Italian city-states

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swear to God I will” (page 141). This ending is impactful because when most of the public knows how deadly the atomic bomb was, and how debated it is. Even with this knowledge, he still makes an unrealistic joke that can tie back to his depressed state of mind. Throughout the book the reader can tell that he is most definitely depressed. He even tells them flat out that he’s depressed. Like after he leaves Mr. Antolini’s house and spends the night on a chair in Grand Central Station. He says,…

Benito Mussolini was an Italian Prime Minister who reigned from 1922 to 1943. His main objective during his reign was to become a dictator with similar ways and beliefs as other proverbial dictators. Mussolini made certain independent decisions which rendered Italy into a dystopian country; a dystopian society is a society powered by fear in which there is a disparity of rights between the government and citizens of the nation. When one analyzes the dystopia in Italy during this era, the three…

Instead, the economic system of Fascist Italy could perhaps be best described as fascist corporatism. A system which exchanged laissez-fair for a new system of economic control that benefits state interest. Although, Welk (1938, 153-154) argues that, the system of Italian corporatism actually lies somewhere in between laissez-faire capitalism and a communist command economy. Therefore, in the continued existence of capitalism it is important to consider the key entity, big business. The Role…

Defining Nazi-Soviet Relations by Political Philosophy Communism and Fascism, at one glance, seems to be similar in the philosophy of collectivism and anti-democracy. However, the two philosophies cannot coexist due to the striking differences in loyalty and social roles. Both philosophies agreed on two major ideas that people should blend into their communities and that capitalism was unfair and harmful. However, Communism believes that the people are loyal to their social class, so they are…

by the Medici family in the 1440s to create a sculpture that was to be placed in the courtyard of the family’s private palace. Medicis were the forerunners of the Florentine Republic’s trendsetters. The family wanted the artwork as a symbol of their city. They did not want it to be like any other statue of David before, and Donatello delivered. His David is a bronze sculpture of the Biblical hero David, from the book of Samuel in the Old Testament. Typically, a hero who slew a giant such as…

Since we were going to the city of Pisa, it was a no brainer that we had to go see the Leaning Tower of Pisa. When we arrived to the Piazza dei Miracoli, which is where the tower is located, I was overwhelmed with the amount of tourist trying to capture the impeccable image of themselves…

One of the most notable and most influential artists that came out of the time of Northern Renaissance art was undoubtedly the artist by the name Albrecht Dürer. Albrecht was born in the city of Nuremberg, Germany in the late fifteenth century. The city of Nuremberg also happened to be one of the biggest artistic hubs in Europe during the time of the Renaissance. Albrecht grew up working as a goldsmith following in the footsteps of his father, but he was said to have had a few local artists that…

Have you ever smelled a freshly baked pizza? The smell of the pepperoni and the spices that steamed up the windows of the kitchen , the cheese melting under the tray and once you bite the crunchy crust you can taste the warm cheese and the hot pepperoni that makes your mouth water just by seeing and tasting the freshly baked pizza. In the book Relish: My Life in The Kitchen by Lucy Knisley, she uses a memoir of her own life to tell her story with vivid colors and a unique way of seeing food.…

As a child, risotto was my favorite dish that my mom, strictly following her father’s recipe, would make. Today, risotto has become an innately Italian dish. In most Italian restaurants, you will find at least one type of risotto on the menu. Strangely, despite it’s inherent Italian-ness, rice and risotto are relatively new introductions to Italian cuisine. Rice has a long history of domestication in Asia and was not brought to Italy for several thousand years after being domesticated (P. Huang…