The Imperials

chapter two Augustus drives Hazel to his house, where they watched the movie and exchange books. Before watching the movie, they go downstairs to Augustus’s room and talked about their lives and interests. Hazel introduces her favorite book, “An Imperial Affliction,” to Augustus and he agrees to read it in exchange for Hazel…

Having spent a substantial part of my year being there for a dear friend suffering from stage 4 colon cancer and seeing her condition worsen, my appreciation for the promising world of genetics has amplified. The need for more research on the molecular staging of cancer for example or the correlation between phenotype and the discrete genetic mutations present at a particular pre-malignant stage, will lead to more accurate prognosis, therapeutic intervention, and treatment targeted for a precise…

Over the years, Australia has been developing relationships with different countries aiming to make progress in different aspects including politically, economically as well as several other aspects. When a spotlight is thrown on Australia’s relationships with other countries, many often underestimate Australia’s relationship with Canada. It is one of Australia’s most valuable allies. Ever since the 19th century, both countries have been cooperating with one another and that led to having a…

In the early twentieth century, the United States set its eyes upon Asia. It was looking for an Open Door Constituency trading policy that was laid out by U.S politicians such as, Teddy Roosevelt, John Hay, Henry Cabot Lodge, and Alfred T. Mahan. After failed attempts to trade with the Japanese during the mid nineteenth century, the United States gained a foothold in Asia by annexing the Philippines, which it had gained in the Treaty of Paris (1898) from Spain as a result of the Spanish defeat…

In the late 19th century, the United States already had the largest economy in the world and a naval force comparable only with England. The advance of the borders was limited and all territories in the east and the west were colonized. A severe economic downturn, which began in 1893, helped to start some social tensions, but it was kept under control thanks to permanent opening of new lands for exploration. Among the economic elites, began to prosper the idea that the only solution to the…

Speaker- Chris Hedges, a man who finds the differences between each nation's way they teach about wars, and someone who is dedicated to the history of mankind. For example, Hedges writes that, “I went one rainy afternoon to the Imperial War Museum in Vienna… [ and when] I looked for the room dedicated to World War II. There wasn’t one… [because] many Austrians had come to think of themselves as victims of that war.” By saying this, he writes that there was no WWII room because the Austrians…

Imperialism in Europe was all the rage in the 19th and early 20th century. Europeans laid eyes on Africa and realized the potential of Africa’s resources. European nations in the late 19th C. expanded with the precept of ‘civilizing’ Africa but, also with the hidden intention of reaping profit, exploiting trade and the ongoing competition between European empires. The Free State of Congo was a peculiar scenario and the Belgian monarch had a certain grip on Congo. Leopold’s reign of the Congo…

In Japan, Samurai were of the military elite during the medieval and early-modern period. In Japanese, they are known as bushi or buke. By the 12th century, the word samurai became synonymous with bushi. It was closely associated with the middle and upper ranks of the warrior class. Usually associated with a clan and their lord, the samurai also followed a set of rules that later came to be known as the bushidō. Although the samurai numbered less than 10% of Japan's former population, their…

Statement of the Problem During World War II, over 200,000 Korean women were recruited under false pretenses, or kidnaped by the Japanese Imperial Army to serve in military camps as sex slaves. Many of these women were under the age of 18, and it is estimated, only 25-30% of them survived. Today, the tensions between Korea and Japan over this issue still exist, and cause controversy between the two nations. 3. Background and Previous Policy Efforts During World War II, many women in East…

During the period between 1600 and 1900 in Japan, regarding cultural and political changes and continuities, the ideology of kokutai remained constant while there were significant changes in their militarily weak country and isolated nation. Japan changed from being a weakened isolated nation to a modern imperialist country. Before this big change, Japan was under the rule of Tokugawa Shogunate. Japan did not associate with any other country because they believed foreign influence was a…