Night of the Long Knives

there is hardly any sunlight. As night passed, daylight appeared around the corner and we were on the move again, but on the way we found a cave that smelled like someone died over and over again. As we sifted through all the riches we found Swords and knives made by the High Elves, you could never wish for a finer blade. As the wizards puts down his staff he hears a metallic clink, he brushes off the dirt, leaves, spit, and found a blade about two, two in a half feet long and it would glow blue…

Hello. I am Adsila, of the Cherokee Tribe. My name means Blossom, and I am just 11 years old. A lot has happened in the Cherokee history, and there is much to tell. After all, my tribe loves to tell stories. For example, my mother, Adoette, has told me the story of the water beetle. We believe that once the Earth was all water. We think that humans lived in a world above Earth. When the water beetle came down, he swam around and spit dirt from his mouth and created islands! Over time, our…

odds to save money for a future that they probably will never live to see materialized. Schlosser talks about a Guatemalan immigrant who came to America looking for work. She works at a meat processing plant all day then goes home and sharpens her knives: “One IBP worker, a small Guatemalan woman with graying hair, spoke with me in the cramped kitchen of her mobile…

Night by Elie Wiesel, is a memoir that tells about his experience during World War II. Wiesel was born in the town of Sighet, Romania. As a young Jewish boy, he would study Talmud and Kaballah. However, when he was 15, the Germans arrived in his town. From then on, his life was no longer peaceful. A few days after they arrived, the Germans deported all the Jews to concentration camps where they would suffer. Throughout the book, Elie travels to several camps, where he struggles with…

threat with over 3 million members in 1933, Hitler was pushed into action by Hindenburg who told on 21st June 1934 that either he dealt with the SA or power would be handed over to the army. Hitler’s act of betrayal in ordering the SA purge (Night of the Long Knives) where Rohm and other SA leaders were murdered by Hitler became a decisive factor in the consolidation of Nazi power as it showed that there was nothing Hitler wouldn’t do to maintain and consolidate his…

When discussing his home, Jake initially refers to his grandparents’ home. When asked what Jake was doing on Bonfire Night, Jake said ‘Stacy is coming to mine tonight’. Exploring this, Jake meant that his mother was going to his grandparents’ home to watch the fireworks with him and his grandparents. By the way Jake speaks it is obvious Jake enjoys staying with his grandparents;…

What Hitler did during his reign in Germany was obviously horrific but was also very well planned out and brilliant. Hitler was able to take complete and utter control over Germany by becoming a dictator less than 18 months after he was appointed chancellor. Hitler was manipulative and was able to convince Germany that he would bring them power and respect from the world. He rose quickly through the government and eventually gained total control. Hitler used many brilliant political moves to…

become a fight against the Catholics’ and said that on behalf of the Catholics, they will not intervene. This fear is supported by the evidence of violence seen against the Catholic Church, for example, the murder of several leaders in the Night of the Long Knives in June 1934 such as Adalbet Probst or the arresting of pastors like Josef Fath. Moreover, the slow fear of the Nazi power could be seen, as even with the signing of the Concordat, which prevented any the Nazi member stopping any…

noticed we were already close to the house and we decided to dart into the woods, to a tree that we could climb and see what was going from. Our hearts were pounding from the anxiety, and I had noticed both of us had our hands clenched around our pocket knives that were probably a little too big to be carrying around in public. We had finally gotten to the tree and we watched as the truck drove down the dusty dirt road to the old house, but then it stopped and sat for a while and then turned…

Over an apocalyptic battlefield in the year 2029, the ruins of the city of Los Angeles are dominated by robotic war machines, some like tanks, others are hovercrafts, a title card tells us that in the future, humans will wage a long war against an enemy known as the Machines. The "final battle" however, will not be fought in this future world, but in the past, specifically our present... tonight. The year switches to Los Angeles, May 12, 1984 at 1:34 am. At the Griffith Park Observatory…