“Life is precious. Life is sacred. And it ought so to be observed” (Gordon B. Hinckley). Neil Shusterman wrote a book called Unwind and it shows how life is valuable to the people in that society because many teenagers, from ages thirteen to seventeen, are getting unwound. Unwinding was an idea to get rid of unwanted children, but not actually ending their lives. The idea was created to scare both sides so they would be reasonable during the war, but they had continued with the idea and the Bill of Life was signed. The outcome was when unwinding went into-effect, and the Heartland War ended. Unwinding was an iniquitous act to begin with, but it could not be stopped. The generation of teens in that society did not deserve it because they did …show more content…
The first example is how noise levels affect children. “Noise levels also indirectly influence children’s cognitive development via their effect on the adults and teachers who interact with children.” (Source F). Other people do not think noise can affect children but in some cases it can. The next example also deals with loud noise but it goes into depth about the things that happen in the body. “Children exposed to chronic loud noise also experience a rise in blood pressure and stress hormones. And children as young as four are less motivated to perform on challenging language and pre-reading tasks under conditions of exposure to chronic noises” (Source F). This shows how noise levels can affect things like stress hormones which can make the child act differently then they normally would. In the book Unwind, Roland changes from the beginning of the book to the end. “Like Connor, Roland got into fights at school…That’s not what did him in, thought. Roland had beaten up his stepfather for beating his mom…” (Shusterman 99). “Roland looks at the hand that came so close to taking Connor’s life. He wasn’t able to go through with it-and he seems just as surprised as Connor” (Shusterman 279). Even though Roland was unwound, he has changed completely. Anyone who has read the book would have expected Connor to die because Roland is capable of killing him. In the end, Roland did not kill Connor because he is not the same person he was from the beginning of the book. Another example from the book is when Pastor Dan tells Lev that he is not responsible for what he has done or almost done. “‘You may be responsible for your actions,’ Pastor Dan says… ‘That was my fault-and the fault of everyone who raised you to be a tithe.” (Shusterman 328). Pastor Dan explains to Lev that the people around him have caused him to become what he was, a clapper. The examples
foreign policy during the period of 1945-1963 in combating Communist aggression in Europe and Asia? Use the Documents and your knowledge of the period to construct your response.
The northern regions tended to have more religious beliefs. The southern regions tended believe in a church and state separation. According to "The Articles of Agreement, Springfield, Massachusetts in 1636" (Doc D), whoever entered Massachusetts had to comply with the certain articles and orders that shaped a community around God and the share of the land. The “Articles of Agreement, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1636’’ is valid document because it was basic laws. As a result of “The Articles of Agreement Springfield, Massachusetts, 1636’’, the northern region became more religiously involved with society, causing the one region to split into two. Because Virginia was becoming more of an economical region such as its tobacco farming, it
In 1939 the world was plunged into World War II because of the Munich Agreement. The Munich Agreement was an agreement regarding the Sudetenland Crisis between the major powers of Europe after a conference held in Munich in Germany in 1938. The Sudetenland was an important region of Czechoslovakia. The Treaty of Versailles was the peace treaty created as a result of six months of negotiations at the Paris Peace Conference of 1919, which put an official end to World War I between the Allies and Central Powers. The Munich Agreement caused many disagreements between European countries. Collective security was a more effective response to aggression than appeasement because more European countries disagreed than agreed
After the Civil War, the South was strongly altered through a series of passed laws and acts in the a period known as the Reconstruction Era. This plan of reconstruction which was to bring reformation to the lives of Southern African Americans lasted from 1865-1877. This plan was brought by President Lincoln . Unfortunately he was shot and killed by a leader of a Confederate sympathizer, John Booth. As a result, President Jackson took office and was left in charge. The reconstruction was a great necessity for the fact that the result of this was a united nation between the North and South including the equality of African Americans.
During the reconstruction era, the women’s right was shaped. As explained in chapter 6 reconstruction period was a term that was use to describe the history after the civil war. America was in the process of building its nation back up from the war, which included the writing of the amendment, constitution and the rights for African American and women. In addition, the word reconstruction can also covers the period in U.S history, when the U.S economy was completely constituted on industrial capitalism. Even though the slave trade may have ended, there came to be a matter of workers being paid little for their hard labor. Yes, the U.S economy was building but it was not being shared equally. In fact, the gap between the rich and poor was so huge that it created tension between workers and owners. After slavery was eliminated, society could no longer ignore the division in class. It was during this time women started to reconstruct their lives as well. In 1865 up until 1866, women’s right activist called for the suffrage to be joined with African American and women.
The Gilded Age was one of the most dynamic and controversial periods in American history. With the growth of factories in the north, America’s economy increased at an unbelievable rate. This growth created a series of new opportunities for some but also left many workers and farmers to struggle in poverty and harsh conditions. As one groups continued to grow more and more wealthy, the other continued to grow poorer and poorer. This created a huge disparity between the rich and the poor. As this phenomenon continued it created many problems such as monopolies, racist and sexist laws, filthy city conditions, and child labor. To try to remedy these problems, the Progressive Movement was started. By initiating reforms in many aspects of American
The Reconstruction period was an era of unprecedented political conflict and far- reaching changes in the American government. Reconstruction generally refers to the period in time where the United States history immediately following the civil war in which the federal government set the conditions that would let the rebellious southern states back into the union. This was also a time when blacks were fighting for their freedom and trying to reunite with their families that have been sold throughout the slave trade system, this era in history lasted from (1865-1877).
The reconstruction period in American history can be described as the period in time after the American Civil War when southern states were reorganized back in the union. During this time freedom for citizens even those who were enslaved could bring up a very controversial debate. Some may say that those citizens had the right to freedom, while others may even disagree with that. In this paper many topics will be discussed, from the reconstruction period itself, to whether or not freedom can be defined differently by freed people. The topic of who actually had the power to control how freedom will be discussed as well. In this paper certain documents will be analyzed and even compared to other documents.
During the 19th and 20th centuries America as we know was going thorugh the biggest changes imaginable. Their were several changes both locally and globally that contributed to this matter. Ranging from matters that plague every nation to some known specifically to the United States. Examples we as a class and growing nation have come to understand are Population growth, Industrialization, and immigration. Still a young nation, on the ending time of Reconstruction how could a nation learn to adapt to these things with such a “hostile takeover” in the foreseeable future cooperate?
Reconstruction The end of Civil War in 1877 when the last federal troops were pulled out of the South is known as Reconstruction. Although the process could not begin to the end of war, attempts at restoring the war began long before. The Civil War was the most bitter war, it has been called the brother’s war, or the “War of Northern Aggression.” Over 600,000 Americans died during the Civil War and another 400,000 suffered wounds.
I decided to do this response on sources 10 and 11 which were about the destruction of the Holy Sepulcher. Source 10 was from a Christian's point of view. Right away, the source begins by describing how the sepulcher was destroyed by the prince of Babylon, and how the Jews aided in the destruction as well. This source portrays Jews as being bitter, bold, and proud people. It also states that the reason why the prince of Babylon wanted to destroy the sepulcher was due to the fact that Christians were gaining power, and that they supposedly would soon take over his entire kingdom, which of course, the prince could not let happen. After the Christians had figured out that it was the jews that had helped destroy the temple, they disowned them from
The Reconstruction, the rebuilding after the civil war. Who destroyed it? The North. After the Civil War, the North and the South had tried to rebuild. While they were rebuilding, certain groups of people started to form, there were the Freedmen, the Radical Republicans, the Carpetbaggers, the Scalawags, and the Ku Klux Klan or rather, the KKK.
After the war Republicans had considerable power and the Democratic party was in shambles, which led to them having their own objectives and visions of Reconstruction. (Nash, et al., 2007., p. 468) Congressional Republicans feared losing their power and attempted to set the tone of Reconstruction by passing a civil rights bill in 1866, refused to seat members from the former Confederacy, and investigated conditions in the South, which led to the passage of the Reconstruction acts that divided the South into five districts. (Nash, et al., 2007., pp. 472-473, 476) Republicans also moved against President Johnson as they reduced the expanded power of the executive branch and eventually impeached him. (Nash, et al., 2007., p. 476) Democrats also had a vested interest in Reconstruction as after the war the party was in shambles and had to grapple for the power to push their interests over the Congressional Republicans. This power contest led to unsavory tactics in the South such as the Mississippi Plan, which was devised as an intimidation tactic to force people to vote Democratic. (Nash,
The treaties also paved the way for other foreign powers to obtain a series of commercial and diplomatic concessions known as capitulations. They were permitted to establish provincial consulates, and their merchants were exempted from high import duties as well as from internal tariffs, travel restrictions, and the jurisdiction of local courts. More than a century later Khomeini’s main opposition to Shah started with a fierce speech on immunity granted to Americans in Iran. (Capitulations). The term capitulation became synonymous with imperial privileges, arrogance, and transgressions. Foreign trade – dominated by merchants from the two “neighbours” – increased eightfold in the course of the century. Imports consisted mostly of guns, tools,
Hello Nina, interesting interpretation and very informative as well. Brands et al. points out, that while Lincoln favored the freedom of black slaves, he feared of alienating the Unionist on border slave states (343). Lincoln, was under political pressure, and as you have pointed out the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation did stop the Republican Party from splitting. Additionally, Lincoln gave the confederate states 100 days to end the struggle over slavery. And since congress was unenthusiastic about the proclamation, moreover, Southerners did not provide a response. The proposition was applied a year later, and was not completely affective, as it did not extend to slave states.