History

The weapons of mass destruction, weapons that have the capacity to cause destruction and death on a huge scale. They are usually classified into four different categories radiological, nuclear, chemical and biological. With modern technology, we have reached a point where these weapons are so powerful and destructive that with the push of a button, […]

One of the components of capitalism is the creation of profits and generating surplus through selling in the markets, a state’s wealth is determined by the monopoly of market it possesses. These markets are composed of customers who are in demand of the product so what happens when these customers can produce their own? This […]

Throughout the late nineteenth and mid twentieth centuries the political and geographical boundries of nations were undergoing rapid changes promoted by capitalism and supported by powerful forces of ideology. However, at the turn of the century we begin to see political uprising, communism and breaking of great empires. This distribution of complex empires was cut […]

For ages, people have been trying to persuade one another to earn what they wanted or to create change in their situations, but how does one truly get another to agree with a view or an opinion? In the times of prejudice, discrimination, unfairness, and injustice, there was a black man and a pig preparing […]

The Enlightenment was supposed to be a time of renewal of intellectual ideology, however, this period of time only benefited a handful of wealthy, educated individuals. The Enlightenment is commonly seen as a positive period of time, however there are also many shortcomings of this period of renewal. Wealthy, educated men were among the most […]

Traditional, political, and social theologies and ideals began to change during the Enlightenment movement. Men had always been the dominant race due to being educated, and being job working class citizens. Women were expected to take care of household responsibilities, child bear and finally be a mother. There were few women who were given the […]

On April 19, 1963, Dr. King Jr wrote a detailed letter from Birmingham Jail reply to some of the public releases which were about undermining his fight for civil equality. In the letter, Dr.King Jr. wrote to address the biggest issue in Birmingham and the United States at the time of racism. King Jr addressed […]

Martin Luther King has contributed to the development of African American self-identification. He has created an essential space for enhancing the position of the entire community and decreasing real racial discrimination. Several documents proclaim King’s stance on non-violent protest and the importance of equality in U.S. society. Letter from a Birmingham Jail illustrates the long […]

War has the undiscriminating and destructive power to alter, destroy and transform places and lives it touches. In James Cameron’s movie, Avatar and Dennis Bock’s novel, The Ash Garden, the main characters`, Jake Sully and Neytiri (Avatar) and Anton Böll and Emiko Amai (The Ash Garden), humanity is tested and enduringly transformed by the destructive […]

How long can a man remain civilized before descending into savagery? Although society provides rules of civilization to abide by, the evil nature of mankind will always exist within. In both William Golding’s novel Lord of the Flies and Harry Hook’s movie adaptation of Lord of the Flies, we see a group of boys who are stranded on […]