Was the 1947 Partition of India inevitable? In August of 2012‚ the nations of India and Pakistan celebrated their 65th year of independence from the British Raj. Although its significance was overshadowed by the Independence Day celebrations‚ August 2012 also marked 65 years since the tragic and violent partition of India and Pakistan. The newfound independence in 1947 was met with mixed feelings. Although the people of India‚ through nationalism and self-determination‚ had finally rid themselves
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Katherine Pajewski Ms. Little English Period 6 10/10/13 The Crucible and McCarthyism Paralleled In the play The Crucible‚ Arthur Miller creates a tragic story of the Salem Witch Trials in 1692 which parallel McCarthyism during the 1950s. Miller published this play in 1953‚ after feeling the effects of McCarthyism during the 1950s and the Great Depression of the 1930s. Miller paralleled McCarthyism by writing about the events and ways of thinking that prompted the outbreaks‚ the immediate reactions
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that swept through Salem‚ Massachusetts during the winter of 1692 and again during the peak of the anti-communist revolution in the 1950’s. In The Crucible‚ innocent people were in danger of being accused of witchcraft and during the reign of McCarthyism innocent people were being accused of communism. “We too have been known to prefer plot over truth; to dent the evidence before us in favor of the ideas behind us; to do insane things in the name of reason; to take that satisfying step from the
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McCarthyism in The Crucible / 1984 Throughout history millions of people have found themselves to be guilty for crimes they did not commit ‚ with little to no evidence‚ and suffered the consequences of being scorned‚ arrested‚ and tortured ‚ also known as McCarthyism. One can clearly see that McCarthyism is evident in both the play “The Crucible” and the novel 1984 by George Orwell‚ although conveyed a bit differently‚ one can also find similarities between The Crucible and 1984
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Aanise Harrison November 15‚ 2012 McEnany 3/6 The Crucible vs. McCarthyism Groupthink has been part of society for many years‚ and has often caused many conflicts amongst the people. Groupthink is a way of thinking the group members use when their desire for agreement or harmony over rides their motivation to try different things or consider other opinions. One type of groupthink is pressure for conformity. Pressure for conformity is when members pressure anyone in the group who expresses
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Why am I being accused? McCarthyism had a profound effect upon the American society‚ much as the witch trials did upon the people of Salem‚ Massachusetts in the 1600’s recounted in Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. The manner of the interrogations is extremely similar in both situations. In McCarthy’s interrogations‚ everyone is treated roughly in the same manner and accused wrongfully. Similarly in The Crucible‚ the accused are questioned repeatedly until they are broken. In Langston Hughes’ interrogation
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McCarthyism wasn’t just in Salem‚ Massachusetts. McCarthyism is found upon Joseph McCarthy; It’s when someone will make false allegations against someone else. He was the senator of Wisconsin‚ and he would accuse everyone of being a communist. This was going on during the Red Scare of 1919. People began to know that they couldn’t believe him because he began blaming many officials including some high ranked army soldiers. Many plays‚ books‚ and sonnets do not just have one thing tied into them
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The Texas City Explosion of 1947 On April 16‚1947‚ a day that probably began like many others‚ in Texas City‚ Texas until shortly before 8:00 in the morning. The hatch covers were removed from hold 4 of the French ship Grandcamp. This morning it was to be loaded with the remainder of it’s ammonium nitrate fertilizer. I’m not sure how much it had left to load but it already had 2‚300 tons on board at this time. The fertilizer was not the only thing that the Grandcamp had on board for this trip
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In the 1950’s‚ American citizens faced the threat of looming nuclear annihilation that was posed by the Soviet Union and it’s satellite nations. America took many steps to curb the spread of the common enemy: communism. These steps included an arms race‚ cryptology‚ and national efforts by the civilian population. One of the national efforts was the creation of Senate Judiciary Committee Hearings into the depth of the American Communist Party. Arthur Miller uses his play The Crucible as an allegory
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Content 1. Acknowledgement 2. Introduction 3. History 4. Of the Indian independence act 1947 5. Effects of the Indian independence act‚ 1947 6. Constitutional position of Indian states after the Indian independence Act 1947. 7. Bibliography Acknowledgement I am very grateful to the Assistance Professor Dr. Sheeba S.Dhar of Department of Law ‚National University Of Advanced Legal Studies‚Kochi for giving me such a valuable topic dissertation. This will help us in the detail study of the topic
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