Great Famine

There are three types of poverty, suburban, rural and urban. Each one is different and in some places poverty is hidden. The place where poverty is hidden is in suburban areas. This is the largest setting for population for the past ten years. There houses are merely a façade to what is actually going on in the person’s life. The people will try to fit in because it brings them shame that they are poor. One example was in one of the clips when a father was living in his house with his daughters.…

What were the difficulties of life in colonial times? Family lived on farms in very small houses. The family had to grow crops in order to sell them for money in return. Most people were either poorly educated or not educated at all, and a very small amount of people were highly educated. Men were in charge of the cash crops and managing the slaves. Women were in charge of the house work including cooking and cleaning. Another huge factor in School was how education was geared towards reading,…

The effects of World War I were felt worldwide during 1914 to 1918. It did not only affect the countries that were participating in it; it also affected those who were not. Erich Maria Remarque crafts an excellent account of World War I in All Quiet on the Western Front, in which the brutality of the war when it was being fought is portrayed through Paul Baumer, a soldier’s, eyes. The high casualty and death rate of young German soldiers and the negative impact of the war on the German society…

Famine of 1315 In 1315, England was faced with many difficult hardships one of which was hunger. This was caused by the Famine of 1315, which was a very difficult time where food ran scarce. Animals died because of pest, and swine could not be fed because of prices. Prices of food were high, and had quintupled in price since 1313. Furthermore, the land was completely oppressed. The hunger began in May and lasted until September. The hunger incited when summer rains were extremely heavy, so the…

If left unchecked, anthropogenic climate change will have monumental consequences for the international community. To a large extent, these consequences will arise from the underlying issue of resource scarcity and its associated economic, political and social dilemmas. As a result, this essay asserts that anthropogenic climate change and resource scarcity are intrinsically tied. To develop this assertion, this essay will explore ways in which resource scarcity, as a result of anthropogenic…

As soon as people started participating in agriculture we had populations. People started moving to rivers to be able to grow crops. Which had them live by a lot of people. But the starting of an empire is a different story. Empires formed before 350 BC for four main reasons. The reasons are climate change, migrations, new technologies, and administrative innovations. Egypt, Persia, and Neo-Assyrians showed these techniques while building their empires. One reason empires are built during this…

Scientists have created an Electronic Heart Glove which can make a heartbeat forever; the main issue regarding this topic is invention would better the quality of human life. The Electronic Heart Glove is made of sensors and electrodes that monitor the hearts activity. The membrane contracts with the heart and can deliver electronic shocks if the person who wears it is having a heart attack. This would prolong many lives since most deaths are caused by heart failure. Although it sounds like a…

Ethiopia, a country landlocked in the Horn of Africa, has just about everything going for it to experience mass famine. One major reason for Ethiopia’s eternal hunger is the geopolitics of the country. Ethiopia is surrounded by land, and other unstable countries on all sides, since 1993, when Eritrea gained its independence and Ethiopia lost its coastline (The World FactBook). In addition to having no easy route to any other countries for trade, Ethiopia also has poor irrigation due to its lack…

has enough resources to teach the children to reach for the stars. It is seen as the hope for America rests on their shoulders and it’s the job of the families to support them and give them all the essentials in order for them to become something great. But how can they achieve this if they are not getting the nutrients that are needed for their minds to grow strong. One out of every five children in America live in households without consistent access to adequate food and 21 million children…

Peter Singer wrote his work Famine, Affluence and Morality, which covered his thoughts on how we should treat those starving in poverty stricken countries. It argues that affluent individuals and countries are morally obligated to donate far-more resources to humanitarian causes than is considered normal in Western cultures. The essay was inspired by the starvation of Bangladesh’s Liberation War refugees and he uses their situation as an example to make the point that affluent countries are…