Hitler turned to still wealthy and powerful German industrialists for money to fund his rallies and campaigns and in return promised a disciplined work force ( trade unions would be abolished) and protection against communists. ...
He blamed the Jews for the evils of the world and accused them of corrupting everything of ethical and national value. ... Using force, Hitler got Hindenburg to pass a law that abolished freedom of speech, of the press, and of assembly. ...
In the end, president Arbenz lost the support of his military forcing him to relinquish his power and leave the presidency. ... The Soviet invasion, which sparked Afghan resistance initially involved an estimated 30,000 troops, a force that ultimately grew to 100,000. ...
In the novel, Catch-22, by Joseph Heller, the main character, John Yossarian, is an example of a person with intelligent ideas, but actions that reflect those of an insane person. This is indeed a case of appearance versus reality; he appears to be insane, but really his ideas are somewhat sober and convincing in the novel. Yossarian is not the only example of this throughout history; many political leaders have demonstrated the same. The views of Communist Russia can be compared to those of Yossarian. Russia appeared to be concerned with the will of the proletariat, but it only encouraged the...
E.E. Cummings and His Works Two women walk past him, conversing with their noses pointed to the sky, in glistening attire, with fur scarves slung around their necks and ornate designs engraved into their dresses. His eyes shift from the gossiping women to a cluster of businessmen laughing while they smoked cigars inside a restaurant. The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. People in the town were black and white, and they hadn't aspired for their lives to...
Ford gives his character heroic outer motivation, while at the same time, insinuating an inner motivation led by a dark revengeful force. ... Red may evoke a positive symbol involving passion, love, and sex, while the negative reaction could be violent, bloody, and corrupt. ...
The Condition of Man in The Heart of Darkness and The Lord of the Flies "Man is a fallen being. He is gripped by original sin. His nature is sinful and his state perilous-(Golding, "Fable-, The Hot Gates and Other Occasional Pieces, Harcourt, Brace & World, New York, 1965, page 61). This quote by ...
The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...
