Maria von Trapp

Thesis: Saki, in The Interlopers says, We are trapped by our own ill will; to be free of it we need to put aside our violence by making peace and realizing the unimportance of it. We focus on ill will and let it consume us. As did Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym did, “as boys they had thirsted for one another’s blood, as men each prayed that misfortune might fall on the other.” (Saki 7) They were raised into despising one another due to their family’s feud (that started generations ago…

When he was finished with his service and recovery in Italy, he was supposed to marry a nurse that he had loved for six years named Agnes von Kurowsky. When he wrote to her from America, she responded by saying she was not moving back to America with him and that she had fallen in love with another Italian soldier. In In Another Country, the older, wiser general who is also injured, reviled…

the document became a cause of tension between Goldstine and von Neumann against Eckert and Mauchly. Eckert fought for the patent rights concerning EDVAC. He and Mauchly claimed that von Neumann "had merely summarized the group’s discussions and that they, Eckert and Mauchly, deserved the full credit for discovery of the fundamental ideas.” The situation escalated to its climax in the Honeywell v. Sperry Rand when Mauchly addressed von Neumann with the following: Johnny learned instantly of…

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley are two novels in which the themes of equality and inequality are explored extensively. The texts are both written by women in 1847 and 1818 respectively and both deal with gender inequality. Jane Eyre is also a social commentary on the injustices and inequalities of the classist Victorian hierarchy whereas Shelley’s novel focuses on the human rejection of unconventionality and the inequalities faced by societies ‘outcasts. The…

Two Sides of the Same Coin Imagine a world in which there is little to no freedom or opinion. The ruling group regulates opinions, work, ambitions, ideas, interests, possessions, and almost every other aspect of life. There is no difference in opinion from the ruling group, because the leaders do not allow it. Any infraction or thought against the ruling group is punishable by death. Any “rebels” or “heretics” disappear and/or are used as examples. Almost no member of the general public sees…

From 1919-1945 one man changed the world and brought Germany and the whole world into war. He planned his way to get the whole power of Germany. His slow and silent way to manipulate and influence his followers with his speeches against the government in Germany helped him to destroy the political system to form a dictatorship. With the dictatorship he created concentrations camps to kill Jews and foreigners- people who were insects in his eyes. One man brought the whole world in war. The way…

southern party to a nation wide powerhouse party. The party went from 2.6% of the votes in the 1928 election to 18.3% votes in 1930 election and 37.4% in the 1932 election(Freeman 24). Hitler soon gained enough popularity that Reich president Paul von Hindenburg was forced to appoint Hitler as Chancellor(“The Rise of the Nazi Party”). After Hindenburg died on August 2, 1934, Hitler combined the offices of Reich Chancellor and President, declaring himself Führer, or Reich Chancellor(“The…

Ernest Hemingway’s “Farewell to arms” shows great change in the main characters life throughout the story and how the war can be hard on the characters and be a big affect on their life events and choices. There are millions of people serving our country fighting for our freedom. The people that do are very brave but sometimes don’t come back themselves. They end up with PTSD and that changes their lives forever it so funny how going to war could change someone physicaly and emotionaly. In…

became the sole leader of the Nazi Party. He made several changes within the party, and members had to vow loyalty until death to Hitler. By 1928, the Nazi Party became a force in the Reichstag. In 1932, Hitler ran for president, but he lost to Paul Von Hindenburg. However, the Nazi Party won 37% of the votes, which gave them more seats in the Parliament than any other party. In 1933, Hitler was elected Chancellor of Germany after members of other parties who were loyal to the president…

Otto von Bismarck— “The Iron Chancellor” Otto von Bismarck, one of the most influential characters in European history brought together the birth of the German empire. Bismarck became the first chancellor of the German empire under the “leadership” of William II during the late nineteenth century (History.com, Otto Von Bismarck). He developed Germany into an economic powerhouse to even rival that of Great Britain. Through the usage of the Realpolitik and cunning intellect, he managed to…