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In John F Kennedy’s speech, Kennedy often alludes to different events in history to draw in his audience and connect with them on an emotional level. For example when Kennedy states, “John Winthrop set before his shipmates on the flagship Arbela 331 years ago” it shows Kennedy’s knowledge of Massachusetts. The Arbela was a ship that arrived in Massachusetts and when it came to this land the first inhabitants would do their best in creating a very functional and excelling city. Kennedy uses this…

World leader When people talk about the world leaders, there are a several great people appear in people’s mind such as Mahatma Gandhi, Vladimir Putin, Barack Obama, Pope Francis and etc. However, there is only one person who obviously makes everything possible while a lot of people tend to think that it is impossible. This one is John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States. John F. Kennedy once said a powerful quote to the world, “One person can make a difference, and…

Why did the United States find it so difficult to ends its involvement in the Vietnam War? In this essay, I will outline and explore the reasoning behind the United States involvement and withdrawal from Vietnam and why the decision to withdraw from the war, was one of great complexity. The Vietnam War was a civil war fought between the communist’s states of North Vietnam and the capitalist South. The North Vietnamese wanted to join with the south as one united communist country. Whilst the…

protesters did during the civil rights movement. •Many people burned their draft cards, an illegal act. In order to avoid being jailed, young men who refused to serve in the war would move to Canada. •Famous Chant: "Hey, hey, LBJ(Lyndon B. Johnson) how many kids did you kill today?" •Some protesters even publicly burned the American flag. •By 1967, US Representatives and senators began to speak at protests for the first…

Citizen Kane is a drama film about a reporter’s venture into finding out the meaning behind the word “rosebud” which is the last word of Charles Foster Kane before he died. This film is considered as one of the greatest films ever. This masterpiece was created with $839,727 as its estimated budget. Citizen Kane was directed by Orson Welles and was released in 1941. Welles also produced and wrote the screenplay of this film. He also starred as the main character in Citizen Kane. The film starts…

Lyndon B. Johnson was the successor of President Kennedy deeming him the 36th President of the United States from 1963 until 1969. Johnson desired to create a “Great Society” that was beneficial to the American people. This desire led to the creation of the legislation in 1964 called the Great Society, also known as the “War on Poverty”. “The Great Society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States…” “Two main goals of the Great Society social reforms were the…

faith of many Americans through his decisions on Vietnam, Johnson resorted to begging twenty-five year old Doris Goodwin to help him with his memoir. As great a story teller Johnson had been, he was never able to apply his colorful techniques to an unknown audience, which is apparent as a major weakness shown throughout his political career. Thus the dullness that was recorded in his interviews led to an inevitable unsuccessful book. Johnson soon began making it clear that he no longer wanted…

Returning home, O’Brien faces an America with a new identity, one draped in denial. As soon as he boards the plane, he instantly encounters the effects of war on America. The civilian stewardess, like the public, is in denial about Vietnam, and neither wants to be afflicted by the gruesome war. O’Brien takes an interest in the stewardess, stating “ The stewardess, her carefree smile and boredom flickering like bad lighting, doesn’t understand. It’s enraging, because you sense she doesn’t want to…

The rise of communism in the Southeast Asian nation of Vietnam led the United States get involved in the country’s policy. From November 1955 to the fall of the largest city of the country, Saigon, in April 1955, the Vietnam War pitted North Vietnam, supported by the Soviet Union, to South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States of America. This costly and deadly war led to bitter divisions among the American society. These divisions caused the plurality of the Vietnam War memories.…

Macbeth was a devout and ambitious soldier in the Scottish army who served his king until the bitter end. Bill Clinton was a deeply religious democrat who brought the crime rate in the United States to a twenty-six year low and played a key role in the development of the modern space program. These two men lived many centuries apart but share many aspects of their lives. Macbeth was a Scottish king who rose to power by murdering the previous king and taking the throne. Throughout his reign he…