In the state of Telengana‚ India‚ about five hours away from any city and public transportation‚ is a small village called Gonga Devi Guppa. Accompanied by my translator‚ Hymavathi‚ I lived among the people for three weeks. The American culture I was raised in gifted me several prejudices against Hinduism that I was not aware of until I experienced for myself the truth about the religion. Prior to India‚ I viewed Hinduism barbarically despite not knowing much about it. Ironically‚ I experienced Hinduism
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Stalin and Hitler: Similarities and Differences Stalin and Hitler emerged when political and economic instability had crippled the USSR and Germany in the 1920s. They began making improvements which encouraged their people to believe that prosperity awaited them. This notion was unfortunately a delusion as both figures would eventually rule by decree. Despite treading on different paths of dictatorship‚ both figures still find some commonalities. Two prominent differences would certainly come
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that is obsessed with his revenge against the white whale Moby Dick who had taken his leg on a previous voyage. Roger Chillingworth and Captain Ahab are two men trapped in their obsession of getting their revenge‚ however‚ even though they share similarities they have differences that set them apart from each other.
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King Kamehameha was the man who unified all of Hawaii and settled it under his rule. He was not in line to be the next chief of a kingdom‚ but by 1810‚ he conquered all of the Hawaiian islands. Using his intelligence‚ kindness‚ beliefs‚ power‚ and his resources he became a strong and effective leader. Mohandas Gandhi (Gandhi)‚ the leader of a nationalist movement against the British rule of India (Encyclopedia Britannica)‚ did what he thought was right. Just like the leader Hawaii has to thank today
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There are many similarities between life for us now and life for the citizens of Oceania from George Orwell’s 1984. Through our attachment to technology and the media‚ we are constantly bombarded by information that is not always accurate. We need to sift through the mountain of falsehood to obtain the reliable truth available to us. Contrary to the novel though‚ we at least have the freedom to access both the fiction and the facts. Winston’s job was to literally rewrite history‚ and cause people
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Throughout the Classical Period Buddhism and Christianity were very widespread religions. While Buddhism and Christianity differ‚ they are contain many similarities. Buddhism‚ is a trip of the mind and it focuses on reaching enlightenment. Whereas‚ Christianity focuses on salvation‚ and becoming one with God. From the person they worship to the way they worship‚ these two religions are very different. In addition to their differences‚ these two religions also have basic principles that are in common
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President John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev were two of the most important men during the Cuban Missile crisis; they had a lot of differences in character and response to situation‚ but had some similarities as well. The two were the some of the most influential men at their time‚ especially considering the Cold War and resulting Cuban Missile Crisis. John F. Kennedy was the youngest man to be elected president at his time‚ so you can imagine the pressure he must have felt as a prominent leader
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The end of World War II‚ a time in the beginning of the 1950’s when prosperity and success was on the rise; the glorifying death of The Great Depression‚ less than a decade of the United States allied with Great Britain and the Soviet Union‚ the most powerful of all forces this world has ever seen. The U.S. was so deeply entrenched in a nuclear arms race and the birth of the Cold War with the Soviet Union. It was clear to Salinger that the Americans‚ equipped for the first time in a long while with
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vs. The Crucible Many tragic events in the history of our country have parallels with other tragic events. When an important event does happen in our county‚ writers find fuel for their writing in the details of the event. There are many similarities between the McCarthy Era and the play written by Arthur Miller‚ The Crucible. McCarthyism‚ or the time known as the McCarthy Era‚ dominated our country from 1950-1954. During this time‚ there were many hearings in which people suspected of
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One final similarity between Ned and Clyde is in the manner in which their crime sprees‚ and ultimately their lives were ended. David Thompson of The Guardian describes the ending as “Orgasmic‚ yet it crept in under the tattered remnants of the old censorship system.” In the film’s final scene Bonnie and Clyde were ambushed on the side of the road while they were attempting to help a sympathizer with car trouble. It starts out with startled birds flying out of the bushes‚ then Bonnie and Clyde exchange
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