Mikhail Kutuzov

The Power of Discourse The art of rhetoric has been present since the beginning of time. The birth of rhetoric is usually attributed to the Greeks as they presented us with ideas and theories about discourse. Famous philosophers such as Plato, the Sophists, and Aristotle presented us with theories that continue to be studied throughout. Most importantly the reason why we still study rhetoric is because rhetoric is everywhere. Our everyday lives are filled with the intensity of rhetoric and what

Ronald Reagan My hero is Ronald Reagan. When you think of Ronald Reagan you probably think about one of the presidents of the US, but Ronald Reagan was much more. Ronald Reagan during his life was an actor sports announcer in the military and the president. I choose Ronald Reagan as my hero because of the great things he did during his presidency, and the things that he did while not in office. Some of the things that were very important examples of him being a hero are when the air traffic controllers

Carter was angry that the USSR had decided to invade Afghanistan. This goes to show that there was a period of relaxation between the United States and the USSR; however tensions did start to rise again when Afghanistan was invaded. The election of Mikhail Gorbachev as president of the USSR is another example of thawing out of the Cold War. Gorbachev was regarded as a “young and reformist” leader. In 1988 Gorbachev ordered that troops should with drawl from Afghanistan. Tony Judt stated

the USSR was expanding their resources through trade deals it was becoming difficult to assist various countries. However, by the mid-1980’s, the USSR political system was gradually changing from a Federalist government into a Socialist system as Mikhail Gorbachev became elected as the leader of the USSR after the death of Konstantin Chernenko. Gorbachev policies was a shift of political, militarily, and social

Mikhail Lermontov’s ‘A Hero of our Time’ is set in the 1840s, a crucial time in Russian history. Pechorin was a revolutionary character in Russian literature due to his cynical and amoral personality that alienates him from all social strata. ‘A Hero of our Time’ generated a large amount of outrage from the public due to Lermontov, claiming Pechorin to be the ‘hero’ of our its time. ’Bela’ is a framed narrative portrayed from the views of an old friend, Maxim Maximych, however, the story told by

Looming out of the fog stood the grim lining of barbed wire and hard cement that blended seamlessly into the grey gloomy sky, encasing the city of Berlin in its shadow. For the people who were trapped inside the confines of the wall, the structure was a constant reminder of the freedom in which their next-door neighbour held. The Berlin Wall was built in 1961 to separate West and East Berlin. The story about how it came to be and the eventual struggle of the people who found themselves trapped are

This essay will prove how the end of the cold war was caused by Gorbachev and his policies to a large extent. The end of the Cold war was also due to President Reagan and the collapse of The Soviet Union to a smaller extent. Gorbachevs policies were Glasnost and perestroika. Perestroika translates to “restructuring” and this was the restructuring of the economy from the state, and the social and political restructuring. Glasnost translates to “openness” and this was the freedom of the press. Glasnost

Margaret Thatcher, was the first female prime minister of the United Kingdom in 1979. She was known as “The iron lady”. The name represents her roles in politics, as a strong and courageous woman, while some people argued that she was only a witch and not decent. When she passed away, these people celebrated by saying “ Ding dong the witch is dead”. Thatcher was an extreme right wing. During in the road of her politics, Thatcher made a good relationship with Ronald Reagan, the president of the

Education from Rabelais’ Perspective The Renaissance altered centuries of thought in Europe. One figured who contributed to revolutionizing though was the author Francois Rabelais who wrote comedic critiques of his world. In his stories of Gargantua and Pantagruel the author critiques many aspects of sixteenth century life– especially the education system. He examines previous educational attitudes, as well as those during his time. As a humanist thinker, Rabelais values education and reform. The

They Did Not Expect Him is Repin’s most notable painting on the theme of political prisoners, and is the only significant piece of this time that brings the effects of the revolutionary movement into the domestic sphere. Stripped away is the exile’s grandeur of idealistic Populism featured in other paintings on the theme, and in its place are the realistic effects of his absence and incarceration. In the initial sketches the main character oscillated between a man or woman, and while the title becomes