Leoš Janáček

The Importance of Thrasymachus in Plato’s Republic      Dr. Malters’s comments: This student does two things quite remarkable for an undergraduate student. In his compact essay, not only does he display an in-depth understanding of complex perspectives on justice put forth by the protagonist Socrates, he deftly explains how Plato has artfully made rude objections by a seemingly minor character early in the dialogue function as a structuring device for nearly all the important ideas examined

On November 18, 1978 one of the most tragic American massacres would occur in Guyana. This massacre took the lives of 914 Americans making it the largest loss of American lives in a non-natural disaster before 9/11. Surprisingly, this massacre was not an act of war, as many members were told to believe, but it was part of a religious organization under the leadership of paranoid Jim Jones. Jones created the movement to create the liberation of others through socialism, but many did not recognize

Virginia Woolf, in the excerpt from her memoirs, reflects upon her childhood summers, expressing the significance of the “perfect lesson” that impacted her life. Woolf captivates her reader by painting a vivid picture of a summer day spent on the luggar with her father before utilizing a metaphor to reveal how the experience had a profound impact on her. She does this in order to reveal how this memory left a lasting impression on her subsequent path through life. Woolf addresses to all who have

Motives and actions of the Peoples temple, Jones began Scouting for a Safe haven outside of the U.S and Moved his Congregation to Guyana (Damsker 1). Then, in 1978, Congressman, Leo Ryan arrived at Jonestown to Investigate the state of the place (The Peoples Temple 3). Several members of the Cult began to ask to leave with Leo Ryan and when he finally began to leave he and 4 others were attacked and killed by Cult Loyalists (Layton 2). After this Jones organized one final Sermon and

Due to these tedious conditions, the people wanted to leave Jonestown, and to leave they would need Jones’ permission to do so, but Jones did not anyone to leave. Due to complaints, Leo Ryan, a US Representative form San Mateo California went to Jonestown along with some members of NBC film crew. To Ryan, everything looked fine, until he was secretly informed that the people were held against their will. On November 18, 1978, Ryan

Rhetorical Analysis: Jim Jones “Death Tape” One of the most significant artifacts from The Peoples Temple is known as the “Death Tape” because it is the last audio recording of Jim Jones, which was recovered after the mass suicide of he and his followers. That day Jim Jones effectively persuaded more than 900 of his followers to commit mass suicide by reestablishing his strong credibility, using persuasive tactics of love and fear, and by convincing them that suicide is the rational way and the

The Lady or the Tiger? Tiger. “The Lady or the Tiger?” is a short story written by Frank R. Stockton about a unique arena. Accused subjects are subjected to the perils of fate by choosing one of two doors. One door results in a marriage and the other results in a gruesome death by means of a tiger. One incident includes two lovers. A princess’s lover is sent to the arena because of his relationship with the princess and his social ranking. However, the princess in the story possessed herself

Women and Expectations in the 1920s Virginia Woolf expresses a lot of different aspects of characters in Mrs. Dalloway, and one of them is the relation of the characteristics of Clarissa Dalloway and women in the 1920s in general. In this story, Clarissa Dalloway is a character who most likely to be expressed as mellow and miserable. She is miserable and sad because she is most likely stuck in her previous life, regarding her previous relationship and memories with somebody. She has been thinking

Mahatma Gandhi was a political leader who brought peace to India, he had a peaceful method of non-violence, although many people think his death was just because he was gaining too much power and followers, but that is not a reason for him to have been killed and all he believed in was peace. Gandhi was a man who thought “live like there's no tomorrow” this was actually one of his famous quotes.Many people think that he had too much power and that’s why he was killed. All he really did was free

In Leo Tolstoy’s The Death of Ivan Ilyich the narrator claims that Ivan lived a terrible life. "Ivan Ilyich's life had been most simple and most ordinary and therefore most terrible" (818). This is an interesting and conflicting claim made the narrator because most of people today live simple lives. According to Tolstoy’s claim then, they all are living terrible lives. This is conflicting because most people would disagree, arguing that to some people having a simple life can be a good life. Therefore