Enemy at the Gates

The First World War and its aftermath opened to gates to international politics and warfare as we know them today. After five years of brutal and slow stalemate, American intervention finally broke the back of Germany. The abdication of the Kaiser and unconditional surrender of the Weimar Republic led to treaty negotiations at the Paris Peace Conferences in 1919. The world that Georges Clemenceau, Woodrow Wilson, and other conference participants found themselves tasked with reshaping was in…

Medieval castles were built in the middle ages in europe and the Middle East as a structure to provide protection. Castles shouldn't be confused with the “Palaces” that we are familiar with today, Medieval castles weren't made for comfort although they were great for protection. Castles were drafty, gloomy and damp. The fireplaces typically smoked up the rooms. The only light besides was from flickering torches. The floors were either bare stone or covered with animal furs. What furniture they…

Imagine being torn from your house and stripped of your civil rights and liberties because of your race. This is what happened during World War II after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor. The United States’ citizens and government officials were suspicious of the Japanese-Americans being disloyal to their country. This fear became the reason many people lived in military-style barracks surrounded by barbed wire fences and guards at an internment camp (Interview 2). What was life like to live…

require her help. Aias dishonored Athene by not accepting her help and acting as though he knew more about his own skill in battle than the goddess of wisdom. In dishonoring Athene, Aias ensured his own tragic death. When Aias was at the two generals’ gates about to strike down the Atreidai, Athene stopped him and inflicted him with madness, leading Aias to inflict his wrath upon cattle. Athene supported the Greeks in the Trojan War and could not allow Aias to destroy the Greek army. However,…

Go to a new land God tells Abram, “Go forth from your land, kinsmen, and father’s house to a land that I will show you, I will make of you a great nation and I will bless you. I will make your name great and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you and I will curse those who curse you. All of the clans of the earth will be blessed through you.” Abram went forth taking with him his wife Sarai and his nephew Lot. In Canaan, Abram spread his tent and built an altar and called…

on the prisoners. However, there were some instances of resistance from the prisoners. The most famous of which is the uprising at Treblinka. On August 2, 1943, approximately 1,000 Jewish prisoners stole weapons from the armory and charged the front gate. Only 200 managed to escape into the surrounding woods, and half were captured and killed (Jewish Uprisings In…

The Iran Hostage Situation captivated the world for 444 days. The Iranian captors and their crisis successfully delivered for enemies of the United States a significant blow to American prestige, which led to a lack of faith in the Carter Administration and the government as a whole. The events leading up to the capture of the embassy workers, President Carter’s involvement in the crisis, the treatment of the hostages, and their eventual release impacted the world and has since changed the way…

Paige Seale 10Y Pd 8 may 2015 Heritage Assignment: Slavery in the Cape. No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery -Harriet Ann Jacobs. Slavery in the cape was an immense turning point in South Africa’s history, yet many South Africans don’t know anything about the gruelling events…

High school. There are plenty of memories that come to mind when I think back on my high school years and how fun, boring, and sometimes mind boggling it was. I learned so much in these quick yet repetitive 4 years out of my life. I made friends, fell in love, laughed, cried, and did some of the most boring work of my life—But, I have plenty more to share. I felt as though my high school experience wasn’t really as dreadful and hard as I thought it would be. It was more like come to school and…

Many sinful souls have been lost to the dark evil abyss called hell. In the story of Dante's "The Inferno" suggest that there is a great amount of severity of violence in the levels of hell. It is well known in the circles of hell that there is violence in the form of mentality, physically and sometimes both due to the sins one committed. However, we can compare and contrast as the levels of hell increase that the violence does also. As Dante journeys through the pits of hell with his…