The Prelude

were able to see the vulnerabilities of American and danger of futile political war. The My Lai Massacre didn’t just happen, instead it was a disaster in the making, with several events foreshadowing and jump starting the event. The most obvious prelude was the Vietnamese Tet Offensive strike in January 1968.…

indicates that his judgement is flawed”4 as “to Shakespeare’s audience, such an announcement – dividing up the country – would have been horrifying, a vivisection of the body politic, a violation of cosmic order, denial of primogeniture, and a certain prelude to civil war.”5 For Lear to make such a decision clearly shows how foolish he is becoming by his desire to “[abdicate] his responsibility as king, choosing personal comfort over public duty.”6 Beyond this, Lear’s foolishness is also…

Grief is an emotion we all experience in our life. Grief is the emotional response to the pain of a loss. It i s the reflection of a connection that has been broken.(Kubler& Ross 2005). Most important, grief is an emotional, spiritual, and psychological journey to healing. (Kessler & Kubler-Ross 2005). In our childhood we realize at some point we will die, and not only will we die but those around us will die someday too. This is the beginning of anticipatory grief, Fear of the unknown…

The book Atonement by Ian McEwan tells the stories of the lives of Briony, Robbie, and Cecilia throughout the prelude and duration of World War 2. Throughout the book the horrors of war change both the characters in the book and the reader causing them to view life in a different light having had their views altered by their experiences from the war. However, the reason why the war shapes the novel in such a significant way is due to the fact that the book is “written” by Briony, who having…

‘All the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects” (Huxley 54). Imagine a world free of famine, war, and a sense of identity all thanks to a controlling government. In “Brave New World” the man made and enforced caste system parallels and juxtaposes societal struggles of communism, through themes of suppression and control, as a means to expose the injustices in a suppressed society. As Deevy beautifully put the Marxist struggle is,”The age old cry of envy swelling from…

Proposition 13 Proposition 13 was placed on the California ballot in the 1970’s in reaction to the rise in California’s property values and property taxes. The values of homes in California by the mid 1970’s rose from 50 to 100 percent within one year. This rise caused a financial strain on California. Because of the strain California was ready for a change. The change was proposed by two individuals who were antitax activists: Howard Jarvis and Paul Gann. Both individuals had a history of…

When one looks at the pages of history, it is hard to do so outside the bias of one’s own time and cultural heritage. Due to the preponderance of Western society’s influence in the modern world, it is then unsurprising that the East’s dominance on the world’s stage for much of recorded history is overshadowed by the (relatively recent) European/Anglo dominance. Asia is a complex, rich, and multifaceted region to explore, and is especially enlightening to examine in the time leading up to the…

gold; when he discovered that Hispaniola was not plentiful in gold, Columbus took several thousands of natives back to Spain as slaves. In 1937, President Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed Columbus Day a federal holiday, stating that his voyage was “a prelude to a new…

I enjoyed many experiences on our study tour to Salzburg and Vienna, but my favorite experiences were the guided visit of the Mozart House in the Vienna City Center, the tour and concert of the Mozarteum and Mozart’s opera “La Clemenza di Tito”. I really loved the guided visit of the third Mozart house we went to, the one in Vienna. Not only did it have some really interesting Mozart stuff, but I also loved the exhibition on “Rock Me Amadeus” in the basement of the house. I loved the tour guide…

When she returned she said that she had seen a man, who had told her that 'The whole community would rise from the dead; that all cattle now living must be slaughtered'. The girls returned home and told their families what had happened but they were not believed. Later, however, when Nongqawuse described one of the men, her uncle Mhalakaza, himself a diviner, recognised the description as that of his dead brother, and became convinced she was telling the truth. As a result, between April 1856…