Societal collapse

The impact of the battle had started the collapse of Byzantium, with internal battles and conflict in the east becoming common occurrences, plus the whole empire itself was treasury bankrupt and its armies were ill equipped to fight back. This defeat loomed over Byzantium and other Western European…

CTCS 469: The Genius of Billy Wilder Part 2 of Notebook (due July 1st) Professor: Dr. Drew Casper TA: Isaac Rooks Jinghan Mao Tel: 608-770-1992 5) The Lost Weekend (1945) shows six “noir” style thematic and formal components that are discussed by Professor Casper in his book Postwar Hollywood 1946—1962. First of all, there are two visual narrative flashbacks in the film. According to Casper, the narrative flashback is “an indication not only of the use of the past to explain the present…

Ultimately, we all find ourselves in that moment when our last breath is released from our body, dying is our final destination, but what truly determines the value of our life is the fight and the will power each individual endures in order to continue living. In the story “Sonny’s Blues” written by James Baldwin, Baldwin writes about the suffering we all face in life and how difficult it is making it through the darkness when one cannot see the light. It is the acknowledgement that one does…

people rather than allow himself to be hired to commit a crime. The prosecution proves that both Wheeler and Miller violated the law and are hence guilty. Andy is thus awarded a very huge compensation which he himself does not live to receive as he collapses in court and die. One’s moral values can never truly change. By the fact that one places themselves in an available position that they can be hired to perform a crime it means that their moral values are naturally bent. That is the real them…

European colonization of Africa led to the collapse of previous empires and new institution of European white minority rulings over a black majority. Unequal representation in the government led to the oppression of the rights and voices of Africans in the European government. During the years 1964-1979, Rhodesia fought for their independence that was achieved through the Rhodesian Bush War. The spark that caused a push towards the revolution was at first because of land dispute among the…

At the very basic level, a democratic structure can be defined as an ‘institutional arrangement for arriving at political decisions in which individuals acquire the power to decide by means of a competitive struggle for the people’s vote’ (Schumpeter 1942 cited in Menocal 2007). The positive relationship between prosperity and democracy has an enduring relationship in the subject of social sciences. Although there does exist a strong correlation, it does not necessarily mean causation. However…

scope of change. This can actually be related to “The Racial Contract” which insists that “the Racial Contract underwrites the modern social contract and is continually being written” (Mills 62). In other words, race is real through society, and societal behaviors. The social contract is reinforced by the racial contract, and the social contract is continually being written in order to ghost over the Racial Contract, and its…

Systemic change is when there is a change or shift of the dominant power/powers in an international system. It can be characterized by when hegemony moves from the main hegemonic power to another rising power, or to several other rising powers in the system. Challenges to hegemonic powers that would lead their powers to the hands of others include but are not limited to other powers becoming more economically and technologically advanced the costs of remaining a hegemonic power tend to grow…

The RCP8.5 Future of Sub-Saharan Africa and High Northern Latitudes by 2100 1. Introduction 1.1 RCPs and RCP8.5 RCPs is short for Representative Concentration Pathways, which are a set of four new scenarios defined by their approximate total radiative forcing in 2100 relative 1750: 2.6 W/m2 for RCP2.6, 4.5 W/m2 for RCP4.5, 6.0 W/m2 for RCP6.0, and 8.5 W/m2 for RCP8.5, for the Fifth Assessment Report of IPCC. RCP2.6 represents a mitigation scenario resulting in a very low forcing level. RCP4.5…

Nearly every character in Toni Morrison’s Beloved has a rich background story and battles with which they struggle internally. For each character’s conflict, heavy themes are brought into the power of this story; Sethe has her inner turmoil over Beloved, Paul. D is weighed down by his emotional baggage, Denver struggles with independence, and Stamp Aid deals with the horrors of his past by helping others years later. This novel uses the ghost of Sethe’s murdered daughter to personify these more…