October 31 Essays

Case 1- Spree On Thursday 3/4/09 at 2043 a white male with short hair attack the owner/employee on the property on beat 668. This suspect had a weapon and consumed a value of $300 dollars at this convenience store. He hit the two victims with his weapon and left in a car. The suspect description is fat/heavy built. This type of robbery would be considered as a hot setting type pattern of commercial Robbery with a weapon. This is a Spree Pattern because all of the crimes committed were robberies,

You are granted power and want to alter a situation in order to benefit yourself. How do you do it? In the novel The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, individuals with power are found in situations they feel they need to change. They work to accomplish this change, by modifying and even twisting moral views to an interpretation that is advantageous to them. Power leads to the corruption of values, which is illustrated by the Gilead setting, the Aunts’ character, and the use of Offred’s first person

Weakness is a trait all groups of humanity find themselves bound to in many senses, whether it be mentally or physically, but much like Odysseus in Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, translated by Robert Fitzgerald, strength can be found within this turmoil. The tale begins on the island of Ithaca where Telemakhos, the son of the warrior Odysseus, is confronted by the goddess Athena. The Grey-Eyed-Goddess tells Telemakhos to step up and make something out of his life, by setting out on a quest to learn

In 1917, two successive revolutions rocked Russia and the world. The first revolution overthrew the Russian Monarchy (the Tsar) and the second established the USSR, the world’s first Communist state. Over the next thirty years the Soviet government descended into a totalitarian regime that used and manipulated socialist ideas of equality among the working class to oppress its people and maintain power. Animal Farm is an allegory of the Russian Revolution and the Communist Soviet Union. Many of the

Starting in 1919, constructivism was a building and imaginative development, began in Russia. This was essentially a dismissal of the thought of self-sufficient workmanship. This development was urged craftsmanship to be a practice for social purposes. Constructivism had an awesome impact on present day workmanship developments of twentieth century, affecting real patterns, for example, Bauhaus and the De Stijl developments. Its impact spread generally all through, with real effects upon structural

turmoil and unrest in Canadian history. The October of 1970 in particular, is a period remembered for its violence and hate. The kidnapping of two Canadian politicians by the Front de Libération du Québec (FLQ), a terrorist group, changed Canadian society forever. The FLQ and the October Crisis ignited separatist feelings in French Canadians, changed the way the government handled national emergencies and altered Canadians’ opinions on key issues. The October Crisis is a truly significant moment in Canadian

11. The provisional government in Russia introduced many liberal reforms which included equality before the law for all Russians, freedom of speech, religion, and assembly, the right to have unions and strikes, amnesty for political prisoners, elections for local government officials, and the reduction of the work day to eight hours. However, they did not want to completely hold a social revolution in which they would confiscate land and give it to the peasants. The provisional government established

Soviet Cinema were established between the years 1917 to 1953. This was a time of transition and great development in the film industry. Soviet Cinema focused on creating films that dealt with political and ideological ideas that arose during those times. A Man with a Movie Camera was released in 1929. This film became revolutionary in the way it used techniques of film editing such as; constructive/linkage editing and intellectual montage and how it helped narrate the story without a storyline.

The October Revolution was officially known as The Great October Socialist Revolution. However it is also commonly referred to as the Red October, October Uprising, and the Bolshevik Revolution. This occurred in Petrograd ( Petersburg), Russia on October 25, 1917. On October 7th Lenin sent a message to the Bolshevik in order to persuade them to plan an attack on Petrograd. There were three locations that they planned to attack from : Petrograd, Moscow, and the Baltic Fleet. Soon after other

thousands of workers that were on strike and demanding for some changes. The Czar was not home so the priest and the workers invaded his home, and unfortunately got shot, and that was the Bloody Sunday. It caused great commotion and protests, so, in the October Manifesto the Czar declared he would make the changes the

Today, the large debate is that if the Russian Revolution still relevant today, and if it should even be taught in school today. The Russian Revolution was a event from 1917 to 1945 that went through the change of a autocracy government to a communist government. The main idea that the people of Russia had was to change the government so that all people were treated equal. Russia had a bad start from the beginning of the revolution, in 1914 Russia entered World War 1 and ultimately lost to Japan

The outbreak of the ‘October Crisis’ began on October 5th, 1970 when kidnappings of two diplomats were implemented by the notorious Front de libération du Québec (FLQ). This led to the invocation of the War Measures Act (WMA) by Prime Minister (PM) Pierre Trudeau on October 16th, 1970. It marked the first time in Canadian history the WMA was enacted during peacetime and put Trudeau in a unique position. This man who had previously campaigned for the entrenchment of civil rights within Canada’s constitution

“The czar refused to listen to demands for political change and in October, a general strike occurred as workers in the railways, industry and the banks stopped working” (document 3) A strike occurred because the czar didn’t listen to political concerns. This shows how unpleasant people were with the government. This can

October Crisis 1970s The War Measures Act was brought in to destroy the FLQ (Front de Liberation du Quebec) in the nineteen seventies which affected many French-Canadians living in Quebec especially people living near the city of Montreal. This group was originated mainly from Quebec because the French-Canadians felt that they were isolated from the rest of the society, they decided to make their own country which they could keep practicing their culture, speak their language and have their own laws

The sovereign state in Russia developed under the influence of Ivan the Great (III) and Ivan the Terrible (IV), who are known as the two key figures in the process of centralization. When Ivan III began/started his reign Moscow had become the political and religious centre of Russia (Dukes, 1998, p.42). One of the major contributions in the centralization process were made by Ivan the Great since he took part in the ingathering process of Russian lands and thus, expanded and centralize the Muscovite

Many assassinations occur due to political, religious, and cultural reasons. Some assassinations occur without explanation, or with explanations that seem illogical or unjust. The assassination of Czar Nicholas II was believed to be necessary for the overthrow of an outdated government regime because the Bolsheviks wanted the control of Russia for the people. However, it was unjust because the Romanov family was executed as well. Czar Nicholas II, also known as Nikolai Romanov, was the czar of Russia

In the movie October Sky, a young boy named Homer Hickam lived in a little town called Coalwood in West Virginia. He had the determination: to build and shoot off his own rockets by “Sputnik” that was orbiting around the sky. Homer’s dad, John, wasn 't so thrilled with his idea of building these rockets and said it was a waste time to try building his own rocket. He wanted Homer to follow in his footsteps and work in the mines. With the help of his friends and teachers, Homer continued to pursue

Embedded in Russia’s fecund history was The Bolshevik revolution which unraveled between 1917 and 1928. The revolution bore a plethora of social and political changes, which lead to the emergence of the Soviet Union. An individual of immense Significance during this period of social and governmental turbulence was Leon Trotsky whose ideologies and leadership were pivotal factors in the successful fortification of communism in Soviet Russia during 1917 to 1928. I will be keenly and succinctly assessing

This was showcased during the Kornilov Affair when he asked the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Army, Lavr Kornilov, to move people loyal to the Provisional Government toward Petrograd, where the soviets controlled the army garrison. Kornilov wanted to establish his own military dictatorship which caused Kerensky to provide weapons to the Bolsheviks and to free those who were currently in jail, including the commander of the Red Army, Leon Trotsky. This showcased the ineptitude of the Russian Provisional

despite the ambitious aims of the Lenin and the Bolshevik party, failed to completely improve the lives of the Russian people, nor liberate them from the oppression they faced in the old regime, following the Bolshevik takeover after the October Revolution (24 October 1917). Despite this, however, certain policies (such as the initial reforms in 1917) did help improve the lives of the people somewhat. The Bolsheviks were not very successful in liberating the Russian people throughout their time in power