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fresh air, it is a present filled with humor, friendship, innocence and wrapped and tied up with a ribbon of sadness. With the opening of the scene, one can see there is a childlike wonder in the eyes of the actress. We later find out her name is Yeo-Il and she is considered the crazy girl in her village. Her happy, childlike image instantly…

Research Question: Analyse Douglas MacArthur’s involvement in and subsequent dismissal from the Korean War on the outcome of the war. The Korean War lasted between 1950-1953, and was fought between the communists and non-communists during the Cold War. Increasing tensions between North and South Korea initiated the war, resulting in the former invading the latter on 25 June 1950. Other countries soon became involved. The U.S. declared its decision to join the war in support of South Korea two…

On the 16th day of November, I had left the comforts of my hometown of Denver to begin the journey to South Korea. In this journey I was fortunate to learn and study about the Korean criminal justice system and the strong culture they value. After a long 16 hour flight I had finally arrived in Incheon Korea. After waiting for the bus, and the check in at the hotel I was ready to explore Korea until my classmate arrived. When the whole class arrived the following day, I was eager to get out and…

According to Thomas C. Schelling, the thing that sets coercion apart from mere brute force is diplomacy. It is the difference between the unilateral, “undiplomatic” recourse to strength, and the coercive diplomacy based on the power to hurt. (Schelling, 3) In other words, brute force is simply taking what you want, whereas coercion is making your enemy either want to give it to you, or have no other choice but to give it to you. Another unique factor of coercive diplomacy is that, unlike brute…

North Korean suffer from hunger and bad living condition is well known. There are people starve to death, and people die from disease due to lack of medical facility and medical equipment. Most people are being brain wash by their leader, therefore they were afraid to speak their own mind. Due to being brain wash, they think every benefit they receive as a scope of rice, wound getting heal is because of their leader Kim Jong-un. For this reason, this could be another strategic to control their…

“For the people, of the people, by the people.” These words were uttered by American Pfc. James Dresnok, who is the main speaker of this film. Crossing the Line is a documentary that follows 4 western defectors who lived in communists North Korea. All of these men, to my surprise had entered into North Korea willingly and were not captured or necessarily prisoners of war. They had all abandoned there posts and went to North Korea for a variety of reasons, even they can’t explain the exacts…

Animal Farm In the world the media is controlled primarily by the government or someone with immense wealth. These same people can manipulate the media to say what they want. The power of manipulation can control those that do not question it. This power over the media has great power over the gullible. This power can also control people that are afraid to say anything. There are also people that know what the media are doing but are too apathetic to do anything. A great example of media…

It is commonly believed that the only purpose comedy serves is to make people laugh. While that aspect of comedy is always enjoyable, the humor in these films usually have a deeper message. The restrictions that movies in the past have are no longer an issue for the films of today. This freedom has allowed movies today to take the social and political aspects of comedy to a whole new level. Films such as The Interview and White Chicks have taken the social and political implications from The…

"If you look at satellite photographs of the Far East by night, you'll see a large splotch curiously lacking in light” (p. 3). Nothing to envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, by Barbara Demick is a unique heartrending book based on the experiences of six North Koreans or defectors over the course of fifteen years. Over the course of this time, the defectors she chose to interview experienced the death of Kim II-Sung, the rise of his son Kim Jong-II to power, and a demoralizing scarcity that…

In this essay I will be discussing my personal opinion about The Book Thief by Brian Percival. This film is about a young girl named Liesel and her experience in Germany during word war One. I really enjoyed this film due to how the main character evolves from a shy girl with little knowledge into a courageous, mature women, and through hard work she learned to read and write alongside the help of her foster father hans. In this movie a girl named Liesel Meminger loses her brother and is given…