1948

Sequel) What does one do when ones family is on the other side of the law? Well that is up for that one to decide I’m not the one to judge, but in this case we’ll choose law. Obviously we’re talking ‘bout a book from nearby Montanan Montana! (Montana 1948 By Larry Watson) This book is through the point of view of David Hayden, not obnoxious, but still a 12 year old boy who lives in Mercer County and sees what the real world is like. (IT’S A TRAP) I’ll be aiming on the two brothers, Frank n’…

relocation of entire groups of people. One of the best-known and most drastic cases of this is known as the Palestine Nakba. The word, Nakba, translates from Arabic meaning “disaster,” it is the term used to define the “exodus” of the Palestine people in 1948. Born from Zionist ideology, majorities of the Palestine people were kicked out of their homes and relocated in order to make room for a Jewish State. In Nur Masalha’s book, “The Palestine Nakba,” she discusses the methods that were used to…

In 1933 a federal law from the New Deal era was put into place. This was the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933. The act reduced production by paying farmers subsidies to not plant on part of their land and to kill off excess livestock. This was to reduce any surplus in crops and to increase the market value of crops. One of the task that the Roosevelt administration was given was to decrease the surpluses in milk, tobacco, wheat, field corn, rice, cotton, and hogs. This list expanded in the…

have children and live together as a couple it would not fit the 1948 definition of family. Furthermore, the living arrangements in families have changed to include multiple generations, single parent households, and unmarried couples, all of these scenarios do not fit the 1948 definition of family. However, most people in our society would consider this situation to still be a family. Also another change to families since the 1948 definition is that more and more women contribute to the…

the villagers. People are developing some degree of skepticism of the representation of “The Lottery” but fear open confrontation because doing so would mean questioning the history and traditions that has always been exercised by a people (Jackson 1948). He is definitely a man who is conscious of efficiency in everything he wants to engage in. He wants a change, and wants to bring progress. Mr. Summers argues that the same things were done when the population of the town was very small hence,…

author's thesis: In his book, Ilan Pappe has a very clear thesis: that what happened in Palestine from 1947-1948 fits every definition of ethnic cleansing and crime of humanity out there and it has globally been forgotten. He "want to make the case for the paradigm of ethnic cleansing and use[s] it to replace the paradigm of war as the basis for the scholarly research of, and public debate about, 1948.”(Pappe preface xvii). Pappe uses a lot of supporting evidence such as plan dalet; recently…

whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group; [and] forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.” (UN.org, 1) When comparing the acts of colonial settlers against Native Americans as genocide by the 1948 definition standards, settlers provided provable intent in the ethnic cleansing of the indigenous populations through physical and cultural genocide, efforts to prevent spread of culture through children of Native American descent, as well as…

At the end of World War II, 1947 the Jewish State of Palestine established a state of Jewish sovereignty, the United Nations in November of that same year voted to establish the creation of a Jewish state and an Arab state. That was the creation and establishment of Israel. Israel is known as the “Holy Land”, a country of rich history and distinguishable conflict. It is a nation state known for its incredibly notorious history with war, conflict, and strength. Through history religion has played…

about the look, sexy outfits, and leading the crowd. Cheerleading has developed into its own sport and has become extremely competitive. Although it is argued that it is not a sport, cheerleading has the competitive nature that any other sport has. In 1948, cheerleading took a huge turn from “ra ra ree” when the National Cheerleading Association was formed.…

distribute the Palestinian land unfairly and without any permission from the Palestinian authorities nor any agreement from any Arab country. This caused the Palestinians to lose most f their land. This time period before 1948 and till now is named Al-Nakba (catastrophe). It didn’t start in 1948. the idea of the jewish people moving out of europe started two centuries before Israel declares itself. In 1799, Napoleon started his appeal to the Jewish people to go back and reclaim their land. “The…