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actions or inactions of the UN in the Rwandan genocide. Even more has been discussed on whether or not the genocide could have been prevented or foreseen, or if the UN failed to see the signs or simply ignored them. In Shaharyar Khan’s book The Shallow Graves of Rwanda, special attention is paid to discussing the responsibility of the UN. Shaharyar Khan was the UN Secretary General’s Special Representative in Rwanda during the genocide and he believes that the UN did not do enough to prevent or…

“The Movies That Rose From the Grave” The Movies that Rose from the Grave, by Max Brooks discuss how zombie movies, video games, books and television shows have put a huge impression on the horror industries for more than a decade. Originally a zombie was known to be a part of myths and tall tales. In 1932, the first zombie movie was created named, “White Zombie”. During 1932, in the new release “White Zombie”, zombie’s appearances were known to be a human form that was made to act like a…

distance, the first snow storm of winter begins to brew. Many every day happenings, such as these, often help us to remember or feel a loved one’s presence. This presence in particular, is one of someone that is no longer living. “Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep,” argues that a person doesn’t really disappear from the world after death; instead Elizabeth Frye creates metaphors of the passing member and shows how the loved one continues to live on through simple everyday occurrences in nature,…

They’re twenty four hours long, and I spent six thousand and forty, worst days of my life, on death row”. Anthony Graves gave this statement in his documentary called “My last day” after he was exonerated from the death penalty. Found innocent eighteen years succeeding his conviction, he became the one hundred and thirty eighth inmate exonerated from death row since…

point on how he feels about love. Instead of displaying love as a perfect, he thinks the opposite. The tone of this poem comes off as informative but satirical and cynical. Graves sees love as a weakness. He sees it as a distraction that ‘blots out reason’. As he says in the beginning of the poem “love is a universal migraine” (Graves 577). He describes love as a sickness to symbolize the multiple problems you face in a relationship. His outlook on love can be seen as harsh and bitter, but I…

In the book “A Grave New World: The End of Globalization, The Return of History”, Stephen D. King analyzes how the world has progressed from a period of global integration, otherwise known as globalization, to isolationist and protectionist stances. King disagrees with the impression that globalization is progress, he believes the world is coming apart at the seams. The book is broken up into four sections in order to combine historical analysis and current affairs. As King addresses each of…

a possible candidate for canonization. She fulfills most of the requirements: (1) She’s dead. (2) She demonstrated heroic virtue. (3) Cults have been formed around her work. (4) Her invention is considered by many to be a miracle. The woman: Ruth Graves Wakefield. Her contribution to the world: the chocolate chip cookie. One day in the 1930s, Mrs. Wakefield, an owner of the Toll House Inn, in Whitman, Mass., 23 miles south of Boston, was busy baking in her kitchen. Depending on which of the…

A city inhabited by the Ancient Incas, which had been lost to the Andes Mountain range in Peru. An explorer by the name of Hiram Bingham was traveling through the jungles of Peru when he caught a glimpse of the Incan buildings that had long been forgotten by society. Bingham believed he had discovered the lost city of Machu Picchu. Machu Picchu was a city built by the Inca Empire long ago before it fell, near another city with the name of Vilcabamba. It was the last capital of the Inca Empire.…

Within a few years of Lawrence arriving the Colony of Quebec split into Upper and Lower Canada. Upper Canada’s (to be Ontario) first Lieutenant Governor was John Graves Simcoe and one of his many concerns was the threat posed by the newly minted United States and that they may, in the future want to annex the Canadas. He added to the population of Upper Canada by augmenting the regulations to include disaffected…

Texan author, John Graves in his memoir, Goodbye to a River, published in New York on 1960 addresses the topic of the Brazos River getting damp and argues that putting a dam in the Brazos River is not good. He supports this claim by illustrating his memories then he describes his memories and the environment, he was camping near the Brazos River with his dog. Graves’s purpose is to keep the Brazos River how it is and by not changing it. He adopts a serious, information tone for his audience, the…