Essays on Historical Figures

Confucius and Lao Tzu are widely regarded as two of the most praised and well known Chinese philosophers. The Analects of Confucius is often compared with one of Lao Tzu’s great works, Tao the Ching. They both have unique standpoints, some similar but most differentiating….

Due to his life experiences such as assault by police force, three years of labor-intensive work, and service in the U.S. Air Force, Howard Zinn occupies many objections to objectivity, otherwise known as objections to neutrality. These previous accounts in Zinn’s life eventually caused him…

Women in Politics Abigail Adams 1744-1818 Abigail Adams was the wife of one president and wife of another. She was not just a mother and a wife, she was also very concerned with politics. Abigail often corresponded with her husband through letters, as they were…

John and Abigail Adams’ Letters: A Cultural Reflection In the letters between Abigail and John Adams, the reader is allowed a rare glimpse into the relationship of one of America’s most prolific and progressive presidents. Their correspondence in these letters has implications that continually transcend…

Review The book is explaining about a woman called Abigail and her encounters in life (“Abigail Adams: a revolutionary American woman”, 2008). From the background, her entire family appears to be raised through public official jobs, landowners, and merchants. The book is indicating that her…

In the beginning of WWII, Hitler attacked Austria, but that was mainly Germans anyway and nobody took any actions against Germany. Then he signed the Munich agreement with Neville Chamberlain, which said the Czech republic was the last place Hitler was going to attack. He…

Evaluate the successes and failures of one ruler of a single party state A single party state is a government system, whereby power in a country is held by one party, forbidding the existence of any opposition. The system is similar to a dictatorship or…

Genocide Case Study: Holodomor In June of 1933, a doctor residing in Ukraine wrote in a letter how she had not resorted to cannibalism yet but was not “sure that [she] shall not be one by the time [her] letter reaches you”. In the course…

The nation we live in today was built on the backs on our ancestors. The 2016 movie, Birth of a Nation, tells the story of Nat Turner. The rebellion started by Nat Turner was one of the main causes to the civil war and abolition…

The Religiopolitical Power in Nat Turner’s Confession David Chidester, a professor of comparative religions, considers religion and politics to be two realms of power which together exists as religiopolitical systems of power. He claims that religiopolitical systems may conflict with other such systems, when their…