Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Eliot’s The Waste Land is often a confusing and difficult poem to understand. However, in terms of its style and content, it is clear that the poem speaks about the decay of the periods culture. The Waste Land is a eulogy to the decaying society of modern Europe post-World War One. Eliot’s use of fragmentation made him infamous in the literary world; and it is through this use of fragmentation that we the learned find it very daunting to appreciate. The poem consists of five sections, all of…

The seafarer is an old Anglo Saxon poem. This poem is told through the perspective of a man who is constantly traveling. The speaker seems to be in despair whenever he travels because he’d rather find a place for himself. He then goes on tangent about Fate and Faith. The tone of this poem is somber. His imagery is used to express his loneliness. For example, he foretells his experience by, “How the sea took me, swept me back, and forth in sorrow and fear and pain, showed me suffering in a…

Thirty-third United States President Harry S. Truman entered office on January 20, 1945, when the climate of expectation was high. Since they were engulfed in the chaos of the Second World War and depressed by the passing of their President, the people required a powerful leader. The nation looked to the new president for reassurance, a feeling that everything would be alright. They needed a strong leader to provide a sense of progress and action when directing the country; it had to be…

Why did Kennedy win the Election? Why did Nixon lose the election? The year 1960 has been full of uncertainties. Domestically, behind the economic prosperity there came the explosively populous new generation who must be financially equipped; Civil rights movement was heating up under the leadership of Martin Luther King. In the international arena, the predominant image of the country was shaken by recent unpleasant diplomacy –especially the failed summit with Krushchev. However, in 1960, one…

1.1 Introduction: Company Overview Named after the inventor Nikola Tesla, Tesla Motors was founded in Silicon Valley on July 2003. It is an American motorized and energy conserving company that designs, develops, and sells electrics cars and vehicle powertrain gears and battery merchandise made in their factory in Fremont, California. The founders wanted to introduce electric cars to the world which are environmentally friendly with no emissions and incredible power to show that electric cars…

Mission Statement ”To develop and sell high quality oral dental care that will capture the dominant share of mind in all markets” Company Background The company came into existence on the 26th September 1963, initiated by Syed Amiruddin Alvi. The start-up capital was a mere Rs 6000. In the beginning, Dentonic Toothpowder was barely bought by the people. There existed some toothpowders at that time for example, Dentogene by the Dentogene laboratory, and Tibet by Kohinoor, but neither was much…

The United States of America was founded as a nation freedom, democracy, and equality would reign. “Every man is created equal” proclaimed the Declaration of Independence in 1776. The promise was made that the people of the new nation would have the inalienable right to choose their own leaders in free and fair democratic elections. Nevertheless, this right only truly applied to wealthy white men at the inception of this country. As enslaved people, African Americans had no rights for nearly a…

The Battle of Gettysburg is perhaps the most famous battle ever to be fought on American soil. The three-day long struggle, which saw intense fighting that pitted friend against friend and brother against brother, holds a special place in the American psyche. In the span of three days in July of 1863 the entire tone of the American Civil changed from certain confederate victory, to an impending federal rout. What happened over this time span that caused the sudden shift in momentum during the…

The 2016 election was a result of the large division in our nation in which people of certain races, financial status, gender, and ethnicity were looked down upon by other members of society. Prejudgment of others ran rampant throughout our nation after citizens began to turn against others, causing a deep barrier to be formed. The formation of this barrier was a result of the tendencies of people to be afraid of others that are depicted as being different from themselves, either socially,…

The Civil War was a conflict that was fought between the United States of America (Union) and The Confederate States of America between 1861 through 1865. There were many battles that were fought within the Civil War that were considered significant battles in American history like The Battle of Bull Run or The battle of Vicksburg. However, The Battle of Gettysburg proves to be the most meaningful battle within the Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was Robert E. Lee’s most ambitious attempt to…