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In Catch-22 by Joseph Heller, much of the satire is being directed toward the military, military high command to be specific. Such is the case for the constant increase in the number of flight missions throughout the book. From 50 missions at the beginning of the book to 80 at the end, the increase never ceased and they were often increased for odd reasons. For example, when Kid Sampson and McWatt die, “Colonel Cathcart was so upset […] he raised the missions to sixty-five” (Heller 339) and “he…

Hidden Intellectualism, is something that is in the very essence of Greek/Roman Mythology. In fact, the idea of the myths existing without intellectualism is humorous thought. This is do to the fact that if the ability for people to question and debate on the events and choices of the stories and characters was not a thing, then the popularity and general acknowledgment of their existence would have caused them to be forgotten. To add to that, the vast number of stories helps to add many ways…

Joseph Haydn is regarded by most musicologists as one of the premiere composers of all time. When Haydn's musical output is studied he is consistently discussed as one of the prominent members of the musical canon. Many historians often overlook one of the most important reasons why Haydn's compositions developed over time. Some say that Haydn was influenced by composers such as Carl Emmanuel Bach, Nicola Porpora, and Johann Stamitz. There's is no doubt that these composers were indeed major…

Power-hungry Finger-pointers. These two historical events have much in common, particularly their leaders. Abigail Williams and Joeseph McCarthy are both “power-hungry finger pointers.” They both are fantastic at blaming innocent people for crimes, and they are professional power and attention hogs.The process of the two events are also similar, even though the events happened in different time periods, and were about different topics. In the Crucible, there are about 8, or so steps. The…

John Dunstable was an English composer that was born in 1385 and died in 1453. 68 years seems like a short life, but Dunstable accomplished a lot of things during his lifetime. Due to the age in which Dunstable was alive, not many records reveal much information about his personal life, but there is some very interesting information that can still be found about Dunstable. As well as being a composer, Dunstable was also a mathematician and astronomer. It is also known that he was in the service…

Beethoven & Tchaikovsky: Musical Geniuses of Their Time and Ours When performing a song, how do you make it yours? Do you sing it faster than is written, add extra harmonies or play an instrument with you? The way you perform a song is unique to your style. The same concept applies to composing a song- and is exemplified by Ludwig von Beethoven and Pyotr Il'ich Tchaikovsky. Beethoven’s parents were extremely persistent on getting Beethoven to be a Mozart-esque child prodigy when he was young (c.…

The Heart of Darkness has racism in it that people today, would consider horrible and insensitive. The use of the word “nigger” is constantly being thrown around. He, Conrad, says “nigger” so many times as if he couldn’t call them something else, such as, Africans. Or if he wanted to continue to be a racist he could have called them: those people, or these blacks. At least if he would have said that, it would have been a little less racist. In this passage, The Heart of Darkness has shown how a…

Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a novel that remains significant in the 21st century. The Heart of Darkness explore issues that include imperialism, race, madness and good versus evil, all particularly relevant in today’s society. Apparently, director Francis Ford Coppola realized the novel’s persistence when he adapted the story into the award-winning and critically applauded film, Apocalypse Now. Coppola’s film moved the Joseph Conrad’s novella Heart of Darkness from colonial Africa to…

Iosif Vissarionovich Stalin, known as one of the most murderous dictators in history, transformed the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic (USSR) from being a benighted country to a world superpower, at the cost of millions of lives. Stalin’s regime was solely based upon the ideology of Marxist Communism, dogmatically asserting utilitarian beliefs in all policies formed. Stalin’s need for total power over the Soviet states brought him great paranoia and insecurity, ultimately resulting in the…

The main exposition in Catch-22 is Pianosa, a small island in the mediterranean sea. This is where Yossarian and his Squadron live and where most of the story takes place. When Heller first describes the island he says, “There was nothing funny about living like a bum in a tent in Pianosa between fat mountains behind him and a placid blue sea in front that could gulp down a person with a cramp in the twinkling of an eye and ship him back to shore three days later, all charges paid, bloated,…