Helter Skelter
The strengths and deficiencies of Helter Skelter, Vincent Bugliosi's account of Charles Manson, his followers, and his trial and subsequent conviction both stem from one single fact about the author. Vincent Bugliosi was the Prosecuto Continue Reading...
One of the most creative members of the group, John Lennon, was born on October 9, 1940 in Liverpool. He had a disruptive but stable youth. After his parents' divorce, he went to live with his aunt. Both his mother and aunt encouraged his musical e Continue Reading...
Racism and Society -- Literature Response
Race and Identity as Functions of Societal Labeling and Expectations
Two pieces of 20th century literature exemplify the alienation felt by African-Americans in the United States. One of those works, author Continue Reading...
This would be true although no evidence at the crime scene would connect Manson physically to the murders. The pronunciation at the crime scenes of his motive and philosophy would provide a clear line leading directly to Manson though. As the courts Continue Reading...
Manson Family
Was the Manson family a religious cult? In this essay, the author will prove this by examining the Manson Family as a political cult and the leaders use of mind control love bombing, the role of Manson as a group leader and his role wi Continue Reading...
How the Beatles Made History
Introduction
Everyone knows their names, even if one never cared for their music: Ringo, John, Paul, and George. Just 15, 16 and 17 respectively, George Harrison, Paul McCartney and John Lennon came together in 1958&mdash Continue Reading...
Hurston and Hughes
The United States has a history of racist policies towards African-Americans and other minorities. The predominant ruling class of this country has always been wealthy white Christian men. In order to sustain this position of powe Continue Reading...
'All you need is love,' sang The Beatles. But they sang against a backdrop of militant demonstrations, the hazing of soldiers, environmental 'monkey-wrenching,' self-destructive drug trips, and a knifing death at the Altamont Rock Festival in 1969. Continue Reading...
Criminological Theories and Their Application
Character History
Nikita Voronov was born in Omsk, Russia in 1977 to a 17-year-old mother named Natasha Voronov. She had gotten pregnant with him after dating a man for one month, another Russian male w Continue Reading...
The death penalty with which he is threatened is meaningless because societal neglect and brutality had killed him years earlier -- indeed, well before he had ever known a real life (Bernstein, 1992, p. 174).
Charlie has never known a real life, an Continue Reading...
Wartime Embedded Journalists
There have been war correspondents in virtually every U.S. military engagement. During the Civil War, a photographer named Matthew Brady was out there on the battlefield not exactly snapping pictures, but laboriously pre Continue Reading...
Winter Dreams" the tension between democratic and aristocratic values in America
"Winter Dreams" depicts the struggles of a middle-class character who is attempting to prove himself 'worthy' of a woman of American, blue-blooded aristocracy. At the Continue Reading...