The Invaders

Gathering Similarities and Dispersing Differences The authors of “Zero Hour” and War of the World’s both write about entertaining invasions from their own perspectives. Both stories convey how characters deal with an alien invasion and how massive the destruction is in two different ways. When the characters see the importance of the events that were occurring, they soon realize the impact it would have on them. In “Zero Hour” and War of the Worlds the authors portrays characters that deal…

The invaders reduced Rome to nothing making the people that were once in a great civilization start from ground zero; The bubonic plague took so many lives, it also brought upon the fear of the unknown, for the time it was an unstoppable disease that couldn’t…

well-armed and trained citizenry is the best protection against domestic crime and the threat of foreign invasion ("Gun Control." Should More Gun Control Laws Be Enacted in the United States? N.p., 28 June 2016. Web. 01 June 2017). If a foreign invader were to reach the mainland then they would face heavy opposition not only from the military but from our armed citizens. It is wise to keep our citizens armed in case of an attack on our nation because if our military falls then at least the…

Vaccines: Protecting the Community, One Person at a Time “According to Shot@Life, a United Nations Foundation partner organization, vaccines save 2.5 million children from preventable diseases every year, which equates to roughly 285 children saved every hour” (ProCon.org). That’s a lot of kids, and we aren’t just talking about chickenpox. We’re talking about every disease out there that can be prevented by vaccine, many of which are deadly. If we did not have vaccines available, 2.5…

lakes on it’s path to the Atlantic Ocean, Lough Allen, Lough Ree and Lough Derg. This, interestingly, has made the river a hub for transportation throughout history. In fact, one could argue that the Shannon was one of the main reasons foreigners and invaders were able to spread themselves throughout Ireland. Incredibly, the portion of Ireland around the River Shannon has several hundred years worth of history where non-Irish peoples controlled the area. Due to river access, the Vikings alone…

Other deserts lie to the Nile's east. Egypt's location within the world's driest region helped protect it from invaders throughout the centuries. Even today, the world around the Nile is quite barren. To the Nile's west exists the giant Sahara Desert, the largest desert in the world. Outside of the narrow swath of greenery next to the river, there is sand as far as…

The Aztec Empire was a powerful early American civilization based on a polytheistic religion. After centuries of building and maintaining a strong empire, Spanish invaders led by Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec. The Spaniards’ reason for conquest was mainly greed and religious disparity and had thought their own actions as justified. The reasons for conquest were justifiable and benefited the Spanish as well as all neighboring civilizations. The gods promised Tenochtitlan, The Aztec capital,…

show content or in the way the artwork is drawn. For example in the cartoon Invader Zim, which is animated by Jhonen Vasquez. The show ran from March 30th 2001 to August 19th 2006. The show Invader Zim is about an alien that was sent to Earth to take over the human race, so he disguises himself as a human and attends school while one of his classmates called Dib tries to prove that Zim is an alien. The style that Invader Zim is drawn in is a unique art style, with dark, dull colours and…

Blood is composed of two elements which are plasma and formed elements. Blood plasma is the main component of blood occupying on average about 55% of the total blood volume. The main component of plasma is water making up to 92% of the volume of the plasma. Other components of the plasma are substances like proteins, carbohydrates, amino acids, lipids, vitamins, electrolytes, hormones cellular waste products and dissolved gasses. The formed elements part of the blood are composed of the cellular…

ever to exist, but even the Roman Empire could not live for ever. There were four main problems that led to the fall of Rome. These next paragraphs will tell you more about Political problems, economic problems, disastrous diseases, and many foreign invaders. There were many political problems in Rome right before the fall of the Western Roman Empire. First off the position of an emperor was Inherited, so several of the emperors were unfit, greedy, cruel rulers. The legions paid off the…