History of narcissism

“Yet the past is not dead; it is not even sleeping. A mass of memories and records, of relics and replicas, of monuments and memorabilia, lives at the core of our being. ----- J.H. Plumb. “The Historian’s dilemma” In this era of technology, the amount of new breakthroughs in science are growing exponentially. Machines encompass almost every field including but not limited to art. While most people are enjoying technology, there is a reversal tide of thoughts that emphasizes on the past…

Comparison Between Historical Accounts There have always been many different points of view throughout various points in history. Many of these perspectives talk about the same events through different eyes. Of course, there will always be little changes in the accounts here and there, but they generally seem to run along the same course. James Fraser’s By The People and William Polk’s The Birth of America are two examples of different viewpoints on the same historical events. They both offer…

A historian needs to describe the various influences of the age, the climate of opinion or intellectual atmosphere, and the effect of that period of history on subsequent centuries. Above all, the historian will attempt to show the meaning of the events so that readers will understand the significance of the period to human existence Porter, 2002). Could the Great Depression have been avoided? Most historians will agree that the two main factors that lead to the Great Depression were the crash…

Past events are considered historical if they are meaningful and made an impact on the country. Every person has their own perspective on historical events. These personal perceptions are formed by a number of circumstances and can change through their life. Historical events can have various impacts on people depending where they lived in the country, and when an event took place. So much historical knowledge can be gained through hearing someone discuss events they were alive to experience.…

every resident in the Brazoria County area should visit, at least once. The Lake Jackson Historical Museum is a great way to educate yourself on the rich history of Lake Jackson. I have lived here for five years, and had no knowledge this incredible place existed in the area. Who would have thought Lake Jackson has so much interesting history? Like the fact that most of Lake Jackson sits on an old sugar plantation by the late Abner Jackson, hence the name. The museum mainly sponsored by local…

In any work analyzing historical events, even when attempting to view the events objectively, the writer is plague by the lenses that time provides. In Manchester’s ‘A World Lit Only by Fire’ he manages to provide some context to the events leading out of the dark ages and into the Renaissance. But he is still confined to a 20th century mindset, and never able to truly know what the people he is writing about were thinking, and how the world they lived in was vastly different from the one we…

human taste pallet. However, if you put the two flavors together the contrast heightens each one making two plain flavors come alive with body and savory substance. Like the concept of salted caramel, history and literature work on the same juxtaposed concept because to explore both the depths of history and literature you must contrast one with the understanding of the other. Steinbeck, a novelist who wrote prolific works like The Grapes of Rather and Of Mice and Men, has shown both fields the…

In chapter 7, Arnold looks at how a true picture of history can be obtained. It is sometimes difficult to get a true history when we have multiple opinions and perspectives. For example, in the book Arnold discusses Sojourner Truth's 1851 speech recited before the Ohio Woman's Rights Convention and how there are two different accounts of what Sojourner Truth said. The first account was written by Marius Robinson, who was a white man who made Sojourners truth sound true. He wrote his account…

When you see a historical movie, do you think about if it is accurate. Today Hollywood has revised history to make it an appealing story line for the audience. On June 27, 2000 the movie The Patriot was put out to the public. The Patriot has earned many awards such as BMI film and TV award and the Blockbuster entertainment award. It was a phenomenal film back then and today. But critics like Robert Ebert states “ None of it has much to do with the historical reality of the Revolutionary War.”…

known or maybe you’re just trying to pass the class. Are we really that interested in someone’s life that someone at one point in history says it must be remember? I think that it is important that we make note of someone’s past, not only to learn from their mistakes, but to realize what they did. Looking at the life of Pat Garrett we are reminded of why someone makes history and the effects that it impacts them during their life. Pat Garrett was a born in 1850 to a big family in Alabama, and…