Spy vs. Spy

To Kill A Mockingbird vs Percy Jackson In the Percy Jackson Books there has been a quarrel between greeks and romans since The Mark of Athena was stolen from the greeks, by the romans. When Percy is found out by the romans that he was greek the romans treated him unfairly. It was similar to how african Americans were treated in America for many years like in the book To Kill a Mockingbird. Percy’s is from the greek side of the gods but ends up at a roman camp with no memory. He is treated…

Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.” Throughout The Book of Genesis, conflict reveals the imperfection of God’s creation of man; however, forgiveness is what proves that man is not completely evil. Whether the conflict be man vs. man, man vs. society, man vs. God, etc., forgiveness is never an easily accomplished task. The acts of begging for or providing forgiveness can take extensive amounts of time to build strength to do. The concept of forgiveness in The Book of Genesis teaches that…

Interpersonal relationships are the connections and feelings between two or more people (O’Hair, Wiemann, Mullin, & Teven, 2014, P. 182). A good form of communication is vital to maintain various relationships. Furthermore, it is important to keep in mind that people communicate differently with others depending on their relationship; for example, individuals interact with their family members differently than the way that they would interact with friends or significant others. For this focus,…

When One Door Closes, Another Opens Immediately after World War II, the United States went to war with another country. This war was not fought like traditional wars, where countries would settle their differences on a battlefield. This war was fought through politics, fear, and through “proxy wars”. The Cold War went on from 1947 to 1991 between the United States and the Soviet Union. What Led to the Cold War? The United States and Soviet Union were not allies in World War II and then suddenly…

novel, Orwell explores the idea that if the human mind can be controlled, then so can reality. By using various elements in the story, Orwell creates a message: the mind is the most powerful weapon someone can possess. Orwell uses the conflict of man vs. society in order to show the power of one mind versus the power of a collective mind. Winston is an average man. He is no threat to the Party, except when he starts to act on his independent thinking. The Party only stays in power by making…

Han China vs. Mauryan/Gupta India Governance Classical Han China (202 BCE-220 CE) and Mauryan/Gupta India (324 BCE-184 BCE) have an abundance amount of similar/different techniques of imperial administration and governance. One similarity would be that both empires used taxation at some point as form of control over it’s people. As for a difference, one governed with harsh punishments and the other did not. Like Han China, the Indian empires began to decline due to military expenses and not…

illusion and the appearance of things. There is a reality. We are that reality. When you understand this, you see that you are nothing, and being nothing, you are everything. That is all - Kālu Rinpoche. The book Hamlet written by Shakespeare, appearance vs reality is something most characters struggle with. Hamlet, Polonius, Claudius and Gertrude all seem to appear a certain way yet as you read on you can see the reality of it all. In Hamlet people appear to be one way but in reality can be…

An Isolated People Isolation defined as the act of being isolated, likens itself to loneliness. Being astray of a group or of a singular body and mind without the presence of others. Isolation can be caused by man vs self and a person isolating themselves. Man vs group or world or even society isolating that single man is a possibility of a cause of isolation and what are the effects of such a concept.In One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn uses the external conflict…

In 1984 the use of technology dominates the world similar to the society we live in today. In the novel 1984 the technology is actually a tool employed by the government to spy on the citizens of Oceania; the government tracks telescreens and microphones to stay aware of what the citizens are saying and doing. In addition, the government is also making sure that the citizens are not showing any signs of emotion so as they do not create an uprising against the government. The United States, on…

Approximately 60% of terrorist cases were initiated by ordinary means. In addition, no more than 1.8% of terrorist cases were initiated by the U.S. Patriot Act (Cohen). It can not be worth all of American’s privacy to spy on everyone to try and stop terrorists, especially when very few terrorist are caught with mass surveillance, and mass surveillance makes too many false positive to be useful. Conventional investigations has provided greater information to find terrorists…