On May 10‚ 1940‚ Winston Churchill became British Prime Minister. On May 13‚ he presented his angle on acquiring victory “at all costs”‚ and some contend that this “Blood‚ Toil‚ Tears‚ and Sweat speech is what made his career. This speech was given by Churchill on his entrance into the House of Commons with the presence of the outgoing prime minister. There has been controversy surrounding his intense speech regarding the multiple ultra-nationalistic statements he makes‚ however in this quote‚ he
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Jindandao Rebellion Jindandao‚ a branch of the White Lotus Sect‚ was an ancient Chinese secret society. In the winter of 1881‚ Chinese peasants joined the sect and rebelled against the Qing court. Society heads Yang Yuechun and Li Guozhen proclaimed themselves “warriors to sweep the north”‚ which in clearer terms are “warriors to wipe out the Mongolians in the north.” The extremist slogans of Yang Yuechun and his followers included “kill the Mongolians and seize their land‚” and “defeat the Qing
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The first reason Alcatraz was doomed for failure before it was in operation was because of the elements. Alcatraz prison was built in 1909. Some of the construction work was actually done by the prisoners (Cavendish). In 1933‚ “The Justice Department assumed control of the facility…” (“Summary and Analysis”). An administrator from Folsom‚ California envisioned Alcatraz as a smart change to the prison system. “He installed automatic locking devices‚ gunwalks‚ tear-gas outlets‚ and steel doors and
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In the story Animal Farm by George Orwell uses allegory to show a communist society shifting to dictatorship and showing how it upsets people along they way. The author uses allegory to support his story by using farm animals going through a rough time finding out how their " government works" and settling the situation. The story starts off with the animals upset with the farm owner due to them being treated unfairly. The animals have these seven commandments they go by " whatever
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Corruption of Power “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely” (Lord Acton). The novel Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ demonstrates multiple ways how power was abused during the time of the Russian Revolution. This book displays many parallels with history‚ for example‚ how the animals on the farm represent the people of Russia. On the other hand‚ the pigs‚ that portray the leaders of Russia‚ who wanted nothing but authority which lead to corruption. In interest of gaining more
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In the satiric novel entitled Animal Farm by George Orwell‚ the character Snowball exemplifies Leon Trotsky‚ and leads the animals to rebel against Farmer Jones in order to attain freedom. However‚ the utopia that they willingly fought for was short lived and they are deceived by the pigs‚ in turn‚ they find themselves no better off than they started. The character Snowball is portrayed as ambitious‚ brilliant‚ and eloquent and he made sure that Animal farm was self sufficient. Without Snowball‚
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The role that the federal government played in the period surrounding the strike was mainly to help factory owners put an end on strikes. According to President Grover Cleveland‚ he believed that the Pullman strike was wasteful‚ disruptive and unlawful (Hewitt and Lawson‚ pg. 556). He thought that the Pullman trouble originated because neither the public nor the government had taken acceptable measures to control monopolies and corporations and had failed to “reasonably protect the rights of labor
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Initially the fact that Gregor Samsa‚ the main character‚ has become a human-sized pest is confusing in and of itself. What caused his transformation? Why is he a human-sized pest and not a regular sized pest? Instead of thinking about his current situation along with the complications it will bring (like I was)‚ Gregor starts to think about how much he dislikes the job he has. "Gregor’s first thought upon waking up as a creature are not even related to his new physical form‚ but to his state of
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Did Stalin’s accomplishments justify his means? While in some ways his methods prepared Russia for World War II and caught the country up with the rest of the world‚ his methods for reforming the Soviet Union were brutal‚ cut throat and resulted in the deaths of millions. Therefore‚ after much thought‚ I have come to the conclusion that Stalin’s accomplishments did not make up for the horrid acts he committed for the ‘greater good.’ During the time that he was in power‚ it is estimated that he was
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When Animal Farm was first written by George Orwell in 1945 right after the second world war‚ Communism was just starting to show it self to the public. The book itself is a satire on Communism and the Russian Revolution which in George Orwell’s eyes had been counter productive. George Orwell was born in 1903 in The British Raj where he lived for about the first year of his life before moving to Great Britain proper(“George Orwell.”). After finishing college and finding he could not afford a university
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