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soon be called North and South Korea. The wall built, the demilitarized zone or the DMZ, would not cause war yet. Since Korea forged the DMZ to separate the countries to prevent war, it put each country in a neutral state. The DMZ placed both countries in the possibility of having war and people are petrified by the DMZ. Introduction to Korea These countries lie on the Korean peninsula. The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. South Korea’s capital is Seoul. “North and South Korea 's…

Does something as simple as a book have the power to change a society? Can a change of rules morph the North Korean culture into a more liberating society? Just as books changed Equality 7-2521 in the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand? As readers dive into this communist and totally controlled society that takes place in Rand’s novel, their minds can’t help but be completely intrigued by such an intense life that our main character, Equality 7-2521, is forced to live. A place where the words “I”, “me”,…

people also favor banning landmines. The largest problem facing a removal of the use of landmines from the Korean Peninsula is the possible North Korean invasion of South Korea. Opponents of a full ban say that minefields are crucial in the defense of South Korea especially Seoul, but those for a ban say that those are technically South Korean landmines. This issue is complex requiring appeasing an international audience, but also staying committed to protecting an…

The Beautiful Struggle, written by Tanashi Coates is a memoir published May 6, 2008. Coates’s memoir gives you some insight of the upbringing and maturation of his life. In general the memoir gives you an outlook of how Coates and his siblings were raised including the struggles Coates went through that ultimately created a beautiful future for himself. This memoir also portrays the life of a conscious black family growing up in the 80s. Coates’s blunt style of writing expresses the…

Symbolism in A Lesson Before Dying is important in understanding the lives of the African Americans like Grant and Jefferson in this story. Jefferson’s diary is one of the symbols in this story. The diary represents Jefferson’s struggles in life and the treatment that he endures every day. Jefferson has never had a wonderful life, always treated like he was nothing, but when he is in jail he experiences love and people who care about him. He tells the story of who he is and being in jail gives…

One day one feels one way and the next he is a new man. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain the main character Huck changes his view on racism, and the similarities between races as he travels with a black man named Jim. His friend Tom Sawyer goes through part of this adventure and constructs crazy ideas. Huck grew up on racist beliefs taught by his father, and thought black people were lesser beings and could be treated badly. His thoughts on this change under the…

prison.Mandela was in prison for 27 years Nelson Mandela is important to us because he was the first democratically elected president of South Africa, after being imprisoned for 27 years, and overcoming obstacles to inspire the world. Nelson Mandela was born Rolihlahla Nelson Mandela on July 18, 1918, in Mvezo, on the banks of the Mbashe River in Transkei, South Africa. He was later named Nelson when he entered school because his name was too hard to pronounce. Nelson was supposed to be raised…

or killing them. The things these civilians faced during this time were and still are unreal; something no one could even begin to imagine. The Vietnam War started in 1954. It was between North Vietnam and the Vietcong (South Vietnamese communists) versus South Vietnam and America. More than 3 million people were killed, including 58,000 Americans. The Vietnam War is one of the longest wars America has been a part of. It is also considered one of the worst America has been a part of.…

Lyndon B. Johnson deserves the most blame. Johnson approved more military advisers to aid South Vietnam efforts, which lead to the…

come from standing up for something you believe in. In the book to kill a mockingbird, by Harper Lee, Atticus is given the job to stand up for a black man in court in the time of racism and segregation of people. This book also takes place in the south during the Jim Cow law times, when things where very different. In the videos that was watched about the laws it shows segregation between the blacks and whites. Meaning whites hated black and black had little to no rights. Tom Robinson in this…