Attila the Hun

all, the movie Mulan is historically accurate in its portrayal of Daoist thoughts. One of the main Daoist thoughts is that nature’s function is better than constructs or actions taken by humans. This is well represented when Mulan faces an army of Huns at the alps. Instead of having taking a more human-focused route by firing the cannon directly at the approaching army, she acts like a true Daoist and shoots

Hayden Ikerd Mr. Wheeler AP Literature 12 April, 2013 Thomas Foster’s Themes Traced in Mulan In his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster explains many reoccurring themes in literature, and shows how to recognize them and in some instances shows certain works where they occur. By reading this guide to literature, one may gain a deeper understanding of the work itself and of the author’s intent in writing it. However, Foster’s methods can also be applied to films. A film

The Disney film Mulan, begins with the Huns, namely the corrupt army, invading China. Meanwhile, in a village a young woman desired for the true reflection of herself to be revealed, with this intention it sparked a flame in her heart to pursue a prohibited job as an imperial soldier. To explain in depth, because the Hans invade China the emperor called for the training of recruit soldiers, choosing one male from each family to mandatorily fight in the war. Her father was injured, yet he was still

character breaking out of the standard gender roles of society; therefore, Mulan shows that great things happen when we step out of the gender roles society has created. Mulan is a movie that takes place during 6th century China when the Mongolian Huns invaded China by crossing the Great wall and started a war that lasted twelve years. The movie starts when the Hans first attacking and crossing the Great Wall. The emperor is warned about the attack. He calls for one man from each family to serve

Originating from Mongolia, the Huns were a vicious, savage like, and fearless were a nomadic group. Around 374 AD the Huns digressed on west to Hungary. When Atila was around as leader the empire of the Huns his people did not find him appealing. Although the people of his empire disliked him their empire thrived greatly. Atila was quite the leader, and didn’t take many losses except for one. Atila and his warriors were defeated in one battle only by the Romans who made an alliance with the King

achieve an impressive task, or simply being successful. Among those remembered, conquerors are often remembered by many, often in conflicting light. The greatest individual conquerors of the world’s past include Genghis Khan, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Attila the Hun. But alongside these memorable names is the widely known Alexander the Great. His colossal empire spanned around two million square miles, falling behind only Genghis Khan for having the largest conquered area ruled by one individual (Jayne Notes)

research question for this paper is as follows: To what extent were Attila the Hun’s military tactics effective? The importance of this question stems from the fact that Attila the Hun is one of the greatest military leaders of all time and his military tactics helped to contribute to the fall of the Roman Empire. The Hun’s military practices, important battles between the Huns and other militaries and their outcomes, and Attila’ s importance to their success are issues that will be covered. The

The Huns were a group of nomadic people who lived in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia between the 1st Century AD and the 7th Century. The origins of the Huns are disputed, although it is likely that they originally came from another nomadic group called the Xiongnu, who inhabited what is now Mongolia and often battled with the Han Empire of China. After their defeat by the Han, part of the Xiongnu began to move west and acquire other nomadic people, these people would become the Huns

savages? and the other barbarians even feared them. The Huns failed to effect Rome because they did not have a leader. The Romans put up the Theodosian Walls around Constantinople to protect from outside barbarians. The Huns rise to power when Attila and his brother, Bleda, rule them. The Huns expand their land and Attila plans to rule alone. Attila and Rome come to peace, but when Rome is fighting in North Africa against the Vandals, the Huns sack: Sirmium, Singidunum, Margum, Viminacium, Naissus

Empire, I do not believe it to be reliable descriptions of the Huns. The Huns are described in a very biased manner. “They have squat bodies, strong limbs, and thick necks, and are so prodigiously ugly and bent that they might be two- legged animals..” (Spielvogel p.180). In my opinion, this quote from the section describes how unfactual and biased the author’s opinion is on the Huns.     Historians believe that his account of the Huns is largely based on stereotypes (Spielvogel p. 180). I completely