Korean cuisine

In the narrative entitled, Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea, Barbara Demick focused on the fact that Chang-bo did not feel that the people in the government of the dictatorship were truthful, fair, or kind to the citizens. It also mentioned the consequences of the words that were spoken by him. On the other hand, his wife, Mrs. Song, felt as if the ways of the government were sufficient for the society, and that the officials in the government of the dictatorship were not being…

Final Exam: Opinionated Essay Decade: 1960s Event: Vietnam War Over the last 100 years, no war has been more divisive than the Vietnam War. This war polarized Americans on whether or not to support the purpose. Even the presidents during this era like Nixon and Lyndon B. Johnson were ambivalent on whether or not the purpose of the war was still worth fighting for. Many Americans were outspoken on their feelings of the war either pro war which were called or anti-war which were the doves. Each…

“I was arrested in Northern Vietnam attempting to escape because my family was pretending to be Vietnamese when we were Chinese. We were arrested by the police and put in jail. We were searched for all valuables, jewelry, and money. The only thing we had was a Rolex watch hidden underneath my head. We had nothing” (Do). This was what it was like for Southern Vietnamese people escaping to countries such as China. The Communists and the North won the Vietnam War. Due to the War, millions of…

The United States adopted the foreign policy of containment when entering the Cold War. The policy of containment was a system that worked to hamper the growth of the communist sphere of influence, presented by the Soviet Union in the late 40s. The four strategies (in order of occurrence) the United States took to obtain and practice the policy of containment were the Truman Doctrine, Marshall Plan, Berlin Airlift and the National Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The magnifying power of…

“We are Americans, determined to defend the frontiers of freedom, by an honorable peace if peace is possible, but if arms are used against us.” (Kennedy 5). Both Truman and Eisenhower’s speeches encouraged use of the policy of containment to combat communism, While kennedy's suggests using Flexible response. The United States was trying to fight against communism which is a government where their was supposed to be no social classes and no poverty (Ayers 623). The Cold War was a period from…

The United States’ involvement in the Vietnam War, a controversial, detrimental, and monumental event in American history, left marks on our country that remain to this day. America became involved in the Vietnam War in order to terminate the spread of communism. This involvement led to mission creep, which affected American culture, economy, and policy. The complexity and sacrifice of the conflict evoked strong opinions of opposition, and along with this force, was an equal force that supported…

It’s New Year’s Eve 2015. My family and I are walking the streets of downtown San Antonio heading to the Riverwalk. My heart is already pumping blood uncontrollably, not because of the lengthy walk we had to take in order to reach the Riverwalk, but of excitement. The feeling of excitement due to that I will once again be reunited with the Riverwalk; my favorite place in this whole world. This small stretch of river, which I’ve visited two times previously, has a special place in my heart. When…

Sup friends, family, and future folk, I have returned from the depths of my desk where I serve the public. Its kind of weird because when I was younger I told myself that I never wanted to sit at a desk, but here I am... sitting at an (ergonomically correct) desk. This isn 't some weird horror story where I sit at this desk for 35 years and retire as a jaded old white man who has a farm in the country where I breed little murderous horses that only attack on the second Friday of the month…

Chinese food is the most popular food in the world. More and more people from different countries know more about China because of Chinese food. In the article sunshine and water in China by Zhe Xing, the author said if there is any city with more than 50 thousand people, they must have Chinese people as well as Chinese restaurants.(Zhe 2013). Chinese food is more than 5000 years old, and it has special rules.There are five ways to judge a traditional Chinese food: color, smell, taste, meaning,…

In the year of 1979, Kenneth Waltz created a hypothesis which stated “The world is more stable if dominated by fewer numbers of greater powers”. His main argument was that alliances would spread in a multipolar world rather than a bipolar world. The multipolar period is, six states fought for influence along with the distribution of power which was constantly changing. The Cold War era was only stable dude to the domination that was shared between two superpowers (A sovereign state with dominant…