Bulgarians

Europe witnessed a big progress during the Enlightenment age. However, this progress lacked the culture of tolerance and respecting others. People who had African origins were treated badly even during the enlightenment age. Literature during this specific period reflected on some important works that could enhance the idea of not accepting the others (Greenblatt, 1980, p.157). In this part, we are particularly concerned with Othello and candied that represent two of the most well-known works…

In the same way that Serguei Oushakine’s “patriotism of despair” does not appear in the transition from socialism to capitalism in East Germany and that Bulgarian Muslims were influenced by the combination of Western and Eastern religious practices rather than allowing one to dominate the other, the political motivations and real-world experiences of Nashi were neither 100-percent good nor evil. Nonetheless…

Chapter 13: Cunégonde paid her respects to the old woman. Arriving at Buenos Aires Candide, Cunégonde and the old woman are brought to meet Don Fernando, the governor. Don Fernando took interest in Cunégonde and he asked if she was the captain’s wife. Candide answers politely to Don Fernando, and asks if he would perform the ceremony of his marriage with Cunégonde. Don Fernando sends Candide away to go drill the soldiers and Don Fernando confesses his passion to Cunégonde and proposes to her,…

The United Nations (UN) emerged in 1945 after World War II as a result of the failure of the League of Nations, whose main objective was to prevent wars. The UN is known to be a global institution, which resolves conflicts while promoting equality, justice and liberty. However, struggles within the UN demonstrated that precisely because states are not treated equal in terms of nuclear weapons or even power capabilities and granting few states the power of decision-making within the organization.…

have been undoubtedly unwise to assume that ethnicities would accept being governed by someone with a different national identity. Similar to the Habsburg Empire was the Ottoman Empire which also consisted of many ethnicities including, Greeks, Bulgarians, Turks, Kurds and Serbs. This mixture of nationalities was a key reason for the collapse of the Empire, which began with the Greek uprising. The development of nationalism accelerated throughout the Ottoman Empire during the nineteenth…

its land area and its population, and by 1930 it would be the eight largest country in Europe with 18 million people. The conflicts of the war not only added to the population but also introduced various ethnic minorities including Germans, Jews, Bulgarians, Ukrainians, Russians, and Turks. Indeed, World War I gave birth to the modern nation of Romania (Heppner and…

● Candide falls in love with Cunegonde and gets kicked out of the house. The next chapter however, Candide gets taken in by Bulgarians and beat almost to death. In writing such a fast paced beginning to the novel, Voltaire moves along the plot and allows Candide on his journey. (pg 2-4) ● Chapter 7, page 15, the old woman saves Candide from an almost certain death after being flogged…

curiosity to what could be her story. The argument in this chapter is that after all good things do happen after one’s suffering. The author presented it by the tactics that Candide showed the army, even though he almost got killed when he was in the Bulgarian army, this time he was saved because he learned the exercises in the past. I was left intrigued to know more about the old woman’s story and what got her to be with Cunégonde and Don…

Cortes first encountered the practice of human sacrifices in Cozumel and his absolute horror at what he witnesses fueled his religious ideals. He described the human sacrifices he saw, in which the still beating heart was removed from a living person, like this, “kneaded with the blood of human hearts taken from the breasts of living persons, from which a paste is formed in a sufficient quantity to form large statues. When these are completed, they make them offerings of the hearts of other…

To create a majestic work of art in 1985, the Bulgarian born artist Christo wrapped Paris’s oldest bridge, the Pont Neof, in a fancy fabric. The Catholic Church has been the bastion of Parisian society through lots of time. Many of the city’s churches are worth visiting. Architectural styles may vary…