Life After the Terricide

The Great Terror, an outbreak of organised bloodshed that infected the Communist Party and Soviet society in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), took place in the years 1934 to 1940. The Terror was created by the hegemonic figure, Joseph Stalin, one of the most powerful and lethal dictators in history. His paranoia and yearning to be a complete autocrat was enforced by the People’s Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD), the communist police. Stalin’s ambition saw his determination to eliminate rivals such as followers of Leon Trotsky, a political enemy. The overall concept and practices of the Terror impacted on the communist party, government officials and the peasants. The NKVD, Stalin’s instrument for carrying out the

To fully understand this artwork, The Cycle of Terror and Tragedy, done by artist Graydon Parrish in 2002, one must have a general understanding of the events that took place on September 11th, 2001. Because the painting is portraying the events and the aftermath to the viewer, it is understood that the audience is aware of this significant date. Parrish has a very strong stance against the actions taken on this day, as he displays this tragic event. The viewer's eye is initially drawn to the two tall screaming men in the center of the photo, used to represent the twin towers. This sets a very dark and depressing tone as the tragedy of September 11th is truly portrayed. The story that can be seen here is read left to right on the canvas, showing

Criminology is continuously changing and developing. Advances of technology have made media our primary news source for crime. We believe the stories told by our local news media, not doubting a word because these sources are supposedly reliable. Nevertheless, they sometimes do spread false information. It may be intentional or unintentional. According to Cohen, media presence amplifies a problem which did not previously exist (Steeves and Milford, 2015) thus creating a moral panic. As media influence increases, it is necessary for criminologists to study moral panics, such as the Columbine School shootings or the Hurricane Katrina aftermath.

Mass hysteria is a phenomenon that transmits collective allusions of threats through a population in society as a result of rumors and fear. The Crucible by Arthur Miller accurately portrays mass hysteria that took place during the Salem witch trials of 1692. People were accused based on revenge or other malicious motives and to make the situation worse, nothing about the trials was logical. After a few people were accused, fear set into the town and everyone was viewed as a witch until proven innocent. Mass hysteria not only happened during the Salem witch trials, but right after the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001 as well. Mass hysteria ties into both the accusations made in The Crucible and the islamophobia that set in after 9/11.

Three great accomplishments done by the Soviets that should be remembered and out into Soviet textbooks are their space races, military strength, and the Great Terror. The Soviet Union was the first country to ever send space satellites. At the time not even the United States had made any discoveries involved with space. Next to the space race discoveries, the Soviets also had extremely well military strength. They did spend more than the U.S but the advancement in their military strength was greatly larger. Both accomplishments were amazing but another life changing event that should be placed into Soviet textbooks is the Great Terror. The great terror was a tragic time for the Soviets and for it to be remembered by their future generation

The narrator delivers a well-received discourse at his graduation, which he describes by saying, "On my graduation day I delivered an oration in which I showed that humility was the secret, indeed, the very essence of progress. (Not that I believed this -- how could I, remembering my grandfather? -- I only believed that it worked)" (Ellison 938). The acceptance of the narrator's speech affords him the opportunity to address an assembly of prominent members of the white community, but first he must survive the Battle Royal, a boxing war in the ring against fellow African Americans. The Battle Royal is symbolic of the fight that many blacks wage against themselves to gain money, position, and prominence. The narrator is forced to participate in a battle against blacks before he speaks. This conflict illustrates a powerful tool used by the southern white man, by encouraging infighting, the African American community is kept from uniting, in unity, freedom could be gained.

Imagine surviving the Holocaust while millions of other people have perished. Would you feel the guilt that you were alive while the person next to you did not? Would you even have saved them? While many consider the Holocaust in the past, for survivors the horror will never be completely over.

When World War II and the Holocaust is thought about the tragedies that occurred are primarily the death camps and gas chambers. However, prior to this “off-hands” killing, large firing squads went through the towns, identified, gathered, and executed millions of Jews. This process was called Einsatzgruppen, and while the act itself was well known to historians, the numbers of those killed are still unknown. Father Desbois, author of The Holocaust by Bullets, traveled to Ukraine on a personal trip to uncover the camp in which his grandfather was a prisoner and forced to work at; however, his journey turned into an exploration of mass graves of Jews who fell victim to the Germans and those they requisitioned.

According to Jewkes (2001: p.74), moral panic is referring to public and political reactions to minority or marginalized individual who appear to be threat to the social values and interest. Moral panic is mostly the consequences when by the media amplify the deviancy and public responses. The ‘bikie gangs’ is presented in a stylised and symbolic fashion by the mass media (Cohen, 2004: 1), fear against ‘bikie gangs is among the Australian society. General public concern about their safety on road and in other occasions because the media tells them that the ‘bikie gangs’ involve in other criminal activities. Moral panic now is not simply a social phenomenon of fear towards crime, but rather a social phenomenon of contemporary media structure,

The American-Soviet relation marked a great degree of cooperation and symbolizes the defeat of Nazi Germany. However communism, McCarthyism, and the clashes between the countries perished the alliance between America and the Soviet Union. Therefore, despite the two countries trying to work together: their agreements would fail.

Mass hysteria is when a group bans together and acts as one as a result of rumors and fear, that may cause one to think irrationally. Mass hysteria has been seen in many events throughout history, that has led to an overwhelming outbreak of fear. In the play The Crucible, Arthur Miller presents how mass hysteria can quickly and easily overtake a group of people and wreak havoc on everyone by inflicting fear. Mass hysteria is a controlling force in the play and is seen in the accusations of the guilty and innocent, the judging of the accused, and in the actions of the major characters.

Seven year-old Chandler Grafner found dead in the closet of his foster parents home. Denied food and water and left to indulge in his own urine and feces until he died. Chandler is only one of many cases caused by the negligence of the foster system. Majority of foster children are left without a loving healthy home. Although the system is here to help many fail to realize the system is dysfunctional. Many children are abused, raped, and neglected. This causes the children to experience depression and conduct in bad behavior. I believe the negligence of the system causes effects the children for the rest of their life.

This essay will look at what a moral panic is and where the term came from. We will then discuss the moral panic of the rave scene in England during the 1980s and look at how and when rave started and why it caused such a strong feeling of panic throughout the nation.

In this source Mike Keefe from the Denver Post is saying that the UN did not step into the Sudan genocide until numerous people were already dead. The man in the suite with the briefcase that has the letters UN on it represents the United Nations. The fact that the man has a question mark beside his head and that his face looks rather puzzled shows that the United Nations did not know that genocide was occurring in Sudan. The statement “slow to connect the dots…” up in the top left corner is saying that the UN was slow to pick up on any clues or hints that related to Sudan and the genocide that was taking place. The way that all the bodies are arranged on the ground with a single letter in which you have to connect the bodies to form the word

Adrian Flynn’s playwright “The Valley of the Fear”, adapted from the novel by Conan Doyle, demonstrates how the writer uses techniques to convey an impression of suspense and mystery through scenes with a high level of anticipation and uncertainty. Suspense is achieved through the use of literary devices and events that stimulate the viewer’s moods. Readers wait with anticipation for the next secret to be revealed in strong, sudden scenes. Furthermore, Doyle creates a sense of tension by never giving the reader an entire answer so they can make up their own mind about what’s happening.