Albrecht von Haller

The negative events in someone’s life can change them and even push them to their breaking point. In A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway, the main character, Henry, had a life full of negative events. He was an ambulance driver for the Italian army in WWI. He fell in love with a British nurse, named Catherine. But, it seemed like everything that he had in his life eventually turned into something that would hurt him. The war and loss that shaped the development of Henry’s character showed how…

“Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer”, a quote once said by Rich Pitino. This quote is completely true, after reviewing my overall performance I spotted that I do have some improving to do. However, I also have some things that I feel that I did pretty well on. In this self-evaluation, I will be thoroughly discussing and elaborating my performance. As I overlooked the midterm video, I felt like I did well throughout the entire performance. In…

Last week, we spent a good amount of time on Bismarck. Our discussion brought out many ideas and details about Bismarck that I overlooked in the reading. I was amazed that Bismarck controlled with elegance and charm. He was able to able to diplomatically convince a country to cooperate and even give up part of its sovereignty. In class, I brought up the chess board metaphor, stating that Bismarck had control over the entire game, whereas Hitler and other leaders were just aggressive pieces on…

The Seventh Seal portrays, Jöns, on the surface as a wise and faithful servant, but underneath he becomes an important character who symbolizes the human grasp for survival and the fight against death. The Seventh Seal written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, introduces its audience to a squire, named Jöns. A wise servant of the brave and valiant knight, Attonis Block, but Jöns differs from Block in many ways. First off, Block is faith driven, while Jöns is attached to earthly things. He states:…

Otto von Bismarck was a master of foreign affairs and a great politician at his time. He effectively ruled Prussia first and then all of Germany, between 1862 and 1890. His solution to never having war was to create a system of alliances to making it mutually beneficial to all of the great powers and therefore protect his newly united Germany and allowing it to strengthen. Bismarck's objective of the foreign policy was to keep peace among the people. Bismarck saw France taking revenge on…

In the novel A Farewell to Arms, written by Ernest Hemingway uses, Foreshadowing and Symbolism for death, when rain is presented. In A Farewell to Arms ,many main characters as presented throughout the novel such as Frederic Henry, an American working for the Italian army driving ambulances, Catherine Barkley a nurse working for the Italian army, and Emilio a man who Henry meets in a hotel who helps Henry and Catherine escape to switzerland by lending them a boat. Hemingway introduces the use…

its historical impact, has only existed in its present, unified form for less than 150 years. Over its short lifetime, Germany has enjoyed, and endured, a number of rulers, but none, perhaps, was so great an influence on modern Germany as Prince Otto von Bismarck the ‘Iron Chancellor’ of Germany. After hundreds of years of war, which stretched from the beginning of the ancient Roman Empire to the present time, Bismarck transformed the region of Germany…

The German Unification Stated when Wilhelm I become the king of Prussia following the death of his brother in 1861. A year into being king he assigned Otto von Bismarck (who was often referred to as Iron Chancellor) as his chief minister. Although Willian was king, Bismarck manipulated the king into using royal decrees to avoid the power of elected officials. To establish Prussian power in Europe he manipulated European rivalries and started a series of wars with Austria, Denmark, and France.…

For this screening report of Roman Polanski’s, The Ninth Gate only the first fifteen minutes and seven seconds will be used. The use of the occult or that is “hidden secret, mysterious, inexplicable, magic” and other matters in the film The Ninth Gate through in verity of ways (Tobienne, Introduction 2). One way is the mystery surrounding the suicide of Telfer, the magical subject of the book The Nine Gates of The Kingdom of Shadow. The mystery surrounding Telfer’s suicide is in the form of…

influence of von Papen upon Hindenburg, the Nazi propaganda, the ‘Red Scare’ and its associated flood of votes towards the Nazi party (as opposed to the communists), the sheer popularity of not only Hitler with the people, but also the ideologies of the Nazi party and finally, the popularity of his racist views. Another technique by which he would increase compliance and support was through intimidation via his private army (the Sturmabteilung or SA) or the Gestapo. The role of von Papen and…