Labor spies

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), most commonly referred to as North Korea, and is today seen as one of the greatest threats to world peace. With an arsenal that has grown substantially within the past decade, North Korea’s ‘military first’ policy has challenged the socialist ideology of a classless society. Empowering military leaders and provoking surrounding nations into regarding North Korea as an influential authority. In order to understand this authoritarian regime, that…

willing to guide his son in the right direction, he is not interested. Park Yong Chul Park Yong Chul plays a major role in guiding and mentoring Shin after the family is executed. He is the one who is responsible for the escape of Shin from the labor camp.…

The book Poland written by James A. Michener, starts off with angry farmers who want to end the injustice they are being bombarded with. The government of Poland recognizes that this is dangerous, so it sends a representative to help diffuse the situation. It turns out that the leader of this uprising and the representative share a common ancestor. Buk’s great- grandmother and Bukowski’s grandmother are the same person. After this is established the farmers articulate the weak points in the…

not back down from anyone. He was accused of being the number one spy for the soviets and was charged with seven counts of perjury (Simpson). Owen Lattimore's reputation was ruined and now people looked at him like he was a trader and no one trusted him. Another person who was affected by McCarthyism was Val Lorwin. He ended up being fifty-fourth on the list McCarthy made. He worked in the State Department and served in the Labor section. He landed on the list when Harold Metz threw him under…

The Journey of a Loyalist Widow during the American Revolution My original name is Arabella Edward, but since we moved to the Colonies everyone refers to me a “Bella”. I was born and raised in Great Britain, under the Crown, and remain loyal to them to this day. I’m 22 years old. Turned out my husband was an agent for the British crown, whose name was Thomas Edward, age 26, and insisted we move to North America in hopes for “A better, brighter future.” We began in Boston. We moved here in early…

Women in literary works are usually symbols of desire because the male authors that portray them perceive them through their lens of masculinity, but when literary works by female authors are used as comparison, then does the construction of women differ and then the stereotype is challenged. The construction of women is a stereotype that sexually objectifies women, even in the most humble way. The male perception of women is degrading and harmful to the role of women in society because it does…

Richard E. Kim was born in Hamheung, North Korea in 1932. Kim grew up in a very religious family, his grandfather was a Christian minister. Before the Korean War began Kim and his family fled, moving south until they ended up in Seoul. The communist troops were taking over Seoul, they arrested and killed Kim’s grandfather. Kim escaped Seoul and fled to Inchon. Kim was later caught and put into the Marines as an English translator and a liaison to the United Nations this began in 1950, he served…

that contribute to the managerial tasks of society. They are free to associate amongst themselves, but to associate with a lower class is social suicide and strictly prohibited. The other three classes: Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, do the manual labor of society. With everyone taking Soma, every person is happy in their own social class and gleefully accepts their fate. Every person has a pre-determined role in society that is seen as important in its own way. In BNW, having everyone…

Blair Mountain: A Battle for Union Rights Coal is the lifeblood of West Virginia, and the advent of WWI sparked an increased demand for it, with American production reaching 579 million tons in 1918 (Fishback, 21). “The total number of men employed in the production of bituminous coal reached the large total of 615,000 in 1918, exceeding all previous records” (UMW Journal, 1920). However, this massive production and large number of workers in the industry was destined to see a sharp post-war…

Confederacy was put at a disadvantage during the war because of how African-American slaves, who sometimes ran away from their white masters, provided Union armies and generals with useful information of the Southern territory, as well as acting as “spies, scouts and river pilots” (Barney 174). This could have prevented had the Confederacy agreed to emancipate their African-American slaves early on in the war. Jefferson Davis critically rejected the possibility early on in the war until…