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- 1361: Realism And Credibility In Mol
- ... is 'ineffective', but there is indeed a difficulty: it is the claim of truth. Defoe in his preface states, "The Author is here suppos'd to be writing her own History." (Defoe, 1) and Behn claims, "I was myself an eye-witness to a great part, of what you will find here set down, and what I could not be witness of, I received from the mouth of the chief actor in this history, the hero himself, ..." (Behn, 75). Although both authors claim their stories are true, and thereby that their characters are realistic, there seems to be a gap between the authors' claims ... was over; I was resolv'd now to be Married, or Nothing at all." (Defoe, 60). Time contributes to Oroonoko in as far as it reflects a part of British history. The Surinam epidoses read more like a romantic travel story than a novel. As it is commonly believed that Aphra Behn went to Surinam it is quite possible that ...
- 1362: King Arthur
- ... became the image of the hero and savior whose death people refused to believe in and whose return was yearned for.” The opinion that Arthur was a genuine figure in history, though not the glorious King Arthur that most people know him to be, is largely based on the writings of Nennius, a Welsh historian, who gave the first and only ... the grave of Anwr, the son of Arthur the Soldier. The passage then continues describing the twelve battles that Arthur fought and won. The last battle, the greatest in the history of the country, was at Badon Hill. It resulted in a total massacre of the Saxons, establishing fifty years of peace from the Saxon's horrible brutality of slaughtering, burning ... the political needs of the moment. He created a new image of the hero with which to encourage his contemporaries. According to Richard Barber, Nennius had his own purpose for history (Barber 22-23). According to Richard Barber's interpretation, one can still believe that the Arthur mentioned in the poem the “Gododdin” is referring to the first Arthur written ...
- 1363: Walter Johnson - A Pitcher
- ... were players like Ty Cobb who hit .300 for 23 consecutive years, and the 'flying dutchman' Honus Wagner. Pitchers like the 'christian gentleman' Christy Mathewson, and the winningest pitcher in history Cy Young. In the years when the only Yankees were the people in the north and there was an upstart franchise called the American League there was a pitcher, his ... Kansas farm-hand who became one of the best pitchers baseball has ever been lucky to have ever seen, and he was on one of the worst teams in the history of baseball. Walter Johnson was born in 1887 in a small town called Humboldt,Ks. As a teenager his interests turned from working on a farm to baseball; as he ... players as Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth. Walter Perry Johnson died on December 10, 1946 in Washington D.C. in the town were he pitched for 21 years. 2nd in history with 416 wins had 279 losses (27 were lost 1-0 and his team shut out in 65 of his starts.) career E.R.A. of 2.17 first ...
- 1364: Jazz
- Jazz Jazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900 and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings jazz ... feel. Most jazz is based on the principle that an infinite number of melodies can fit the cord progressively of any cord. The twenties were a crucial period in the history of music. Revolutions, whether in arts or matter of state, create a new world only by sacrificing the old. By the late twenties, improvisation had expanded to the extent of ... twentieth century. This style began during the late 1920s and continued to the 1940s. Most jazz from the 1930s and early 1940s is called "swing music," and this time in history is now known as "the swing era." Big bands in the swing era were made up of ten or more musicians whose instruments were grouped into three categories called " ...
- 1365: Auschwitz
- ... For example, what was daily life like for the prisoners? How did people feel inside the camp, and how did they cope with the stress of imprisonment? What is the history of Auschwitz itself? What was life like for those who survived? What kinds of people were inside the camp? and, What exactly is “Zyklon B” and why was it used ... 1944, these resistance organizations culminated what was later called the “Birkenau Sonderkommando Uprising”. This event greatly helped moral amongst the prisoners, who were liberated just weeks later. What is the history of Auschwitz itself? The history of the camp began on April 27, 1940 when Heinrich Himmler, the head of the SS and Gestapo, ordered the construction of a camp in northeast Silesia, a region ...
- 1366: Analysis of the movie Contact
- ... main character of the movie refers to the historic event upon which the movie is based, contact with an alien civilization as one of the most significant events in human history and says "This time is unique in our history, in any civilization's history: the moment of the acquisition of technology. The moment when contact becomes possible." The movie explores many aspects of making "contact" with aliens. It explores the religious implications of ...
- 1367: Europe And The New World
- ... to defeat any culture they came across for the justifiable reasons of gold and God. This confidence was a physiological characteristic of the European people that can be traced throughout history. Also their growing confidence in technology and the power to change things gave them even more evidence they wanted to show that Europe was supposed to conquer the globe, for ... superiority – only in the Europeans minds. Bibliography: De Madariaga, Salvador. 1954, Hernan Cortes Conqueror of Mexico. Hollis & Carter, London. Easton, Stewart C. 1964, A Survey of Ancient, Medieval and Modern History. Barnes & Noble Inc, New York. Hartz, Louis. 1962, The founding of New Societies. Harcourt, Brace & World Inc, New York. Katz, Willian Loren. 1971, The Black West. Doubleday Company Inc, New York. Roberts J.M. 1980, History of the World ( 3rd edition). Helicon Publishing, New York. Washburn, Wilcomb E ( ed. ) 1964, The Indian and the White Man. Doubleday Company Inc, New York.
- 1368: A Discussion on the Myth and Failure of Reconstruction Following the Civil War, and How This Failure Impacted and Changed America
- ... congressional reconstruction over Johnson's vetoes: the Military Reconstruction act, the Command of the Army Act, and the Tenure of Office Act."(Tindall 461) In the book, America, A Narrative History, George Tindall describes what the Military Reconstruction Acts were intended to accomplish. "The Military Reconstruction Act was "little more than a requirement that southern states accept black suffrage and ratify ... the Supreme Court has resurrected the Civil Rights Act of 1866 to outlaw racial discrimination in housing.(Trelease 203) The Reconstruction period was one of the great disasters in American history. "In the postwar years the Union had not made the achievements of the war a foundation for the healthy advancement of the political, social, and economic life of the United ... Rinehart and Winston, Inc.1969. Franklin, John Hope. Reconstruction: After the Civil War. Chicago, The University of Chicago Press, 1961 Tindall, George Brown and David E Shi. America, A Narrative History. New York, Norton & Company, 1993. Trelease, Allen W. Reconstruction, The Great Experiment. New York, Harper & Row,1971.
- 1369: Medicine In America
- James Cassedy’s Medicine in America, A Short History takes a comprehensive look at medical progress in America from its colonial days to the present time. The book takes on five different themes in discussing medicine. First, it discusses ... efforts into the regulation of medical practice in America. The final theme is the role of the environment in the health of Americans. In covering these themes, Cassedy breaks American history into four different time periods. The book will best be reviewed by looking at each of these time periods, and how they cover the aforementioned themes. Logically, the book begins ... unorthodox methods of healing, such as acupuncture. All things considered, medicine in America has made dramatic improvements since its colonial days. James Cassedy has made an excellent overview of the history of medicine in America. Granted that this book will not win any literary awards in the near future, it is still a well-written tool in beginning one’s ...
- 1370: America And The Normandy Invasion
- ... That day was June 6, 1944, more commonly known as D Day, part of the invasion of Normandy, known as \\"Operation Overlord.\\" This operation was the largest amphibious assault in history. It was a day in which thousands of young Americans, who poured onto the beaches of France, matured faster than they would have ever imagined. They were not prepared for ... still victorious beaches of Omaha. D Day, June 6, 1944 was the beginning of the end of the Nazi empire. It was one of the most important days in military history as General Eisenhower\\'s cross channel attack, the largest in history, proved to be an overall success. The actions of the American soldiers on the Utah and Omaha beaches that day greatly aided in the triumph of the operation as ...
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