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Between 1928 and 1932, the nazi party went from a minimal 12 seats in the Reichstag to an alarming 230. This enlarging growth of Hitler’s power is due to several factors including his bad childhood, anti-semitism and the Treaty of Versailles. Throughout Adolf Hitler’s childhood, he experiences many dreadful events such as the death of his beloved mother, not being accepted into Vienna’s Academy of Art and his bleeding lung ailment. Hitler’s mother, Klara Hitler died on December 21, 1907 from…

Marlow, the narrator, and the other men on the boat consider the early Romans to have tamed their land Marlow enjoys reasoning through analogy — “The Director of Companies was our captain and our host…He resembled a pilot, which to a seaman is trustworthiness personified.” (Conrad, 3) Brief description of Marlow: “ sunken cheeks, a yellow complexion, a straight back, an ascetic aspect” (Conrad, 4) The following description is given by the unknown narrator Marlow remarks, “has been one of the…

Some may say in an unbearable voice, “Writing is so boring! I don 't want to write, be creative, or write essays about any historical event.” I was not surrounded by many lovers of writing growing up. That is why I appreciate writing as much as I do. It is the sense of being unique and not following the crowd of literacy haters that gave me my gratitude. It is a way to transform my inner thoughts into something worthy of pen and paper. From little jots about cats and dogs from my youthful days…

For so long humankind has tried to find meaning for his existence. With all their vast knowledge of technology and infrastructure, human beings still question their existence; whether to believe the various creation theory from the various religion or not. Charles Darwin’s book, The Origin of Species, broke the ice by introducing the theory of natural selection. Darwin’s natural selection described evolution as how species develop from small and simple forms into large and complex forms of…

Bread and Circuses, a very effective form of authority throughout Roman history, were key contributing factors to the end of the Roman republic because they pacified the plebs to a point where they stopped thinking for themselves and allowed the government and politicians to become their lifeline for food, entertainment and the political direction of Rome. The Roman Bread and Circuses, wildly extravagant and free events, gathered masses of people to enjoy the violent and bloody spectacle of men…

Edward Harrison Norton As vibrant as Edward Harrison Norton youthful look could be in the world of entertainment, an idealistic individual would have thought that he was from a generation of actors. The disciplinary skills that he acquired from his military father and his mother, an outstanding tutor gave him an edge in his approach to life activities. It is indeed a fact that whatever an individual needs to specialise in should start from the early stage of life; Edward’s early interest in the…

The Orange Sun, Bioethics and Praxis of Systemic Annihilation in Kaine Agary’s Yellow Yellow ABSTRACT From the quasi-oral form, African Literature has cascaded through systemic phases in less than two hundred years of contact with the Western written form. It has migrated from that dark romance portrayed by western writers to contemporariness of self-reappraisal. The primary inclination of these texts has been the ultimate question. What have we achieved with our independence? The unsavoury…