Haymarket affair

The Dreyfus Affair in one of the most notorious trials in France, even still known as the “Affair” today. In 1894, an agent of counterespionage discovered a note, now known as the Bordereau, which included information about a new gun, information about different troops, artillery formation, information about Madagascar movements, and a draft for a firing manual. The firing manual was the most concerning to the French, who had discovered it since it was so difficult to obtain. This led to an…

They argue the significance of the affair lies in Dreyfus representation as a “symbol” that highlighted the many fundamental issues with the French republic, such as the rights of an individual and in the polarisations it provoked between those who believed the rights of an individual should be the utmost concern (the left) even if it meant a reprehended state system such as Zola who announced “There is no Dreyfus Affair any longer. There is only one issue: is France still the France of the…

Personal Philosophy of the Student Affairs Field Reflecting on my personal college experience and those of my peers, I believe that the field of Student Affairs provides a unique and even essential opportunity to help shape the experience that student’s receive within the university setting. I strongly believe that students gain more from their college experience learning and growing outside of the classroom rather than inside. Self-discovery and personal exploration through extra-curricular…

Could you believe that an innocent mans life was ruined just because of his religion? The Dreyfus Affair was blatant anti-semitism. An innocent French soldier was convicted for a dreadful crime, just because he was Jewish. It is clear he was only imprisoned as a result of anti-semitism for countless reasons. Firstly, Dreyfus was the only Jew in the French Army. Secondly, there was a lot of anti-semitic statements coming out at this time, displaying that there was influx of anti-semitism in…

In The Petticoat Affair , a novel by John Marszalek, the author explores the life and career of General Andrew Jackson, particularly in his tenure as President of the United States. President Jackson gained fame and the Presidency for his acts in the Battle of New Orleans and the First Seminole War. He was a fiery General and an equally rowdy President, but he was always loving and loyal to his family and friends, which often times got him in trouble. One such scenario was his association with…

According to the film, Max Cady is a sexual predator of young girls. Gregory Peck acts well by playing Sam Bowden, a lawyer, under which an ex-con terrorizes his family against whom the lawyer had initially testified in a rape case. As the tensions become more intensive, it is clear that the intended victim by Cady is not actually Bowden, but Nancy, a fourteen-year-old girl who is his daughter. Therefore, the main point of the film in regards to suspense is whether a man can assault a…

The “Internal Affairs” Wikipedia page needed a lot of work and still needs a lot more information. It had little to no information on the subject. Even after adding new content to the page, there is still a lot of material that needs to be covered. The article is somewhat informative; it is adequate enough to give readers the gist of the topic. The content that was added this semester adequately described the police behavior of the internal affairs unit to a point. The article does address…

Zola continues in his letter by describing to the readers the story from the beginning, where Dreyfus was arrested and immediately was “clamoring his innocence…and that is how the investigation proceeded…shrouded in mystery and a wealth of the wildest expedients.” Zola’s letter lays out all the proof the government and army had to accuse Dreyfus and it is just not sufficient enough to imprison someone. Throughout the letter, proof of Dreyfus’ innocence is never brought, rather a compilation of…

The English Patient Assignment 1. The English Patients obsessive love is seen when “A husband gone mad. Killing all of them. Killing himself and his wife-and him by the fact that there was now no way out of the desert. Only she was not dead. He pulled her body free, varying it out of the plane’s crumpled grip, this grip of her husband.”(137) This is clearly obsession as the EP is carrying his lovers dead body. 2. The consuming love between the EP and Katherine is evident when “On Hassanein…

Leave it to writer/director Park Chan-wook to not leave any stone unturned in his erotically-charged and stylish drama The Handmaiden. We have mystery, betrayal, an explicit love affair, and a healthy dose of cringe-worthy violence and unreliable narrators all conveniently tucked inside a beautifully composed costume drama set in 1930s Korea, where a manipulative con man sets in motion his most complicated ruse to date. Told as a triptych, where three segments are referenced as "books", The…