Theodore Herzl, who was chosen to observe the hearings, reached this conclusion and it inspired him to write his book Der Judenstat that advocated the need for a Jewish homeland outside of Europe. ... Instead of appealing to anti-Semitic sentiment to achieve democratic political success, the Tsar often inspired the empires subjects to participate in programs against neighboring Jewish communities to turn the hate fostered in poor living conditions away from the state. ...

• Word Count: 638
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this work-in-progress paper it will be tried to show how this masterpiece of Hasan has captured and portrayed the lives of three successive generations with masterly stroke and how the partition of India split and destroyed the psyche, emotion, feelings and values of an individual and how the mindset of a people got fanatic and lunatic to have vengeance against the opponent community over the cause of religion where religious harmony and coexistence had prevailed from the very dawn of civilization. Agunpakhi shows us how millions of people-Hindus and Muslims - lost their home and were bound...

• Word Count: 2420
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Steinbeck grew up learning and constantly hearing about these problems and events. ... All of these books were about early experiences in his life, like him working as a manual laborer, and living in a rural farming community in California. ... He grew up in a farming community where most of the workers were drifting laborers and he could observe how they lived and how they lived and that accounted for many of his books. ...

• Word Count: 1462
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Patrick Lewis, a tunnel worker, bridge builder and leather cutter, discovers the meaning of being Canadian in the Macedonian community of Toronto. ... In the same fashion as Patrick, Kirpal Singh recognizes his ethnic background in the western community of the Italian villa in The English Patient. ... Upon hearing news of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, Kirpal realizes that western aggression still exists and furthermore, recognizes the awareness of his own cultural heritage. ...

• Word Count: 1671
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Although he saw the dreams of several Harlem residents, crumble during the wake of World War II, he continued to celebrate the spirit of the African American community through an abundance of poems. ... At this point in her life she is just tired of hearing about money. ...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

What is war? Is it a battle? Is it struggle? What is war defined as? Well, for a debater it may be outsmarting the opposition with words. For an environmentalist it may be saving that last tree. For a traffic control officer it may be his constant battle with the traffic. However war is generally de...

• Word Count: 2077
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Rua Kenana's passive resistance against Maori enlistment and conscription during the First World War was an important event that affected New Zealanders, especially at the time. The most significant factor that contributed to this event was the government's confiscation of Tuhoe land along with the prophet movement and Te Kooti's legacy. However, another key cause of Rua's resistance was 19th century Land Wars, which along with the differing interpretations and neglect of the Treaty of Waitangi was a major source of grievance for Rua and therefore explains his resistance ag...

• Word Count: 2754
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The gates swing open and inside lay mounds of emaciated corpses, haggard and diseased victims and remnants of skeletons within ovens so vast that they defy belief. At the close of World War II, the Allied Powers (The United States of America, England, France, and The Soviet Union) were faced with ...

• Word Count: 2850
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Joseph Stalin was the soviet communist leader who's passing molded an era, and whose iron rule determined the lives of millions of people. Considering that he shaped the direction of post-World War II Europe, we may regard him as the most powerful person to live during the 20th century. Joseph Sta...

• Word Count: 7507
• Approx Pages: 30
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate