One primary contributor to this effort was Edward Gibbon whose six volume discourse The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire was pivotal in societies attempt to understand this great tragedy. Gibbon’s arguments on the flawed power system in the empire caused by unprecedented…

The first immunization was possibly invented in ancient times but was first recorded in the late 1800s. A little less than two hundred years later, vaccines were standardized when it came to administering it to children and infants. These vaccines offer many benefits to the child and their parent. However, not every parent wishes to have their children vaccinated out of fear that it will do more harm than good. Overall, Vaccines have had an interesting history. Since their invention, they have…

living in the dark, among the shadows of the Dead. But his heart softened when he saw Persephone and was amazed by his youth, beauty and freshness This is the case with Edward as he is perceived as snobbish, reserved, and anti social among his peers at folks high school, until he mets Bella, who he then cannot get out of his mind. Edward can be seen as resembling Hades as they are both living in the dark and hard until they meet a girl that softens them up much like Bella or Persephone. The…

Orientalism, even going so far as to “[accuse] Said of perpetuating the same Eastern stereotypes for which he has faulted the Western imperialist” (“Edward W. Said” 336). Others simply focused on the imperfections in his arguments, stating that they were weak or could have had more impact (336). In his review of Orientalism in 1980, Malcolm H. Kerr states that “Edward Said, a literary critic loaded with talent, has certainly made a splash [with Orientalism], but with this sort of effort he is…