Enemy

Enemies of the Roman Order was written by Ramsay MacMullen. He was born in New York City in 1928 and went on to be a professor at Yale University from 1967 to 1993. Even after his retirement, he continued to write books, with fifteen published in total. The thesis or purpose of Enemies of the Roman Order is to explain and show the chronological order and the types of enemies to the Roman order and their effect on the government and society. Enemies of the Roman Order is broken down into…

Making an enemy could be difficult for some and very easy for others. It just depends on how mean an individual can get. Now I have seen all of the movies like Mean Girls where they love to put other people down and I have personally always had a what if thought in my head. What if I was like this, or what if I had friends like those girls. I have been picked on many of times in my life, so I know how to make an enemy. First, find the perfect victim. Once the victim is chosen, become friends…

1. Define enemy combatant. Provide examples of who might be deemed as such and why? Enemy combatants are persons detained under the executive order established by former president of the United States, George W. Bush. It also includes the definition of an individual who was part of or supporting Taliban or al Qaeda forces, or associated forces that are engaged in hostilities against the United states or its coalition partners. One example of someone who may be deemed as such is a…

An Enemy of the People a) ‘Judge not, lest ye be judged’ is often a misquoted phrase these days. The judgment part is questioned often by people. In fact, people never focus much on the moral values they portray on their daily life but try to judge too often on the practices of others. In this strange world, making cross-cultural judgments based on moral values doesn’t have importance. When we talk about cultural aspects, people need to relate themselves to their own culture based on the…

Apathy and complacency are the enemies of democracy; peaceful resistance is the greatest weapon with which to fight these enemies. The American republic was “conceived in revolution” (Mirkin). Our founders built a nation with a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, placing the right to peaceably assemble in the first amendment to the Constitution. In a free society, we must exercise our rights and use our voice to influence the government. A government which governs best…

two legends that I think are alike in various ways. These stories are “Cat and Rat” and “How Cats and Mice Became Enemies.” The short story “Cat and Rat” explains why the Chinese Zodiacs are in their order while also mentioning why cats despise rats. This is because Rat sabotaged Cat’s chance having a Chinese Zodiac named after her. The other legend, “How Cats and Mice Became Enemies”, it doesn’t say anything about Chinese Zodiac’s, but it does give the conclusion of why cats hate mice. Though…

The main characters in Tim O’Brien’s’ Enemies Friends, turn hatred into the definition of friendship by unmasking war-infected minds during Vietnam. Between the ages of two and three, people are rewarded for doing right; however, punished for doing wrong. Yet, when thrown into a war, where innocence is lost, what truly is right. The narrator states ‘A missing jackknife’ (59), is what caused this fight. As the jackknife is not something most would hover over as if it’s a diamond. He held the…

In the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding and the play An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen, the characters are alike in several ways. There are self-driven leaders, blind followers and a truth teller. Self-interest controls the leaders into making decisions based on themselves. Leaders whose main concern is their success tend to put themselves above others. In each book, the leader drives their society into failure when it has potential of prospering. This makes self-interest the key…

membership numbers have declined every year. Most people believe that the blue-collar industry decline is the main reason for that, but corruption by union leaders could also be a reason people don’t want to join a union. In this paper I will summarize the Enemy Within book, talk about some of the facts that I found interesting, and then I will talk about the effects this investigation had on labor unions throughout history.…

In An Enemy of the People and Democracy in America, Ibsen and Tocqueville make it clear they believe that the masses hold far more power than most perceive. Tocqueville spends his time dissecting the body and limbs of democracy to try and find what is animating them, pinpointing the masses. The soul of the country, in his eyes and those of Ibsen, is the majority; governing in the name of the people composed of peaceable citizens who wish the welfare of the country. They are, however, surrounded…