Night of the Long Knives

“…I learnt the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way.” (Twain 147) Throughout Huck’s journey he encounters many obstacles, tough decisions and a various amount of people. Huck was not a typical kid being raised properly by white folks around this time. When he is kidnapped by his drunken father, he learns he wants a better life. As he ventures off, he comes in contact with a runaway he knew from back home, and this is where their journey starts together.…

cross the river to escape, with some even coming to my house to board. When the sky was getting dark, my entire family took refuge at the nearby [Hutchinson International]. One day, six or seven Japanese troops arrived, all of them armed with guns, knives hanging by their waists. They took six or seven maidens from the crowd of refugees. I was among those taken. [] One Japanese soldier forced me into an empty room. Once we were both in the room, he used a knife to force me to take off my…

him to gain his freedom by force. On August 21, 1831, Turner and his accomplices killed his master’s family as they lay sleeping. From there, the small band of about 70 slaves moved from house to house, eventually killing over 50 whites with clubs, knives and muskets. It took a militia force to put down the rebellion, and Turner and 55 other slaves were captured and executed by the state. It Impacted the whole region, after Nat Turner’s revolt, around 200 slaves were eventually killed by white…

As a child, I would try to protect my mother from my father’s abuse. I would hide the knives, wake up during the night to their arguing, and I would try to help. I often wonder if the history of domestic violence is why I am very protective of my Mother. Thankfully, my siblings were much younger. Their memories are vague about regarding happened. However, part of the beauty of time is that often, healing emotional healing can take place, if a person allows. Transitioning into Junior High School…

We’d be outside every day while he was teaching me how to rope cattle, cook meat, watch after Kurt, and balance a sleep schedule. He was my rock. I feel as if I didn’t quite have a chance to be a kid. As long as I’ve known I’ve had an imaginary mustache; that means I am a real man as my father told me once. He had the full stache with curls on the tips. I will always look to him as a mentor. Besides me being affected by my father's disappearance, my mother…

Trade and Child Labor Introduction When it comes to the difficulties of children being exploited internationally, the most common stories we hear commonly or publicized commonly are about children being trafficked into commercial sex work. This is clearly an issue that deserves attention. But, less well known and more widespread concern facing children is child labor. According to reports of United Nations, over two hundred million children of age between 7 to 17 years of age are working as…

Throughout history, there have been many wars and much oppression of certain groups worldwide. One of the world’s most famous and cruelest oppressions was the Holocaust. Near the end of World War II, America dropped the first two atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki which brought the end of the war. Some historians may argue that the Holocaust was more about liberating the people in concentration camps and giving those people freedom from Hitler and his dictatorship. Other may argue that not…

Also, this practice is maintained as a debate for humans, or women, rights and traditional customs. * What is female circumcision? Female circumcision refers to a range of procedures performed on the genitals of females of all different ages, though mainly on teenage girls aged from 4 to 12 years old before they go through puberty. It basically consists of the partially or totally removal of female external genitals. According to Alison in her article “Female Circumcision: A Critical…

The Archives of Alcatraz In 1775, a spanish explorer named Juan Manuel De Ayala sighted the island of Alcatraz. He named it Isla de los Alcatraces, which translates to Island of the Pelicans because of the birds which call the island home. Juan Manuel de Ayala proceeded on and charted the rest of the San Francisco Bay. In 1848, the U.S. Military realized the island could be used to its tactical advantage. Two years later, president Millard Fillmore issued an executive order designating Alcatraz…

Good looking, charming, intelligent, well educated. Many people with these traits go on to make a positive name for themselves; however, one man took this concept in a different direction. Ted Bundy exploited his good looks and charm to his advantage taking the lives of young women and girls who were too trusting, and too vulnerable. And his path of terror made him one of the most memorable serial killers of all time. Ted Bundy’s full name was Theodore Robert Cowell, he was born at the…