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The art movement i have researched and am interested in is Fauvism. Fauvism was not a normal movement with a large number of rules or regulations. It was more an instinctive coming together of artists who wished to express themselves by using bold colours, simplified drawing and expressive brushwork. Fauvism was an early 20th century…

The Holocaust in World War II, the Rwandan genocide and Stalin’s forced famine violated human rights. Human rights are natural rights that let you live an average life in society like everybody else in the world. These tragic events stripped people of their very basic right to life. Genocide is the deliberate and systematic extermination…

“I am probably the finest pistol shot in the world,” said the girl modestly, “but the blade is my darling.” She drew her rapier and slashed and thrust the empty air. “You sailors seldom appreciate the true value of the straight steel,” said she. “Look at you with that clumsy cutlass. I could run you…

The life of Equiano or Gustavus Vassa, traces from African freedom, through European enslavement, to Anglican freedom. Olaudah was born in 1745 in a part of Africa called Guinea, here there are districts, he was born Essaka. The life here was agriculture, it was the main part of employment for everyone in the district, even…

“As a fourteen-year-old, killing is never on your mind. The only thing you think of is a happy life, going to school, and becoming someone someday” (Nishimwe 153). This is a quote from Consolee Nishimwe, a survivor of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. Jack Beaudoin defines genocide as “The systematic killing of a social, political, cultural,…

The Aztecs      Some historians portray the Aztecs as a bloodthirsty, ruthless savage. Images of human sacrifices and fierce warriors permeate the textbooks and cause us to associate these ideals with the Aztec people. This is not a complete and accurate representation of the Aztec people.     True, the Aztecs were fearless warriors, but this…

Though the United States (US) and Soviet Union (USSR) were former allies, after the Second World War, they could not settle their disagreements and cooperate in peacetime. Cold War started as tension and hostility was developed between capitalist bloc led by US and communist bloc led by USSR. Fortunate enough, there was not any large-scale…

Sophocles’ age old play Antigone is about a young girl who fights King Creon’s unjust law for the burial of her brother who was deemed a traitor to their town. With the act of civil disobedience both Antigone and Creon strive for their own justice but in the end meet their fate. A more modern…

Hernando Cortes on Meeting Moctezuma & Destroying the Aztec Empire In the early 1500’s, people traveled their whole lifetime, all across the world, just to find two things, gold and property. Gold, the world basically revolved around it and you would do anything to just get your hands on it. It determined who you were…

We often hear the sentence, “When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do,” especially when we are visiting foreign places that we don’t know much about. A lot of tourists or first time visitors of a country might not know the customs and traditions of another country, and this might lead to confusion as to…