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In Amy Chua’s book, Day of Empire, the main emphasis is how hyperpowers rise to the top, achieving global dominance, and how they fall off the global plateau. She writes about a theory that she believes is the secret to global dominance, and provides examples to further prove her theory. Chua believes the secret is to be as tolerant as the empire/nation can possibly be, and to obviously not be extremely intolerant. Empires should be tolerant of race, religion, and other cultures, and attempt to…

Hiʻiaka 2 Page Essay English Tysen Oyama and Kalehua Kalili The thought process behind the Instagram page that Kalehua and I made was to make Panaʻewaʻs page look like he is a stuck up and selfish moʻo that shouldnʻt be considered a leader of the moʻo because his actions donʻt reflect what an actual leader is supposed to. He talks as if he can do anything. But, risks the lives of his own people to defeat an opposition that he states he could defeat himself. This proves to my point that Panaʻewa…

Joel Barlow and his Hatred of Napoleon In Joel Barlow’s “Advice to a Raven in Russia”, he makes several points that hint toward his anti-Napoleon agenda. He makes references to the lands Napoleon has ravaged along his path of destruction. Barlow uses a raven as a sort of mascot because a raven can fly over everything and not only see the damage that has been done to the land, but also the people that inhabited these lands. This poem was written in 1812, which was during the time of the ruthless…

What is a leader? What is a boss? This paper will be constructed of arguments supported by evidence and reasons on what “The Amazing Maurice And His Educated Rodents” defines a leader as. Many people have their own idea of what a leader is but in this paper you will grow in a better understanding of all the aspects of what a leader is. According to the book, Darktan demonstrated that a leader doesn’t leave a man behind. Being a leader can be very difficult at times, you have to make hard…

What would you do if you were not able to ask too many questions, write your daily experiences down onto a piece of paper, or talk to people that have a different occupation than you? In the dystopian society that is presented in the novel Anthem, written by Ayn Rand, this is precisely what everyday life looks like. I’m sure we have all heard that one person who says, “I only think of others and never put myself first.” Well, in the world that Equality 7-2521 and Liberty 5-3000 live in, it is…

DOUBT: DOUBTING THE HIGH GROUND Like the work says, “Doubt is a thing that can sustain us…” And throughout the parable, as it were, Doubt sustains us not only with brilliant powerhouse performances from some of our times greatest actors, but additionally with the ponderance of our own certainties on, well, everything really, but especially our own morality. What better place to question people’s place in the world than in a Catholic elementary school right after Kennedy’s assassination? In…

'Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History' by David Aaronovitch is a piece about how conspiracy theories influence our modern society. The author analyzes reasons as to why people tend to be drawn towards believing in conspiracy theories. He argues that people don’t believe in conspiracies due to many common explanations that have been given. These include power relations, disenfranchisement, or ignorance; rather, he suggests the common belief in conspiracies…

the society. This is a problem that has caused distress and cious, it has caused much disturbance in the way the society functions and the purpose the society holds. The main characters of the text uses power as away of showing that power is what drives collisions, the result is when struggling for power and the misuse of it, leads into controlling. The word ‘he’ is constantly used as Alliteration, at the same time onomatopoeia is used when it describes the action of Peter through the…

Guide on How to Prevent a Tyrant All persons have the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. When these rights are not exercised then people become angry and this causes tyranny. Tyranny is harsh, absolute power in the hands of one individual, like a king or dictator. In the late 1700s our founding fathers were tasked with preventing tyranny within our country. They put in place rules and laws to prevent tyranny. Federalism is power that is divided between state and federal…

The Russian Revolution is portrayed in the famous novel Animal Farm by the talented George Orwell. Throughout the novel, the readers are introduced to a farm taken over and ran by animals that follow the written commandments established by the noble pigs. We are introduced to Napoleon, a stubborn pig who eventually takes over Animal Farm when Snowball gets chased away by his army of dogs. Napoleon is portraying Joseph Stalin, a dictator who killed millions of people. He was associated with…