HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I

developing theories about international politics, but also present a danger for those who adhere too strongly to their views and disregard competing ideas. Proponents of realism, liberalism, and constructivism…

making their lives miserable during the time. This I believe, was the type of drama they were referring to. Also, the book introduces the seven characters that live through a period of economic hardship, no love, death and complete lack of hope. I found that the voice in the novel is rather disturbing. Despite this, it is an essential read for lovers of literature who seek to discover life in a virtuously complicated manner. As the story adds, “All nights I have bad dreams about severed hands.…

oppressive conditions that result. This prompted him to write his book 1984, published in 1949, four years after Hitler’s death. In his book, Orwell warns his readers of the unbearable consequences of totalitarian government, and he successfully demonstrates the detrimental effect on those living under such a government.…

transformed the study of history to a continuous and research driven university discipline. It is important to note that the study of history was not created by Stubbs as it was present for centuries. However through Stubbs’s work the subject of history began to have an impact for academic studies and future historians. The legacy of Stubbs can be seen through the introduction of the Constitution History of England. Stubbs’s articulates a warning to his audience before reading the history of the…

Hate will always be present. There was never a time where no one man, organization, or country hasn’t hated another of it’s kind. This poses the question then: Can a society hate based on hate survive? Obviously this is the goal of The Party in the book 1984, to brainwash people into believing that the only emotion is hate. It is difficult to pinpoint the results, but both article and opinion can be used to answer this question. In the book, our main character, Winston, and our main antagonist,…

Orwell once wrote “Who controls the past, controls the future. Who controls the present, controls the past" (Zinn 89). The notable quote holds a lot of wisdom, and a message of exercising caution when it comes to history. Dominant ideologies and views of history have had calamitous consequences when gone unchallenged by society. Marchak discusses who creates and controls the dominant ideology in contemporary society, as they are the ones ‘who control the present’. As the dominant ideology grows…

MARLOWE: PRESENT, METAFICTION AND AENEAS A hero of incredible reputation and strength on the one hand, a man with no identity or motivation on the other. Virgil’s Aeneid and Marlowe’s Dido Queen of Carthage depict the same hero as the lead character, yet their Aeneas’s differ from one another. Although both Virgil and Marlowe use more or less the same characters, similar events and metafictional devices, Virgil strives to convey the imperial ideology into the text by prioritizing future over…

important point in current Australian history as it revise the past which would influence the relations between Australian groups in present and future. (Nobles, 2008).In order to understand how he tried to create an imagined community in his speech, I will analyse the apology on two faces: rhetoric and content. Firstly, I will point out how the use of words help him to create image of nation and the language he used to create such a feeling of belonging to Australia. Then, I will examine the…

Christmas. One might ask what could cause destruction like that. What is powerful enough to make the country turn upon itself? What is the force that could turn Georgia into a war zone and Augusta into ash? The answer, simply put, is nothing more than a book. In 1862, as the United States of America was experiencing the catalyst of social change that would later become known as the Civil War, the author of the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe was given the opportunity to meet with…

cultural, political, militaristic and demographic conditions. In his book, Prisoners of Geography, Tim Marshall - an authority on foreign affairs and a former foreign correspondent of thirty years – offers up personal experiences as well as historical support for showing that the way humans live and the conflicts they experience are intrinsically tied to geography. And while his bold claim on the book’s cover…