Essays on History

In the nineteenth century, many Americans began migrating westward as part of a greater movement, Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the founding ideal of opportunity, especially through granting farmers free land, compensating Native Americans, and providing jobs for immigrants. Farmers benefited greatly from Manifest Destiny...

 Over a span of thirteen years Alexander the Great had led many great empire-building campaigns that sent ripples throughout the many great civilizations at that time. Shortly after the Greek culture and influence slowly spread to India and later on towards other countries, thus this...

Racializing Asians and Asian Americans as carriers of disease has always been a way for Westerners to frame them as the perpetual “other.” Ever since their earliest interactions, the “Occident” has continuously seen the “Orient” as inferior and exotic compared to their own behavior and...

The Holocaust was one of the largest mass killing of humans ever. Millions of Jewish people were killed at the hands of Nazi Germany. For almost 6 years, the Jewish people were persecuted and thrown into work camps called concentration camps. Unknown to the outside...

Children have an aura of innocence and carelessness, unless they are a child of war. No matter which side they’re on, winning or losing, the kids will witness something that’s horrible. Both the movie, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and the book, Night, by...

The riots of the summer of 1919 happened between the months of April and October. This is now named the Red Summer. There were many events that led up and cause the Red Summer. When the African American soldiers came back to the U.S. after...

Betwixt the time of 1816 and 1828 Mass Democracy was growing throughout the United States of America from the effects following the War of 1812. Although, at this time Mass Democracy did not mean the same thing as it does today. It was in fact...

We examine three characteristics of Seven Samurai, the magnum opus of Akira Kurosawa, one of the greatest filmmakers of all time. Kurosawa’s works are foundational to a wide variety of film techniques and tropes. While Kurosawa himself considered Ran to be his best film, Seven...

The three major themes that occurred in the story, The Boy In The Striped Pajamas, are the desire for friendship, boundaries, and the innocence of childhood. To begin, John Boyne explored the theme of friendship by having Bruno wander to the fence of the camp,...

Rwanda is one the poorest countries of the world: its HPI-1 is of the 44,5%. The causes of economic weakness are to be found in the distance from the sea, in the economic dependence on the export of tea and coffee and in the precarious...

Introduction The meaning of home may vary from person to person. Some may say that home is where we grow up, and some may say that home is the home of a family. However, in an unfamiliar country, our family is far away from us....

Evangelicalism has created a big role in shaping the American religion and culture. This development done through centuries is known as an important part of American history. This event occurred throughout a big part of American history occurring from the 17thto the 20thcentury. The 17th...

Throughout the long history, the European powers and the wider dynamics of globalization have had a huge influence on the continent of Africa. However, in fact Africans themselves have been always playing an important role in shaping their own destiny. From my perspective, Africans have...

Hagakure Hagakure, also known as the samurai bible, is a book that represents the attitude that goes beyond the modern pragmatism or the love for materialism to the overall spiritual development of individuals. Despite the interpretations that people have had on this book, Hagakure applies...

As one of the few surviving autobiographical writings from early Japan, in Musui’s Story, Katsu Kokichi narrates his life as a late Tokugawa-period samurai. Amid the Tokugawa period, also known as the Edo period, grand wars and conflicts slowly dwindled in number and size. The...

When people mentioned about Chinese food and culture, Chinatown is the place they will mention as well. There are so many kinds of stores and restaurants which they can explore and find some interesting things. Nowadays, there are three main areas which also called enclaves...

Following the American Revolution, whose victory not only granted the U.S. its independence, but also opposed the intermingling of politics and religion. This separation of religion from politics led to a series of religious revivals that swept the united states. From the 1790s and into...

The concept of writing and designing a cinematic production that is even loosely based on a real-life period in history can be an extremely difficult task. This kind of production comes with the expectations and responsibility that history should be retold in a respectful manner,...

Alexander was a Macedonian child of Philip II. At the point when his dad kicked the bucket he acquired the job of preeminent administrator of his dad. He re-propelled the war his dad had started against Persia after he had figured out how to combine...