Frieda von Richthofen

There once was a monkey named Jim. He was sitting in his mother’s family room which had the sun shining through. He was listening to the sounds of the rocket launching on the TV. He saw the flames that came out of the bottom, and the American flag painted on the side. He was watching the moon launch, and he was thinking that he wanted to ride in the rocket when he grew up. Jim later asked his mom if he could be an astronaut one day, and his mom said, “You can be whatever you want if you put in…

A Farewell to Arms show’s Hemingway’s at war experience. As similar to the same character in the book the main character is Frederick Henry have the same experience in common. Hemingway’s was rejected from the us army for having poor sight. He didn't have really good sight due to boxing. When in battle he was wounded and hit by an Austrian mortar shell. Besides the wound he also managed to carry an italian soldier to the nearby command post. However, machine gun fire struck him in his foot and…

INTRODUCTION: The consolidation of the Nazi power in 1933 to 1934 was a ramification of a plethora of dynamics and cannot be pinned to one singular event nor factor. Whilst it is alleged that through the ratification of the Enabling Act, the Nazi regime transformed the democratic republic into a monolithic administration, it is clear that Germany was already riding the wave to becoming a dictatorship prior to 1933, through the continuous abuse of Article 48. Although the Enabling Act was the…

Just over a month later, the true short-term significance of the Night of the Long Knives became even more apparent given Hitler's smooth takeover of full official leadership when Hindenburg died. A newspaper source describes how within hours, Hitler "hastened back to Berlin to declare the following law: The office of President will be combined with that of Chancellor. The existing authority of the Reich President will be transferred to the Führer, Adolf Hitler 16." Being of a reflective style…

Although it has roots in the von Trapp’s tale, the form was morphed beyond the facts and became an entirely new creation. Their story has been told through several mediums, most notable of which are music, theatre and film. As one of the most successful musicals of all time, the catchy tunes and deceptively simple lyrics played a pivotal role, augmenting the adaptations and providing the backbone for the works. The Broadway musical was the first popular portrayal of the von Trapps, and gave the…

Helmuth Von Moltke and the Battle of the Marne Introduction By August, 1914 Europe had reached a boiling point. Germany and the Austro-Hungarian empire prepared themselves for an inevitable war against France and Russia. Germany had been planning for war for nearly two decades. Helmuth Johann Ludwig Von Moltke, German Chief of Staff, placed the fate of the entire German army into the success of the Schlieffen Plan, a grand mobilization plan he had inherited from his predecessor, which…

difference will be very unique. In the Sound of Music, directed by Robert Wise, postulant named Maria, lived in an Abbey in Austria, where she was accepted-only when she was being a responsible. Then, she was assigned to go a become the governess of the Von Trapp Family and moved back to the Abbey once love came into the equation. Finally, she came back and discovered that those loving kids and their charming father were her home. In Going Where I'm Coming From by Naomi Shihab Nye, Naomi…

I will be self-reflecting my physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual development using the medicine wheel as described by Mussell (2005). Mussell defines the medicine wheel as, “a symbol used to represent the dynamic system of mind, body, emotions and spirit, and the needs related to each of these aspects that must be met for the development of human potential.” (Mussell, 2005, p.115). Self-reflection of the four aspects of the medicine wheel (Mussell, 2005) will help me to gain a better…

The Romantic Movement lasted from the second half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth century. The Romantic Era has a great effect on people in all aspects, such as art, literature, and music. Romanticism began in Germany and France, and after that it spread through Europe, and finally America. However, romanticism is not about love and romance; it is about all the emotions and feelings a person feels throughout his or her whole life. People used it as a way of escapism…

In the Romantics Era there were many important qualities of Romanticism and one of those ideas was a story or explanation inside human awareness. Romantic writers such as Coleridge and Wordsworth believed that poetry is a way of grasping the insight of life. The Romantic writers, Coleridge and Wordsworth, both portray nature but in opposite ways than one another. Coleridge is the type of writer that underlines the grievous, supernatural and magnificent part of nature, while Wordsworth is the…