Wars of the Roses

Rose smiled 'Yes' while thinking 'You made it' a mite obvious, following into a small hallway at stairs bottom. A door to the right led into the living room. ‘Set yourselves down gal, I bet you could do with a cup of tea after such a long trip’. Going into adjacent kitchen, which led onto the back yard where an out barn housed a few chickens, calling back ‘That will be the young girl I take it then’! ‘Yes this is Natalie, my youngest' replied Rose, smiling to herself 'How observant you are'…

The Princess of the Midnight Ball, by Jessica Day George, is a retelling of the twelve dancing princess. The story begins with the end of a war between two countries Westfalin and Analousia, and a young solider, Galen Werner, heading to the capital of Westfalin. Galen is the son of soldier and an army wash woman. Both of Galen’s parents died in the war and he is headed to Bruch to find his mother’s sister Liesel Orm. On his long march he meets a strange old woman that he gives some food. In…

Abraham Lincoln was the United States 16th president, he served from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln lead us through our Civil War - our bloodiest war and our greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing this he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy. Born in Hodgeville, Kentucky, Lincoln grew up on the Western frontier in kentucky and Indiana. Largely self-educated, he became a lawyer…

Gabriel was living with Troy and Rose after he was injuried in the war, but now he lives with a woman down the street that he pays rent to. As was stated previously Gabriel is only one of Troy’s fences. He has fences with his children Lyon and Cory. Lyons is his oldest son. He comes over on Fridays…

people out of a total population of 67 million Germans, or somewhat less than 0.75 percent in 1933. That is approximately 66,495,000 bystanders. The White Rose movement took a stand against Nazism and begs the question “what if”? “We will not be silent… we are your bad conscience. The white rose will not leave you in peace!”. The white rose movement was started by Sophie Scholl and her brother Hans Scholl. Its was made up of students who attended Munich university; Alex Schmorell, Willi Graf,…

Troy is husband to Rose, Father to Lyons, Cory, and Raynell, and brother to Gabriel. The title “Fences” metaphorically connect to Troy Maxson, Because he doesn’t want his child, Cory, to be outside of the house he wants him to be more at home. Even though Cory points out tot his father several current black baseball players, like the Famous Hank Aaron. Troy dismisses all of this and tells his son, “The white man ain’t gonna let you get nowhere with that football noway”(1.3).…

Dwight David Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890 and was a very intelligent and rough kid when I was older in school I loved math and social studies. I liked to read about the war and I would skip to the end just to see who won I didn't care about the details. Throughout school I liked to play Baseball,Basketball and Football and during my freshman year of football I tore my acl and hurt my ankle and the doctor said they would have to amputate my leg and I told my brother edgar. “Don’t let…

First World War. Although the economic problems were intrinsic to the collapse, without the loss of World War One, the economic and political problems faced by Germany wouldn’t have been as severe and therfore wouldn’t have led to the collapse of the Weimar. The Wall Street crash in 1929 played a main role in Germany’s economic problems. This is because the Great Depression led to the US wanting their loans which had fixed hyperinflation previously, to be paid back. Unemployment rose from 927…

Many people died or were injured in World War II. In the war Germany, Italy, and Japan made an alliance called the Axis. Germany's leader was Adolf Hitler, for Italy it was Benito, and Japan's leader was Hirohito. In 1940 Germany, Italy, and Japan joined an alliance with each other for WWII. This alliance was called the Axis, why did they form this alliance you may ask. Well at the time Germany dominated most of central Europe, Italy dominated the Mediterranean sea, and Japan dominated East…

The two characters that I will be focusing on for this first film response is Barbra Rose, who is the wife of Oliver Rose in the movie The War of the Roses, and Karen Bowens, who is the wife of Richard Bowens in the Movie The Big Chill. For both of these characters I will discuss how they highlight the aspect of marriage. Barbra Rose and her husband Oliver are a perfect example of an unsuccessful marriage. This type of unsuccessful marriage is known as the hostile negative marriage, in which…