Ferdinand Marcos

annex the two countries and an enraged group of Serbian nationalists set out to assassinate the Austro-Hungarian Archduke, the heir to the throne. On June 28, 1914, a member of the Young Bosnians movement, Gavrilo Princip, shot both Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Chotek, in the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. Enraged by this action, the Austro-Hungarians blamed Serbia. Although this has never been proven, and issued an ultimatum, all but one of the conditions were agreed to by the…

Kurt Vonnegut is a man who was never afraid to express his opinions, political or otherwise. In his essay, titled “A Truly Modern Hero”, Vonnegut argues that an obstetrician named Ignaz Semmelweis should be viewed and modeled as a hero. He begins his essay by stating his intentions in his paper--at least purportedly. Vonnegut goes on to expand in detail on each of his three major subjects: honor, “guessers”, and Semmelweis as a hero. Each of his points leads into the others, and the entire…

After the death of Ina and Isak, Lola goes back to Sarajevo believing she was not going to make it alone, but finds herself in the place where her dad used to work and starts to remember good old memories she had with him. She finds Sava, “a kindly old man who had worked beside her father” (Brooks 77). After he recognizes her, they hugged and began to shed tears; he double checked the streets to make sure that no German soldier would see them. He gave her his coat and she told him the story with…

of so many Filipinos who fought and died before. There can never be moving on without justice—that is without accountability and apology. “They really seemed to me like actors walking away from the scene of a crime.” When I got to read this line, Marcos was the one who popped in mind my first. Indeed, his family is like a family of actors who appears to have forgotten their misdeed and…

"I have not told the half of what I saw..."-Marco Polo. “The Age of Exploration is a world history period from 1400 to 1600 in which Europeans traveled the rest of the world in search of goods, raw materials, land, and trade partners.”(University of Cambridge) The Age of Exploration was a time when many explorers such as Marco Polo seen many things people hadn’t discovered or wrote about yet. Marco Polo was a Venetian journalist and explorer who sailed first to China, which was under the control…

Abuses of the Marcos Regime Martial law is the most ruthless way to extend one’s presidency in a nation. Ferdinand Marcos made the young activists and concerned citizens look like rebels that are trying to ruin our nation. He made it as a reason to impose martial law in our country. But before the imposing of martial law many significant events happened in our country. After he won his election to for presidency in 1965, he planned numerous projects that would definitely boost our economy.…

As a tyrannical government is allowed to rule freely over the illiterate masses, technology became so advance in a way wherein work that should be done by people are being replaced by robots, virtual centers are being safe havens for the people who choose to refuse to live but rather exist in something that isn’t real and tangible. Raissa Claire U. Rivera’s “Virtual Center” is a unique but horrifying example of a society built in Class Division which showcased the poor versus the rich, and the…

Before introducing these two films, I will study the image of the Marco Polo and his influence in the European history to get a general idea of this historical figure. Then I will focus on representation of Marco Polo in the two films and compare their similarities and differences. By analyzing the character Marco Polo, I will explain his European identity and Western viewer’s identification with him. Afterwards, I will analyze the different…

Marco Polo was one of the motivated travelers. Marco Polo was an Italian explorer who journeyed across Asia and through the Mongol Empire. He traveled on the Silk Road and when he reached China, he entered the house of the Mongol ruler, Kublai Khan. Kublai Khan sent Marco Polo on trips to help manage his kingdom. The spirit of maritime enterprise and adventure, along with the interest…

Have you ever wondered why the Silk Road is important? The Silk was the major trade product that's when it traveled on the silk road. This route was opened by Zhang Qian. Many people called Silk Road, Silk Route linking China with West. To begin with, according to Ducksters.com article the Silk Road was important because it helped to generate trade and commerce between a number of different kingdoms and empires. The silk was invented in Ancient China according to kids history the silk fabric…