of the Soviet Union from 1929-1953‚ one can perceive that through torment and brutal force‚ he was able to modernize a nation and oppress his own people. One can argue that Stalin was a great leader of the 20th century. After all‚ he took an undeveloped country and molded it into one of the world’s greatest industrial and military forces. But‚ this transformation did not come at a small cost. Stalin was so paranoid that his Communist regime would be crushed’ by one of the dominating Capitalist
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What was the Enlightenment’s most important contribution to the age of Atlantic Revolution? * The establishment of reason‚ logic‚ and rationality in society was the Enlightenment’s most important contribution to both the age of Atlantic Revolution and to the future of society as a whole. * This is not to say that people of reason and logic did not previously exist; however‚ due to religious superstition‚ controlling governments‚ socioeconomic rank‚ poverty‚ and prejudice‚ society was not
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Hammurabi’s Code: Was it just? Imagine this: you are walking around in an outdoor market when you feel someone take your wallet. You turn around and you see a person. You accuse them of stealing your wallet and it gets taken to trial‚ when right in the middle a person comes in and confesses to the crime. Suddenly‚ the current trial ends and a new trial begins: against you. The judge decides to cut your hands off for falsely accusing someone while the thief gets away scot-free (Journey Across Time)
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Her struggle to get recognized and respected as a musician was not an easy path for Akiyoshi. Seen as an accomplished jazz composer‚ starting with her Granz-recording‚ Toshiko began to realize that people saw her as an outsider to American jazz because she was both Japanese and a woman. These two categories were considered second class no matter what nationality or race. In 1959‚ after she left Berklee‚ she made her own way as a musician‚ composer‚ and arranger and thought that audiences were seeing
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The Return Ngugi Wa Thiong’o The Return is story about Kamau‚ a man returning home after spending many years away in prison. Kamau has both survived the Mau Mau and being put in prison. The Mau Mau had cost many Black Nationalist’s lives‚ and had seen many more put away in jails. The story begins as Kamau is released from jail. Several indicators are given about Kamau’s health‚ which begins with the description of his back as “slightly drooping” in paragraph two. The reader understands that
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Ms. Carolyn M. Rodgers’ “Jesus was Crucified” Write a response to these brilliant authors in 40 to 60 words? Surely you jest. We will begin with Ms. Carolyn M. Rodgers’ “Jesus was Crucified”. Read it‚ and you will know who is narrating. The theme is inequality with an emphasis on the individual elements that led to‚ what I will refer to as‚ “the African-American state of mind”. Evident is the hate toward white supremacy‚ the anger‚ and the acknowledgement that education and can breed the type of
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relied on this trait to help him in battle‚ but when he was no longer in heroic condition it failed him and lead to his death. Beowulf believed that he could beat almost any monster with or without a weapon due to this confidence‚ when he was in his prime‚ such as when he fought Grendel and Grendel’s ‚other. When he challenged the Dragon he was no longer in heroic condition‚ he was almost a normal soldier‚ but his confidence lead him to believe he was still in heroic condition and could win that fight
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Was Adolf Hitler really just a decorated German war hero saving his country or was he an evil mastermind who planned to exterminate all Jewish people? Questions such as these have been asked for decades‚ are people naturally evil or are they ordinary people doing what they think is right. Is evil really banal or is it just a different way of thinking that some people do not agree with? The dictionary definition of banal is “so lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring” which means that
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World War l. Hitler notoriously used propaganda to convince the German people that the Jews were the bad people. Using propaganda‚ Hitler convinced the German people that the Jews must go because they were responsible for Germany’s problems‚ which was demonstrated by Hitler picking the Jews to be exterminated during World War ll. Hitler used propaganda and would insult the Jews to make them look bad to the German people. For instance‚ in the article “Adolf Hitler and World War l: 1913-1919” it reveals
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Q: Was there a Trojan War? Compare the literary with the archaeological evidence. "...in that matter of Wilusa over which we were at enmity." Despite the continuing debate‚ the literary and archaeological evidence indicates that there was a Trojan War. The reality of this war however‚ was not the epic conflict as narrated by Homer‚ but more likely part of an ongoing enmity between the Mycenaean ’s and the Hittites. Troy was a wealthy city‚ well placed at the mouth of the Hellespont in the
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