The Watchtower

The Berlin Wall reminds us that any barriers, we put up to interfere with freedom we can also break down. The Berlin Wall had a negative effect on the world. In August 13, 1961, the construction of the Berlin Wall began and continued for the next decade. The beginning of one of the worlds dividing lines. Before the Berlin wall Germany was divided into two parts. America, Britain, and France created a democratic government in the West and the Soviet Union created the German Democratic Republic…

Religion is defined as a social system that consists of behaviors, sacred texts, beliefs, world views, holy destinations, and shared organizations that connect mankind to an order of being. Religions sometimes include prayer, sacrifices, festivals, marital services, feasts, rituals, sermons, death services, initiations, music, dance, etcetera. Most religions secure sacred histories and stories that must be conserved in sacred symbols, scriptures, and holy places. Many religions attempt to give…

wife and I were prepared with coffee (yes, they do drink coffee) and snacks. I also had some time to brush up on Jehovah’s Witnesses’ beliefs. The husband, now retired, had served as the overseer at the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society in New York for decades as a proofreader of their Watchtower material. We were in for a fierce debate. As the late Dr. Walter Martin once said, “Jehovah’s Witnesses…

The Panopticon was an architecture that was originally theorized by Jeremy Bentham, is something that represents, and serves as a structure for the ideal disciplinary scenario. Essentially, the Panopticon is a construction which enables, and allows for an area which is under maximum supervision. This area is completely all-seeing, and it takes little to no effort for guards to view what a prisoner is doing at any given time. The Panopticon is quite a simple structure, however complex in theory.…

Kawanda Garner Mrs. Patrice Hughes Into to International Studies April 1, 2016 Jehovah’s Witness and the Afterlife In order to fully understand a movement, culture or one’s way of life you must have an understanding of where they originate. The Jehovah's Witnesses tradition is a religion founded in the late 19th century C.E. in the United States. Founded by Charles Taze Russell, Jehovah's Witnesses grew out of the Christian Millerite movement and has since spread worldwide. Jehovah's…

five percent of prisoners are being held in Medium Security Prisons. Inmates sleep in dormitories on bunk beds, and there is less supervision over the internal actions of prisoners. “Medium-security prisons have a double fence perimeter with armed watchtowers or armed roving patrols”. (Silver, 2014) Open Security Facilities are non-secure buildings and provide inmates with “Work Release” which allows them to work in the community then after return back to the corrections facilities. Supermax…

at a camp called Gusen, one of the Nazis most brutal camps. The Vught camp was 500 by 200 meters big. It consisted of thirty-six living and twenty-three working barracks. A ditch with double barbed wire fence surrounded the camp. There were also watchtowers placed…

Thousands of years ago, people started being punished to work on a monster of a project called The Great Wall of China. The Great Wall of China was an inconvenience to the country; even though it was a very famous historical landmark, it was a waste of time, resources, and men. In 221 BCE the Qin dynasty rose to power. Shi Huangdi, who called himself The First Emperor, was the emperor of the dynasty. He started building The Great Wall. He used going to work on the wall as a type of punishment.…

Immigration is very important and crucial these days, but what about back in the 1900’s after the Cold War happened? The Berlin Wall began as a simple fence, but very soon became a force to be reckoned with. The border guards that were placed up in a watchtower, were ordered to kill on sight. Landmines, booby traps, and the “death strip” lined the wall, and prevented people from leaving. As well there were people that were contemplating scaling the wall, or tunneling under it to escape.…

capitalist culture. During the rest of 1961, the grim and unsightly Berlin Wall continued to grow in size and scope, eventually consisting of a series of concrete walls up to 15 feet high. These walls were topped with barbed wire and guarded with watchtowers, machine gun emplacements, and…