Essays on Destiny

How deep should you dig to change destiny? “From the tip of the steel blade to the end of the wooden shaft” would answer Stanley Yelnats, the character of the novel “Holes” (1998) of the modern American writer Louis Sachar. The story is full of...

Spanish American War The Spanish-American War changed foreign relations within the U.S. by stimulating the nation’s reputation as a global power, while also perpetuation sentiments of Manifest Destiny that had relevance with the U.S. since it’s foundation. Even though there is advocating for isolationist practice...

Seeing the fact that much of the trans-Mississippi West laid outside U.S. boundaries, Americans of the mid 1800s were realizing that the future of the lands west resided with the United States. Manifest destiny served as a justification for expansion by conveying the popular belief...