Inklings

Pinochet used DINA in the many political assassinations of his reign. Under full control of the president, DINA never faced consequences. The focus of the Egyptian police force after the Muslim Brotherhood renounced violence was to eliminate any inkling of revolution. To do this the force would make examples out of innocent citizens. The words “Ihana and mahana”, are the feelings of shame that the citizens feel when they or someone they knew was publically beaten or humiliated. The size of these…

This book takes place in the WWII era. During that time, death and devastation was everywhere. This brings up a good opportunity to make Death, the being, the narrator of the story. Over 60 million people died in WWII, which means Death had a good point of view, always being anywhere and everywhere. A point of view can affect an author’s message and a different perspective can change the context of a story drastically. Death, Liesel, and some other minor characters all see the world differently.…

SECOND GREAT AWAKING CAMP MEETINGS The Second Great Awakening started around the end of the eighteenth century in New England. In the beginning, the awakening was only noticed by diligence in the lives of Christians and their complete devotion to God. It would later be known for the great emotional experience felt by those who attended and participated. "Many spoke of having had an experience of conversion. The awakening made headway among some of the most distinguished theologians of New…

In life, power is a dangerous tool. Some people are able to obtain it and help others around them, but more often it distorts people’s minds as they strive for more. Throughout history, leaders have destroyed the lives of others in order to gain power. While power doesn’t change people, because people do not often change, it can bring out an unconscious personality that one didn’t even know they had. Ambition is a desire that goes along with power. The ambition to receive more can often cause…

My arms were killing me. In an effort to distract myself from the pain, I began to mentally go through my favorite scenes from Harry potter, but even the thought of my favorite book couldn’t keep my mind off my discomfort for long. Huffing, I lugged the water-filler bucket uphill, careful not to spill too much of its precious contents. That would mean another trek downhill and I’ve had enough of that for one day. I brightened up when I neared my destination- a simple hut made of mud and clay,…

A common assumption is that the Iliad is merely a tale that celebrates the conquests of great warriors who create legacies for themselves and their families. In reality, beneath the idea of a legacy is a negative side. The epic poem is written so that the famous are the ones who experience the greatest misery because they are trapped by public opinion. In the Iliad, Homer subverts the ancient Greek trope that legacies are crucial to a fulfilling life. One of the most complex characters in the…

Women in Ancient Greece The Odyssey paints us a picture of different women with characteristics put together would make the ideal women in ancient Greek society. The ideal Greek woman was chastely, virtuous, a good wife and mother. If you look at the women, you see in Greek art or Greek sculptures you would see most of the women are not skinny like in our generation today. They all have a classic figure and feature. Most paintings portrayed women with dark curly hair witch was very common among…

This paper sets out to analyze, through André Brink’s The Rights of Desire, white South Africans’ resentment over the new dispensation in South Africa. Even though the race-based ideology of apartheid was devisedand implemented by people of Afrikaner extraction, there were many amongst white South Africans who were relentless in their scathing condemnation of the immorality of institutionalized racism. André Philipus Brink, Nadine Gordimer, J.M.Coetzee and BreytenBreyten Bach, to name but a few,…

Literation Review One’s belief in religion is important aspect in the lives of billions of people around the world. It has cross culturally as a recurrent feature of the minds and beliefs of the culture. Having the thought of exclusive answers is the significant of spiritual enlightenment. Most religions offer the key of absolute truth. In a psychological perception, religion offers methods and the explanatory context to religious traditions. The religions of Christianity, Judaism and Islam,…

A weapon that has been with war for almost the entirety of the previous century and all of this one thus far, the tank, has changed warfare in many ways. The advent of mobile armored weaponry all started with the tank, albeit in its most rudimentary of forms. At first, this new weapon did not seem like a game changer, but that did not last forever. The tank evolved into a more mobile and armored piece of machinery, tactics changed to account for these beasts of metal and fossil fuel, and the…