Sicily

Chaos Theory claims that “something as small as the flutter of a butterfly’s wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world. It may take a very long time, but the connection is real”(Wolfe). In “Leda and the Swan” by William Butler Yeats, Leda is raped by the Greek God Zeus, who has transformed himself into a swan. The rape leads to the birth of four children, the two immortals, Castor and Pollux, and most importantly the two mortals, Helen and Clytemnestra, who one day have a…

cloth. This leisurely transfer of disease through the shipping boats would encourage the spread of the Black Death later on. In fact, as seen later, Genoese ships in 1347 brought the plague with them from Kaffa to Messina, eventually spreading across Sicily. This example proves that these new blueprints although beneficial in terms of commerce, set the stage for what would be more prominently the spread of the Black Death rather than the spread of…

sadness it brought from the outbreaks. Ziegler started out talking about the outbreak in England. It became very chaotic there and the disease did not waste any time spreading. It expanded using all of its trade routes. He explained it then traveled to Sicily by ships and from there it broke out all over Italy. Italy took the plague to France in a very short period of time and then carried it east into Germany.…

He had what many would describe as a “very flamboyant personality”. General Patton had a quick temper and a loud personality. His public opinion was damaged in two different instances. During his invasion of Sicily, Patton slapped a soldier in an Italian field hospital. He accused the soldier, who was experiencing shell-shock, of cowardice. In this instance, Patton violated the Lincoln principle Use force only as a last resort. “Patton claimed that he slapped…

A Bell for Adano, published in 1944 by John Hersey, is based on his experience in Sicily during his time there in World War II. While the story takes place in Adano, Italy - a fictional place - it is based off of true events. It starts on the first day of the Allied invasion in July, 1943. Just weeks before, fascists had stolen the town’s seven hundred year old bell to melt it down and use it in the war. An Italian-American officer takes charge of the town and earns respect and admiration from…

appointed to power. With Constantine’s approximately 100 thousand troops against Maxentius’ 75-120 thousand soldiers, Constantine decided to attack Maxentius in Rome and gain the title of emperor. Maxentius ordered men to come up from Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, and the African provinces for…

Henslin (2012) defines culture as: “the language, beliefs, values, norms, behaviors, and even material objects that are passed from one generation to the next” (p. 42). My culture and ethnicity happens to be Italian. Even though, I have two parents from different ethnic backgrounds I experienced absolutely little in relation to my mother’s. On the other hand, my father’s ethnicity is what myself and my siblings were raised with and experienced. Inside different cultures there are material…

Scorsese (born Cappa; 1912–1997), both worked in New York's Garment District. His father was a clothes presser and an actor, and his mother was a seamstress and an actress. His father's parents emigrated from Polizzi Generosa, in the province of Palermo, Sicily, and his mother was also of Italian descent. Her parents, too, were from Palermo. Scorsese was raised in a devoutly Catholic environment. As a boy, he had asthma and could not play sports or do any activities with other children and so…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt FDR Franklin D. Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, New York. He is also known as FDR. His parents were James and Sara Roosevelt. FDR was home schooled until he was sent to Groton, which was an exclusive preparatory school in Massachusetts. He received a bachelors degree from Harvard University located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Roosevelt studied law at Columbia University. He passed the bar examination for attorneys, even though he did not…

limited to the conquest of Jerusalem and the impact it had on Christian pilgrimage. In fact, they also conquered nearby areas around the Byzantine Empire, which was a Christian empire, and slowly walked their way into it: “…Muslim forces had conquered Sicily, parts of the southern Italy, and the Balearic Islands, and they had made successful raids on Sardinia, Corsica, and the cities of Marseilles and Rome. (Backman 304) Here, the Turks was expanding their territory to further build their…