Joseph

Joseph Stalin, a man infamous for his cruel rule and absolute reign of terror, sacrificing the lives of millions in order to feed his hunger for power. He left scars upon his country, but had also improved it on his quest for more. But what exactly lead a man like Stalin, someone with such potential, to become a tyrant? Was he always such a cruel man? Who exactly was this man to begin with? Joseph Stalin, or known as losif Vissarionovich Djugashvili at birth, was born on Dec. 21, 1879 in a…

People drove in from Baltimore and Philadelphia just to witness the event. There was an air of celebration. It felt like a public holiday. Yet, one important man was not officially invited to the event. The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Joseph Henry. This was by no mere accident. It was the building committee’s, constituting some politicians, ploy to irritate Henry. Henry had repeatedly clashed with the politicians on board regarding the building. He wanted to minimize the cost for…

There are numerous credible facts that clearly prove why “Heart of Darkness” should be taught in schools across America. Joseph Conrad had the sheer audacity to describe exactly what he saw in the congo with great detail and meaning. With Conrad’s experiences and morals, this novel establishes itself as a very noteworthy and informative piece of work. This book should be taught in high schools, preferably upper level AP courses, with extremely careful reading and lengthy discussions. Nothing in…

Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the USSR ( Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) between 1929 and 1953, was born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili (იოსებ ბესარიონის ძე ჯუღაშვილი) in Georgian but Josef Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili (Иосиф Виссарионович Джугашвили) in Russian. He was born in Gori, Georgia, which was then part of the Russian empire on the 18th of December 1878. However, he made a new birthdate up for himself claiming that he was born on the 21st of December 1879. He had an exceedingly…

In the Name of the Greater Good Heroes are often thought to be these god-like people who always save the day and get the girl. Most stories concerning heroes and their deeds seem to follow Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces by heart; however, not all heroic tales follow it step by step. There are the instances where steps have been skipped or are out of order. In Dragon Age: Origins, the protagonist follows the steps to becoming an enlightened individual; however, it doesn’t end…

Joseph Stalin’s Industrialization of the Country, 1928, represents his all-encompassing sweeping push to reform The Soviet Union into a country that would have the technological and industrial capabilities to play a large role in the international affairs of the world. As it occurred through some periods of Russia’s history, starting with Peter the Great’s push for urbanization, Stalin desired to transform the USSR from a “backwater” nation into a force that could be on-par with some of the most…

regularly catches wind of when talking about the Cold War. Nonetheless, what is it and how profoundly would it say it was established in American society? This exploration paper delves into the theme of Joseph McCarthy, his "- ism," and the numerous occasions in America that included McCarthyism. Joseph McCarthy in the 1950s, was a United States congressman hailing from Wisconsin. Before McCarthyism picked up the vital speed, McCarthy was not by any means known for much, and really was seen as…

superiority through imperialism, the prison guards became thoroughly indifferent of their iniquitous actions. The presence of this callous apathy that the colonizers direct towards the colonized is a theme often depicted in post-colonial literature. In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, the Europeans regard the Africans…

Joseph McCarthy was born in 1908 in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended school until he was fourteen but dropped out in eighth grade to help on the family farm as well as raise chickens. At the age of twenty, he decided to go back to school and in one year went through ninth to twelfth grades to graduate. He graduated with honors yet he told people he had higher grades than he actually earned. (Morgan 2003) Ted Morgan in Legal Affairs noted that McCarthy’s high school grades were below 90 due to…

McCarthyism “Are you now, or have been, a member of the Communist party?” Many people stood before the court and had been asked this question. Why? In the 1950s a Senator from Wisconsin named Joseph McCarthy had feared the idea of communist infiltrating the United States during the Red Scare, a period in which many feared the growing of the communist party. In order to keep the communist out of the United States, Senator McCarthy had started a process to find them. This process became known as…