[Note as of October 2012: I have recently been told that several college/university students have been using my work below. Heads up, my paper was uploaded into turnitin.com, so if you are trying to plagiarise, you will be found out, so please don’t even think about it. If you want to use this as a source, ok, but… Read on
Andrea Zuvich 10 February 2008 The Gemini Project’s Manned Missions The Gemini Project was a major step in the advancement of the space industry in the United States. The then-Soviet Union was leading the way in terms of scientific achievement in the “Space Race,” and the United States would not accept defeat at their hands. So, what was… Read on
Andrea Zuvich 14th October, 2004 1) Cicero: Against Verres: In this document, Cicero attempts to (and pulls off) a great prosecution against Verres, the former Governor of Sicilia. Although this historical document is a primary source, I am not sure what kind of primary source it is. Throughout the entire First Oration Against Verres, Cicero repeatedly uses such… Read on
In Sheila Fitzpatrick’s Everyday Stalinism: Ordinary Life in Extraordinary Times: Soviet Russia in the 1930s, we are given a world of knowledge surrounding how Post-Revolutionary Russia was an ever-changing situation. After all, “This was an age of utopianism[1].” Many Russians felt that Communism could be the answer to their prayers. Unfortunately for many, life under Stalin was one… Read on
“A Book to read, again; A Terrifying prophecy; A Reason to Act Now[1].” So reads the back cover of Nevil Shute’s masterpiece, On the Beach. The book takes us to what remains of the world following a nuclear holocaust. The people of the Southern hemisphere, particularly those in Australia, have become the sole survivors- temporarily- of the nuclear… Read on
Andrea Zuvich 19th November 2006 The Killing Fields Torture, Murder, dehumanization- the Khmer Rouge’s infamous practices are known with horror throughout much of the world. The genocide of over two million men, women and children[1] has gone down in history as one of the most brutal examples of it in the twentieth century. The film entitled The Killing… Read on
Not one writer has touched my heart and satiated my intellect as William Shakespeare has. Since I was a little girl, I have loved his sonnets, his plays, his themes, and the emotional resonance of them all. I am proud to say I’ve read the Complete Works entirely at least twice. Born in Stratford-Upon-Avon in Warwickshire, England, William… Read on
The content of Part One of Robin Wang’s book, Images of Women in Chinese Thought and Culture, was comprised of many beautifully-versed poems full of imagery. These poems, including Book Twelve of the Lessons of States or Guofeng, are quite beautiful and fluid. For example, Ode 143 states: “The moon comes forth in her brightness; How lovely is… Read on