Five Civilized Tribes

A Metaphor for War: Schwarzschild Radius and Black holes Connie Willis communicates that a black hole is akin to war through the use of a number of metaphors in her story Schwarzschild Radius. Schwarzschild Radius is about a World War One veteran, Rottschieben who is recounting his time in the war to a curious college student who wished to know about his time working alongside the physicist that is attributed with the discovery of the Schwarzschild Radius. Willis uses comparisons such as…

Johann Gutenberg was a German blacksmith, goldsmith, printer and publisher. He was the one who invented the printing press. He was born in the German city of Mainz. He was born in around 1398. He’s the youngest son of the upper-class merchant Friele Gensfleisch. His father was a goldsmith for the Bishop at Mainz, but most likely, he was involved in the cloth trade. Johann introduced the printing to Europe. His introduction of movable type printing to Europe started the “printing revolution” ,…

Starting in the 16th century the church of England started because King Henry VIII wanted a divorce with his wife at the time Catherine of Aragon. King Henry wanted a boy to rule but his wife’s babies were still borns except for one, Queen Mary I. King Henry wanted a divorce with his wife but the Catholic Church wouldn’t allow it so King Henry broke away from the church and started the Church of England. The Church of England was different from Lutheranism because it was started because King…

The name Anglican means England, which explains why appropriately they are called the Church of England. This denomination began in the sixteenth century in England evolving from the Roman church but remaining intact with their with strong celtic influence. When created by King Henry the VIII he declared the Anglican church is under the ultimate authority of the king, contrary to traditional church that is usually under the Pope. It began when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses to the doors of…

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All in all, sixteenth century France was a time of shifting views on religion. While France was a Catholic State, an underground Protestant Reformation was slowly building, thus leading the catholic priests to fear for their divine power and their hold on everyday French life. Therefore, the Catholic Clergy struggled to stamp it out by hanging the Protestant Reformation’s members and initiators for heresy, among other proceedings. Thereupon, many people of the lower class, including peasants,…

On the 10th of November,1483, Martin Luther was born in the city of Eisleben in Germany. During the time, Eisleben was under the rule of the Roman Catholic Church. In Martin’s early years, he early began his education where he learned to read, write and Latin. Martin was a curious boy who early developed an interest in monastic life. After studying law becoming more interested in subjects such as philosophy and theology, he decided to devote his life to God and become a monk. At the time of the…

Vonnegut's fiction exposes the reality of the Vietnam War as dehumanizing and horrific towards one's ability to acheive individuality and liberation to form an identity. In Kurt Vonnegut's 1969 anti-war novel "Slaughterhouse Five" (SF) he shares many truths of fiction from his own experiences such as confinement is a barrier for personal growth, collectivism is not the key to acheiving liberation and identity is ultimately determined one's ability to detach themselves from others. This is…

Slaughterhouse-Five was written helps to emphasize the importance of life and significance ofdeath. Kurt Vonnegut uses a mix of social satire, black humor, autobiography and moral philosophy to explain a powerful antiwar message (Vonnegut and Ludwig). Through the characterization of Billy Pilgram and his experiences in World War II, Vonnegut uses his own background from the firebombing of Dresden, Germany to explore the psychological effects of war on the average soldier in…

German forces and sent to Dresden, where he survived bombing raids by the Americans. This experience would impact the stories he composed in the years following. Stories such as Slaughterhouse-Five, Hocus Pocus, and Mother Night emphasize this experience - the most significant novel being Slaughterhouse-Five, in which…