The Clash

Howard Zinn once wrote that “The clash was not over slavery as a moral institution, rather the war was brought on by Northern and Southern elites who recognize the incompatibility of two distinct economic systems.” In this statement Zinn is referencing to the Civil War and stating that the war was started over the contrasting economic systems of the North and South. I disagree with this statement and instead believe that the peculiar institution, slavery, was the major factor that led to the…

Many authors use the power of storytelling to portray a valuable message or theme from theirs lives. In Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis, Kafka uses the powerful story of Gregor Samsa’s clash with society to reflect Kafka’s internal struggle with alienation and the inability to communicate due to different obstacles that are presented to him throughout his life. With both Samsa and Kafka lacking the strength and freedom to build lasting friendships, a clear parallel is easily drawn. Though…

Samuel P. Huntington writes his book the Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the New World in five parts. The book is about civilizations development in values, ideologies, religion, and culture. In part one Huntington creates a post war civilization map where the world is separated into nine civilizations. The first is the western civilization that consist of north america and europe. The second Latin America which was central and south america. Third African which was only the…

The clash between Pope Boniface VIII and King Philip IV of France began in the year 1296 over taxation of the French Clergy. Specifically, King Philip IV implemented taxes over the clergy and all other laymen of the French kingdom with a motive to fuel a war with King Edward I of England. Refuting this, Boniface asserted that no cleric was to pay taxes to a king without proper papal consent. If the clergy went against his commands, Boniface threatened excommunication to all who ignored him.…

“Should I stay or should I go?” That is a quote from the classic 1980’s song Should I Stay or Should I Go by The Clash. Not only is this a good song if you like 1980’s music it was also the question that caused an internal conflict for me when I had issues with my job. On one hand, I had a job with perks that really benefited me. On the other hand the job did have its negatives. Since I could only have one job, I had to decide, is my job worth keeping, or should I get a new one? I was…

of their disagreement. For most of the time it is to show their dominance over the other group. In “Arts of the contact zone”, Pratt talks about encounter between Spanish and the Incas. Pratt defines this as contact zone where two cultures meet and clash. She talks about how the encounter between these two cultures did not go very well because the Spaniards were too greedy and arrogant. Similarly, in Rodriguez’s story, his encounter with the Americans is also contact zone. When Rodriguez went…

Arguments against the “clash of civilizations” (CoC) theory have been made by authors such as Chiozza, Henderson and Tucker. According to these authors, civilizational factors alone are insufficient in producing greater risk of conflict. Other factors such as regime-type, geographical proximity, modernization, military capabilities, Cold war blocs, and major power status affect the prospects for conflict involvement between states as well. I will focus on regime-type, geographical proximity and…

“Rock the Casbah” came out in June 11, 1982 by the English punk rock band The Clash. “Rock the Casbah” is the third single on The Clash's fifth album Combat Rock and reached number 8 on the Billboard hot 100 in the U.S. It also reached number 8 on the dance chart. I think that the lyrics, by Joe Strummer, were inspired by a news report of Iranians being flogged for the crime of owning a disco album and create an amusing fantasy where a disco-hating sharif is defied by everyone from the citizens…

Los Vendidos Analysis Culture Clash consists of a group of comedians, playwrights, performers, and combinations there of. This groups strives to create plays that discuss social and political issues and embrace different cultures. One of the plays that fell under that category, and helped influence the creation of Culture Clash, is Los Vendidos. Los Vendidos, is a play written by Luis Valdez in 1967, was created help to communicate a message to audiences about how Mexicans are often viewed…

satisfaction in something or someone” (OED). Being in a tranquil state there is no pressure to grow and that complacency is what was holding Bilbo back from growth in the first place. Why does Tolkien use the words “meet and clash” as a description of Bilbo’s growth? “Meet and clash”…