The Small Assassin

as night, over the unconscious body of my father. Masked, he wiped the fingerprints from his weapon only to slip it into my father’s hands, raise it, and pull the trigger. My sister let out a whimper, audible, but muffled by the a loud bang. The assassin dropped the weapon, and as he stood, he removed his dark mask. When the man turned, he locked eyes with me, a pained expression on his face, before disappearing into the hallway. “Caine, Caine”, someone whispered urgently. I looked down, my…

his actions were twisted and ignored his actions in order to form this Southern Hero. The paper starts off with a song that has been passed down the generations of Americans about the mourning of Jesse’s death and the hatred of Robert Ford, his assassin, and the way in which he was killed. This shows that an admiration for this outlaw may have faded over time, but it has not been extinguished. It is somewhat of a miracle that his legend has lasted over 100 years when, in reality he was a…

Do you know what was one the worst events in American History that resulted in so many casualties? Did you guess the Great War of 1812, World War 1, World War 2? Were one your guesses 9/11? If any of these were your answers you would be dead wrong. In fact, these guesses pale in comparison in the amount of is more than these guesses combined times 5. Are you ready to find out what the answer is? Ok, drum roll please. The highest casualty that occurred in our american history is the Holocaust.…

So often when we thought of the west as a young child and even as a young adult there may been scene in our mind that represented the American West. Whether this was from Marty McFly’s adventure to the western town of Hill Vally in 1885 or the Lone Ranger and his Indian partner Tonto, we all are mesmerized by Hollywood’s version of what the American West is. This is not to say that the screenwriter is not accurate, however there is quite a lot of “artistic freedom” that is allowed in this…

began by just stealing tomb stones and selling them to smugglers, then he got involved in selling fake lottery tickets and contraband cigarettes. At only 22 years old, Pablo became a millionaire working for smuggler Alvaro Prieto. These were all only small steps that Pablo took, there 's always that one final step: Escobar ordered the death of Fabio Restrepo, a Medellin Drug Lord. This was Pablo 's chance to finally step into a lot of power. This opportunity would hand him political, economic,…

Multiculturalism is a recent coinage that refers to the state of coexistence in a society of multiple cultures of race, ethnicity, religion, gender and sexuality. Also referred to as cosmopolitanism, multiculturalism was mainly displayed and shaped by architecture and art in cities that existed during the late Classical and Hellenistic periods. During this time, interactions increased between Greeks and Romans and other people living around the Mediterranean in areas such as Greece or Macedonia,…

Booth was the second youngest of ten children, he was born May 10,1838 on a small farm known as Tudor Hall near Bell Air, Maryland. He was a member of a well known acting family, his father Junius Brutus Booth is known as the greatest Shakespearean actor in his generation and his brother Edwin Booth is the most often named among…

The Great fire of Rome was a devastating fire that began on the night, between the 18th and 19th of July in 64 AD. The fire lasted for 6 days and died down but reignited again for 3 days. This event is significant to the classical world, as 3 districts were entirely destroyed, 7 suffered serious damage and only 4 districts survived, only after 10 years since Nero became Emperor of Rome. At least two-thirds of the city was ruined. Following the fire, a rebuilding programme was led by Nero, such…

state, whether it be large or small, may be acquired by another state by inheritance, exchange, purchase or gift. Standing armies shall in time be…

Unforgiven- The real protagonist, the suppression of feminine and the dominant individual. “Western heroes are normally masculine persons of integrity and principle- courageous, moral, tough, solid and self sufficient, maverick characters, possessing an independent and honorable attitude.”- Bill Nichols Westerns are the major defining genre of the American film industry, a nostalgic eulogy to the early days of the expansive, untamed American frontier (the borderline between…