Ngo Dinh Diem

Part I: High School Description: I come from a relatively small town of about 15,000 people. It’s definitely more of a rural high school. I draw this conclusion because there is a day set aside where some people can drive their tractors to school. I would say it is mainly made up of middle class kids. My high school was the only school for a significant amount of miles, therefore there definitely was a mix of classes. Ethnically wise, my high school is predominately white. The school is made of…

After the end of French colonial rule in the Indochina colonies, President Ngo Dinh Dien canceled the election that was to be held in South Vietnam which could potentially have brought together Vietnam (Vietnam War). In the article “Vietnam War” the author tells the audience “Elections scheduled for 1956 in South Vietnam for the…

Outside Influence Leading to Genocide In Cambodia, glasses marked people for death. Glasses were seen as a sign of outside influence, something the Khmer Rouge wanted to eliminate. While studying the Cambodian genocide, key elements such as outside influence, such as from colonization and from the Vietnam War seem to have lead the perpetrators to commit genocide. Colonization by France left lasting psychological effects and an unstable government. The actions by the U.S. taken during the Vietnam…

practice outside of the watchful gaze of the United States, Diem assumed absolute power, and relied solely on his family for advice. Subsequently, the inattention that Diem paid to the needs of his people, and the ruthless suppression he had placed on the dissents, provoked a minor rebellion, that would later lead to his downfall as the land-reform program was so poorly conceived that it implemented a strong dislike for Diem in the minds of the South Vietnamese peasant-classes, as it brought…

the adults that rule with an iron fist. Neil Perry is the epitome of this theme as seen through his inability to seize the day, running away from his problems, and his need to act. Neil took a chance when he acted upon Mr. Keating’s lesson of Carpe Diem and tried out for A Mid-Summers Night Dream, but only to have his dreams crushed when his…

Examination of Dead Poets Society The Dead Poets Society is the classic work written by Nancy H. Kleinbaum as a novel. In the stories of 7 high school students in an overly disciplined boarding school, the responsibility of being overloaded by the school and the families, and the distances between their families and their choice to live and do what they want, The story also tells about the obstacles that students face and how to deal with them. John Keating, who is new to the Welton Academy,…

Front of the Class is a true story of a young man, Brad Cohen, with Tourette syndrome, whose dream is to become a school teacher and get his master's degree. The movie is about how he overcomes the obstacles on his way to become the teacher he never had. The main characters of this movie are Brad Cohen, his mom, Ellen, and his dad, Norman. The secondary characters include, his brother, Jeff, his girlfriend, Nancy, his house mate, Ron and the student he taught specifically Thomas and Heather.…

idea of "Carpe Diem" (seize the day) from the perspective of few young men at an all boys boarding school. Their teacher Mr. Keating (their poetry professor) played an important role throughout and helps them stretching their minds, and exercising their right to defiant acts of love for life and poetry, and the false opinions of the society. The movie throughout takes us on a roller coaster that leaves the audience gripping their seats, enjoying the life, and thinking "Carpe Diem"…

Cosmopolitan’s review of “If…” was “If you’re young you will really dig “If….” If you’re not so young it is more reason than ever to see what it is all about”. “If….” is a movie by Lindsay Anderson inspired by “Zero de Conduite”; a French movie that focuses on a group of boys fed up with their educational system. Starring Malcolm McDowell as “Mick”, “If….” is a movie that presents the British high school system in the 60s. It is Anderson’s most notable movie. The college that the movie is…

“The Flea” by John Donne and “To His Coy Mistress” by Andrew Marvell are two poems classified as carpe diem. Carpe diem is Latin phrase for “Seize the day”. Both speakers use the ideals of carpe diem to persuade the auditor to live in the moment. They do this by saying that the auditor is young and beautiful and that they are meant to be. Although both speakers try their best to persuade the auditor to have sex with them, the speaker in “To his coy mistress” impresses the auditor the best. In…