… leader of the religious sect that came to be called ‘The Branch Dividians’, and the Dividians themselves, in February of 1993, but the Branch Dividians had existed for fifty years before Koresh was even born. They were a break off of the Seven…

… Shakur is a great tragedy and a waste of a young, promising life. Shakur at only 25 years-old had come to represent a volatile mixture of youthful energy, exuberance, arrogance, self-confidence and, at times, foolishness. He represented possibility…

… 1800s and lived during a period of great uncertainty in the United States. The nation was fairly young, and still in search of solutions to many of it's existing problems. First and foremost of these problems was slavery. Whitman, though, received…

… (1771-1832) Walter Scott was a Scottish novelist and poet. He worked as a translator, editor, biographer, and critic, and wrote novels and poems, making him one of the most prominent figures in English romanticism. He was born in Edinburgh, August…

… as an independent civilization. The Opium War introduced the power of western armies and technology that the Chinese lacked. The war resulted in foreign intervention and control of Chinese provinces and cities, but it was not until the Taiping…

… Since we did not live during the days of war, we use literature to explain to us what it was like. That’s exactly what these next six authors did. Now we’ll take a look at how these authors helped us to understand war. First there was Rupert Brooke.…

… cemetery”? Is it the soldiers of a global war or the idiots of a global fight? The “cedar-bemused cemetery” in William Faulkner’s “ A Rose for Emily” suggests that all wars only lead to where death is present at all times--the cemetery.…

… 20th Century In 1962 there was a conflict between three nations so grim their actions could have affected the entire world. The Cuban missile crisis of 1962 was a very tense moment in history; these nations were almost at the brink of nuclear warfare.…

… while many others are scattered among the Northern Plains of the USA. The Crow Indians have lived in this area for at least 300 years. Many problems arouse whether they had to do with war, politics, or land ownership issues. The Crow Indians are…

… discuss these phrases? These two opposite quotes depict the two very different views on war. Many think of it as a glorious way to die. ‘To die for ones country’ is supposedly heroic. Many of the people who say this however, have never actually…