Hannibal

In Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep the species of animals have became extinct after World War Terminus. Just like finding anything that is rare or hard to reach animals became just as valuable as the most precious jewel or fossil today. Instead of believing animals were just a piece of meat or mans best friend they have became a symbol of wealth and were in high demand. Those who owned an animal were known to be higher ranked in society and, were sort of hated on by those…

The story Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, happens to be a book most people just know about than actually read about. This novel has been around longer than the eldest person alive today, who happens to be 122 years old. Surviving 132 years of American evolution, this bookapp, continues the legacy and passes on the magic to the ones who read it. Most critics claim that Huckleberry Finn is the Greatest American Novel, due to the backgrounds of Mark Twain, perception of the novel, lessons…

Tactically, Hannibal had to send for help to Carthage so that the Carthaginian base would not be overtaken. Since Agrigentum was very easily defensible, the land was desirable to own during the war causing Carthage to send Hanno to aid the starving citizens in Agrigentum…

his campaigns. His most celebrated victory was at the Battle of Gaugamela in 331 BC in what today is Iraq. His leadership was successful in part due to his ability to motivate his soldiers, focus his army on a common enemy, and lead from the front. Hannibal, Julius Caesar, and Napoleon all studied his military methods and widely acknowledged that they would have never had reached the heights they did without Alexander’s experience to draw from. No other commander has come close to equalling…

Is it one event in a person’s life that can change the course of it forever? Decisions can be both toxic or rewarding. Mark Twain was considered quite an unlucky man because he faced excruciatingly painful losses throughout his life. The first devastation of his life was the loss of his father as a young boy (Poole, Primmer, Johnson). Although his life was never luxurious, it even managed to get harder as it went along (“Mark Twain Biography- Encyclopedia”). He faced loss all the way up to his…

Since the recent rise in secularism, specifically within the social frameworks of Western culture, religious and spiritual practices have repeatedly been pushed aside and neglected. Although followers’ adherence to religion has seen a significant decline (Altemeyer, 2014), the notions and practices usually attached to religion or spirituality remain relevant in contemporary culture. The relevance of these religious notions and practices are seen explicitly through examining mental health,…

Another story of loss occurs in Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs when FBI initiate, Clarice Starling, begins working the case of Buffalo Bill, a homicidal maniac with a strange fascination with winged insects. She gets help from killer psychiatrist, Hannibal Lecter, to stop Bill on her own, while he analyzes about her childhood and father’s death. Bodily mutilation in Dark Knight and flying insects in Lambs both indicate that someone who experiences a personal loss may be motivated to do good if…

Emperor Constantine, unlike Alexius was not born a Christian, he became a Christian during his life. Eusebius’s description of Constantine’s moment of conversion is a very memorable part of the book: “Knowing well that he would need more powerful aid than an army can supply, he [Contantine] sought a God to aid him…This God he began to invoke in prayer, beseeching and imploring him to show who he was, and to stretch out his right hand to assist him in his plans…About the time of the Midday sun,…

been declared guilty,” ideas that Europe today considers basic and inalienable was anathema to the autocrats of the time (National Assembly of France). The attack of the Coalitions on France brought rise to Napoleon, a general of the same stripe as Hannibal and Alexander. Napoleon scored major victories over every power…

History has encountered a great deal of influential leaders such as Julius Caesar , Hannibal and Alexander the Great. Surprisingly enough one of the world’s greatest warriors is always left out of the equation , Genghis Khan of the Mongolian Tribe. Today in our society , they are portrayed as savages who had the sole purpose of wiping out entire cultures , destroying villages and murdering the most people possible. While part of this statement was true , let’s not forget that the old world was…