Enemy at the Gates

The Hero’s Journey The ordinary world: Mark is a 40 year old married and retired engineer, living with his wife and son along the city of Harare in Zimbabwe. He is an unfortunate man who cannot produce enough for a decent living, he trains the cricket team in order to gain enough money for his son Jacob to attend school;…

excitement, but as a result of going through a forced process, she would come to find that forced love would not make one live a good life. Her realization is evident within the quote of “The familiar people and things had failed her so she hung over the gate and looked up the road towards way off. She knew now that marriage did not make love. Janie’s first dream was dead, so she became a woman” (Hurston 25). Janie was not able to experience the other parts of the American dream through…

The American Revolution officially began in 1775 and lasted until 1783, spanning the course of eight years. However, what sparked this Revolution was the aftermath of the French and Indian War, which ended in 1763. King George III spent a substantial amount of money to supply and defend the colonists. After the end of the war, it only seemed reasonable to have the colonists pay for the debt, so taxes were administered without their consent. This, of course, angered the colonists, who were not…

But on realizing that he was dead, she told him she loved him and kissed Rudy on his lips. When she found her Mama [Rosa] and Papa’s [Hans] bodies, she walked towards them, she grabbed Mama’s hand and reminded her when Liesel arrived at the front gate of mama’s house, Liesel remembered when she first time came to Rosa’s house and people started gathering to see what was happening. Rosa told the people to go away so Liesel was comfortable coming in the house. And for Papa, Liesel laid his…

“There is nothing impossible to him who will try.” Alexander the Great (Great). Alexander the Great was an ancient Greek conqueror who created one of the largest empires known to mankind. Taking a stand in history is when a person, group of people, or an idea attempts to overcome a problem regardless of opposition. A prime example of someone who took a stand is Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great took a stand in history when he conquered the Persian Empire, spreading Greek culture affecting…

Nowadays, world have evolved to a state where as young as one years old to as old as sixty years have been exposed to video games. Start from a big box to hand-held video games console. Video games has always been associated with teenagers as them been criticized by the society as mind paralyses and destructive garbage. Therefore, it gives bad impression to people who play video games among the society. However, video game gives more benefits than negative effects. Researchers have gone through…

the act because he feels there is no other way to protect Rome. He knows it was wrong, and that makes makes him him noble. Brutus is able to acknowledge right from wrong then choose which act is the most moral, to defend the people. Even Brutus ' enemies declared Brutus was noble. In his final speech, Antony proclaims, "This was the noblest Roman of them all" (V:v:68). Brutus and Antony are at war with each other for the last two acts, yet Antony proclaims him as noble. But not just noble, the…

the contrast between views of the world, eyes of naivety versus the eyes of battle. Macbeth may appear to be a normal husband to her, but in battle, the land where he portrays his best skill, he is “Bellona’s bridegroom”-- a ruthless monster to his enemies. “There’s no art to find the mind’s construction in the…

The attack on Pearl Harbor struck fear and anger into the people of the U.S. Almost immediately after the attack, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. Our national security was questioned and chaos erupted on the West Coast. People thought that the Japanese would attack them next. Racial tensions grew on Japanese-Americans. Focused one one goal: revenge. The U.S. people united and through the next several years, that unity made the U.S. a global superpower.…

The stark differences in globalization, connectivity and technology between the 20th and 21st century become evident as one reads Oscar Williams’ poem titled “ A Morning in the20t hCentury”andAlbertCamus’snovel“ T hePlague”.Williamsinhispoemmentions the typical sounds that have come to represent that time. He speaks of the “spiral of dark sounds” of a train, milk bottles, horse’s hoofs and a truck. He talks about the wide reach of Europe’s “helpless hands called newspapers” and war that has…