The Clash

was a decade of changes and clashes and there were many contradictions in values and ways. The 1920’s experienced a great deal of inequality among social classes. It represents a clash of values because it illustrates how the 1920’s was supposed to be a time of growth but in actuality was a time of poverty for many, a clash of values between urban America and rural America and discrimination for many. During the 1920’s, the gap between the rich and poor grew, cities grew, people moved from…

The cultural clash between the European White Colonizers and Native Americans developed because of the differences in cosmology, technology, and the cultural bias the European Colonizers held against the Native American people. This clash demonstrates how these differences caused domination, opposition, and superiority among these two cultures. Such things as access to natural resources, the Europeans confidence in their god given right to rule the world, as well as the Europeans views of the…

In Huntington’s essay “The Clash of Civilizations?” he writes about a post cold war world and what it would look like. A man by the name of David Brooks wrote an article disagreeing with Huntington’s essay. He did not try to make him look like a fool, but simply tell a different side of what Huntington wrote. At the beginning of the article Mr. Brooks begins by summarizing the parts of the essay he will talk about. He focusses on the Arab people and their struggles, but he does talk about the…

A. THEMES: • MOVEMENT: By definition, movement, one of the five themes of geography, is characterized by the transfer of people, ideas, and culture, and things over space. In “A Clash of Culture in Heartland America,” Stephen G. Bloom excellently portrays the reluctance and negativity that can be involved with relocation and movement. Specifically, Postville was a picturesque town where all the citizens knew and trusted the other members of their community. In fact, the trust level was so…

emphasizing that nations produce their beliefs and values through their widespread dialogue. Furthermore, each civilization has its own story, its own past and present, its own distinctions that make it unique. One might argue, that Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations argument is based off of racism, western bias, and white supremacy; moreover, another form of xenophobia and reasoning for quarrelling conflicts. Due to the fact that many look at his argument and see it as having valid and…

In Whiplash, at 1:17:25, Nieman is at a jazz club where his former teacher, Terrence Fletcher is playing. The scene opens with Fletcher playing a beautiful song while Nieman simply watches. However, when the song ends, Fletcher nods and gazes into the crowd, until he spots Nieman which causes him to immediately stop. This cause Nieman to turn around and leave the club when suddenly Fletcher calls out his name. Nieman pauses and then lets out an awkward, “Hey.” A hard transition takes place and…

The movie Whiplash directed by Damien Chazelle is a heart-rending story about a young drummer and his endeavour to become one of the great Jazz drummers. The grind and determination of the story's nature instills itself well to the exploration of the forces behind motivation and how it influences human actions. Throughout the movie, Andrew has to sacrifice smaller, more basic needs in order to reach the level of drumming demanded by his conductor, Fletcher. Starting off slow with physical needs,…

When Popes Were Emperors – The Clash between Henry and Gregory In the year 1073, Hildebrand of Sovana (an Italian city) became Pope Gregory VII. The clash between papacy and emperor’s authority in (what we would today call) Germany, was already evident for quite some time. The Emperor Henry IV was 23 years old. One of the first few measures implemented by Gregory were, a ban on secular authority to appoint clergy (the lay investiture) and the ostracizing of some of the members of Henry’s…

Tulathimutte’s “Clash Rules Everything Around Me” demonstrates as mentioned in the title, an obsession with Clash of Clans; an online multiplayer strategy game that allows you to build a community( in the form of a clan). The effect the game places on its players supports Watkins’s argument that fast entertainment leads to a habit of multitasking and continuous partial attention with questions for mental health. Tulathimutte’s…

In “Clash of Civilizations over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio” most of the native born citizens often dislike the immigrants and blame them when things go wrong. Some of the characters say that they’re not racist but that they hate immigrants. They also try to blame the immigrants for the murder. In the story Elisabetta’s dog is kidnapped and she doesn’t know who did it. At first she tries to blame the Chinese for taking her dog. She wants the Italian authorities to cut off diplomatic…