Shooting the messenger

1. Describe how Egypt and the Persian empires used the idea of God for political purposes. The Egyptian Empire believed that the Pharaohs were the “messengers of the divine world with authority that is derived from a changeless order established at creation”, meaning that everything they say is directly from the gods who have had that relationship with the Pharaohs since day one (assigned reading 9/15 paragraph 2). The Pharaoh is the Egyptian’s image of the gods and “lord of the entire Egyptian

government to the village. The men of power were no longer the high titled men, chief priests, and the elders, the men of power were now the District of Commissioner, and the court messengers. The District Commissioner had become the head of the government in Umuofia who judged cases ignorantly, then there were the court messengers who guarded the new prison, which was filled with citizens who would not listen to the white man’s laws. Okonkwo was very confused about what has happened to the village he

around 3:30 to 4:00 pm in the afternoon. As the seconds go by I see the UH student’s expression, movement, mood, and intensity as they exercise. Ranging from the basketball court where students are running up and down the court, talking, jumping, shooting, and making eye contact to their teammates. As the students perform resistance exercises (weight lifting), I see various individuals taking deep rhythmic breathes with their chin up, making sure their is back always straight as sweat forms on their

how much longer the fighting will go on. They discuss what might happen next. Now that the rest of his friends are dead or gone, Paul knows that Kat is the only friend he has left. Kat might die or go to the hospital, then home. Paul contemplates shooting himself in the foot so that he can leave with

Washington DC. When the war began Union troops stayed in her family's home. Her mother and one of the troops got into a confrontation and was using language that was offensive. Belle had enough and ended up shooting and killing the soldier. In a little bit of time

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The Spanish were successful in their conquest of the Aztec Empire for numerous reasons. They were intimidating in appearance and in their weaponry. They had animals that the Aztecs had never seen before. They also formed alliances with rival tribes, like the Tlaxcaltecas tribe. Finally, one of the key reasons that the Spaniards were able to successfully conquer the Aztecs was due to the fact that Motecuhzoma himself, believed that Cortes and his men were gods. In regards appearance, the Spanish

of importance, but much has changed with the invasion. Resistance to the white men was agreed upon because of fear of killing their own clansman. While the meeting was taking place, a group of messengers from the white men arrive and orders them to stop: “In a flash Okonkwo drew his machete. The messenger crouched to avoid the blow. It was useless. Okonkwo’s machete descended twice and the man’s head lay beside his uniformed body” (204). From this action, Okonkwo knows that his clan will not go to

“Things Fall Apart” by Chinua Achebe is a tragic novel. The description of tragedy that can influence the readers or audience as reflected in the book. The tragedy has powerful influential features which influence the readers. Aristotle rightly defined tragedy as “an imitation of an action that is serious, complete, and of a certain magnitude” (Aristotle, Ch. 6). He also constituent parts of tragedy and they are plot, characters, thought, diction, song and spectacle. The first three plot, characters

unaccustomed to the iron-clad individuals. In regards to weaponry, the Spanish were, even more, intimidating in the fact that they had cannons. The Aztecs describe the cannon to Motecuhzoma, "a thing like a ball of stone comes out of its entrails: it comes shooting sparks and raining fire...smoke that comes out of it has a pestilent odor. The odor penetrates even the brain and causes great discomfort" ( 30). For me personally, the only reason I can think of for Cortes to fire off a cannon was to show dominance