Generally, anti-heroes have faced some hardship or tragedy, internal or external, which guides their actions. ... This potential for emotional growth and adaptation combined with the reader's relatability to such characters allows anti-heroes to become increasingly popular in fictional works of literature. ...
He would read literature written by Karl Marx, a German political philosopher, and soon he would join the revolution called Russian Marxism. ... These plans called for a highly ambitious state guided crash industrialization, and the collectivization of agriculture. ...
It took one hundred years, from the time it was first recognized as a syndrome among hysterical women in the late 1800s to its inclusion in 1980 as a diagnosis in the manual of the American Psychiatric Association, for posttraumatic stress disorder to be recognized as a legitimate illness. (Herman ...
Each of my aunts and uncles are all married with at least one child, so during my visit I had plenty of tour guides to show me around. ... The prominent religion during this time was Buddhism and there was a great progression in the arts, architecture, and literature. ...
The US Supreme Court: Sexually Motivated? Following the defeat of Germany and Japan during World War II the United States almost immediately became burdened with another challenge, that of, containing their former ally, the Soviet Union. Known as the Cold War, this conflict inspired tremendou...
Symbolism means the use of symbols, especially in literature, film, art, etc in 19th century France. 2 A symbol is anything which signifies anything, in this sense, all words are symbols, but used in criticism, however, 'symbol', is applied only to a word or a phrase signifying an object which itself has significance, that is, the object referred to has a range of meaning beyond itself. ...
The real hero of the conflict, however, was Leon Trotsky, a former Menshevik who organized the Red Army and guided the Bolsheviks to victory. ... Meanwhile, members of Stalin's loyal, personally appointed Politburo were beginning to wonder if their leader, who had guided them through the turmoil of collectivization and the Five-Year Plan, could now also prove effective in a relatively peaceful era. ...
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...
