Vautrin

Balzac’s Capitalism: The Tragedy of Moral Destruction or Corrupt Success In his novel “Père Goriot,” Honoré de Balzac depicts capitalism as inherently tragic in that it creates a society of considerable opportunity solely for individuals who become immoral in order to fulfill their desires. Utilizing the protagonist for whom the book is named, Père Goriot, Balzac is able to highlight the success of those who exploit others, both in Goriot’s own success as a merchant, and in his daughters’ success

During the occupation of China by Japan, a time of slaughter for civilians and soldiers alike, the international committee built a safety zone to protect innocent civilians from the chaos. The zone help saved over 200,000 Chinese civilians from the ruthless slaughters during the Nanking Massacre of 1937, and later stayed to help rebuild Nanjing after the Devastation attack. Each country has different views of what they believe was the start of WWII. “ But Asians trace the war’s beginnings all the

Part A: My research question is: ‘’What Was the Main Cause of the Nanking Massacre?’’ In this project, I will be investigating the different potential causes of the Nanking Massacre. I will then evaluate my sources and then come to a conclusion in which I will state the main cause for this treacherous act. I will consider the roots of the cause, and also the effect that it has had. I will look at the way that it has tied in with the massacre itself, and I will explore further about the ways that

In this political cartoon, Colin Kaepernick, a former San Francisco 49ers football player, is sitting on the bench during the annual National Anthem. While Kaepernick is sitting on the bench, fans are screaming, “Get up Kaepernick!! Men died for your right to stand!!” Meanwhile, on the other side of the political cartoon, two men in the armed forces are quietly stating in the background, ”Actually, we died for his right to sit or stand…” The author’s purpose is to convey the idea that when it comes

Honore de Balzac and Gustave Flaubert's Writings on Capitalism The Revolution in France, during the 19th century, gave power to the people for the first time in France. French citizens now had faith that they could form a strong, independent country; but what they did not realize was that there must be some form of financial or monetary backbone present for a country to excel on its own in the modern world. This gave way to the rise of capitalism and all its follies, debaucheries, and mainly

the city stands a women’s only college known as Jinling University and at the time of the novel the institution was overseen by American missionary Minnie Vautrin. Hilton finds the college to be a representation of civilization that is constantly put at risk by evil. The novel itself is of the perseverance of the Chinese people and Minnie Vautrin when Nanjing University turns into a refugee camp with over 10,000 refugees. Each of these refugees and Minnie herself would do their best to survive the

The transition from historical information to cinema is often a dangerous and controversial road, few films are able to consistently please both historians and mainstream audiences. The topic of Sino-Japanese relations and China’s anti-Japanese war is frequently explored in the medium of film. Films such as City of Life and Death, Norman Bethune: The Making of a Hero, Devils on the Doorstep, The Last Emperor, Nanking, Flowers of War and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness all seek to investigate this

suffering redeems the unfortunate young dreamer. Crime and Punishment is similar in many ways to Balzac's Pere Goriot, especially in respect to questions of morality. In Balzac, the master-criminal Vautrin lives by an amoral code similar to Raskolnikov's theory of Great Men--unrestrained by conscience, Vautrin holds that laws are for the weak, and those clever enough to realize this may

The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich was a summary of Adolf’s journey from his boyhood to his final decision to end his life. Shirer successfully made his case as he laid down many points that proved the foolishness of the German citizen in becoming aroused by Hitler’s power and not reacting to stop him from getting any more powerful. The point of view must be addressed. Based on the author’s choice of words and writing, it was clear that he had found Hitler distasteful as he uses the words restless

Omar Dwaik Pol Sci 6C Professor Schonfeld March 9, 2016 The State of Nature in the Rape of Nanking The study of human nature is one of the most important disciplines, for it not only helps us better understand the human being at his/her core, but it also enables us to objectively construct a theoretical framework in which we can assess what the norm is for human behavior. The challenge that accompanies such a discipline, however, is that absolute truth, as is the case with many other disciplines