General Winter: The Invasion Of Humanity

Human history is abundant in examples of individuals who have amassed such power with themselves that have allowed them to control entire populations, and often unleash tyranny and oppression upon millions of people. Throughout history there have been individuals who have held an iron grip over entire nations, concentrating totalitarian power with themselves, denying any freedom to people, crushing any form of dissent, and often unleashing mass violence, terror, and in some cases genocide. These people have shaped the future of peoples, regions and continents, starting wars and conflicts, and determining the course of millions of lives. And because of this very fact, that a single person could such a huge impact over the lives of so many people, it is very important to study the very factors that caused these individuals to make the decisions that they did, specifically, the factors and that shaped up the personality of these

The War Prayer was written by Mark Twain in the nineteenth century Imperialism. Twain uses satire to exploit the stupidity of war. In his prose, Twain explains the ghastliness of war and how people are praying to God for safety of their troops but they do not care if the opposing sides troops die. Twain uses satire in The War Prayer to make fun of the people praying for their side to win the war and the glorification of war.

In today’s society and the Chrysalids, people are too afraid to make changes because changes can cause trouble. A quote by Albert Einstein says “The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot change without changing our thinking.” This quote describes the world in real life and the Chrysalids. This world has been created because of us, humans. As time goes on, individuals start to pursue a better lifestyle and more freedom. In order to do these things, human beings need to make changes in the world. The thinking of people is so unpleasant sometimes that worse things can occur. In both societies, the thinking of people is so careless that changes frighten them.

Once upon a time in a society where government controlled citizens, one man wanted change, but instead he himself changed. Being part of a dictatorship, the government has the power to make changes and spread lies throughout the country. In fact, in the past, the government wants to be viewed as higher-up, so they change parts of history to view them as successful. In 1984 by George Orwell, “Actions speak louder than words” supports the novel because one’s action can affect either the future or past; moreover, we can influence others positively or negatively.

We as humans have the ability to live our own lives without the use of constant technology. We have become so dependent on it to live our daily lives that it’s almost like an addiction for us. If we lived without technology during the times of the cavemen, we can do it today. I’m not proposing that we rid of technology completely but we have become entirely too dependent on it to live. We are misusing technology for our own benefits. Eventually it is going to catch up with our society for the worse. In the Pixar movie “Wall-e”, humans have destroyed the planet due to their lack of care for the environment. They then are regrettably forced into living in space on a ship called the Axiom because the planet is inhabitable (Wall-e 2008). Wall-e

Every event or decision that has happened in the past has somehow impacted the future towards the good or the bad. If I could change an event, somewhere in history it would be the Holodomor Genocide. The Holodomor Genocide was “Josef Stalins’s forced starvation genocide against the Ukraine from 1933 to 1934” (Flamehorse, 2014). If it was in my power, I would not have had this event happen at all. This event has caused a lot of harm, pain, and destruction because of someone’s wishes and desires.

When seeking to resurrect the delicate nuances of history, a historian must not only present their topic in a clear and logical fashion, they must also employ several tactics to ensure that their positions are well founded and that the evidence works in a fashion that both supports their positions while simultaneously attempting to dispel any criticism of their arguments. Understandably, this task is often difficult and riddled with hidden obstacles seemingly designed by history itself to derail the historian’s task of breathing new life into times past. One strategy employed in recent decades by historians to advance their arguments is their use of the history of the individual in terms of their influence on key historical events and society.

Through evolution and sociobiology, the human race had developed an awareness and concept of the ‘other’, or, those that differ from them. History had morphed this concept in the form of value differences, class differences, and ethnic and race differences, as shown in examples such as the Republican versus Democrat, upper class versus middle class, and whites versus people of color differences respectively. After reading Arlene Audergon’s “Welcome to ‘The War Hotel’”, and the two New York Times articles titled “President Trump’s Reckless Shame Game” and “Spicer Says Maryland Rape Case Shows Need for Illegal Immigration Crackdown,” creates a modern example of how the American system creates the ‘other’ out of immigrants as a step by step process

History takes place because changes occur throughout both past as well as current civilizations. Much of the past has succumbed to change because of an apparent impersonal force, war. Through war, many advances arise allowing new civilizations to begin as well as old civilizations to fall. Over the course of several millennia, war has brought both beginnings as well as ends to several dynasties in China as well as shifts in religion across Islam.

In our modern society, each individuals have their own definition of happiness. Aristotle said “Happiness is a state of activity.”, and the Bible states that true happiness can only be found in relationship with God. On the contrary, in the novel Brave New World, the controllers of the World State decide what happiness is, and condition the citizens into believing that perspective. However, this lead into sacrificing many aspects which we feel beauty and value, such as love, liberalism, passion. This resulted in changing the society in Brave New World different from our society.

In H.G Wells book, The Time Machine, he discusses the fate of mankind by telling the story of a time traveler. The Time Traveler goes to 802,701 A.D and is surprised about the future society that awaits him. Wells in the book uses his own ideas about survival of the fittest; however, he also incorporates ideas from Edwin Lankaster’s essay, “A Chapter in Darwinism”. In Lankaster’s essay, he discusses the concept of degeneration, which in turn has been shown in the future society. Wells uses the causes of degeneration; complacency and the lack of challenge to emphasize the possible fate that humankind.

There has been countless tragedies to occur throughout history. Some of these man made, like the Atlantic slave trade, which occured from the 16th to the 19th century, and some nature made, like natural disaster. After reading four separate articles by people of different standings during the Atlantic slave trade, light was shed on who, or what should be held responsible for the tragedies that occured during these 300 years. I have found that not one person or group of people can be held responsible, but instead, the human norms, beliefs, values, and customs that were practiced at that time. This is so important in world history because naturally, humans want to place blame on specific people or a certain person, but more often than not, the reason why tragic events happen is due to the circumstances of the time, and the beliefs, values and customs the people held when the event occured.

Sociological imagination is the ability to see the one’s own problem or relations in a different perspective and to think outside the box. In the book “The Sociological Imagination” written by C. W. Mills, Mills says that sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the relations between the two within society (Elwell,2013). While many sociologists have different understanding to this concept, so they concluded to use Mills definition of sociological imagination as “the vivid awareness of the relationship between personal experience and the wider society” (Crossman,2016). So what we think that are our personal problems might actually be public issues that we aren’t aware of as proven in history and the society then.

Recalling back, there was a time in which behaviorism as a term needed no explanation as to its title. Psychologist knew the logic that was new with the brand of psychology that was introduced by Watson, which completely broke the proposed tradition, and rejected that psychology had nothing to do with our consciousness or an introspective method. In today's time the term behaviorism has created a general view point that has been widely accepted by various psychologists, in which, doesn't have any particular group or theoretical opinion. "In fact, there are no proponents today of the original Watsonian version. this statement holds true only for the particular pattern of assumptions that Watson advanced. Many of the basic postulates of his formulation are to be found in

to develop students' intellectual and moral qualities. Perennialist classrooms are also centered on teachers in order to accomplish these goals. The teachers are not concerned about the students' interests or experiences. They use tried and true teaching methods and techniques that are believed to be most beneficial to disciplining students' minds. The perennialist curriculum is universal and is based on their view that all human beings possess the same essential nature. Perennialists think it is important that individuals think deeply, analytically, flexibly, and imaginatively. They emphasize that students should not be taught information that may soon be outdated or found to be incorrect. Perennialists disapprove of teachers requiring students