Spartacus

Operation Barbarossa failed due to overconfidence, the Russian Winter, and Stalin’s actions. Hitler’s poorly planned operation led to the end of Germany’s expansion. The German-Soviet nonaggression pact, Hitlers desire for Lebensraum, and the unrealistic goals and timeframe were all things that led to Operation Barbarossa. The planning of the operation was full of shortfalls and overestimations, meaning the German army wasn 't properly prepared and were unable to successfully invade. The German…

Exploring mourning practices through social media sites to discuss the relationship between remembrance or memory and contemporary mediated society. Social media effectively offers a platform for people to publically mourn; be it the death of a loved one, a celebrity, or a national tragedy, platforms such as Twitter and Facebook are filled with tributes and commemorations. Due to the increasing availability and participatory nature of the web, the internet has become an increasingly popular…

American artist, Andy Warhol, once said, “they always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” Many see that one must take action before they get anywhere. Artist feel the need to express themselves in various ways in order to prove that rather than looking at the value of the work itself, society should focus on taking matters into their own hands for the betterment of the nation. Artist of the early 1900’s constructs themselves into society so that a change can…

Influence is something that can have a huge impact on many. It is through observation and training from experts that one can become highly skilled in a craft which can create a large impact on others. In the film-making field, a person could consider the actor-director, Charles Chaplin as an expert through his various films and shorts. His works are enjoyed yet there is something beneficial to one interested in entering the entertainment industry. However, Chaplin did not gain his skills out of…

“Atonement” by Joe Wrights is an exploration of the sociological class structure of pre-World War II England. By this I mean that through different scenes in the movie we are able to see not only the class structure of that time period, but also how upper and lower classes interacted with each other and social expectations in the different social classes. Certain scenes that the audience could interpret in this way include Garden scene, Danny bags scene and apartment scene. Joe Wrights seems to…

Introduction / Thesis Statement The purpose of this paper is to apply critical reasoning techniques to Operation Barbarossa, which was a German offensive in 1941 during World War II (WWII) against the Soviet Union. I will identify the events leading up to the operation, and a brief overview of the operation itself. I will also identify alternative intelligence assets which could have been employed by both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union to develop alternative courses of action / outcome to…

Who would you think would be a more sympathetic character, a habitual criminal or a renown member of the justice system? In the novel Great Expectations, the answer is not the one you would necessarily choose. This novel by Charles Dickens is centered around a poor boy named Pip who comes into great expectations of wealth by a mysterious benefactor, who turns out to be a lifer exiled to the new colonies named Magwitch. Because of this revelation, Pip struggles with the predicament of protecting…

People repeat themselves not History While we take a look at the article written by E. Benjamin Skinner about “People for Sale.” One would pause in the second paragraph and think to themselves, wait is this author really telling me how to buy a slave? As the individual would read on, one would realize yes that is exactly what he is saying. Although this article is four years of research, Skinners trying to get the point across that, “today there are more slaves than any time in human history”…

managed some plantations from his former slave master. He was motivated to rise to power by witnessing the brutality his own people had to go through and he also read books that that predicted that out of the odds slaves may face would come a black Spartacus that will shutdown slavery. When he rose to power he put his family and plantation aside seeking freedom amongst slave and mixed race. His resourcefulness would be severely tested once the fall-out from radical developments in France hit…

Adolf Hitler rose to power by taking bold actions and convincing people he can bring them out of their misery from the Great Depression. He had aimed to abolish the German federal government and “Hitler and his followers attempted to seize power in Bavaria as a step toward controlling all of Germany” (Maier, "Adolf Hitler"). The Beer Hall Putsch was an event that Hitler created in order to take over the government in Bavaria and eventually gain power. However, it failed as it ended in…