people may recognize it, they refuse to stand up and fight for what 's right. In the book Scapegoat by Sofia Nikolaidou, Manolis Gris was wrongfully accused and convicted of murder. As time moves forward, the same event happens multiple times over forty years later shown in the case of James Driskell. The abuse of justice shown in the Gris Case found in the novel Scapegoat and the real life case against James Driskell can be recognized by evaluating the trials characteristics. In both cases, each person was sent to prison because of their wrongful conviction of murder. In the Gris Case when an American journalist 's body was found off the bay of Thessaloniki, a quick, speedy trial was wanted. Manolis Gris was blamed because he was a "communist". "Those fascist thugs said our guys pulled Gris into it, to work as an interpreter. No matter how you look at it, the story is full of holes. Why would they need him to interpret when our guy knew better English than he did? They just cooked up…
African American. Richard fights Harrison, the white men views Richard like an animal, that makes Richard “hated [Harrison] and hated [himself]”. Richard feels like he have no status and reputations when he fights Harrison indicates that his self-esteem is not met. After making enough money, Richard gets out of the South and moves to Chicago, he continues to work there to make money to bring his family North. He works at a cafe and he makes body contact with one of the waitress and he notices…
Revolutions occur due to political, social, and economic changes being sought after. The French Revolution of 1798 and the Chinese Communist Revolution of 1927 are examples of this. The French Revolution was caused by unequal taxing and the Enlightenment ideas spreading. The Chinese Revolution was caused by the slaughter of a political party and the protection of the peasants by the communists. The two revolutions were similar in that they resulted in execution programs, however France developed…
invasion, warlord insurrection, and the Communist uprisings. The Nationalists holding power cooperated with the Communist to kick out the Japanese. After successfully defeating the Japanese, the two parties continued its Civil War with the Communist gaining victory. Now holding power, the Communist made many reforms under the leadership of Mao Zedong. “To Live” is a simple title that conceals a universe. “To Live” is a movie created by a famous Chinese director, producer, and writer, Zhang…
political parties are central to the system because they structure the popular vote, formulate the public policy, organize the flow of power and compete in elections, allowing citizens to choose their leaders. Also, European politicians depend a lot on their political parties for their electoral success to parliament, and this success differs from a country to another in accordance with the local electoral system. Some systems allow the representation of many parties in parliament while others…
both the CCP presenting themselves and their values like a religion with Mao as the figurehead sent to save all of China, and the cooperation of the masses to spread Mao’s words carry out his wishes. Ellul, a French propaganda analyst and philosopher described China’s propaganda as “using political education, or what he defined as 'brainwashing ', and huge organisations in a situation absent of mass media. Such propaganda...depends on huge organisations instead of mass media, because mass media…
Industrialization, the Great Leap Forward, Mao Zedong caused the deaths of 45 million civilians living in the People 's Republic of China. Through various events in the life of the chinese communist leader, Mao Zedong, it lead him to the powerful communist leader that he had become. On December 26th, 1893 Mao Zedong or Mao TseTung was born into a family of peasants, although they did not fit the norm. They lived in the province of Hunan in southern China in a village called…
One fall evening, my father and I went to eat a local Vietnamese restaurant. During dinner, I decided to interview him about his experience in the Vietnamese l culture. I interviewed him because he could offer a unique perspective. You see, my father left Vietnam in 1979 at the age of 19 to escape fighting for the Communist party. As such, his life experience includes a multitude of cultures; French-Vietnamese, Communist, and American. As our conversation evolved, we spoke of pre and…
the mirror. A photograph of Fidel Castro wedged behind the mirror makes up half of Gustavo’s face, being one of the director’s first clues to Gustavo’s love for Castro and communist Cuba. Gustavo is Cuba’s ideal “new man”; a term coined by the famous Che Guevara to describe a “selfless and cooperative, obedient and hardworking, gender-blind, incorruptible, non-materialistic, and anti-imperialist”[1] man. Gustavo truly believes in the revolution; he studies hard in hopes for a scholarship to…
country was divided by corrupt warlords and the Kuomintang. When Mao came to power, he unified the whole country by breaking down provinces and enforcing communist rule at every subdivision. Mao’s unification of such a large country can be seen as significant as it existed in great disunity for so long. Mao's main aim was to create one class- the proletariat- and to do this he expelled anyone who he considered to be a 'bourgeoisie.' In doing this, he transformed the lives of the peasants, who…