Rebel Alliance

The world of American politics is a complicated, tricky system that can easily be manipulated and in the novel 1984 George Orwell shows what that world would look like if that manipulation was taken to an extreme. Theodore Roosevelt once said: “A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.” and in the fictional country of Oceania they did just that and then some. Oceania is governed by Big Brother who has complete control of everything that happens…

Many doctrines were created because of the events during the Cold War and the Truman Doctrine was one of them. Before the doctrines were created, the U.S. had relations with other countries, but not all were positive, which led to their creation. Over the years, the relations since the creations of the doctrines have changed and improved with other countries. The doctrines did have an effect on the area since it was announced during the Cold War. There is a chance that the doctrine had an…

represented by the major control the government has over the society specifically through the law that bans the producing, owning and reading of books. The use of censorship in publications is harmful to society as it motivates members of the society to rebel against the government as seen in the novel Fahrenheit 451 and in the real world as it causes citizens to make uninformed decisions both of which result in adverse repercussions. In the dystopian society portrayed in Fahrenheit 451, the…

Thousands of African American’s played a huge role during the War of Independence. In the end, some were freed and others lost their lives. These African American’s refused to sit down and do nothing during the war. However, after it was over, many people forgot to recognize them for what they did for our country and how they helped win our freedom. This made me very sad when I found this out. In the late 1700’s, the discussion of liberty was being spread throughout the country, which gave…

e crux of the issue began in 1986 when then, Conoco Inc. entered into an agreement with the government of Ecuador to explore for oil in Block 16. Block 16 was a 500,000-acre area of untouched rainforest in the Amazon Forest (Wasserstrom, R., & Reider, S., 1997, August 18). Conoco’s plan included prospecting for oil and if oil was found to build two more tributary pipelines to tie into the already existing Trans-Ecuadorian Pipeline System (SOTE). Their plans also included a 120 km road that was…

“So help me God” was an important phrase said by George Washington. The first president of the United States was an incredible man. He was an amazing leader that had courage. George Washington issued the Neutrality Proclamation, stopped the Whiskey Rebellion, and had a marvelous Farewell Address. Did he assure the rights of our people? I believe that George Washington protected the rights of our nation. The rights of citizens were protected by and important to, George Washington. The…

not justified to kill him. In Plato’s Crito, Socrates says “by living in a state one contracts to obey its government; the citizens of the state made an implicit promise not to resist the government (Zelner 230).” Simply put, citizens cannot just rebel against a government and certainly cannot murder their leaders when unhappy. Even if one condones assassination of a tyrant or unjust head of state with the idea that the killing would positively benefit the society, Prinzip’s reason for murdering…

The obvious one is the battle between the light side and the dark side in Star Wars. There is also the Galactic Empire versus the Rebel Alliance. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, there is a different version of good versus evil with Gilgamesh and his pride. He’s so prideful that he creates a statue of himself and puts it in his city, the city of Uruk. He is also prideful when he goes into the…

Every ruler has strengths and weaknesses, fortunately for King Louis XIV, he had more strengths. Louis was a strong, independent ruler, who wanted nothing but to do the best for himself, his people, and his country. By establishing reforms, art, and literature; and conquering different kingdoms, he was able to achieve his goals of becoming a great ruler. Louis XIV was born in the Chateau de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France on September 5, 1638 to Louis III and Anne of Austria. Named Louis…

When their father dies In the Ptolemaic tradition, Cleopatra marries her brother Ptolemy XIII and at the age of eighteen is joint ruler of Egypt. The siblings rebel against each other and start a civil war.Julius Caesar, now fifty-two, meets the 21-year-old Cleopatra in Alexandria and they become lovers, both in hopes to take down her brother.The combined forces of Caesar and Cleopatra defeat Ptolemy XIII in a…