Essays on Back Down

Abstract

The legal age for alcohol consumption and the wisdom that applies to this choice has for some time been a topic that has been subject to vast research and scrutiny and this has been so because the reasons why we had taken the step to raise the drinking age to 21 do not seem to be coming true with the choice that we have made. This means that there has come a time again where we look at both sides of another choice but this time we make a decision about the lowering of the legal age for drinking ...

Growing up in Korea, my family did not have a lot of money. My father was a policeman, and was very good at his job, but we still had to struggle to make ends meet. As a result, we often made sure to never waste anything, and never take anything for granted - aspects of my personality I carry with me to this day. My father taught me the values of hard work and perseverance; I also learned patience and compassion for my fellow man from him. I also vowed to work as hard as I could to make a better life for ...

Anybody who has read or watched The Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice & Fire Series –would agree with me that it is a series that shows every facet of deception used by humans. According to Merriam-Webster, the word “deceive” means, “to make someone believe something that is not true” or “to cause to accept true or valid what is false or invalid.” Deception is a form of dishonesty that is used everyone, every day. And the characters in this book are able to show how it is done so to achieve what one wants; whether it is something ...

- Describe your thought on Brinksmanship. Brinksmanship is a word coined by Adlai Stevenson as he criticized philosophy with ‘going to the brink’ in one of his interviews with John Foster Dulles, a former secretary of State under the administration of Dwight D. Eisenhower who is the 34th president of the United States. Brinksmanship is a strategy in which it aims to push through the dangerous events into the ‘brink’ of disaster to achieve a winning situation. Some examples of brinksmanship occurrence in world history are the threat of nuclear force during Cold War and the high stakes litigation. Forcing the ...

Orson Welles’ seminal film Citizen Kane is widely considered to be one of the greatest films of all time, and for good reason – Welles’ uniquely Expressionistic and evocative cinematography, as well as editing and mise-en-scene, elevates an already stellar cast and incredible script to a deeply-felt character study of a man seeking immortality. One of the most intriguing sequences in the film is the scene wherein Charles Foster Kane (Welles) is inspired to create the Declaration of Principles for his newspaper; its simple, elegant yet effective visual style is indicative of the film’s look as a whole. In keeping the vast ...

The wife of the 38th President of the United States, Betty Ford embarked on a remarkable personal journey. According to her, the day her husband became was the saddest day of her life (Ford,1978). Betty faced a number of personal issues that had to do with her health, with the most prominent one being breast cancer followed by alcoholism and dependence on painkillers. For all the hardships she faced, Betty Ford remained strong-willed and showed a tendency to push forward women's rights whenever she could. At the time her husband was made President, the United States was biased towards men, with ...

Nation-States

A nation-state is also known as a country. It is crucial to note that that the term state, nation, and country are used interchangeably but technically have different meaning. A nation is used to refer to a group of people of a given ethnicity despite not owning a country. This means that a nation referred to a given cultural identity of a group of people (Hansen, 2012, p.25). A state can be classified as a form of political authority that is part of a country and constitutes a given political authority. Thus, the term nation-state is functional because it gives people a sense of nationalism. All nation-states around the globe ...

Why I Came to the United States

I have experienced a great many things that I believe make me well prepared for the challenges and trials of attending David & Elkins College. I grew up in Saudi Arabia; there were not many people where I grew up, and as such I got to know the few people around me very well. In my country, there are quite a few people who struggle every day to get the primary health care that they need; even more struggle to become educated on health-related matters. Watching all of these people around me work so hard for what should be easily provided to ...

In the recent film Won't Back Down (2012), Jamie Fitzpatrick (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a single mother and bartender who gradually embarks on a social justice campaign to take over her local public school, which is failing miserably. Along with teacher Nona (Viola Davis), she must navigate the bureaucracy of the school system, represented by the teacher's union president (Holly Hunter) and the principal of the school (Bill Nunn), to find a better way to teach their children. The film grossed approximately $2.6 million in its opening weekend, and has an overall gross so far of approximately $4.5 million - hardly an impressive ...

- Introduction The events that took place in the wake of the Cuban missile crisis showed a major test for Western civilization in the 1960s because it was the time when the world faced the possibility of nuclear war. The Soviets were determined to establish their power and influence in the western hemisphere because they could easily attack the United States since this was the heights the events that culminated in the Cold War. the two countries, the US and USSR believed that their actions were civilized, and so it was difficult for either of them to change their ...

In the recent film Won't Back Down (2012), Jamie Fitzpatrick (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is a single mother and bartender who gradually embarks on a social justice campaign to take over her local public school, which is failing miserably. Along with teacher Nona (Viola Davis), she must navigate the bureaucracy of the school system, represented by the teacher's union president (Holly Hunter) and the principal of the school (Bill Nunn), to find a better way to teach their children. The film grossed approximately $2.6 million in its opening weekend, and has an overall gross so far of approximately $4.5 million - hardly an impressive ...

Explain how war can be “Better than a Bargain”. Fromkin and Doyle.

War is a form of conflict that usually arises whenever there is a disagreement between individuals, states or even nations. It results into a hostile relationship, and for example, in armed conflict, mortality rates become high. Furthermore, it impacts negatively on the economy and leads to widespread problems. Sometimes war can be beneficial besides its negative attributes. This is detailed as war being better than a bargain, and it may act as the best option amongst two parties with conflicting needs (Fromkin 8-18).

The end of the Cold war acted as a signal that both the Western and world war had also come to ...