Death Causing Factors

Galipolli is a movie that shows how World War I was. As seen in the trailer of remake of the original, you see many mortar explosions. I believe most deaths were caused by mortars. In the trailer, trenches are shown as soldiers are running through them. In the trailer the diseases are not shown, but the truth is, a wide selection of deaths came form these trenches, all the disease and infection that was stuck down there. They were basically standing in their grave. Towards the ending of the trailer, a very large machine gun is shown, these guns were made to take down waves of enemies, wave after wave, meaning it could kill hundreds in minutes.

Imperialism shown through the movie Troy.

Imperialism is commonly seen today throughout the world. Imperialism is when a strong nation oppresses a weaker nation and takes over them either politically or economically, sometimes a nation can have an influence with both.

            Imperialism is shown in the epic movie, Troy. As Prince Paris, Prince of Troy, kidnaps Queen Helen, Queen of Sparta, a great war is started. As soon as King Menelaus, King of Sparta, discovers his wife has been kidnapped he prepares his army and sets out to Troy to get back his wife and destroy Troy. In order to win the fight, King Menelaus knows he will need the help of Achilles, a godlike mortal who is also the best warrior known throughout the land.  When King Hector discovers his brother Paris has kidnapped Queen Helen he lets his father, King Prium know that soon King Menelaus will attack Troy.  To build a stronger army, King Menelaus asks his brother King Agamemnon to unite their tribes to defeat and conquer Troy.  In truth, Agamemnon's pursuit of honor is corrupted by his overwhelming greed - he needs control of Troy to ensure the supremacy of his already vast empire.  King Menelaus is challenged by Prince Paris to have a duel, during the duel Paris is hurt and has to be saved by his brother Hector who then fights the battle for him and kills King Menelaus.  When the Spartans arrive at Troy they know that in order to breach the walls of Troy they will need to have a plan that will destroy Troy from the inside first.  The Spartans designs a plan with a large, wooden horse which will contain Spartan soldiers  inside, which will come out when they arrive inside the city and then will open the drawbridge to let the rest of the soldiers in. The Spartans then seize Troy and destroy it.

            Imperialism ties into this movie because one nation is trying to take another nations empire. All over pride and dignity, which is a common reason in today's world, whether it be a big country taking over a smaller country, or a smaller company being over powered by a larger one and being bought out. In this movie, imperialism is shown when Troy is over taken by the Spartans. The Spartans take over for political reason, to get the people of Troy out of power.

North Korea as always, has had South Korea at pressure. Just recently, North Koreans have fires at South Korean guards on guard post in the North Korean/South Korean border.
This is an example because North Koreans are trying to take over the South Korea politically and have a major military influence over them.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39906457/ns/world_news-asiapacific

Work work work.

It has been a week since i got here. The labor is difficult. Everyday there are a couple of men who die. Most of the deaths account for my kind, black West Indians. People are too harsh. They mistreat us, and make us work harder than the other minorities. Sometimes I even forget what it is what I am working for, I just need the money, even if they pay poorly for such hard labor. The days routine is as followed, wake up by sunrise, and start working. We eat little by little. We stop working a couple hours after the sun goes down, it seems as if we only get three or five hours of sleep. People all around us are sick. They are throwing up, getting nauseous, and their body temperature is burning up. I just hope that this job does not take my life.

Why not?

The SOA is a American school located in Fort Benning, Georgia. This school trains Latin-American soldiers. What they train for is a good purpose though. They are trained to go and take over a country that is a potential threat to us. They are trained to take over a country by having a political and economical influence. By having either one or both of these influences, we are able to reduce the threat, and install a Pro-American way of lifestyle to these countries.

Exaggerations...

Yellow Journalism is an exaggerated story that causes for people to be more attracted to the topic. Many news headlines 'exaggerate' their title. The purpose of this is to attract viewer attention. The current news headline "U.S. Embassy: Beijing air quality is 'crazy bad'." When you first read the title, you think the air smells and people just can't handle it. Truth is,  there is a thick haze over Beijing. Most of it is caused by burning coal. The air quality is at 310 which is way above it should be. Here in America, if the Air quality is over 240, schools are asked to cancel outdoor activities, and sometimes they might even cancel that school day.

Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40273827/ns/world_news-world_environment/

Agree to the system :)

     Oh blogger, you are so great! You make me have less hand pains caused from all that writing with pen and paper.
     I really enjoy this system. Doing work over the computer is so much better. I prefer to be told by a teacher to write a six hundred word assignment on a blog than to be told to write six hundred word assignment on pen and paper.
     I agree with this blogger system because, it gives a twist to the educational system. It keeps it fun and interactive. Well atleast for those who have the ability to get onto a computer and type their ideas related to the topic at hand.
     I also like how the topics are not like "Tell me why this event happened?"
     I like how you made it so creative. How we can talk about our opinions, let our minds do the talking instead of the text books. With these blogs you have to put some time and effort to really get your point across.
There is also this really nice thing that lets you view other students blogs. With this you can see how you can improve your writing. Or if you are bored and want to read your best friends thoughts related to the blog questions, go right ahead and do it! It is as simple as a click away!
     Doing blogs for homework also allows you to think more. The questions are not all that easy. It requires some thought. Of course, some blog topics may be easier than others, but all of them require a well given answer.
     I also like how you give us several topics to chose from. You give us three to four, but you pick to choose which one. The one you have more interest in, that is the one you write about!
    The other good this is that you do not give us a short amount of time to do it in. I like how you give us a whole week before we get a whole new set of blog topics, it is awesome.
     Now, writing on pen and paper can be tiring, cant it? That is why i like this system so much!!

   Pen and paper is so dull! All other classes require you to do this. It does not really add to the effort you put into your work. If you get three assignments one night, and all of them are to write a paper, chances are, you will not write at the best of your ability. Also, when you write with pen and pencil so much, you get these annoying and painful hand pains and cramps! UGHHH!
     With everything online it is like nearly impossible to get a hand cramp from typing! Unless you are a speed demon and type five hundred words per minute. Then maybe you might just get hand pain from typing.

     The Blogger system makes everything so much better, and more exciting. You look forward to doing your best on the assignments and put some taught into them. With this, you can fully write to your fullest.

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