1984’s main character is "Winston Smith‚” and he writes for the Ministry of Truth by rewriting history to make the country look better. Winston Smith lives in a futuristic England in the year 1984‚ and the government is totalitarian and is run by someone named Big Brother. Winston is extremely different from the citizens around him and he believes that there should be freedoms granted to the humans. Proles were robots in the books that were unfettered by humans‚ but had the freedom to do what they
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As the leader of France after the revolution‚ Napoleon was able to raise the status of France to highest it had ever been. Napoleon was one of the most controversial leaders in history because as much as he helped France flourish he also went against many ideas that were stated in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen that was put into place after the revolution. The French people did not gain what they had hoped for with their Revolution but when Napoleon came to power he created a revolutionary
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United States Foreign Policy has shifted from being isolationist to being interventionist due to the United States being more involved around the world then when it first started out. being more involved than when we started wasn’t what our first few presidents wanted‚ they wanted to be isolated from all the other foreign countries. Meaning we Americans didn’t want their foreign affairs to involve the new country of the United States. In the beginning of U.S. development we were isolationists due
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passed away. He was crying because he was forced to the new king‚ even though he did not want to be king. David did not want to become the new king of England and have to leave his mistress‚ Ms. Wallace Simpson. In The King’s Speech David cries‚ “Poor Wallace. Now I am trapped.” David was in love with Ms. Wallace Simpson‚ which was against the
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America Becomes a World Power From its humble beginnings as a territory ruled by the British crown‚ America grew into one of the biggest major world powers. While the country started out insignificant to the greater picture‚ in just thirty short years between 1890 and 1920 America became one of the strongest world powers. This was largely through the country’s eagerness to expand across the continent and their growing economic influence due to the Industrial Revolution. From the beginning of
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Sumanguru. 1230-1240 AD‚ the people of Kangaba‚ angered by the harsh rule of Sumanguru‚ made a bid for independence‚ under the leadership of Sundiata Keita. There was a famous battle at Kirina‚ which Sundiata’s army won. From there they expanded to become the empire of Mali. Several kings later was the great Mansa Kankan Musa who came to power in. 1312 AD. This was at the time
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President Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27‚1858. His family was rich and powerful at the time of his birth. Theodore Roosevelt grew up in New York City‚ the second child of four children. One of the reasons he wanted to become president was because he was reunited with his childhood sweetheart. His childhood sweetheart told him that he could do it push for what you want he wanted to do. Theodore Roosevelt was an enthusiastic powerful man. He loved to talk about his hopes and dreams for the
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It is a pleasure to nominate Dave Giles for the "Most Outstanding Person" award. He is a former alumni of Carl Sandburg College. My first impression of Dave came in 2012 when he gave hands-down the best speech on the importance of education that I had ever heard. He truly enjoys spending his time helping the community’s youth. He has also continued to live up to that impression of being a passionate man who is optimistic‚ supporting‚ and is as committed to children as he is to bettering our society
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the people‚ culture‚ or language of the area he planned to invade. If he had‚ he would have been made aware of Fidel Castro’s overwhelming support throughout Cuba‚ and perhaps the entire mission would have been withdrawn before it had the chance to become the military and political fiasco that it was. Even so‚ the decisions that The United States had previously made were questionable. The imperialistic economic strategies employed‚ coupled with toppling governments and placing a tyrant at their head
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Ferdinand. The political objective of the assassination was to break Austria- Hungary’s south- Slav provinces off so they could be combined into a great Serbia. Both sides of the group believed it would be a quick war of many resources. 2: Russia become involved in WWI after Austria declared war against Serbia‚ because Russia had made itself the guardian of all Slavic and/or Eastern Orthodox peoples‚ particularly the south-slaves in the Balkans who has for centuries been under Muslim- Ottoman domination
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