After the explosion of the USS Maine, the US public was whipped up into an anti-Spanish hysteria. Despite Spain's desire to avoid war and President William McKinley's distaste for war, the yellow press continued feeding the public's appetite for anti-Spanish news. Hawks like then-Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt loudly criticized the reluctant McKinley for being weak and afraid. Although he disagreed with the public's demands for war, McKinley finally submitted to the various pressure exerted on him. The Maine had exploded in Mid-February, and on April 11, 1898, McKinley finally sent a message to Congress giving his support for a declaration of war on Spain.
Sputnik signaled the U.S.S.R.'s capability in rocketry and their potential to dominate space, (Aaseng, 21). “Politicians were outraged and proclaimed the existence of a "missile gap," which Senator John F. Kennedy exploited during his 1960 presidential campaign.” (Veve). There was an immense amount of tension following John F. Kennedy’s use of the ‘United States on the forefront of space exploration’. The startling launch of Sputnik caused much political fury, triggering Congress to create a new government agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1957, (McGowan, 113). This agency would be used to propel the American side of the Space Race.
Title: Beorn the Proud Author: Madeline Polland Type: Historical Fiction Characters: Beorn, Ness, Anlaf the Sea King, Helge, and Leif the Giant Beorn the Proud is a story of the clash of Christian and pagan cultures, as illustrated by a Viking boy’s conversion by his Irish captive. Viking raiders – also known as Black Strangers – attack Ireland’s coast and take a young Christian girl named Ness, the daughter of a chieftain, making her a slave to Beorn, a proud Viking boy of twelve who one day will be king. She is expected to be combative, and though she is in spirit, she allows her Christian teachings to guide her. She prays for her family and friends who have been lost in the raid, and also for her enemies, who now hold her as a slave. She speaks only of one God, something unknown to Beorn and his fellow Vikings.
However, in the present time, the Orwellian London lives under the fascist government of chancellor Adam, and V will fight against his regime, using the power of powder, blowing up important buildings. Evey will be chased by the secret police, thinking that she's the accomplice of V, who will accomplish Fawkes' mission of destroying the Parlament on the 5th of November, in this mixture of The Phantom of the Opera, George Orwell's 1984 and Batman. Written by Alejandro Frias (source: imdb.com) Themes Present in Animal Farm: ■ The Societal Tendency toward Class Stratification: Animal Farm offers commentary on the development of class tyranny and the human tendency to maintain and reestablish class structures even in societies that allegedly stand for total equality. ■ The Danger of a Naïve Working Class: One of the novella’s most impressive accomplishments is its portrayal not just of the figures in power but also of the oppressed people themselves. Animal Farm demonstrates how the inability or unwillingness to question authority condemns the working class to suffer the full extent of the ruling class’s oppression.
Throughout the poem First Born, the poet conveys the idea of anger and frustration about the despair over the death of the Aboriginal race. The use of the second person pronoun 'you' in the third stanza, is effectively use to incriminate the reader for destroying the nature of the land and the race of the Indigenous Aboriginals. In addition the use of personification is convey to create more imaginative effect of disappointment and frustration ,'Where are my first-born, said the brown land, sighing'. Jack Davis passion for Aboriginal cause was stated through the poem as he clearly reveals his tone of outrage of the devastating experience of the Aboriginal people. The poem 150 Years relates to the idea of passion as Jack Davis expresses his passion about educating and informing the present on how the white settlers impacted the Indigenous Aboriginals life.
“A Modest Proposal” “A Modest Proposal” was a satirical essay written by Jonathan Swift depicting the horrific conditions of Ireland and the lives of the Irish people in 1729 during the great famine. Swift portrays and attacks the cruel and unjust tyranny of Ireland by the English and mocks the Irish people at the same time. However, Swift's opposition is indirectly presented. Swift is able to do so by using the persona, irony, in order to expose the horrendous corruption and poverty that the Irish had to endure, and at the same time present them with realistic solutions to their miserable lives. The author uses satire to accomplish his objective because it is the most effective way to awake the people of Ireland into seeing their own corruption.
In the Scarlet Letter he uses symbolism -the practice of representing things by symbols, or of investing things with a symbolic meaning or character - all throughout his novel, to explain the life’s of the puritans and their customs. In the conclusion, Hester and Dimmesdale are buried next to each other which symbolize that the community has, in many ways forgiven them for their adultery. Even after death, the legend of their love continues while their graves are slightly apart, they share a common tombstone, “On a field, sable, the letter A, gules,” I translate this as a symbol that they could not be together in life, but in death they share a scarlet
As Martin Luther King once said, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” The connection between families and soldiers is affected by the war. Eric Bogle’s poem, The Green Fields of France, demonstrates the anti-war sentiment through the impact on the society due to the loss of young lives. Homecoming, by Bruce Dawe, explores the dehumanisation and pointlessness of war that thoroughly implicate the imperative relationship between soldiers and their families. The poem, The Charge of The Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson, presents the bravery and courage of the soldiers to sacrifice themselves in battle to defend their nation. The poets are using clear visual and aural poetic techniques to explore the relationship between the
history. Fearing the spread of communism, President Kennedy committed the people of the United States of America to defending the fledgling democratic government of South Vietnam. Despite its arguably noble intentions, the war in Vietnam would prove the greatest challenge to American democratic idealism since the Civil War. The war was fought in Vietnam from 1959-75, involving the North Vietnamese and the National Liberation Front (NLF) in conflict with the United States, Australian, New Zealand forces and the South Vietnamese army. The conflict’s roots took shape in July 1954, when France was forced out of Vietnam after one hundred years of colonial rule.
A week later, a U.S. battleship called the Maine which had been sent to protect American citizens in Cuba exploded in the Havana harbor. Although the cause is still uncertain, yellow newspapers spread the suspicion that the ship had been bombed by the Spanish in retaliation to Lôme’s letter. The U.S. government declared war with Spain in April of 1898. Yellow journalism aggravated relations between the US and Spain, eventually forcing them into war. National business interests also enticed the U.S. to declare war upon Spain.