Chicago in the 1900’s were deadly. Open shootings‚ muggings‚ and illegal breweries‚ all started with Mobsters. Most people do not know who Johnny Torrio is‚ but gangsters would not be the same without him. Born in Italy‚ then traveled to New York‚ but his life as a big time gangster started in Chicago. Johnny Torrio lived a rough life. His dad died when he was two years old‚ and his mother brought him to New York. His mother remarried a man who owned a grocery store that was secretly a illegal liquor
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The Thin Red Line depicts the American offense in Japan’s farthest point of advance‚ the island of Guadalcanal‚ focusing on a group of soldiers from the Army Rifle C-Company. Sent in as relief for the weary Marine units‚ the group includes a tough‚ cynical top Sergeant; an ambitious‚ older Lieutenant Colonel‚ and a thrice-AWOL Private. Despite their diverse backgrounds‚ the soldiers form a tight-knit group as they face the war horrors on the island. The movie is a fictional depiction of the Battle
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“Race” James Baldwin once said‚ “I am what time‚ circumstance‚ history‚ have made of me‚ certainly‚ but I am also so much more than that. So are we all.” When the subject of race comes up‚ I feel like that quote is very meaningful. According to class lecture‚ race is an arbitrary social classification of clearly bounded categories based on skin color which corresponds to no biological reality. To be able to understand race today‚ a person should have a background on the history of race. According
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Blood Red Sunset By: Ma Bo This memoir of Ma Bo’s sent shock waves throughout China when it was published and was even first banned by the Communist Government. This passionate story paints a clear picture for what the Great Chinese Cultural Revolution was really like. Many Chinese living today can attest to similar if not identical ordeals as expressed in Ma Bo’s story. The toils of being a young Red Guard in inner China were experienced by many if not millions. The horrors and atrocities
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Blood Red Snow‚ by Gunter K. Koschorrek is a graphic rendition of the German War in the Eastern front‚ which began in 1942. Koschorrek is a former German soldier who kept a frequent account of his experience in the steppes of Russia and the advancement of the German battalion in Stalingrad. Written as a memoir‚ Koschorrek’s writing serves as a first hand account of the tank and cavalry warfare in the Eastern front. Rather than glorifying the heroic aspects of death and destruction in war‚ Koschorrek’s
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Book Review‚ Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene The book‚ Summer of My German Soldier‚ is an example of historical fiction‚ set in Arkansas‚ America during World War 2. It tells the story of 12 year old Patty‚ a Jewish girl‚ who shelters a young German soldier who escapes from the camp for German prisoners in her hometown. The story opens with the arrival of the German prisoners of war at the train station. From the first chapters we find out about the daily routine of Patty and her
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2015‚ cheers erupted across America -- big businesses‚ people and even the White House shamelessly coated itself in rainbow colors to show their support of something years in the making: the legalization of same sex marriage. After years of protests‚ riots‚ campaigns‚ parades‚ mainstream activism‚ celebrity‚ political and even big business support‚ same sex marriage was legalized by the US Supreme Court in all fifty states on June 26th‚ 2015. Obergefell v. Hodges‚ the Supreme Court case that made the
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The rise of the Nazi Party 1919-1929 Origins of the NSDAP (National Socialist German Workers Party) Before it was named the NSDAP the National Socialist German Workers Party had previously been named the Deutsche Arbeiterpuntei (German Workers Party) or DAP. Its main commitments were Nationalism meaning to identify or become extremely attached to your nation. Anti-Semitism meaning the hatred of Jews and the belief that the Aryan was the master race. And finally it strongly rejected
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Michael Honick After my first week of the Summer Bridge Program at Penn St-Abington‚ I learned a lot about the differences between high school and college. I really understand in high school that you must be there during the allotted hours‚ success rides on the teacher‚ and that we can get away from not reading the text for class and in college you have more freedom‚ harder courses‚ and longer hours of studying. We learned how to become an efficient and effective learner. What I learned from
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the key tenets of the Australian identity‚ however what ensued at Cronulla in 2005 is a smear upon our egalitarian ideals. It is in this light that the documentary sets out to explicitly highlight how fragile race relations remain in Australia’s multicultural hotpots. Though The Cronulla Riots: Day that Shocked the Nation (2013)‚ may appear to directly appeal to a narrow target audience of Sydney-siders‚ it also effectively touches the broader Australian community and provokes our perception of Australian
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