66 The Wester Essays, Term Papers and Book Reports
Alexander II
ALEXANDER II [Alexander II] 1818-81, czar of Russia (1855-81), son and successor of Nicholas I . He ascended the throne during the Crimean War (1853-56) and immediately set about negotiating a peace (see Paris, Congress of ). Influenced by Russia's defeat in the war and by peasant unrest Alexander e....
Alexander the Great and Conquests
Alexander the Great and Conquests
Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedonia born approximately on July 20th in 356 BC. His mother was Olympias, a young princess from Epirus. Alexander was a remarkable person who loved to recite Homeric poetry. At age fourteen his father sent him ....
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Problem of Language in "All Quiet on the Western Front" For it is no easy undertaking, I say, to describe the bottom of the Universe; nor is it for tongues that only babble child's play. (The Inferno, XXXII, 7-9.) ....
All Quiet On The Western Front
This book is about the hardships of living near the frontline during WWI. Paul
Baumer and his comrades were naive when they joined the army during high school. The war made them change the way they viewed their nationalism and patriotism to
Germany. Pauls generation was known as the los....
All quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front is a book written by Erich Maria Remarkque. It was a book written to reflect the human cost of war. It shows us how war has a hidden face that most people do not see until it is too late. In the novel, he describes a group of young m....
All Quiet on the Western Front
0The novel is set on the Western Front in 1917 and 1918, during the last two years of fighting in World War I. The Central Powers, including Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire, had met with many early victories in the war; but by 1917, they had been stopped by the Allied Forc....
all quiet on the western front
All Quiet on the Western Front Chapter SummaryBy: Jesse CodyAll Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war novel from the opening chapters. Many critics of the novel in the early days after the publication of the novel blamed Remarque for writing for shock value. They did not want to believe his n....
All Quiet on the Western front
"All Quiet on the Western front"
"All quiet on the Western front", by Erich Maria, provided me with a vivid depiction of the horrors of WW1. It provided with me with insight on the fighting soldiers and how they suffered throughout the war and the great impact that the war had on thes....
All Quiet on the Western Front - Symbolism & Characteristics of Paul
All Quiet on the Western Front is the story of a young German soldier, Paul Baumer who tries to survive through the First World War. This Paul Baumer is a very distinguishable character.
Paul is a sympathetic young man. He displayed this after killing the French man in no mans land. He examin....
All Quiet On the Western Front Analysis
Remarque, Erich M. All Quiet on the Western Front. New York City: Little, Brown and Company, 1929.
In a time of war, men who are on the front lines fighting for their countrys values form a sense of comradeship with one another. This sixth sense on the battlefield is often what keeps soldie....
All Quiet On The Western Front comparison essay
In war, there is much destruction and death, yet comrades are brought together. In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Eric Maria Remarque a group of friends are drafted into the war they come together forming a bond that not even death itself could break. Also, in the motion picture Galli....
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall, for twenty-eight years, separated friends, families, and a nation. A lot of suffering began for Germany when World War II commenced, but by the end of the war Germany was in the mists of a disaster waiting to happen. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The Un....
Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was one of the most significant events in the 20th Century, for twenty-eight years it separated friends, families, and a nation. After WWII was over Germany was divided into four parts. The United States, Great Britain, and France controlled the three divisions that were formed in th....
Berlin Wall
"The deprivation of human rights which the Berlin Wall represented had twisted and perverted the lives in striking ways" (Heller 212).
The Berlin wall was built to keep citizens of East Berlin from leaving their country in search of a better life for themselves and their
family. The Communist b....
Berlin: A City Divided
Berlin: A City Divided
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Berlin, Germany, once a great city, and its people went through years of hardship as a result of the outcome of World War II and the beginning of the Cold War. Germans referred to ....
Black Death
The great plague of the fourteenth century was known as the Black Death, or Bubonic Plague. It was known in history as having killed almost one third of Europes population. This plague caused extreme hardship and suffering throughout the European society along with drastic changes in almost every ....
Capitalistic Government Of US
"We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their j....
Concentration Camps
The Holocaust: Concentration and Exterimination Camps
Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933. From this point on, life in Europe took a horrifying turn. Hitlers appointment of chancellor brought an end to the German democracy. Hitler promised to bring a b....
Confucianism, Taoism and Legalism
Compare and contrast the views of Confucianism, Taoism (Daoism), and Legalism on the role of the emperor and good government
Introduction
The Zhou Dynasty defeated the Shang Dynasty and came to power in the 11th Century B.C., justifying their establishment with the idea of the Manda....
Contending Visions of the Middle East
Contending Visions of the Middle East
Zachary Lockmans book, Contending Visions of the Middle East, provides a thorough examination of Western ideological perceptions of Middle Eastern policies as well as scholarly positions in reference to this topic. Lockman refers to the age of ignorance....
Could Across the Nightingale Floor be set in the Western world?
The setting of Across the Nightingale Floor is in a mythical feudal Japan but could it be in a western setting and still be successful? I dont think it could. I think there are many different reasons that contribute to the need for an oriental setting. In Feudal Japan there were very different....
Cyprus
A TIME TO REMEMBERExperience cautions us that irreparable damage could be done by those who somehow seem to regard Cyprus as a dazzling intellectual challenge and fail to put human faces behind the issues. Of one thing we can be sure: They will not be around when their ill-conceived paper glory is b....
Degeneration in All Quiet on the Western Front
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? (Ghandi). Strong words such as these would not have been fathomed by any soldier in World War I. The ruin ....
Degeneration in All Quiet on the Western Front
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? (Ghandi). Strong words such as these would not have been fathomed by any soldier in World War I. The ruin ....
dehumanization in "all quiet on the western front"
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, is a telling story of the realities of World War I. Told in the perspective of German soldier, Paul Baumer, this story uncovered many of the horrors that common citizens were blind to. Dehumanization was a common theme throughout this nov....
Development is fundamentally a political process
In this essay, I will argue that development is fundamentally a political process. I will define key terms to put the concept of development in context. I will show how power distribution is ingrained in every aspect of upgrading the capabilities and potential of a nation. Using Marxism and the West....
Did the Western World do enough for the Jews in the Holocaust
"When they came for the gypsies, I did not speak, for I am not a gypsy. When they came for the Jews, I did not speak, because I wasn’t a Jew. When they came for the Catholics, I did not speak, for I am not a Catholic. And when they came for me, there was no one left to speak." -On the Wall at....
Differences in People
Everyday we go to different places like work, school, and stores where people have customs that are different than our own. We have learned to accept people's customs that aren't ours because in America there are so many different kinds of people. Sometimes we look down on a certain people or group ....
Dragons
Dragons have been part of mythology and legends for thousands of years. Almost every country in the world holds a story or background associated with these creatures.
Dragons are one of the oldest creatures in mythology and have been part of traditions since the beginning of time. The dragon ca....
Evolution of Criminal Law: From the Common Law to Modern Statutes and the Model Penal Code
Introduction
The history of Criminal Law in the United States does not begin as one might imagine with the creating of our Constitution, nor even with the Declaration of Independence that predated it by more than a decade. Nor indeed does that history begin in the colonial period. Our crim....
Fast Food Frenzy
There is a growing epidemic of childhood obesity
About 17 percent of U.S. children are considered obese and many doctors think heavy consumption of calorie-laden fatty fast food is partly to blame.
I'd like to hear what readers think. In an era when childhood obesity is exploding, it's a scandal ....
george washington
George Washington was born on Feb. 22, 1732 (Feb. 11, 1731/2, old style) in Westmoreland County, Va. While in his teens, he trained as a surveyor, and at the age of 20 he was appointed adjutant in the Virginia militia. For the next three years, he fought in the wars against the French and Indians, s....
How serious is the threat that the Islam poses to the West, and vice versa?
How serious is the threat that the Islam poses to the West, and vice versa?
My thesis finds that the threats that Islam and the West pose to each other are very serious and can develop into a 3rd world war conflict. I support the opinion that a clash of civilizations is a real threat, which will ....
IMPLIED RIGHTS IN THE AUSTRALIAN CONSTITION - RIGHT TO VOTE AND ONE VOTE, ONE VALUE
(i) Introduction
Australia is regarded as being a representative democracy because the government is formed by the peoples representatives. The people govern through those representatives whom administer democracy under a system of responsible government provided for in the Constitution.
In l....
In what ways and with what results, was Germany the key focus of the early stages of the Cold War?
During WWII, Germany was a common enemy to Allied Forces which started with Great Britain and France and ended up with the Soviet Union forming part of it together with the United States of America. After defeating Nazi Germany ruled by Adolph Hitler, the Soviet Union got to Berlin and afterward the....
Indian history
Isolated remains of Homo erectus in Hathnora in the Narmada Valley in Central India indicate that India might have been inhabited since at least the Middle Pleistocene era, somewhere between 200,000 to 500,000 years ago.[5][6] The Mesolithic period in the Indian subcontinent covered a timespan of ar....
Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution goes all the way back to the Commercial Revolution which started back in the middle ages. Many things were changing doing this time period, for example, the creation of the railroad came about. Due to the nature of these creations myths were created, and pondered whether or....
Inspiration Dragon
Dragons, once believed to be real at one time, are still alive in our hearts and our imaginations; theyve inspired many great movies and literature. Many great novels have been inspired by the very concept of dragons, if not the whole then at least parts. The History of Dragons intrigues many.
D....
Labor Conflict
The United States has a long history of labor conflict. Labor conflict basically started in America when Europeans began arriving in 1492. The history of labor in the United States is divided into eleven periods, which are the Colonial Period, the Revolutionary Era, the Growth of a New Nation, Exp....
Main theams in All quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarques All Quiet on the Western Front was set and written in Germany during the First World War. At this time the attitudes of war were that it was a picture of glory and was the most heroic death that anyone could have. However All Quiet on the Western Front is an anti-war ....
McCarthyism and the Media
The Cold War ushered in a new era in the American society that would change the way in which everyday life was carried on by the public. Men, women and children were convinced to fit the average mold that was promoted through propaganda issued from the American government and media. Events, such as....
Medieval music
Starting in the second century, various indicators of Roman civilization began to decline, including urbanization, seaborne commerce, and population. Only 40 percent as many Mediterranean shipwrecks have been found for the third century as for the first.[2] The population of the Roman Empire shrank ....
Mojave Desert
Mojave Desert
What does the name âMojaveâ mean?
The Mojaves were a small North American Indian tribe that lived in the same
area as whatâs now called the Mojave desert. They spoke a Yuman dialect and were
friends with all the other Indian groups on that land. The other native t....
Native American Culture Differs from Anglo-Saxon Culture
Native American Indian Culture Differs from Anglo-Saxon Culture
In the process of researching the differences of Native American Indian Culture and Anglo-Saxon Culture; the Native American Indian's history must first be understood. For many generations, Native American Indians lived off the ....
Piercing the corporate veil
Piercing the corporate veil
Introduction: A company is a form of business which is a separate legal entity (legal person). this legal entity separate and distinct from its shareholders, directors and employees. (Salomon v Salomon & Co Ltd [1897] AC 22) This is one of the basic dif....
Playboy of the Western World review
My How the Meaning of Playboy Has Changed
Going to see Playboy, I really didn't know what to expect. I really, really hated to waste 8 dollars on a show I barely understood when actually seeing the words, let alone trying to understand people speaking the words in an Irish accent. However I kept ....
Richard, John, and the Magna Carta
The Magna Carta translates to the Great Charter in latin, and it was exactly that. This document is famous for being the first written document to actually lessen the power of a king. The Magna Carta was put in place by the people of England against King John of England. It was put in place because ....
roman and greek societies
Ruling a land can be a lot of work, but keeping it to where is needed for a government to survive for many years is a hard thing to do. Society plays a very important role in a government such as Rome and Greece. Both of these lands have very different ways of running their cities and people. As I l....
Sauel P Huntingtons the clash of civilizatins
The Clash of Civilizations
The clash of civilizations is a theory proposed by Samuel P Huntington. Huntington is a political scientist and first published this theory in an article written in1993 for the influential American journal Foreign Affairs. In his book Huntington is not trying to understan....
schizophrenia
According to a Western model of psychology, Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder that primarily affects
thought and behavior. The following paper will reflect on a poem written by a person diagnosed with
Schizophrenia-"Schizophrenia” by Rebecca Paul. This reflection will firstly, look a....
Siddhartha and All Quiet On the Western Front
Everyone goes though some sort of journey towards self-awareness during his or her life, whether his or her journey is life changing or not. Two examples are Paul from All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, and Siddhartha from Siddhartha by Herman Hess. Both Paul and Siddhartha emb....
The Causes of World War I
The First World War had many causes; the historians probably have not yet discovered and discussed all of them so there might be more causes than what we know now. The spark of the Great War was the assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the throne of
Austria-Hungary, and his wi....
The Grapes Of Wrath Summary
The Grapes Of Wrath
Chapter One: Steinbeck begins the novel with a description of the dust bowl climate of Oklahoma. The dust was so thick that men and women had to remain in their houses, and when they had to leave they tied handkerchiefs over their faces and wore goggles to protect their eyes. ....
The Problem of Language in All Quiet on the Western Front
For it is no easy undertaking, I say, to describe the bottom of the Universe; nor is it for tonguesthat only babble child’s play. (The Inferno, XXXII, 7-9.) Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, a novel set in World War I, centers around thechangeswrought by....
The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History-book review
I am writing a book review of ¡°The Rise of the Western World: A New Economic History¡±, which is written by Douglass C. North and Robert Paul Thomas. It was first published in 1973 by the Syndics of the Cambridge University Press, in New York. The price is 24.99 US dollars.
This is an economi....
THE THREE HOLY PLACES IN JERUSALEM
People come to holy places for forgiveness of all their sins. They ask to be blessed by god for good health and take away all their pain. Thus, people believe that god will save their life. All religions have holy places to be visited by people. People visit holy places to perform rituals/ceremonie....
The Western Drug Companies and the AIDS epidemic in South Africa
The Western Drug Companies and the AIDS epidemic in South Africa
Which comes first: public health or corporate profits?
South Africa is currently experiencing a very severe HIV epidemic. By the end of 2005, there were 5.5 million people living with HIV in South Africa, that is, nearly 1 of 10....
the western invasion of China and Japan
Although the China and Japan are both Far East Asian countries, they reacted completely different to the invasion of the west in the mid-19th century. The interest in these countries was strictly based on the capitalist nature of the west, and the resistance from the Far East Asia countries was b....
Theme of Blindness in Madame Bovary
Theme of Blindness in Madame Bovary
In the novel, Madame Bovary, Flaubert creates a realist story of a young woman who is raised in a strict convent, who then tries to fulfill her dreams of a fantasy life by marrying a man that does not make her happy. Then in the end makes her miserable and in t....
This house believes that charity should begin at home
I am sure you are all very familiar with this scene. You are sitting at home, the first half of Emmerdale, CSI or whatever you happen to be watching has just finished and the adverts have just begun. Suddenly, a picture of a malnourished child flashes on the screen and the voice over says Two po....
Three Heirs of Rome
Rome fell in the Early Middle Ages after the death of western Rome's final Emperor, Romulus Augustulus in 476 AD, but this would not be the end. The demise of Rome had been a long time coming and the Roman Empire's breakup resulted in three related, but new societies as far as location, religion,....
What was trench warfare and what was its impact in World War 1?
In 1905, General Alfred von Schlieffen devised the Schlieffen plan which Germany would use in 1914. The Schlieffen plan was a bold and courageous plan to knock France swiftly out of any war before using the German army against Russia. For the plan to be successful the German army and its troops had ....
Which philosopher had the greatest impact on Western Civilization in the 18th century?
SSC 160 Western Civilization
October 10, 2007
Sir Isaac Newton was one of the greatest scientists who ever lived. Not only was Sir Isaac Newton an astronomer, Newton was a mathematician and physicist as well as a teacher. We will explore each facet, but first we will start into his early years s....
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