The Turk

In “The Lovely Stones,” an article published in Wired magazine, Christopher Hitchens builds a persuasive argument that Britain should return the original historical pieces of the Parthenon to Greece. Hitchens utilizes effective organization, strong evidence, literary devices, and powerful diction to establish a legitimate argument. The clear logical reasoning of this passage enhances the quality of Hitchens’s article. He starts off strong with a quote that highlights the significance of the…

(U.S. Census). According to the U.S Census Bureau, in 2010, 84% of the total Scranton population was White. However, in past 5 years, Scranton has welcomed a great number of people of different race and ethnicity. Since 2010, 1,200 Bhutanese, 400 Turks along with people of other ethnic groups have been infusing the city with great a diversity. Currently, total of 36 different languages are being spoken in the Scranton School District (Scranton Journal). In terms of healthcare, between, 2010-2014…

Othello Book Report Chris Palma Block 6 Essay 6: Effect of Setting In William Shakespeare’s tragic play Othello setting has an important effect on the story as a whole. Othello is a tragedy in which jealousy and hatred takes complete control over a young man, named Iago, who makes it his mission to ruin the life of a man named Othello for obtaining a more prestigious position in the military. “Iago: O sir, content you. I follow him to serve my turn upon him.” This excerpt taken from the…

In such type of conflict resolution "both parties are willing to give up something in order to get at least partially what they want" (Altmäe, Türk, & Ott-Siim Toomet, 2013). As a result, participants find an acceptable solution that partially satisfy both of them. One of the strengths of such strategy is a quick resolution of the conflict. It works best for resolution of the issue of mild…

As the European world is in descending into general peril during the 15th and 16th centuries, a multitude of precarious variables are bearing havoc onto the region, providing inordinate reasons and motivations for the Europeans to venture westward into a new world. Among certain motivations for European exploration include: a quest for a homogenously Christian-European region, a sheer onslaught of pandemonium brought by the bubonic pandemic of the 1500’s, and the search for new spice trade…

Hurricane Irma has led to many devastating events in the Caribbean Islands. Hurricane Irma was a Category 5 storm when it crashed through the Caribbean, leaving a minimum of 36 people dead in its wake before moving on to Florida. "There's no food here. There's no water here," said Germania Perez, 70. Residents of the islands are struggling to maintain a semblance of the life they had before Irma as they fight off hunger and thirst. Water supplies are contaminated and there is no groundwater to…

n 1887 the British historian and politician, Lord Acton wrote “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” In the next half century this was proven true by the corruption of the ideals of revolutions across Europe leading to tyrannical regimes in the place of the oppressors they reviled. At the end of World War One, Europe was wracked by revolution caused by the death of empires. This seismic shift was felt strongest in Russia though at this time all of Europe of was in a…

He slowly became better and stood up which was miraculous to the doctors. After he returned, there was a war breakout with the Turks, Tesla was asked to draft in the military. If he did not accept, then he was going to receive jail time plus the 3 years of military. As time went by his father did not want him to draft into the military so he told Tesla to escape to the mountains…

The emergence of the Ottoman empire began in 1299 by Oghuz Turks under the rule of Osman 1 in Northwestern Anatolia. Conquests in the Balkans between the years 1362-1389 and the overthrowing of the Byzantine empire had a profound impact on the geopolitics of the Ottoman empire, ultimately transforming the Ottoman empire as a transcontinental empire and claimant to the caliphate. The Ottoman empire was the leading empire of the Islamic world that controlled large swaths of territory that ranged…

Set in the Easter Rising, Sean O’Casey’s play, The Plough and the Stars, utilizes its setting to discuss the consequences of war and the idea of making a blood sacrifice for Irish independence. Prior its inception, Irish nationalist theatre consisted of works such as Cathleen Ni Houlihan by William Butler Yeats, which evokes a mythological sense of nationalist pride as it uses the figure of Sean-Bhean Bhocht, Poor Old Woman, who needs a young man to help her remove the invaders from her home,…