The Making of a Terrorist

Svoray says that what causes young men and women to become terrorists is their desire to do something with there life. Most of them come from lives where they haven't made much of themselves or there lives are boring so when they are given a chance to do something else and travel and make money, they take that opportunity. Most of these young men and women see it as a glamorous life where they do the job and get a big reward and they aren't aware of there actions. As stated in the story, most of these young men and women are stupid and don't realize what they are doing. They are just simply following orders and if they don't follow through on that order then worse consequences will come from it.

End of the Year Survey

This year in world civ, I learned what started World War II because I didn't know this before. My favorite thing we did in class all year was building the bridges. I feel that some subjects that we have learned in previous years of social studies could be left out such as the detials of certain wars and especially the industrial revolution because I have been taught these things every year in school and its already knowledge to me that I don't think needs to be given to me again. I think that extra time on assignments was a hindurance because the longer time we are given to complete an assignment, the more i forget about it and i end up forgetting to do it before the due date.

Affidavit Given at Nuremberg

He felt guilty about his actions so he confessed about putting 11 million people to there deaths. Because of his actions he was hung for his confessional. If he did not feel sorry for his involvement in these deaths then he mostl likely would have continued on with his awful actions.

Destruction of The Berlin Wall

The Berlin Wall prevented people from interacting with each other and seeing each other. Many people were upset by the berlin wall being put up. Made people have to sneak around to see each other and secretly see there family. They had to do this without people figuring out. They had to see each other through the glass fields.

Memos on the Aims of Germany and Japan

The similarities between both memos from Douglas Miller and Joseph Grew is that both of these authors of the memos want whats best for there country and let there country be independent. They try to make peace with all other countries without hurting there own. Also, both authors want there country to be the best and biggest it can be, no matter the cost and they won't back down from doing what they can for there country.

Nonviolence

The statement, "the hardest fiber must melt in the fire of love" means that those who are not open to love and are violent in the presence of love will melt in love because in some way love will find them and they will protect that love instead of using violence. I think in some ways nonviolence can be effective and i also think it would be harder to make it effective compared to violence. In ways nonviolence is more accepted by people but those who are violent see it as a way to be violent towards those who try to be nonviolent. Nonviolence is calmer and more peaceful way of getting what you want compared to those who solve problems with guns and fists and even after a fight the problem is not resolved. As compared to nonviolence whereas if you don't be violent while resolving the problem and if you do so then the problem will be fixed and grudges won't be held against like if you use violence to hurt someone they will get revenge against you even after you think the problem is resolved.

WWI Poems

The poem, In Flanders Fields, I got powerful emotions because the poem was powerful and had a lot of meaning behind it and told a story in just a few sentences. The poem, Zeppelins, the emotions i had were that war comes with great consequences and the author wrote about it with powerful words . In my opinion both of these poems are about heartache in war and what it can bring to people and what life is like during war and what happens after you die. The message of these poems are that soldiers have fought for what they want and in most cases they lose and haertache follows and sometimes death.

The Fourteen Points/WWI Poem

They fly forward with there wings,
Allowance to go where they want,
Abiding by there rules,
To comfort themselves in the big world.

They're all the same but also different,
Freewill in the world sets them loose,
Wholesome intelligence to get where they want,
They help each other to keep them safe.

They're open to fly to different places,
Get the opportunity to see new things,
Be renewed on a new day,
The freedom to fly,

We have given them fruity fields to dance,
While being equal with there beauty at a glance.

Tragedy on the Somme

The Somme was a deadly conflict because the different fighting forces were enemies and were bound to defeat each other and beat each other down without a second thought or thinking about the consequences such as the high number of casualties. The Somme still affects the world because people still remember how many lives were lost in this battle. Also, the Somme led up to WWII and the reign of Hitler and people won't forget this since the gruesome tragedy of the Somme led up to another gruesome battle.

The Prestige

What the movie is saying about technology is that people keep expanded and going beyond to improve our technology and that it keeps growing with the perseverance of the people who keep inventing new ideas. The Victorian ideals in the movie are that the people keep striving for a better life and they want a good and comfortable life. And also that they want a perfect life that other people dream of.

The Charge of the Light Brigade

The emotions that come out of this poem is determination and perseverance because those described in the poem are shown with these emotions and qualities. This poem makes me feel the same emotions and to have determination and perseverance in my life. I think the message of the poem is never give up and to carry on with what you believe in and what you want to do. Warfare is shown in this poem by the poet describing what the men did and what they fought for and also what they had to sacrifice in the process of there determination.

Prisons and Prisoners

In the 1900's many women suffragists had a very hard time living and they went through many horrors on a daily basis. I feel that what happened to these suffragist was horrible and that they got mistreated for something they wanted and believed in. In the terms of voting, I think it says that many people gave up rights and did what they could just so others could have the right to vote and I think it also says that we should not take voting for granted.