-
Comic Strip Super Powers
1,583 wordsSuperman: The History of the Man of Steel Sixty six years ago in Cleveland, Ohio two teenagers named Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster came up with this idea of a hero. This hero is now world renowned as a staple in the world of comic books. He was the first of his kind and has a long list of followers. This hero was Superman. Ever since that summer night in 1934 when Superman crept into the mind of Jerry Siegel, he has been changing ever so slightly into the masterpiece of a hero he is today. The hi...
Free research essays on topics related to: comic book, comic strip, summer night, super powers, golden age -
Hundred And Fifty Heinrich Himmler
1,787 wordsThe Nazi camp of Auschwitz, located thirty miles west of Krakow, was the largest, most deadly camp used during World War II (Friedrich 2). Built in 1940, it was the first camp located beyond the frontiers of the Third Reich (Friedrich 4). "According to various estimates, 1, 600, 000 people were murdered in the killing center" (Yahil 372). Ninety percent of those who were murdered in Auschwitz were Jewish (Yahil 372). Originally an Austrian artillery barracks, Auschwitz was to be supposed to be b...
Free research essays on topics related to: hundred and fifty, gas chambers, roll call, heinrich himmler, prisoners -
Francis Scott Key F Scott Fitzgerald
1,285 wordsMany authors in American have worked to shape the history that is America through their portrayal of their age. F. Scott Fitzgerald used his writing to shape America during the post-Great War America and into the Great Depression. Through his influential works, Fitzgerald defined the turbulent 1920 s as the Jazz Age, reflecting his life into those works that are still today seen as defining pieces of American history. Fitzgeralds life was reflected in his work, making his name synonymous with th...
Free research essays on topics related to: f scott fitzgerald, francis scott key, side of paradise, facts on file, nick carraway -
British And French Battle Of Britain
1,483 wordsThe defeat of Germany in World War Two was due to many factors. All of these factors were influenced by the leadership and judgment of Adolf Hitler. Factors such as the stand fast policy, Hitlers unnecessary and risky decision making in military situations, for example when attacking the USSR, and the declaration of war on the US. Plus other factors, like Hitlers alliance with Italy, despite its obvious weaknesses, and the pursuit of the final solution, can all be attributed to the poor leadersh...
Free research essays on topics related to: british and french, end the war, german troops, sea lion, battle of britain -
Game Of Baseball Type Of Person
1,533 wordsThis film was first set in the 1990 s, however it started off as one of the baseball players from the 1940 s attending their installation in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The story is told as one long flashback to the 1940 s. The physical setting of the film was in Cities of America including Chicago, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky and New York, where the Baseball teams played their games. The film contained feelings of war, happiness, sadness, friendship, persistence and hardship. The Second World Wa...
Free research essays on topics related to: baseball league, game of baseball, end of the film, type of person, beginning of the film -
World War 2 Noam Chomsky
756 wordsPerhaps Noam Chomsky best summed up the French sentiment toward World War 2 when he said, 'History hath triumphed over time, which besides it nothing but eternity hath triumphed over. ' (Herotodus 92) Although it was not clear in 1940, we now know that World War 2 was actually a monumental conspiracy by the French lower-class in their attempt to distract its citizens from the democracy of the New Historicism movement. This claim is supported by three moving facts: the Italian Declaration of 1777...
Free research essays on topics related to: mao zedong, noam chomsky, world war 2, karl marx, fidel castro -
Swing Era Jazz Musicians
1,432 wordsJazz Jazz is a type of music developed by black Americans about 1900 and possessing an identifiable history and describable stylistic evolution. It is rooted in the mingled musical traditions of American blacks. More black musicians saw jazz for the first time a profession. Since its beginnings jazz has branched out into so many styles that no single description fits all of them with total accuracy. Performers of jazz improvise within the conventions of their chosen style. Improvisation gave jaz...
Free research essays on topics related to: latin american, swing era, american music, twentieth century, jazz musicians -
Central Intelligence Agency Science And Technology
650 wordsThe main purpose of the CIA is to collect and analyze foreign intelligence information essential to the United States security (Central Intelligence Agency 254). The CIA also unifies the activities of other important agencies in the intelligence community such as the Defense Intelligence Agency and the National Security Agency (254). The duties of the Central Intelligence Agency are numerous: engaging in research in military, scientific, and political fields, conducting counterintelligence activ...
Free research essays on topics related to: science and technology, central intelligence agency, national security, pearl harbor, 20 g -
World War Ii Women In America
1,808 wordsHow does the Essay What was the Effect that World War Two Had on the Social Roles of Women Relate to Salinger's Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut? In Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut written by Salinger one may notice many details which relate to historical background of the short story. The story about Eloise and her little daughter concerns the period of 1940 - 1950 and a great impact made by World War II on shifting social roles of women in America. I think that the positive and negative consequences of...
Free research essays on topics related to: mary jane, roles of women, women in america, world war ii, male and female -
American Ownership Of Canada
1,853 wordsAmerican Ownership of Canada In 1867 Canada was heading down the road of autonomy, in 1931 Canada gained further independence from the empire by negotiating and signing the Treaty of Westminster. But within a period of a few short years of moving away from one empire we just backed into another one. As many of us know today Canada is known to many as an American satellite state. How did this happen, how did a country looking to gain greater autonomy end up having the greatest amount of foreign o...
Free research essays on topics related to: canada and the united states, mackenzie king, free trade agreements, cold war era, second world war -
Duke Ellington Jazz Music
681 wordsWhat is Jazz? According to the dictionary, jazz is defined as, ? A kind of syncopated, highly rhythmic music originated by Southern blacks in the late 19 th century? (? Jazz? 232). But, everyone should at least agree that jazz is the mother of all music, and is referred to as the only art form originating in the United States (? History 101? 2). America was home to immigrants from all over Europe and beyond who wished to build a new life, or just needed to escape from the old. These people, ofte...
Free research essays on topics related to: big band, music world, jazz, jazz music, duke ellington -
World War Ii Chapter 29
1,115 wordsThe article that this paper will be based and discussed upon is titled? Berthe? s prison diary, ? written by Hanna Diamond. ? Berthe? s prison diary? can be found in the August 1999 issue of History Today, volume 49, pages 43 - 49. During World War II, it was known that many people suffered. People suffered from the casualties of war, suffered because of their class, but especially because of their race. The group to suffer the most were the Jewish. Over 6 million were killed because of no crime...
Free research essays on topics related to: toulouse, chapter 29, world war ii, nazis, arrested -
Thousands Of Jews Tens Of Thousands
2,306 wordsPerhaps some of the most vivid images of the Holocaust are the death marches, when tens of thousands of Jews at one time were paraded to the extermination camps in Germany, Poland and Austria. Some of the more notable death marches included the mass march from the Warsaw Ghetto to the extermination camp at Auschwitz and the numerous marches that occurred following ghettoization related in Elie Wiesels Night. Though much of the modern world may find it difficult, if not impossible, to accept that...
Free research essays on topics related to: past and present, tens of thousands, thousands of jews, warsaw ghetto, auschwitz birkenau -
Working Class Class Families
668 wordsBarnhouse, Pamela, Walters and Philip J. O Channel, The Family Economy, Work, and Educational Participation in the United States, 1890 - 1940, American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 93, No. 5, March 1988, Pages 1116 - 1152. - The purpose for doing this research was to determine if the economy had a direct influence on educational attendance rates of working class children. The authors argue that not enough focus was placed on the organization of the family economy and the role it played in the chil...
Free research essays on topics related to: class children, lower class, working class, class families, middle class -
Central Processing Unit Von Neumann
1,869 wordsHistory of Computers ENG 121 The volume and use of computers in the world are so great, they have become difficult to ignore anymore. Computers appear to us in so many ways that many times, we fail to see them as they actually are. People associated with a computer when they purchased their morning coffee at the vending machine. As they drove themselves to work, the traffic lights that so often hampered us are controlled by computers in an attempt to speed the journey. Accept it or not, the comp...
Free research essays on topics related to: personal computers, central processing unit, difference engine, large corporations, von neumann -
University Of California Denise Levertov
1,326 wordsCaren Irr Rexroth, Kenneth (22 Dec. 1905 - 6 June 1982), poet and translator, was born Kenneth Charles Marion Rexroth in South Bend, Indiana, the son of Charles Rexroth, a pharmaceuticals salesman, and Delia Reed. Owing to Charles rocky career, the family moved frequently throughout the northern midwest until Delia died in 1916 and Charles in 1919. For the next three years, Rexroth lived with an aunt in Chicago. After his expulsion from high school, he educated himself in literary salons, nightc...
Free research essays on topics related to: santa barbara, denise levertov, kenneth, american poetry, university of california -
Alfred Hitchcock Norman Bates
3,094 wordsHe Alfred Hitchcock ALFRED HITCHCOCK He was known to his audiences as the Master of Suspense and what Hitchcock mastered was not only the art of making films but also the task of taming his own imagination. Director of many works such as Vertigo, Psycho, The Birds and The 39 steps, Hitchcock told his stories through intelligent plots, witty dialogue and tales of mystery and murder. In doing so, he inspired a new generation of film makers and revolutionized the thriller film, making him a legend ...
Free research essays on topics related to: school library, film making, norman bates, horror film, alfred hitchcock -
Caged Bird Sings Women And Blacks
649 wordsIn Maya Angelous book I Know Why the Caged Bird sings, she reflects the various societies she grew up in. Maya growing up occurred mainly in stamps, Arkansas. She later moved to St. Louis. After her short-lived stay in St. Louis, she moved to San. Francisco. In each of these there locations, women and blacks were treated differently. Each of these varying attitudes has influenced Maya in several ways. Stamps, Arkansas is also refereed to as hang-em high Arkansas. The white people in this town la...
Free research essays on topics related to: treated differently, caged bird sings, women and blacks, positive influence, stamps arkansas -
T S Eliot Quot And Quot
2,459 wordsMaxwell Geismar It is ironical but in a sense logical that an authentic " proletarian" poet today one who writes directly from the experience of the people, from the depths of poor peoples lives, and mainly poor black people; a poet who speaks their language, and whose poetry in turn can be understood by these people should be the descendant of a famous old New England family of dissenters, iconoclasts, atheists and freethinkers (among the clergymen members), ardent abolitionists, nati...
Free research essays on topics related to: government of the united states, t s eliot, collected poems, cold war, quot and quot -
Bang After Bang Began On September Bombing
1,055 wordsIn September of 1940 through May of 1941 there was a strategic bombing attack that was lead by the Germans targeted towards London and other cities located in England, this was known as The Blitz. The Germans aimed the bombs mostly at populated cities, dock yards, and factories. The bombing on London began on September 7, 1940 and lasted for 57 consecutive nights. During these nights of bombing people took shelter in warehouse basements, and in underground subway stations with no privacy and poo...
Free research essays on topics related to: first day, bombing, blitz, bombers, injured
Customer center
