Waterloo

unique because it is told from the viewpoint of grass. This use of personification helps tell the story of the humanlike qualities that the grass has, such as a work ethic and ideas. In the first stanza, the grass makes references to Austerlitz and Waterloo which were two bloody wars in the early nineteenth century that unfortunately caused a lot of deaths. The tone is set immediately because the grass seems to have no remorse and is very straightforward. Then, the grass then says that it covers…

With their father being the god of the dead, ruler of the underworld, and their mother a ghost, the Kanes are not exactly what you would call a “normal family”. Carter and Sadie Kane are two young magicians who live with their uncle Amos in a giant Brooklyn mansion with other trainee magicians from all around the world. As Carter and Sadie are still learning the “path of the gods”, a magic skill to use the god’s power they are studying, they are faced with having to defeat Apophis, which seems…

The French Revolution Timeline May 5, 1789- King Louis XVI convened the Estates General (which had not met in 175 years) to levy a new land tax to hopefully solve his monetary woes, (the French king and country were broke). June 20, 1789- The newly created National Assembly, which was mostly made up of the middle and lower classes of the Third Estate, was going to be shut down by the King, but N.A. declared that they would not disband until they had written a new constitution for France. This…

In this assignment, our topic area concerns concussions that occur from partaking in sports and recreational activities. Concussions are very frequent amongst athletes, however they are avoidable. The Concussion in Sport Group defines a concussion as “a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain, induced by biomechanical forces” and resulting “in the rapid onset of short-lived impairment of neurological function that resolves spontaneously” (Purcell, 2014). Concussions in sports are…

I try to stay away from materialism so that I could truly see what is important to me. I want to leave this world as a useful entity, not a person with giant castle. I do not refuse the necessity of money, though. However, the reality is that I feel many of my first-generation immigrant friends are focusing on material achievements, which implicitly equated to the dollars. I used mostly my time and money to invest in self-improvements. The focus of my life now is to use my love for technology…

Everyone experiences loss. For instance, a cherished relative passing away, going through a lousey break-up, or a best friend moving away; it is just part of life. Losing someone is tragic and can change a person or place forever. Whether it be the way someone handles their grief of losing a loved one or the memory of where many people were killed like multiple war battlefields. This shown in these modernist poets poems: “Grass” by Carl Sandburg, “I Shall Not Care” by Sara Teasdale, or The Love…

Napoleon did service for Louis xvl and he did artillery unit at Vallance. Napoleon was an influence because he was a good general for the french who took over most of Europe and others.He had 10 siblings and had a nice childhood. He had a pretty good education. He was not poor his father was lawyer and his mother was a stay at home mom. Napoleon was 4/10 children that lived he was not wealthy and attended military school and was ranked little corporal he then got invited to a royal military…

When I was in high school we wrote and typed a lot of papers about people places and things, like Napoleon Bonaparte, The battle of Waterloo and JFK and his assassination. which I also hope more things like that we will happen in college and to along with improving my punctuation and spelling grammar and getting my essays to a well used grammar level that I can be proud of. When I was in high school we were graded on our grammar very harshly especially on the things I need to work on like…

The Rothschild’s undoubtedly left a long lasting mark on the banking world. Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who was the first of his family to open a bank, helped introduce concepts like diversification, confidentiality, communication, and high volume which helped define the modern banking industry. Mayer was born in a Jewish ghetto in Frankfurt in 1744. Following his parents deaths at 12 he moved to Hanover and worked as an apprentice at Wolf Jakob Oppenheimer’s firm, providing credit to royalty and…

Napoleon’s most upsetting defeat came at Waterloo. Or it may have occurred eight years earlier, after the French emperor was attacked by a bunch of rabbits. There are a couple versions of this story. In July 1807, Napoleon signed the Treaties of Tilsit which ended the war between the French and Russia Looking to celebrate, the French proposed a rabbit hunt, asking Chief of Staff Alexandre Berthier to make it happen. Berthier arranged an outdoor rabbit hunt and invited some of the…