Cullen Murphy's Analysis

The Western Roman empire fell in 476 C.E.. The Roman Empire lasted nearly 500 years. Before the fall of the Western Empire, Constantine split the Roman Empire into two parts, west and east. He moved the government and the capital to Byzantine (later renamed Constantinople). While ancient Rome and modern day America are very different in some ways, they are similar in other ways. The fall of the Roman Empire has some things that sound similar to what is going on in America right now, however America will not fall the same way that the Roman Empire did.

Despite the fall of Imperial Rome which was highly developed for its time, the Romans created many variations in politics, economics and social structure. When forming the United States, our founding fathers used the Romans ancient society as a structure for America. This ancient t model allowed America, early and modern alike, to spiral and become an outstanding figure in global affairs. Although the united states and rome are very different they are also alike in many ways. Rome and the United states are similar because they both have a dying middle class and they both had a generalized law. However they are different because Rome was common for emperors to have enemies killed, but murder is not accept in America.

One of the first (and one of the most important) ways that the United States is similar to Ancient Rome can be seen through the form of government. Document 1 from the packet shows the

Imperialism is not a new concept by any means to the human race. This form of movement has not only made many great empires rise to greatness, but have also made many fall (Roman). At many points in history the drive for imperialism was the only aspect some nations had in common (Cohen). Imperialism is simply the expanding of one’s power and influence by the complete taking over of other’s financial markets, industry, and abilities to be themselves.

Do you know anyone who keeps people at a distance to avoid getting hurt? Well Carley Connors, the main character from One For The Murphys written by Lynda Mullaly Hunt, keeps people at a distance to avoid getting hurt.

There are many similarities that can be noticed between the American Nation and the Roman Empire such as the same founding of government and both dominated in military, and economic similarities. Rome is famous for their harsh discipline amongst their own ranks and their mercifulness brutality amongst their enemies. Rome warfare was characterized by great ferocity and the roman pursuit of victory was determined. Rome gave many good ideas; the senate was ruled by the people of Rome. The Roman Republic Government was a large complex constitution, which was secure by many checks and balances, so that no man could have complete control. The United States follow the path of the Roman Republic. Although there are many similarities and differences,

In Rome, personal virtues contributed towards each individual’s dedication towards their empire. They directly gave the Roman republic the moral strength and ideology to conquer the world. In some ways, the Romans assimilated their beliefs from the Greeks, which they had conquered. In fact they had created such a lasting impression with successful ideology, that George Washington wore a toga, to demonstrate how the old Roman values still had an affect on what was then modern day America. Nearly all of George Washington's actions while leading America took into account the history of Rome. As well as how certain things took place while shaping the future of America.

In the beginning of chapter 8, Krakauer blatantly states all these strangers’ opinions about McCandless’s death to the reader. These honest and blunt opinions that were stated against McCandless causes one to realize that McCandless’s peril was one hundred percent absurd

Most of America considers itself a “Great” nation. Whether this means powerful, intelligent, flourishing, thriving, et cetera, is unclear. In order to explore where America obtained the inspiration for its greatness, I am going to walk through the influence of the great Greek and Roman cultures and Empires (so to speak). These ancient civilizations were among the first that had governments of democracy and sophistication, of elections and thriving economies on a mass scale. America needed a strong, binding and uniting foundation of government and that is what it got from drawing upon these ancient civilizations. The entire way that the American government works and thrives today is

The great Empire of Rome, the greatest power to have ruled the Mediterranean. The Roman empire thrived in the time of Julius Caesar around 47 BC. Caesar had made Rome into an empire, but after he died, Rome started its downfall. It was unthinkable. The great Roman empire’s reign was over. There was no one single cause; it was many things happening at once, which caused the fall of Rome. The downfall happened with the army weakening, natural disasters and plagues rising, and leaders becoming corrupted all contributed to their fall.

The legendary Roman Empire lasted from 753 B.C.E. all the way until 1453 A.D. However Rome split in two at about 395 A.D. which crippled the ancient Rome we know. So really ancient Rome lived from 753 B.C.E. to 476 A.D. But the name of Rome continued on in the Byzantine empire for about another 1000 years. Yet many people nowadays still refer to Rome as one of the greatest ancient civilizations of all time. They thought this because Rome was leaps and bounds ahead of others in military, political, economic,architectural, and technological aspects. But Rome was far from perfect, because of its split in 395 A.D. ancient Rome began falling apart. The things that made it great became its downfall. But there were many important factors that made Rome fall, but the most prominent were military, economic, and religious factors.

For such of new country, it sure has some history. The United States has been involved in some rocky “regime changes” throughout its history. In Overthrow, author Stephen Kinzer outlines those in which American influence was the deciding factor. The book is set up into three sections, titled for how the operations were grouped together: The Imperial Era, Covert Action, and Invasions. With each government interference, Kinzer seems to only point out where they went wrong. He simply doesn’t give America enough credit.

A season premiere of the HBO series, The Newsroom, is not only causing Americans to question upcoming politicians and their beliefs, but is making people ask themselves: Is America really the greatest country in the world? Will McAvoy, played by Jeff Daniels, is an anchorman/politician in the series who is asked by a young college student “why he thinks America is the greatest country in the world” (McAvoy, 2012). The response he gave not only dropped jaws and opened the minds of the students on the television show, but has people really thinking throughout the country. Will gives a captivating delivery of his opinion on the state of the country while giving excellent verbal and nonverbal communication with extreme amounts of credibility behind his reasoning.

America is a superpower both military and politically.in the future I see America’s military being stronger than ever. It will have the power to do anything. Were pioneers in democracy and led on other countries to be democratic which in all cases is good. But America in my sense of the future since it already is a world power would be dangerous.

Arnie Reid is a young boy at the age of thirteen. He meets an old farmer named Merle Winter, he is eighty-three. They both must depend on each other. This story is placed in northern Minnesota in the middle of winter. Arnie’s mother left him with his father. From the last several years his father and Arnie have been moving to different towns because of his drunk father. Arnie’s dad doesn’t have a job and he keeps getting in trouble with the police. Arnie and his father live in a small trailer far outside of town. The only thing Arnie has to keep him busy and out of trouble is his art, until he meets the old retired farmer, Merle Winter. Merle and Arnie have been having a lack of fun in their lives. They become great friends, and learn how to enjoy their lives with each other. Just when you think the story is going great someone breaks into Merle’s home. Instantly, Merle’s and Arnie’s life just goes back to how it was before they met each other. Arnie gets caught in the middle of a police investigation that is big