Leoš Janáček

Ivan in The Death of Ivan Ilyich, written by Leo Tolstoy, tells a tale about a man whose attitude ultimately becomes his downfall. The Death of Ivan Ilyich opens with the future. Ivan’s funeral is currently going on, however it is not actually known why these things are going on until later in the story. This is where a tale of a man who only lives a life to make himself look good to others begins. Everything from his profession, love, and possessions is all a lie. Ivan built his entire life on the

In his book Just and Unjust Wars, Michael Walzer discusses the intricacies of noncombatant immunity. Walzer defines noncombatants as those who are immune from direct attack by an enemy. He derives this immunity from an individual’s natural rights to life and liberty. Walzer explains that an individual who threatens these natural rights of others loses his immunity, rendering this individual a combatant, and he can therefore be subject to direct attack by an enemy. Walzer further elaborates on this

Nonviolent resistances often consist of numerous individuals that gather together to use their voice and protest in nonviolent manners. Nonviolent movements and peaceful resistance is the refusal to obey an idea, law, or future decision made by individuals in power (Dictionary.com). They can be extremely important in revoking or stopping a law or decision from being enacted. This is proven by peaceful movements and protests such as the one gathered by Marin Luther King Jr. and the many Americans

n Virginia Woolf’s self biographic essay Street Haunting, she explores complex themes and ideas on perception and identity while going out to buy a pencil on a winter evening in London, a seemingly mundane task. This passage in particular highlights how Woolf uses her writing as a way to examine and explore her feelings on transformation and her own self identity, and how identity is something that constantly changing as we progress through life, or even, as we take a walk to the store. Woolf’s

Toshiba The Toshiba scandal has Japan’s government concerned that the investors will begin to lose confidence in the country. Toshiba’s billion-dollar accounting scandal brought to light a corporate culture in Japan plagued by collusion of its senior members. The corporation was hit with embarrassing revelations that the top executives were pressuring underlings to inflate their profits by about $1.2 billion dating back to 2008 (Nishimura-Poupee, 2015). Senior managers instilled a rigid system that

“Master and Man” by Leo Tolstoy is a story that explores the dynamics between a peasant, Nakita and his master,Vasillii Andriech. Andriech foolishly risks both of their lives, when they venture to another town in inclement weather to secure a business deal. Unfortunately, Andreich's impatience and greed ultimately leads to his demise. At the end of the story Nikita dies and is denied the same bliss that Vasillii Andreich experiences in death; in order to solidify the dichotomy between these two men

In order for justice to prevail there must be realization that there are unjust occurrences that need to be dealt with, there must be action taken to show how immense the situation is and how rapidly it should be dealt with, and there must be nonviolent demonstrations for superb end conclusions. There are 3 steps in order for justice to prevail which were ideas derived from Martin Luther King Jr., Lenard Pitts, Henry David Thoreau, and Harper Lee. Those three steps will be explained and discussed

Cults have existed throughout history since the beginning of time. A cult is defined in Webster’s dictionary as a “system of religious worship with a devoted attachment to a person, principle, etc.” Over the past thirty years numerous religious cults have caused “ tens of thousands to abandon their families, friends, education’s, and careers to follow the teaching of a leader they will never meet”(Beck 78). Opinions vary as to why people are drawn to cults. “Martin Marty, professor of religious

War and Peace and Tolstoy's View of History       Count Lev Tolstoy wrote abundantly on the philosophical issues that he felt were universally important.  One of the most prolific examples of this is his view of history.  This is set out most clearly and most famously in his largest work, War and Peace.  As Tolstoy claimed himself in a public statement on the work, 'War and Peace is what the author wanted and was able to express in that form in which it was expressed.'  Not only do the themes

On November 18, 1978, followers of Jim Jones shot and killed United States Congressman Leo J. Ryan and four others traveling with him on a fact finding trip to Guyana. Ryan was there to investigate complaints about the community called "Jonestown," which was largely inhabited by his former California constituents. After murdering a United States congressman Jones knew the end of his rule was near. He ordered his entire following, some 914 people, to commit what he called "revolutionary suicide