Fatherland

new residence exacerbated existing cultural tensions in which some may say American arrogance canceled any chance of lasting coexistence. Boone and his band of hunters, however, weren't innocent victims during this transformation from a hunter's fatherland to a land speculators paradise. He and different Anglo hunters’ profit-mindedness and conceptions of virility resulted within the forceful decline of bovid, deer, and beaver inhabitants. Finally, capitalistic trend undermined the power of…

Adolf Hitler, the Jews, and Mimetic Theory Although raised in a Catholic home, Adolf Hitler may be more of a charismatic opportunist than a religious zealot. However, his strong persona allowed him to employ a quasi-Christian view to set in motion the atrocities of the Holocaust. His tactic centered on turning the people against their Jewish brothers and sisters. The German Jews were contributing citizens in Germany, many of whom were educated and business owners. Hitler viewed the "chosen…

“The Ghost” Author: Robert Harris INTRODUCTION: Robert Harris wrote an interesting novel or story the title is “The Ghost”. Robert Harris is the author of “Impremium, Pompeii, Enigma, Fatherland, and Selling Hitler”. He has been a television correspondent with the BBC and a newspaper columnist for the Sunday times (London) and the daily telegraph. His novels have sold more than Ten Million copies and Ten Translated into thirty-seven languages. He lives in Berkshire, England, with his wife and…

One word that would best describe the world and its contents is opportunism. Opportunism is the conscious policy and practice of taking advantage of circumstances – with little regard for principles, or with what the consequences are for others. Opportunism is everywhere; in the environment, in animals, and especially in humans. “The Cage” by Ruth Minsky Sender shows a great theme of opportunism and that people will do anything for their benefit. The author (Riva Minska) writes a memoir…

207). Okonkwo was found dead hanging from a tree behind his compound. The coming of white men to Umuofia and the influence they had on the people of Umuofia is what drove Okonkwo to kill himself, he disliked the changes the white men brought to his fatherland even his own son began to follow their religion of christianity. “That man was of the greatest men in Umuofia. You drove him to kill himself; and now he will be buried like a dog.”(Achebe 208). With great fury Obierika claimed to the…

Creon’s Calamity “The time shall come, And soon, when your house will be filled with the lamentation Of men and of women; and every neighboring city Will be goaded to fury against you” (Sophocles 155). This foreboding message given to King Creon by Teiresias warns Creon of the negative effects of his actions. For Creon, these words mark the beginning of his downfall. Every Greek tragedy included a tragic hero, a person who started at the top and fell to the bottom. King Creon fulfills the role…

Paul’s company. After the Kaiser’s visit, Paul and his friends wonder what good is war and who is in the right. They argue that each side will think they are in the right, but who really is? “We are here to protect our fatherland. And the French are over there to protect their fatherland. Now who’s in the right?” They go on to argue about how they did not want the war and if nobody else does, then why do they happen? They realize that wars benefit only those in charge. “Every full grown emperor…

their citizens. In response to this, Pinochet called a national referendum to establish a legitimacy to his regime. A month later citizens were asked to vote “yes” or “no” to the statement, “Faced with international aggression launched against our fatherland, I support President Pinochet in his defense of the dignity of Chile and reaffirm the legitimacy of the government…” (Constable, Valenzuela 68). With the election being rigged (blank ballots were counted as yes) Pinochet was able to claim…

recent history, and about how they thought the jews made them lose World War I. Along with that they did not teach literature, either. This is shown more in the movie, when Herr Liszt was teaching Bruno and Gretel about what the jews did to the Fatherland... and the scene where he forbade Bruno from reading storybooks. Here is an example, “A sound understanding of the social sciences is far more important in this day and age.” -Herr Liszt (p.97). This book and movie is suitable for grade…

Document 1 is an extract from What is a Nation? by Ernest Renan, a French scholar known for his political theories on national identity. The document gives different aspects of what he claims forms a nation. It is written in 1882, in the period that the idea of nationalism was emerging with the 'rise of intra-European movements'.1 This could be argued to be partly the consequence of the resurgence of imperialism, which could have increased national feeling. France itself was recovering of her…