In, We Have Taken a City, by H. Leon Prather Sr., we learn of the violence that occurred in Wilmington, North Carolina on November 10, 1898. Throughout the paper, Prather writes about the different aspects that ultimately caused the racial massacre. Prather makes an important claim in his short introduction about the events in Wilmington in 1898. He also makes several key points throughout the paper, one being that the racial massacre would not have occurred if it would not have been for the white supremacy campaign. He provides key information in his paper that supports the claim.
Night by Elie Wiesel describes how Jews were treated in the concentration camps during World War II. During this time Wiesel witnessed many horrific acts. Two of these were executions. Though the processes of the executions were similar, the condemned and Jews’ reactions to the executions were different.
Humans and need love and attachments like we need water and air. As we move throughout our lives from babies to adults attachments, have essential roles to play from making sure our biological needs are met by providing us with comfort, trust, and a sense of interconnectedness. Since attachments are such an integral and emotional part of our lives, it makes sense why we are separated from or lose people we are attached to it can be such an excruciating experience. For children losing attachment figures can be an especially scaring experience leaving wounds that may last into adulthood and well beyond. Such was the case for a woman named Francine Cournos, author of City of One: A Memoir.
Dialectical Journal: Book Three A Tale of Two Cities Book The Third: “The Track of a Storm” 1. “Every town gate and village taxing-house had its band of citizen patriots, with their national muskets in a most explosive state of readiness, who stopped all comers and goers, cross-questioned them, inspected their papers, looked for their names in lists of their own, turned them back, or sent them on, or stopped them ad laid them in hold” (chapter 1, page 245). Setting/ Characterization of society as a whole:
In the book, “Dawn” written by Elie Wiesel. Elisha is faced with an ultimatum between life and murder. He has been told that he must murder a british officer named John Dawson by dawn and if do so it will change the man in him. He will no longer look at life the way he looked at it before, he will not feel the same way but only feel as a murderer. John Dawson believes Elisha is a good person but he knows that Elisha must do this and he now more than understanding about it.
For example, cities like Constantinople in the Byzantine empire or Canton in several Chinese dynasties were centers of trade that influenced urban development. The growth of these cities let them become important piece of their empire. The population growth in their cities led to an increase in trade and invention of new technologies. Some of which are, astrolabe, lateen sails and saddles which made riding horses/camels easier. This is because as empires grew, their main trade cities grew in population, creating changes in urban development.
This is a great example of a literary device. It not only foreshadows the dark future that is going to happen, but it also ensure that the reader continue reading this book. As the earlier parts of the book has been found rather boring by many people, this half-spoiler keeps them riveted on the action that happen. This happens because the author made you connect with Rudy, and therefore creates this sense of dread that falls over the reader; thus creating an even richer scenario that that seems more realistic in the later chapters of the book. Not only that, but many people also consider this not only the most traumatic moment in the book, but when this book takes a turn from good to bad.
This then led to the Great Rebirth, the City being one of the products of this event. The Council may look at the war and the chaos it wrought and they may see the advancement of science and technology as a strong contributing factor to the outbreak of the war. Therefore, they block human progression because they fear that it would lead to another
In the documentary “The ten Town That Changed America” Geoffrey Baer illustrates the evolution of ten popular cities of the 21st century America. Done in chronological order, the documentary explores how these US cities were developed by visionary citizens who combined, urban planning, design, and architecture to change the way people lived. According to the documentary, these planners had passion and great insights for urban development, although driven by different inspirations and motivations. But one thing was central to these people: to build an environment that would change the way people live in America.
Babylon’s thick walls and strong gates were not able to keep the Persians. In 539 B.C.,Babylon and the rest of Mesopotamia fell under control of the Persian empire. Within a few decades, the Persian empire became the largest in the world,so far. Cyrus the Great Persia formed to the east of Mesopotamia, in what is now Iran.
In a success of multidisciplinary thinking, Steven Johnson observes the plague from the microbial level to the human level to the urban level. Cleverly clarifying past histories of the spread of disease, the rise of cities, and the nature of scientific inquiry, the writer, Steven Johnson shows an explanation of how it has molded the world we live in. Eventhough, this reseach has been recorded in the past; Steven Johnson has made these historic chronicals colorful, compleling and accessible to everyday people. Now todays civilization can see that urban ling isn’t as simple as it may seem. It requires alot of engineering to provide it’s citizens with a healthy life.
Those Forgotten Shall Be Remembered Traumatic experiences are where the most emotional moments happen in life, many times; it can’t be explained truly and completely unless you were there in that moment. Just imagine having to live the horrors of Auschwitz, you were exposed to children and newborns being thrown into pits of hell-fire; men, women, and children as the dogs they were so proclaimed to be by the Fascist Nazis. When reading a first-hand account of these atrocities and the emotional struggles that come from whence the time he spent in Auschwitz; Elie Wiesel’s short story Night shows the true emotions of an impacting nature. You can’t read this story without feeling a loss of any cockiness; you can’t read this without feeling all
The article, “A Letter to My City” written by Troy Wiggins for the Memphis Flyer in July of 2017 expands on the issue of the increasing number of deaths of black people in the city of Memphis. Wiggins is a life-long Memphian who is not only concerned with the issue, but also lives in fear of the issue himself. Because Wiggins lives within the city, he is exposed to the white supremacy and police brutality that is taking place in Memphis every day and uses his writing to share his opinions on the matter. Over seventy five percent of the deaths within Memphis (which already has a higher than average death rate) every year are black men. Wiggins writing in “A Letter to My City” effectively uses repetition, compares the issue at hand to millennial trends, and expresses his ideas by using everyday sights for Memphians.
Oppression has always been prevalent throughout history, and as a response to this, the exploited often revolt, in turn, causing inciteful change. However, when the revolution only seeks revenge, it fosters more violence and creates a more oppressed society. The French Revolution while successful in the sense that it overthrew the government, has one dangerous aspect in common with oppression: violence. This revolution is depicted in A Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, where the persecuted peasants of France start a rebellion to try and achieve revenge government. However, by using violence as the primary method to abolish the government and boasting about the dominance of the revolution through the Carmagnole, the revolutionaries discredit themselves.
Davis describes the urbanization process as occurring along an S curve, beginning slow, becoming fast, and then slowing down again. Based on this idea of S curve, he predicts an end to urbanization. The next essay “The Urban Revolution” was by arguably the single most influential archaeologist of twentieth century, V. Gordon Childe. In this writing, he redefines the major eras of human development.
