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Despite being allies during the Second World War, Americans and Soviets held distinguishing ideas in the postwar visions. The United States and the Soviet Union relations deteriorated following the decade of World War II. The Yalta Conference and the Korean War had been influential events in their relation, creating tensions among them. The Yalta conference was where tensions between the Soviet Union and the United States started to further establish. On February of 1965, President Franklin…

Invasion of the Body Snatchers is a film that can be critiqued with many different views and opinions. It is obvious to many that this film is an allegory for the Cold War; but it is tough to say whether or not is a critique of American conformity or a warning of the communist threat in the United States. While both arguments can be made, warning of the communist threat in the United States is the most represented throughout the film. Invasion of the Body Snatchers depiction of the warning of…

I realized what my parents have done for me. My American father wanted me to adapt to the American culture. In order to do that, my dad decided I needed to stop following the Korean customs. I came to America at a young age, so I never experienced the "culture shock." My parents agreed that I had to stop learning the Korean language to help me better understand the English language once I started school. I had to stop bowing to men and elders when they entered my house. My dad did not want me to…

American Beauty Standards Compared to Korean Beauty Standards Both Koreans and American have similar idea of the perfect body. American women tend to want a flat stomach, long legs and a very low weight. However, this ideal body is physically impossible to achieve for a large percentage of American women. For example, if the shows on TV channels like TLC, show how unrealistic it is to attain this goal. Like the show Botched, that shows the extent people would go to look a certain way to be…

The American Civil War took place between the Union and the Confederate and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 took place between Kuomintang and the Communist Party. Both played important roles in countries’ history, the American Civil War and the Chinese Civil War of 1946-1949 have some similarity such as the effects and consequences of the war, but the purpose of the war and the treatment toward citizens during the war time are different. In fact, both the American Civil War and the Chinese…

The Asian American Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War are both major events in American history. The time that these two events occurred overlap each other some 20 years, some scholars even argued that the Vietnam War triggered the Asian American Movement. This research paper is dedicated to the further exploration of the links between the Vietnam War and the Asian American Movement. During the 1960s and 1970s, the Vietnam War and the Asian American Civil Rights Movement had great…

The picture that I chose is on the terrible tragedy of death while driving. There are hundred ways that you can die while behind the wheel, but I believe there is one specific way that is easily the worst way; while on the cell phone. There are many deaths that cannot be controlled while behind the wheel, but if your death is due to lack of attention to the road that is easily the worst way of death. This picture shows that talking on the phone while driving causes of your own death. This…

1945. A war. No mother and father. It’s just Soo Kan and Inchun where they are risking their lives. They can be shot by a bullet any second by the Russians, but they still take the chance. Soo Kan is the main character of the novel, the Year of Impossible Goodbyes written by Sook Nyul Choi. She and her brother, Inchun live in Kirimni, Pyeongyang. As soon as the country is free from Japan, the Russians take over North Korea. Once again their freedom is limited from the “Town Reds”. However, in…

Apocalypse Now is a film that reflects on the ‘curse’ of the American involvement in the Vietnam War, a civil war that occurred in Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos from the mid 1950’s until the 1970’s. It is a revisionary film produced in the post-war US by American director and producer Francis Ford Coppola, which was first shown at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival where it took home the prized Palme d’Or. The story follows Captain Benjamin L. Willard, an unstable, self-destructive, alcoholic ‘assassin’…

The Cold War was a state of political and military issues after World War II. It was between the United States and the Soviet Union. This great tension was between the Western Bloc and Eastern Bloc, starting in 1947 and ending in 1991. This war lasted for the second half of 20th century, resulting in mutual suspicions. The Cold War affected people tremendously. It was a series of incidents that brought the world’s superpowers to the verge of disaster. The policy that rationale for an abnormal…