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The Global War on Terror began almost immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. Although the players since then have somewhat changed, the War on Terror is still continuing and it does not appear to be ending anytime soon. The question to answer is why is this war still going? This is not a war against another nation, but a war against different groups and organizations. These groups should not have the same resources as sovereign nations; however, they are able…

In the contemporary approach to literature and culture there is an opening of a new way of thinking about old concept by rethinking of sex, gender and sexuality. It assumes that sexual identity is fluid not fixed and critiques gender and sexuality. Sex and gender do not mean the same. Sex is the biological or anatomical construction that defines between the male and the female. Gender is often regarded to be the natural or innate expression of biological sex. A female is gendered feminine and a…

“The term ‘Wars of the Roses’ is the traditional title given to a complex and protracted, but not continuous, conflict among the political elite in England in the second half of the fifteenth century.” The Wars of the Roses was a series of civil wars in England between King Henry VI, Edward IV, and Ricard III. The first of the civil wars began in 1455 and ended in 1485. These wars were more destructive to England than the 100 Year War, which were fought earlier in the century. The Wars of…

American citizenship is the allegiance of those who qualify who are entitled to the enjoyment of all Civil Rights. John Locke, the “Father of Classical Liberalism,” and James Madison, the “Father of the Constitution,” though both influential figures in American history, did not agree on the best way to construct the foundation of the United States’ government. Locke and Madison had contrasting perspectives regarding American citizenship including their views on human nature, and political and…

Mary, Bloody Mary is a fictionalized telling of the childhood and history of Mary Tudor. The book is told from her point of view and it gives the reader an insight into what Mary’s life was like. Mary Tudor is best known for being “Bloody Mary” but, since the book is written from Mary’s perspective, the reader sees her as more of a hero than she is normally portrayed. Mary, Bloody Mary is a very historically accurate book, with very little straying from the true history. The book opens with a…

cool uncle into a father figure to me, so his death was beyond difficult to cope with. But that’s where dance came in. My team competed our contemporary number, which coincidentally was about losing someone. From the moment, the announcer said “Somerset Pantherettes, your music is now on” to hearing screams, claps, and cheers at the end, it was like all my sadness, worries and feelings just went away. Dance was so much more than just an extracurricular activity, sport or art to me. It was…

The Protagonists: Holden Caulfield and Jonas “I'm not going to tell you my whole goddam autobiography or anything. I'll just tell you about this madman stuff that happened to me around last Christmas just before I got pretty run-down . . .” From then onwards, we start to notice Holden’s habit of contradicting himself. Lying was something he had not trouble admitting. He even told us outright that he was ‘the most terrific liar you ever saw’ (Salinger, pg. 17) only he sometimes ends his…

Towards the end of the unrest, that would become known at the Antinomian controversy, John Winthrop, a founder of Puritan Massachusetts, wrote a letter concerning the exiled dissenter Anne Hutchinson. In his first sentence, he coined the term that hundreds of years later would inspire the works of countless historians. “American Jezebel,” has become synonymous with Anne Hutchinson, a woman in Puritan New England who boldly stood up for her religious beliefs in a society where women were…

protected from terrorism. On September 11, 2001, four tragic terrorist attacks transpired. In total, the attacks killed 2, 977 people. Flight 77 struck the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia; killing 184 people. Flight 93 crashed into an empty field in Somerset County, Pennsylvania,…

Principally known as a California painter, George Henry Burgess was from a vast group of craftsmen. A long-lasting inhabitant of San Francisco, he likewise made intermittent visits to the Hawaiian Islands. Conceived in London in 1831, he learned at the Somerset House School of Design in London, and worked in a lithography shop in the city. The California Gold Rush pulled in George's two siblings, Charles and Edward, and in 1850, he and his more seasoned sibling, William, went along with them…