Essays Tagged: "atrocity"

African Salvery and Reparation

I don't believe that anyone in thischamber would move to disagree with the idea that slavery was anatrocity, committed from the depths of the darkest parts of the humansole. Africans were seized from ...

(6 pages) 265 2 3.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > African Studies - History

"Farewell to Arms" by Hemingway, literary analyisis

aracter of Frederick Henry; an ambulance driver, is put to the ultimate test during the madness and atrocity of WWI. His experiences at the front pose a challenge only a Hemingway hero can affront suc ...

(5 pages) 93 0 4.6 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway

The Rape of Nanking

thor of The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II, describes the silence of this atrocity as a "second rape". This book describes the torture of the women in Nanking, how the Japane ...

(2 pages) 209 7 4.1 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > Asian History

Death by Aeschylus Reasons Why Teachers Should not Force Students to Study Agamemnon

an?s spirit bestowed itself on the behalf of many. Some inconsiderately call this the Holocaust. An atrocity such as this cannot be satisfying and cannot emphatically be forgotten. Nor should a referr ...

(4 pages) 65 0 3.2 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Drama

The Dead Sea is dying

Dead Sea on Death BedThe rapid depletion of the Dead Sea is an environmental atrocity. The reason atrocity is used in comparison with what is occurring to the Dead Sea is, becau ... ? Only politicians and decision makers will be able to influence the final outcome of an ecological atrocity.

(3 pages) 51 0 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Earth Sciences

Anti-semitism.

mantic thought in those societies. And in modern times, anti-Semitism has manifested it self in the atrocity known as the Holocaust. In America subtler versions, such as those viewed in the motion pic ... s in a specific historical situation (Government persecution or individual pogroms). But after this atrocity was perpetrated against humanity the, rage that followed produced a surge in the literary w ...

(5 pages) 84 0 4.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

North vs south causes of civil war.

the Unieted States which included origins, geography, economics and culture ultimamatley led to the atrocity which nearly led to our nations demise; the American Civil War.IN the summer of 1606, King ...

(7 pages) 174 0 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Atrocities of World War I

the war effort.Perhaps one of the biggest blunders of the war, the sinking of the Lusitania was an atrocity committed by the German empire that they would soon regret. The HMS Lusitania was a British ... d the sinking of the Lusitania an act of piracy. Piracy is not war. (Orgies of Ruthlessness)Another atrocity that is said to have sparked The Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Fe ...

(6 pages) 40 0 5.0 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

Theories on Aggression

p the local newspaper and read about a child, or group of children, that has committed a horrifying atrocity to other human beings. With each horrendous story the reader becomes desensitized to the vi ...

(19 pages) 544 1 4.3 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Reparations: Should they be given?

don't believe that anyone in this chamber would move to disagree with the idea that slavery was an atrocity, committed from the depths of the darkest parts of the human sole. Africans were seized fro ...

(7 pages) 34 0 4.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Analysis of "MAUS," by Art Spiegelman, and effect on readers

ween comics and what were then considered to be serious novels. As a graphic novel about a horrific atrocity, Maus is the first work of its kind. Through the style of his drawings, Spiegelman is able ...

(4 pages) 92 0 4.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Essay on Tsunami, December 26th 2004 the disaster that was caused by the Tsuanmi, and it takes a look into its sociological persepctives

many are presumed dead." (The star, 2005) A similar situation did occur in the past where a similar atrocity erupted on the Pacific Ocean. It created disaster along the Chile coastal areas in 1960 and ... pefully with god's grace, Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, and southwest Thailand can move through this atrocity in a positive manner and the world population continues to support one another during times ...

(8 pages) 128 1 4.8 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Frederick Douglass in-depth analysis of slavery.

Slavery; an Atrocity In the 18th and 19th centuries, autobiographical accounts of ones life were very com ...

(4 pages) 106 0 0.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

The Armenian Genocide.

e Armenian genocide. The question engulfing one at present is exactly how and why such an appalling atrocity ever took place, as well as the query as to whether or not justice was ultimately served.Be ...

(7 pages) 49 0 4.3 Jan/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany: How Far Were the German People Responsible for the Holocaust?

ents in human history, it is left to theorise on the identity of the perpetrators guilty of such an atrocity. A great deal of the evidence assembled points in various directions. It is clear that the ... ive the information obtained from those who had every opportunity to avoid their involvement in the atrocity. Your conclusion should reflect the indisputable connection between the average German's ac ...

(9 pages) 66 0 5.0 Mar/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

How does propaganda work? What are its historical origins? Was the war in Iraq initiated by a campaign of propaganda and disinformation?

for the 1991 Gulf War has been attributed to the deliberate shaping of public opinion through false atrocity stories such as alleged incubator baby killings. The most recent Iraq war was heavily fuell ...

(11 pages) 115 0 5.0 Jun/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Communication Studies > The Media

Essay on world War 1. Views on the war prior to WWI and after WWI. Comparing and contrasting such authors as Von vernhardi, Owen,Sassoon and Remarque.

dern times, the western world has been plagued with war. However, as some people might see it as an atrocity, others might think quite the opposite; that war is heroic, noble, and even necessary. The ...

(4 pages) 17 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War I

"Night" by Elie Wiesel: Elie once said that whoever witnesses an atrocity and does nothing to stop is just as guilty as the one committing it. Write whether you agree or disagree with this statement

of Jews it would endanger them in one way or another. In some cases somebody can witness a horrible atrocity, but have no power to stop it.Elie wrote in his book about how he and his fellow Jews were ...

(2 pages) 12 0 3.0 Jun/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Terrorism

urbingly, very powerful. Many people believe that the Taliban and Bin Laden are responsible for the atrocity in New York. 90 percent of Afghan people do not agree with the Taliban, yet they do not hav ...

(3 pages) 20 0 3.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Fighting?

tatements. We should immediately reject any suggestion that we are in some way responsible for this atrocity. We should "judge"� the enemy as "evil"� (how Christian is this?) and we shou ... him to a hero-like status. Some ordinary Muslims do not even believe that he is responsible for the atrocity (which he almost certainly is) and accuse the US of using him as a scapegoat and an excuse ...

(7 pages) 7 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Literature Research Papers