John Logie Baird

Lal Singh is an Indian who is born into a peasant family in Punjab and he grows up in the peasant family in his village in Punjab. The situation of farmers during 1939 was that agriculture was a diminishing profession and industrialization was what the British Rule in India was aiming for claiming that India was an old civilization but it was a backward civilization. Lal Singh feels trapped in his village and in his religion Sikhism and eaves his village to join the British Army and serve as a…

An Author’s writings reflects his beliefs. One of the many examples of this is Paradise Lost, a poetic representation of the creation and fall of man in the Garden of Eden written by Protestant clergyman, John Milton. It is not a completely accurate portrayal, since many of Milton’s descriptions and theories do not coincide with the Bible. Instead, it is simply a peek into Milton’s imagination of what it might have been like. Paradise Lost, despite being fictional, is heavily based on Milton’s…

tells Reverend Hale that Tituba “conspires evil with the devil”. She quickly plays the innocent card, saying “She made me do it. She made Betty do it” and also saying “She makes me drink blood”.(pg.40) Betrayal in this play also happens to include John betraying his wife by having an affair with Abigail which is quite disturbing to most of its…

Our story begins with dancing, not the footloose kind, although the two towns have similar policies on the matter, but a much more ominous dancing in the woods. The setting is early 1800’s Massachusetts in a puritan colony. We are first introduced to the main character in the play when reverend Parris, a rich reverend from Barbados, stumbles upon girls dancing. It is never stated why Parris was in the woods to begin with, and it is never questioned either. Parris discoveres the girls dancing and…

Abstract John Rawls in his work “Theory of Justice” explains that in order to have complete social justice in society we need a state which does no discrimination and provides some basic standard of living and looks after those who don’t have the sufficient means to support themselves. In his work Rawls has supported the idea that the state should provide the basic standard of living to all. Introduction Welfare state is a concept of state in which the government takes an active role in…

of 1830 is often cited as one of his most horrific acts as president. However, it wasn’t his intention to harm them nor was he the only President who believed removal was the only policy to protect Indians from annihilation. During the presidency of John Quincy Adams, it was apparent to the federal government that a policy of removal would have to be enacted to protect the Indians from impending attacks of the states. However, Adams was unable to…

Colby Evenson Mrs. Harris AP Language 31 October 2016 Paine and Henry Thomas Paine and Patrick Henry were two of several authors during the colonial era. Jefferson and Henry, like many other authors in this time, used their writing to help persuade people from the British. Henry was made famous for his speech he gave in the House of Burgess and Paine’s writing helped shape many of the ideas that marked the Age of Revolution. Many colonial authors, including Henry and Paine, used several…

Transcendentalism is a philosophical movement that developed in the late 1820s and 1830s in the eastern United States. Individualism. A core belief of transcendentalism is in the inherent goodness of people and nature, which is what Walt Whitman gives the reader through his writing.Walt Whitman was one of the most influential poets in American history who was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views into his works, including in his poem, “O Me! O…

Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter portrays the ramifications of a forbidden romance: a romance built around the complications of marriage, sin, and societal positions. As remarked on by Hawthorne, these ramifications solidify each character in the novel as victims to their own frailties, resulting in immeasurable sorrow for everyone. As a result of Hester Prynne's actions and his own, Roger Chillingworth succumbs to a state of desolation where he experiences emasculation and a loss of…

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is one of the pioneers of the English detective fiction and he created a new trend in detective fiction through his Sherlock Holmes stories. He is the inspirational force behind many modern sleuths, who still show the traces of Sherlock Holmes, the first scientific detective of the world. Many writers of the later centuries were greatly influenced by Doyle. Isaac Asimov, the popular American mastermind, is one of those writers, who were attracted by Doyle. Though he once…