Wars of the Roses

living after the Vietnam War ended in 1975 was the most difficult for me. When I heard my president Minh Duong, in South of Vietnam, commanded us to give up and hand the weapons to the North Vietnamese Communist Party, it felt like an atomic bomb exploded inside my head. My entire life, my body, and my heart fell down as I came to a free fall. For weeks I gradually got used to a new reality that my government lost the war. When terrible things happened to me after the war, I faced my most…

Tuesday). The Great Depression had effects in countries that included the rich and the poor. Personal income, taxes, profits and prices dropped while international trade plunged by more than 50%. Unemployment in the United States rose to 25% and some countries rose as high as 33%. Cities around the world were hit hard especially the one depending on heavy industry. Construction was halted in many countries. Farming communities and rural areas suffered as crop prices fell by…

In 1899, the newsboys of New York rose up against the high prices for 100 papers from the Pulitzer’s paper, “The World” and Hearst’s “The Journal”. Many years later, the musical Newsies came out. During the Spanish-American War the price of papers rose from 50 cents to 60 cents per 100 papers (Li, Extra, Extra, read all about the newsboys strike of 1899). What made them strike was when the rest of the newspaper prices went back down to 50 cents; Pulitzers and Hearst’s did not. In the musical it…

World War 2 was a pivotal time period in American history. It is widely debated on why it began and when. Many believe it began when Germany and Fascist Italy began invading other nations to expand their nations. Although Germany and fascist Italy wanted to expand their nations and caused many casualties in the process, by doing so they laid the foundation for the end of European colonialism and civil rights in America. After the depression many countries felt the need to expand their nations…

The cold war was a war between America and its allies and the USSR also known as the Soviet Union. The war never got the point of any battlefield engagements. It lasted from 1947 to 1991 when the Soviet Union broke apart and many nations were formed from the broken alliance. The US and the soviets were neutral to each other until after World War II when both superpowers rose from the ashes of the war an got paranoid of their allies. In 1939 the Soviet Union engages in total war with the Axis.…

Reading and Writing Outcomes A majority of the short stories read throughout English 101 were thought provoking even in the most obscure readings. Such stories include: Birdsong by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner. Both of these short stories provide rich text, set-up for interpretation, debate, and concrete critical analysis. They helped move the class along in terms of fulfilling not only the desired writing outcomes but also the reading outcomes as well.…

Annika Ziegler Mr. Snelgrove Senior English 4th Period 08 September, 2016 WWI’s Effects on the Twentieth Century World War I was said to be the war that would end all wars. Ironically, however, its outcome and the Treaty of Versailles brought more unrest and violence than the allied countries had expected. The war resulted in the deaths of seventeen million people, eleven million of them were military personnel (Macmillan). One in four men from Europe lost his life in battle (Karpilovsky). It…

The Joy Luck Club is split into fours. There are four sections and four chapters in each section, and each set of four represents the four seats at a mahjong table. Just like each seat belongs to each player, each chapter belongs to a specific character. In the first section of the book, June is asked by her father to be the fourth seat at her mother's friends’ mahjong table, replacing her mother who has passed away. Surrounded by these women who knew her mother so well, June is reminded of the…

The brave sons of the revolution rose up to defeat the greedy British who killed children in the streets and enslaved the colonists, right? Well, not exactly. In reality the chains which bound the Americans were composed of little more than insignificant taxes and a bit more British supervision…

broke out poverty played a major role due to the high taxes. This caused many people who were already poor to struggle even more. In 1861 the American Civil War had poverty as well as poor relief . During this time there was a shortage of food and many men could not provide for their families due to the war. In the early 1950’s - 1970’s poverty rose and fell continuously. The economy was booming and the income began to rise. Poverty was eliminated, however in the 21st century 1 in 10 Americans…