George Saunders

“...The demons of fear and disorder seemed to take full possession of all and everything upon that day,” once said by Private Joseph Plumb Martin, a fifteen year old soldier who was suffering the battle between fear and bravery during the Revolutionary War. In the beginning of Chains, Isabel experienced the first major, detrimental event within her lifetime. Her innocence was brutally stripped away from her when she was sold to the vicious Locktons in New York. This very moment defined Isabel’s…

As the gifts declined, so did the Confederacy’s power. Without the rivalry between the French and British, the Haudenosaunee lost their vital place as intermediaries between the two superpowers, forcing them to adopt a new strategy to survive. The Treaty of Fort Stanwix signified a shift in Haudenosaunee strategy from mediating between rivals to fraudulently selling land belonging to other Indians. By 1768, the British were attempting to complete their proclamation line issued in 1763,…

Jacobins club which was represented by the Republicans. He would call himself the incorruptible. He thought that he could not be corrupted by anything. However, as we saw in the movie, he became corrupted by the power which he held. The other one, Georges Jacques D’Anton, was the man of the people. D’Anton was a powerful figure because was educated. He was a lawyer with a great set of skills to get his point across. His big voice and ability to speak to the public made him able to express the…

A dictator is a political person that inherits all the powers of office. They have supreme reign over a country, and usually take no one's advice other than themselves. They have full power over what goes on air and what people can say. In this essay I will be talking about two dictators, Fidel Castro and Nicolas Maduro. Both of them have caused irreparable harm to their country and have damaged ties of friendship to other countries, some being passed the ability to repair. Fidel Castro turned…

Dilip Chitre creates a stark impression of the isolation of old age in his poem ‘Father Returning Home’ by showing his fathers’ estrangement from society and his own family. Chitre conveys this isolation by using literary devices such as similes and repetition, and addressing themes such as modernity vs tradition. The poem begins when a father is waiting outside for a train which will take him home. We know this as it says ‘My father travels on the late evening train’. Already by labelling the…

Malcolm X was a prominent figure in both the civil rights movement and the nation of Islam in the 1950s and 60s. Malcolm constructed the idea of “Black Nationalism”, a movement fighting for the social, economic, and political freedom of African-Americans. In the speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” delivered on April 3rd, 1964 at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio Malcom X is discussing the 1964 election. He is communicating that all African-Americans have a choice and a voice in the election…

James H. Cone’s book, Martin & Malcolm & America: A Dream or a Nightmare, is a book that takes about Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. It breaks down their similarities and differences that they both had that mad a hug impact in the American society. James Hal Cone was born on August 5, 1936. He is an American theologian, best known for his advocacy of Black theology and Black Liberation Theology. In this book he will try to relate to the journeys that these men took to get the black society…

130641T S. C. P. Weerasinghe George Orwell’s Animal Farm and it’s depiction of post-revolution Soviet Russia Animal farm is a dystopian novel by George Orwell. Although disguised as a story of animals living in a farm, this story actually reflects the political situation in Russia, starting from the era of Tsar Nicholas, right through to the era of Joseph Stalin. Author clearly uses a series of metaphorical events and characters to portray how after a revolution fuelled by oppressed public,…

In Simon Sinek’s book Start with Why, he breaks down the structure of successful people and organizations to give us a formula for success. Throughout history the only ones who are remembered, talked about, studied, and even idolized have been people who do something extraordinary. We remember them as leaders. They rose above all competition, doubt, failure, and all other obstacles to do something that never has been done before. Sinek gives examples of this throughout his book and clams that…

Comparison between Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston’s Music and Personal lives. Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston. Two of the biggest music acts in the world selling hundreds and thousands of records between them. Both acts rose to fame at an early age eventually earning their stage titles; Michael Jackson ‘The King of Pop’ (The Guardian, 2009) and Whitney Houston, ‘The Voice’ (IMDB, 2012). This piece will focus on the lives of Michael and Whitney, comparing how they both gained…