In the articles, Red Scarf Girl by Ji Li Jiang and “China’s Cultural Revolution” by Joseph Vitale, they explained The Cultural Revolution in differing ways by using different points of view. For example, “China’s Cultural Revolution” was in third person because the words I, we, and you were never addressed in the article. Some similarities and differences presented in the articles are the different points of view, and the attitudes.…
Recognizing that political power lay in cultural superiority, and assisted by his minister, Colbert (Controller-General of the Finances, 1662-1683), Louis XIV (1643-1715) proposed an all-encompassing cultural program designed to glorify the monarchy in his person. Fueled by state patronage, this cultural initiative channeled the creative forces of French elite culture into academies, luxury goods, industries, technology, engineering projects, and imperial expansion. State control of culture reached unprecedented heights under Louis XIV, the Sun King (le Roi Soleil). As the Sun King's reign passed into its twilight years, some judged the social stability and routine he had…
“Men joined the Marine Corps for many reasons . . . I’d joined up to dodge the draft and ended up being sent to war” (Brady 8-9). This brief yet poignant statement begins the story of how James Brady ended up serving in the Korean War. As a young adult the draft was being reinstated and Brady did not feel the desire to fight in a war. He and a few of his friends decided instead to join the Platoon Leaders Class with the Marines, which had students spend two summers at the marine Corps Schools in Quantico, Virginia. After these two summers, graduates would become Lieutenants, but they could not be drafted. Shortly after Brady graduated, the war began in Korea and his class learned they had to prepare to be sent out. The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea is a first-person narrative of Brady’s life during the war, including his time as a platoon leader, his interactions with other members of the military, and his own personal thoughts during this time.…
Imagine living in a country where your life is control, and you do not have your will of freedom. A life where you are exposed to chemical radiation, nuclear missile programs,the majority of the population are living in poverty and you are led by a dictator. Former British ambassador to North Korea, John Everard, wrote in his CNN op Ed, “Why North Korea is Delighted with this US Election”, readers will see that John Everard using rhetorical devices like appeal to authority, cause and effect and paradox. By using these three rhetorical devices let the reader see that for a long time the United States has tried to halt North Korea progression of nuclear programs, but negotiation never resolution but led to North Korea increasing their involvement in the program. John Everard argues that North Korea…
Books are everywhere, with public libraries in every town and libraries in every school. And due to advancing technology, books are available on tablets and ‘ebooks’, allowing people to read great works of literature without wasting paper and killing trees. In contrast, in some places information is restricted. One great example is China and North Korea, where, similar to Fahrenheit 451, information is restricted to state propaganda, and the people don’t have access to information, but think they do.…
Korea lies in the eastern part of Asia. This peninsula is divided into two countries: North Korea and South Korea. Although there is a division of landscape, government, and culture, the bulk of people in Korea consider themselves a part of the Korean nation. Regardless of that, the countries do have their differences. The entire peninsula is cut off from Northeast China by rugged mountains and sizable rivers (Rowntree 365). The north suffers from heavy deforestation, however it has more natural resources. The south has made extensive reforestation efforts post WWII and so they have more greenery. In terms of culture, there are more intense differences. In the South, k-pop and Korean drams have gone global. The culture has appealed to people worldwide. Meanwhile, North Korea remains somewhat in isolation. What’s more, North Koreans attempt to flee into Northeast China, quite often. Yet no one flees South Korea. This shows that there are different cultures and levels of comfort in each…
In this first paragraph, the government claims that the Cultural Revolution had a more positive setting when in reality, citizens were receiving harsh treatment.The first piece of evidence shows a more positive outlook on the revolution. ““The current great revolution is a great revolution... and touches their(citizens)souls.”(Document 2) In this quote, the setting is more positive and it seems that the citizens are happy…
This journal focuses on the popular culture images that been shaped after the Attica Riot. It argues that the misunderstanding of the prisoner had been changed since the uprising, and media is also a force that pushes the prisons into reform. Because of stereotype, or the popular cultural images of the prisoners, no one had paid that much attention to the prisoners before the increasing exposure of the real “prisoners’ life” after the Attica Riot. The description of the popular cultural images of the prisoners in Attica is really a good resource to use.…
The war in Korea has affected North Korea’s economy today as well as the human rights of its citizens.…
The Korean war that was fought between the Northerners and Southerners of Korean with the support of the USSR and the United states of America; in the name of United Nations was one of the major events of the cold which increased the tension and contributed so much to the development of the cold war. The involvement of the super powers triggered the extent to which the Korean War can be referred to as one of the episodes of the cold war. In addition, the Korean War was a proxy war; meaning that the super powers (USA and USSR) did not fight directly. In other ways, the Korean War was to some extent an episode of the cold. There were several characteristics that support the fact that the Korean War was an episode of the cold war in the 1950s; some years after the Second World War.…
Based on the lifestyle people in the 1920s lived it is clear that America would be making more of an effort to able to gain more control on their economy, and make efforts become more stable. As the economy began to grow, the people we able to take advantage and create relatively stable companies based on what was in command. However, towards the end the economy took a turn for the worst. In the 1930s Americans should be continuing building businesses and companies to satisfy the needs of the people of that time and get the economy out of their drastic low. The government in the 1920s was beginning to work toward keeping the peace amongst all nations by creating policies and negotiations that would be able to satisfy most problems. Continuing…
After World War II, the United States faced a malevolent philosophical dispute that had spread from within itself. Chapter nine in Thinking Through the Past is titled “Pop Culture as History: The War Comes Home” because it identifies America’s disposition over the subject of communism during the Cold War era. Historian Stephen J. Whitfield writes his secondary source entitled, “The Culture of the Cold War” which presents a detailed analysis pertaining to the lives of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum of anti-communism during the 1950s in United States. Questions arise that carry significance to cultural and social growth during the period: How was communism threatening the US and why? What did the threat of communism do to the culture of the US during the 1950s? Finally, does the secondary source written by Stephen Whitfield align with what is mentioned in primary sources or do they conflict with one another. Communism held a powerful grip on the United States’ cultural development during the 1950s. America was either too ferocious in its’ approach of defeating communism on the home-front as Whitfield suggests, or it’s necessity is overlooked and was prudent to end the political and social agenda of communism in the United States. In either case, communism held an astounding affect on the social aspects of the United States during the 1950s regarding motion pictures, novels, advertisement, music, and much more. Although, the majority of the population in the US sealed communism’s fate as they would not allow it to become apart of the popular culture during the 1950s.…
There are several things in which the stories of Hannibal and Mao Zedong are resemblance and different to the story of North Korean's journey. The thing that these stories have the most in common is that they involve an extremely long and difficult journey. Hannibal and Mao Zedong marched their people from one place to another and the journey was only by foot. Hannibal and his men had to walk for 2,415 kilometers, 12,500 kilometers for Mao's. Similarly, the North Korean refugees made the 5,000-kilometer-plus from North Korea by many methods and routes. Though, it looks easier than the previous stories, there are also some problems, for example, the border between China and…
Add topic sentences First, In The US, everybody can raise their voices about any kind of hot topic like about the President, religion or even the Government without fear. People can show their point or their opinion about something and the Government might listen to it[ Add example]. Unfortunately, there is a huge difference in Viet Nam about freedom of speech. In Viet Nam, people are not allow to say something about the President or the Government. If somebody try to raise their voices, they will be punished and end up in jail.[Add example]…
Assess the significance of events in Korea (1950-1953) on the development of the Cold War…