Essays on Captors

A Fossil fuel power station is a plant location where fossil fuels are burned producing electricity. Such fossil fuels include petroleum, natural gas, and coal. There are power plants which are designed for continuous operations for large scale purposes called central station fossil fuel power plants. Fossil fuel plants in many countries are used in the provision of electricity. They have machines for conversion of heat energy from combustion of fossil fuels into mechanical energy that operates an electrical generator producing electric currents (Camus et al. 154). The Samso Island is planning to exhaust the application of fossil fuels ...

Alfredo Albondigas is obviously a mentally disturbed man. The inmate could be suffering from psychosis or other related psychological disorders. The mental imbalance might have been brought about by drug and substance abuse. With the known prison background and environment, use of drugs such as Marijuana, heroin, crystal methyl, LSD and others is rampant. Alternatively, Mr. Albondingas might be suffering from acute depression leading to the meltdown. Mental disturbance from the environmental effects of prison trauma and stress could induce delirious hallucinations. Other possible mental states that could be influencing the behavior could be Peduncular hallucinosis and primarily schizophrenia. ...

The tensions between England and her colonial subjects were rapidly escalating. Henry, a young lawyer, spoke to his fellow Virginians of his opinions regarding the colony’s course of action. Henry Patrick is best known for the speech that he made in the House of Burgesses on March 23, 1775, Give me Liberty or Give Me Death. The Burgesses house was faced with a problem of deciding on whether to deploy their military against the encroaching force of the British military. The difficulty of arriving in a conclusive decision necessitated a meeting of lawyers and ...

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The Al Qaeda manual is a publication, whose principal purpose is to serve as a directive for the members of the terrorist group. In this handbook, the acts of violence performed by these members are justified by the use of quotations from the Holy Book, the Quran. Additionally, the Al Qaeda manual instructs members of the group how to lie during captivity. This is usually an attempt to divert the attention of the captors and avoid being traced. The handbook, particularly directs the members of the Al Qaeda group to falsely claim that they are being tortured while under interrogation with ...

Increasing Trafficking of Men and Boys to USA

Introduction This paper is an analysis of facts and statistics that present evidence of the increasing numbers of male trafficking victims of all ages into the United States for laboring purposes through fraudulent means or against their will (HHS 1). According to the Department of Health and Human Services the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 defines a victim of trafficking as either involved in; “A Sex trafficking in which a commercial sex act is induced by force, fraud, or coercion, or in which the person induced to perform such act has not attained the age of 18 years ...

A Domestic and International Epidemic

INTRODUCTION The word “slavery” is a word with many meanings and ideas conceived by nations, cultures and peoples all over the world. However, at the core slavery is any form of activity that forces one human being to be dependent and at the mercy of others, a loss of freedom, and the definitive crime against humanity. People imagine a lot of things when we think of slavery. Some might think back to biblical stories and the Jewish slaves in Egypt or the indentured servitude practices in Western Europe in the 1600s. However, in the United States, the word slavery automatically brings ...

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This essay discusses the types of human trafficking that are taking place in today’s world, the extent of the problem in terms of numbers involved and the amount of money looted from victims. The areas inflicted by human trafficking are listed. The laws made against human trafficking are described. The techniques employed by organized criminals to trap people into slavery are narrated. A very low degree of success achieved by the civilized world in controlling ...

In American history, the middle passage refers to a voyage that took place in period between 1600 and 1800 when slave trade dominated the economic activities along the Pacific Ocean. It was termed as the middle passage because it was the second leg of a voyage which took place in three phases that begun and ended in Europe. The first passage entailed a voyage carrying cargo such as iron, fire arms, brandy and gunpowder which was taken to the African slave coasts. The cargo was traded for Africans. Departure from the African slave coasts marked the beginning of the middle passage from ...

Introduction

John Hunt Morgan was a popular Confederate general and cavalry officer during the Civil War. He is most remembered for his Morgan’s Raid wherein he led several hundred men on a more-than thousand mile journey from the South into Kentucky and as far as southern Ohio, which is the farthest point reached by any Confederate group in the north during this war (Dupuy, Johnson and Bongard, 1992, 525). He sowed terror and fear in the hearts of ordinary people from Indiana and Ohio (Boyer, 1912, 164-165). This short paper will examine General Morgan’s escape from the Ohio Penitentiary in ...

Five years ago, a soldier of the U.S. Army, Bowe Bergdahl, had disappeared from the rest of his troops while stationed in Afghanistan and subsequently held by Afghan captors. In late May, President Obama had announced that he would make a trade with the captors – send Bergdahl back and in return receive five Taliban terrorists who have been held in Guantanamo as prisoners of the U.S. for years. Obama had made sure to include an executive agreement that those five Taliban members must remain in Qatar, closely monitored by officials there. While there was no congressional review prior to making ...

Position of Native American Narrative in the American Narrative

Local Americans endured an aggregate disaster throughout the span of the nineteenth century. At the same time their stories can't be basically dense into one expert account of thrashing and destruction. To comprehend what happened to "The American Indian," we have to take a gander at the lives of the numerous Indians––and whites––that helped this multi-faceted story. At practically every turn, Native Americans ended up overpowered by Anglo-Americans' budgetary and military assets. At the neither same time their reaction to occasions was not, one or the other one-dimensional nor defeatist. Some attempted discretion. Others turned to religion. Still others ...

The Patty Hearst Trial presents one of the most controversial cases that have attracted attention of many scholars. Various legal experts and other analysts have presented different views in relation to this case by evaluating circumstance that surrounded the entire trial from diverse perspectives. The case revolves around Patty Hearst, a renowned newspapers heiress who engages in various unlawful activities especially after being kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA). Hearst trial presents a rich scenario, which explores various social-economic and political issues in relation to the justice system. The trial highlights the general use of customary psychiatric defenses including the ...

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Ambrose Bierce captured the story of a foolish lieutenant named Herman Brayle in Killed at Resaca. Brayle is someone who always wears his complete uniform while on duty but is highly inconsistent in battles. Such has led Brayle to face questioning from his superiors, although he never really changed his attitude. Yet one day, when an order tasked Brayle to deliver a letter, he took the more dangerous path going to the place of his destination. Prancing in an open field riddled by bullet shots, Brayle braved the open fire even up to the point when the Confederates successfully killed him. ...

Introduction

Regarded as the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist by profession. Psychoanalysis is a clinical method developed by Freud in order to treat patients with psychopathology through an exchange of dialogue between psychoanalyst and a patient. In his creation of psychoanalysis, Freud came up with the concepts of id, ego, superego and defense mechanisms in order to resolve the conflicts between the trios. His psychoanalytic views on feminism and gender have sparked controversy in his own life time and still are a topic of debate and discussion. This paper would discuss in detail about Freudian psychoanalysis, his psychoanalytic ...

The Holocaust did not simply happen overnight. There was a long evolution that ultimately led to the gas chambers and the death camps. Initially, efforts were focused on forcing Jews to emigrate. For example, a “Central Office for Jewish Immigration”, led by Adolph Eichmann, was formed to coordinate efforts to force the Jews out. But many countries did not want to take them. The United States even turned back a ship, the M.S. St. Louis, packed with Jewish refugees that had been bound for Cuba but was denied entry there as well. This hindered the ability for many Jews who otherwise would ...

The role and responsibilities of the local police

Abstract Terrorism is a growing threat faced by several nations today. The response to terrorism had radically changed throughout the world subsequent to the 9/11 attacks and the role of the local police in combating terrorism was fiercely emphasized. The local police, while understanding and accepting the challenge have drawbacks in their counter terrorist efforts. Terrorist outfits and organizations are generally small and are secretive in their working, which makes it difficult for the law enforcement agencies to track them down. The modus operandi of the terrorists is to seek innovative and less suspecting ways of attacks that at ...

Positive Psychology

Donald O. Clifton, a pioneer in positive psychology, and his grandson, Tom Rath, developed the "bucket" and "dipper" theory of happy emotions based on Clifton's research and those of others. Using the metaphor of a bucket and dipper, the authors purport that our sense of well-being is determined by every interaction, which either fills our bucket or drains it. Their main claim is that when using positive psychology in everyday interactions, anyone can experience a happier life – it’s a matter of choice. Whether a co-worker, spouse, child, friend, student, acquaintance or even a stranger, all can benefit – including ourselves when applying this principle. ...

The taking of hostages is seen as an attention- seeking behavior to attract an audience, for without an audience hostage taking is meaningless. The taking of hostages should be viewed as an attempt at problem solving .Hostage takers in most cases use hostages as bargaining chips throughout the negotiation process. The negotiator is engaged to initiate a dialogue with the captor who is the hostage taker to ensure safe release of the hostages. The negotiator should be able to ensure the safety of the hostages, the criminals and the general public surrounding the incident. For the negotiation team to be ...

Discussion Questions: The Unredeemed Captive

1. The official seal of the Massachusetts Bay Company is emblematic of its proprietors’ vision as being the rescuers of the Native Americans after encroaching onto their land. 2. The colonists inarguably have their gripes and misgivings about the land onto which they encroached, seeing that its people shared a completely different set of values and beliefs. 3. The Williams occupy a central role in Deerfield society, essentially being among the revered people of the Puritan faith that most of the colonists espoused.

4. The Indians’ attack on Deerfield was a cleverly executed military maneuver by the French to facilitate ...

Mary Rowlandson’s View of Her Indian Captors

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Mary Rowlandson’s View of Her Indian Captors

Mary Rowlandson was a Puritan wife and mother who, in 1676, was captured and taken from her home in Lancaster, Massachusetts by a raiding band of Narragansett Indians (Canada n.p.). She related the story of her eleven months of captivity in her book, Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, a best-seller in the popular captivity-narrative genre of the era. The combination of her Puritan faith and the brutality of the incidents she witnessed during her capture and captivity led Rowlandson to view her Indian captors as less ...

The narratives of both Frederick Douglass and Mary Rowlandson, due to their detailed and uncompromising portraits of early American life, are extremely important examples of their respective genres, and American literature as a whole. While Mary Rowlandson's narrative is a straightforward narrative of her life before and after captivity, the majority of Douglass' slave narrative takes place in his childhood; furthermore, Rowlandson's narrative was thought to end with her death, though that was later proved false; Douglass' ends with the beginning of his true life as a free man.

The difference between a captivity narrative and a slave narrative are somewhat unique; while a captivity ...

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Everyone is quite familiar with the Mission of Christ in the world when God has sent Him to save mankind from all sin and become the Messiah. However, if one is asked about what God’s Mission is to the world; many often speculate this as they are uncertain of His Mission for mankind and for the world He has created. Many noted that God’s faithful Mission is to watch over us and teach us His Will, but there is more to this Mission that everyone must understand and identify. Upon reading the Old and New Testaments, the ...

Compare and contrast Mary Rowlandson’ A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration with Harriet Jacobs, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl We might expect these two texts to be completely different from each other because they come from such different genres. A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration is an example of the captivity narrative genre, which was very popular in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and beyond – until the American frontier was finally closed towards the end of the nineteenth century. They always involved European prisoners, held captive or hostage by indigenous tribes people, before being ...