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Neighbors, written by Jan Gross, is a book telling a different side of the Holocaust. Most times when people think of the Holocaust, they believe it just had to do with Germans killing Jews in Concentration Camps. However, there is another side to the story, one that starts on a summer day in a town called Jedwabne. This time it is different because it is not the Germans killing the Jews, it is the Poles. Jan Gross mentions many different sources throughout the book to prove what happened;…

Over the past few decades, Haiti has been victim to a variety of horrific historical events: slavery, subjection to American occupation—and its cruelties—as well as the harsh rule of previous Haitian President, Jean-Claude Duvalier to name only a few. Due to the nature of Duvalier’s Presidency, several articles were published questioning Haiti’s sovereignty by various authors residing in Latin-America such as Edwidge Danticat and David Kroeker-Maus. In one particular article entitled, Should…

DRUGS IN SCHOOLS We hear about drugs, everywhere, through literature, media, journalism, but also in justice (the laws, penalties), and in the social (with its adverse effects, number of consumers affected, community, etc.), the scientific community (with plantations, new drugs, etc.) and finally with the history and geography (main country of production, origin, etc.). Many people are concerned with the drugs use, especially "Drug use by young people is an important reality that does not spare…

Dictators in history all have something in common; an obsession with power. A great example of a murderous dictator would be Omar al-Bashir. Bashir was born in January of 1944 in the Nile Valley of northern Sudan. He joined the military at sixteen and slowly worked his way up to being a torturous dictator. The conniving dictator Napoleon manipulates situations to get to the top in the short novel Animal Farm by George Orwell. Which is a mirror image of the dictator of Sudan. They are similar in…

The Development of Canada’s Identity as a Peacekeeper When people hear the word, peacekeeper, some imagine a gendarmerie controlled by the Capitol, tasked with maintaining order throughout the nation of Panem by violence, in the famous novel, The Hunger Games. However, Canada’s definition differs slightly as it defines peacekeeping as promoting peace and truce between hostile political forces (Granatstein). Canada has played a significant role in international peacekeeping through its…

governor, and the country’s benefit is always over the individuals. From ever angle to see the world that Orwell has created, it is the image of a totalitarian dictatorship, which refers to the Soviet Union. The act thoughtcrime came from the Japanese Gendarmerie, they were allowed to arrest any one they think are not patriotic. Truth are twisted such as Winston had to agree 2+2 = 5, this comes from the famous Soviet Union propaganda which they had to accomplish their five year goal in 2 years.…

reappearance of United States presence on the island protected U.S. assets, and prevented a possible German invasion. The threat of European infringement resulted in the Haitian-American Treaty of 1915. The articles of this agreement created the Haitian Gendarmerie, essentially a military force made up of U.S. citizens and Haitians controlled by the U.S. Marines. The United States also gained complete control over Haitian finances, and the right to intervene in Haitian domestic relations…

As consequence of this exile “Mohammad V appealed to the rural local armies which had once posed a threat to his rule by organizing them around the issue of Moroccan nationalism.” Furthermore, he kept on building alliances “using pre-existing colonial structures and appeals to the rural elite.” In that event and upon independence, the now King Mohammad V attained total control from the French colonial regime. The monarchy as the utter representative of the institution already benefited from…

Within the world history, the colonization of Japan ruling Korea only lasted for 35 years. During the colonial period, Japanese imperialism in Korea had a significant ambivalent impact towards many Koreans. This essay will compare and contrast the differences between the first ten and second ten years of Japanese colonial policy in Korea. This is because Korea experiences dramatically changes in their cultural, political and economic policy under the Japanese rules. The essay will then…

My purpose of writing this essay is to tell you my "story." The good, the bad, and the ugly. Long-term goals are goals that are achieved in a long period. My long-term goals are to graduate high school with my diploma, finish my 12 years of medical school, receive my certificate to start working, buy a house, possibly get married and have children. Habits of mind are distinguishing how to behave intelligently when you don’t know the answer. It also means having a disposition toward behaving…