The Innocents Abroad

“Every time I read 'Pride and Prejudice' I want to dig her up and beat her over the skull with her own shin-bone.” Mark Twain. Yes the man who wrote, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Innocents Abroad, and Roughing It. Without a doubt, Twain is an extraordinary author. When an author has the imagination of Austen’s level you get amazing books like Pride and Prejudice. In the opinions of Kathleen Flynn, Josh Katz, Claire Harman, Phyllis…

The cacophonous echo of the shrieking bell alerted my senses to sneak forward. Every step was light-footed, with care taken not to rouse anyone in their vivid dreams. Exquisite paintings, backlit by many effulgent torches hanged against the corridor wall. Golden antiques, gifted by several high-class nobles sat on the rich china tables. The almighty King Duncan must have surely mistaken my home for his own. The concealed dagger in my velvety, linen tunic came calmly into my crisp, trembling…

Although there are pronounced differences between the actions taken after Pearl harbor and 9/11, the similarities are superficial especially with the Patriot Act issued October 6, 2001 and the Executive Order 9066 issued February 19, 1942. The Japanese declared war on America with their attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1942. 366 Japanese air crafts destroyed 188 U.S. planes and killed 2,330 Americans; compared to the 29 aircrafts and 5 submarines that were destroyed; 64 killed…

“The world at the beginning of the twenty-first century is a strange cocktail of continuity and change. Some aspects of international politics have not changed since Thucydides. There is certain logic of hostility, a dilemma about security that goes with interstate politics. Alliances, balances of power, and choices in policy between war and compromise have remained similar over the millennia" Since Thucydides era; before the existence of many ideas like nations and politics the struggle for…

When it comes to war, armies must sometimes introduce an alternative plan in order to gain the upper hand over the enemy. When the Americans were at war with the Vietnamese decades ago, they planned to use herbicides as a new strategic asset against their adversaries. By spraying defoliating agents over the forests of Vietnam, hidden enemies would be exposed, and the crops that they harvested as food would also be destroyed. In 1962, defoliation missions ordered by the U.S. military commenced,…

in search of him and by accident comes across his younger brother and then murders him. At this point, you can see that the monster has given up all hope of seeking the love of his fellow beings and instead seeks revenge through the murder of the innocent of those related to Victor Frankenstein. The monster both loves and hates himself as Victor Frankenstein both loves and hates himself and both are similarly personified. The Monster represents all that is evil and wrong with…

Some foreigners may have joined due to the Syrian war, as the Assad regime is slaughtering innocent people, and individuals feel morally obligated to fight conflict against the regime (Mantel, 2014). In regards to explicitly joining ISIS over other groups, ISIS is extremely proficient at using social media and other facets to garner recruits to…

Thematic Analysis Shakespeare’s enduring characters have been entertaining audiences and readers alike for over 400 years. Nevertheless, scholars have often debated the motives and essential essence of Othello’s villain, Iago. Was Iago acting out of jealous motivation; or, like author Samuel T. Coleridge noted, merely “motiveless malignity”? In a play where there is a lack of a heroic ‘good guy’ character the fact that the audience sees Iago as truly evil is a testament to the depth of his…

The beginning of the twentieth century contained many themes of racism, ignorance and devious politics in Canadian history. While many of these themes although may be routed in the British Empire, Canadian discrimination and injustice are of its own creation. Hugh Johnston’s The Voyage of the Komagata Maru: The Sikh Challenge to Canada’s Colour Bar tells a tale of how Canadians closed the door to Asian immigration and manipulated a system to which foreigners were not meant to succeed. In May of…

government’s own fear of its people. In fact, the FBI has numerous black marks against itself. This is a result of a few individuals that overstepped their boundaries. In 2010, WikiLeaks released video of a drone pilot laughing as he killed twelve innocent civilians. This is the type of information the government wants to restrict public access to. When people read of how drone pilots were behaving, they were horrified and wanted changes in training and procedures. Foreign officials were…