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Historical Leader Synthesis Essay on Sir Winston Churchill Soaked in sweat, I ran to the library to get a book on a historical leader before they were all gone. I would like to think I found a great leader, but I think one found me. As I was reading a book on great leaders of World War II, I initially focused on American leaders, but Sir Winston S. Churchill seemed fit my exact requirements. Sir Winston S. Churchill was a Visionary and Ethical Leader. In the following pages, I will explain how

Have you ever had a time where you had to think fast and use what was around you to prevent something bad from happening? When I was 13 my cousins were riding their bikes down a steep hill with a jump at the end and a lake about 30 feet after that. The more I watched them the more I wanted to ride my bike down the hill too, so I grabbed my bike and when they all went inside to watch tv I snuck out and got ready to go down the hill. When I was finally ready to go down I pushed off and pedalled as

The time is the 1960’s, it is the middle of the cold war and people are still feeling the aftershock effects of the second World War. People around the world are uneasy and scared of the implication of a communist takeover. Anthony Burgess’s examines many features that revolve around this topic and many others, most notably in his novel A Clockwork Orange. The novel can be divided into three main sections, his time in the streets, his time in jail and the experimentations, and finally his time after

In 1971, Congress created the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, otherwise known as Amtrak, through the Rail Passenger Service Act. Amtrak was created as both a private and public entity, due to its public funding and oversight. However, Congress was clear to differentiate it as a public entity. In 2008, Congress created a statue that allowed the Federal Railroad Administration and Amtrak to jointly issue standards and metrics for railroad performance.. This also allowed Amtrak to regulate

This paper will summarize the major differences between Ascetic (early Eastern) and Western monasticism. In addition will explain why living Christian live in the isolated community that routinizing a whole life ordered to God through prayer, study and work is more efficient than living the Christian life alone. The paper will also point out why, the founder of Western monasticism, Benedict encouraged the rules for organizing the common life and why he argued that society as well as the property

LACE DRESSES Which one of you brides has always wanted and dreamt of having a lace dress? This blog post is going to inform you on everything you need to know about finding your perfect lace dress. All fabrics that wedding dresses use are all beautiful, but none of them come close to how romantic and historical lace is. Back in history, when a bride would wear lace at her wedding, this demonstrated the wealth of your family and prosperity. It would tell everyone that you came from a wealthy family

In Anthony Burgess’s novel A Clockwork Orange, Alex the narrator grows up in a near future English city that develops his inner moral disconnect and sociopathic tendencies. These characteristics mirror and grow from the corruption of his city, originating with its lack of resources and culminating in the great cultural divide between teenagers and adults, emphasizing the importance of perspective in decision making and acting. In Alex’s city, adequate education is near nonexistent and crime

In the story a Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess; the authors point of view is focused to the devotion of free will. A Clockwork Orange means what happens when someone has had their free will taken away from them. In this case, Alex the protagonist can be described as a violent, psychotic criminal, and the idea of treating him so that he may no longer be able to commit crimes that may seem to be justified. “ What is happening to you now is what should happen to any normal healthy human organism

Quantico, a new dramatic television show, created by Joshua Safran, explores the lives of young FBI recruits who have come to Virginia for training to become special agents. The recruits are considered the best and the brightest, but each one possesses secrets, including hidden reasons for enlisting. One recruit is harboring the biggest secret of all, and ends up being suspected of masterminding the biggest and most deadly attack on U.S. soil since 9/11 (Quantico). As you can see, Quantico is rather

1. Children have always a sympathy in the agitations of those connected with them; always, especially, a sense of any trouble or impending revolution, of whatever kind, in domestic circumstances; and therefore Pearl, who was the gem on her mother's unquiet bosom, betrayed, by the very dance of her spirits, the emotions which none could detect in the marble passiveness of Hester's brow ( This passage fits into the novel by adding character development and adding to the plot on how women are supposed