Thierry Henry

the year of 2011, the Chevrolet brand celebrated its 100th year of existence. Founded in 1911 by William Durant, its basis was to be the main competitor against Ford in the automobile industry. In order to compete against Ford, Durant recognized that GM (General Motors) would need to manufacture different models of vehicles, thus, the Chevrolet brand was born. The brand was named after Louis Chevrolet, who was a top racer, designed the first Chevrolet model. Over the course of these years,…

The idea of the assembly line has many parents. In the scientific revolution of the eighteenth century, scientists, especially mathematicians tried to quantify what made an industry productive and tried to find ways to make industries more productive. The goal was to create an industry that functioned without human labor. The most important people of the time for the development of the assembly line were the Americans Oliver Evans and Eli Whitney and the Frenchman Gaspard Monge. Evans is known…

The film 12 Angry Men is a dramatization of twelve men that serve as a jury in a trial for a teenage boy accused of murdering his father. The film explores the complications that may cloud the judgment of everyday men as they deliberate the guilt or exoneration of the defendant on the basis of reasonable doubt. The decision must be unanimous for a guilty verdict will result in a mandatory death sentence. The jury of twelve is tasked with the ethical responsibility of patiently reviewing the…

change anything. Because although it is not ideal, both the mistakes and successes we have made in history make our society what it is today. However, one of the many important steps made in history to aid in the progress to a better future was made by Henry Ford and the Ford Motor Company. Without Ford’s innovations, not nearly as many people would be able to afford automobiles, which have become essential utilities in the average American’s lifestyle. After the establishment of the Ford Motor…

The short story “Daisy Miller” by Henry James is about a young girl who flirts with several of the guys in her town and who does not hold herself up like the typical lady. In the time period when the story was written, women were very proper and were known to cater to their father’s or husband’s every whim. That is not the case with Daisy. Daisy did not like to be held down; she liked to be able to prove that she was able to get through life on her own and to make her life decisions by herself.…

The Grapes of Wrath, a novel written by John Steinbeck in 1939, captures the journey of the Joad family after they are forced from their home in Oklahoma and travel to California to find a better life. The Grapes of Wrath gained popularity after Steinbeck won a Nobel Prize in 1962. The journey begins when Tom Joad get released from prison and travels home to find his family in poverty. Even though the novel uses to Tom as the main character, the real story of desperation and hardship is seen…

Henry Ford, the founder of Ford Motor Company, managed to change the price of the Ford Model T from six hundred dollars into four hundred and ninety dollars. He did this by looking at the total cost it took to manufacture and minimized it again and again. This is known as total cost minimization. He invented new ways of going about the production process, the assembly line being what he spent most of his time on. The work of Henry Ford very close to perfect total cost minimization. As an…

Vietnam and the Watergate scandal affected popular trust in the government. During his 1968 campaign, Nixon promised that he had a “secret plan” to put an end the Vietnam War. Once he was in office, he created a new policy called Vietnamization. With this, U.S. troops would slowly be withdrawn while South Vietnamese troops, backed by U.S. bombing, would take up fighting. However, Vietnamization did not end the war or end the antiwar movement like Nixon had planned. In early 1970, Nixon ordered…

Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, popularized Fordism in the 1920’s. Signifying the development of mass production and the establishment of what is now recognised as consumerism. Ford developed the model of mass production, changing the way products were manufactured, simplifying tasks and reducing the necessity for skilled workers in labour roles and introduced management positions to the manufacturing industry. A fundamental principle Henry Ford pioneered was that product…

In 1970, the Beatles break up, and a Palestinian group hijacks five planes. In 1971, the London Bridge is brought to the US and the UK changes their currency system to decimal systems for currency. In 1972, the Watergate scandal begins and pocket calculators are introduced. Also in this year, Mark Spitz Wins Seven Gold Medals. In 1973, the Sears Tower is built and the US pulls out of Vietnam. In 1974, the Terracotta Army is discovered in China and Mikhail Baryshnikov Defects. In 1975, the…