Nicholas Brothers

places incredibly more exciting that the town that has the nickname of "Dirty Dodge". My oldest sibling is my sister, Belinda. She was born on May 31, 1983 in San Antonio. Honestly, I have no idea what my parents were even doing there. A year later my brother Anthony (or Tony), was born on a military base in Germany. I am clearly the baby of the family and I had a unique situation growing up. When I was eight years old, I was taken from the care of my mother and became a ward of the state. Since…

Nicholas Basinet Mr. Osberg Choice Reading Response Essay October 15, 2017 For my choice reading, I chose to read the book 1984 by George Orwell. This book follows a character named Winston Smith who is against the way that the government works, where they are always watching. There are many examples of how this book relates to my life including mass surveillance and constant worldwide turmoil. As most people know, every key stroke on every device, including smartphones, computers, and even…

animals in a farmyard to portray the history of Soviet communism. According to Orwell, the animals that are used in the story play a role based directly on Communist Leaders. Like Mr. Jones who depicts the figure of the failing farmer, signifies Czar Nicholas II. Old Major, portrays Vladimir Lenin; Snowball who represents the pig who wants to act like Old Major and Napoleon the one who drove out Snowball to secure his position symbolizes Joseph Stalin. The story began when Mr. Jones, the owner…

us lose our attention spans, and make us incapable of reading for long periods of time. The significance of this is that it supports Huxley’s vision in which we are essentially responsible for our own downfall. In “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” by Nicholas G Carr the author states “Wolf worries that the style of reading promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening our capacity for the kind of deep reading that emerged when an earlier…

Nicholas experienced despite being raised in a palace a happy upbringing in the Romanov household. Educated by several tutors, Nicholas studied languages, history, sciences, horsemanship, shooting, and dancing. What he was not schooled in, unfortunately for Russia, was how to function as a monarch. Czar Alexander III, healthy and robust at six-foot-four, planned to rule for decades. At the age of nineteen, Nicholas joined an exclusive regiment of the Russian Army and also served in the horse…

There is a major and distinct difference between being an overseer and a leader. Both are based on supremacy, but an overseer demand obsequious behavior while a leader earn trust through understanding others. During Tsar Nicholas II reign; he was known for being the last Romanov leaders. Tsar’s government held totally power, along with the inability to rule over Russia. Tsar was dethroned and later executed with his family for his poor judgement and Russia being in chaos. Industrialism did not…

can do what is beneficial to her and what will allow her to live the life she imagined for herself. In addition, when a woman is given agency, she not only benefits from it, but the economy and later generations do as well. In “The Girl Effect,” Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn discuss how eliminating gender inequalities and empowering women can lead to a boost in economy and a boost of hope and confidence in generations to come. Often, women do not have the resources to prosper, whether that…

lead to the downfall of Tsarist Russia?  General information on this topic Nicholas II of Russia was the last emperor of Russia (1st November 1894 to 15th March 1917). His reign saw the dramatic fall of the imperial Russian empire. After the Febuary revolution of 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne. In 1918, Nicholas and his family were tragically executed by the Bolsheviks. The dramatic downfall of Tsar Nicholas was the ended the Romanov dynasty in Russia. It ended autocracy as a…

ended in the assassination of a terrible tyrant in 1918. Occurring nearly one hundred years ago, the Russian Czar Nicholas II, was killed by revolutionists after being held captive with his family for four months. He was dethroned by his people for ineffective military leadership, persecution of religious and political groups, and neglect to Russia’s people. The assassination of Czar Nicholas the II of Russia was just because he was a tyrannical ruler who often chose the worse possible scenarios…

The more the serfs saw and became educated the more they would question the monarchy. Serf emancipation started slowly before Alexander II. Nicholas I who ruled before Alexander II set the stage for Alexander II’s reforms by creating the framework in which a republic state could be developed (Hosking 266). Serf emancipation before Alexander II was slow but the movement was still happening. Count…