was established by Marshal Philippe Pétain after France surrendered to Germany on June 22, 1940 (Editors, 1). On the same day, France was divided into two zones: one to be under German military occupation and one to be left to the French. There were, however, a few zones of France unoccupied (Holocaust). Not too long after the new government was made, Pierre Laval joined it and soon became the main architect of the regime (Editors, 2). Laval was the man who granted Petain to create a new constitution
novel about love, death, and the ability of the human spirit to prevail in the midst of extreme tragedy and loss. The book opens as the citizens of Manhattan gaze into the sky with disbelief and awe as they view the Twin Towers tight rope walker, Philippe Petit, a French acrobat who is one hundred and ten feet in the air in August, 1974. Although Petit opens the introduction of the book, the actual true main characters are the ordinary everyday people down below. Petit’s death defying feat was
Metaphor is most frequently employed as a literary device in which a word or phrase that ordinarily designates one article is used to designate another, thus making an implicit comparison. Journey serves as an effective metaphor because it can accurately portray many concepts from all walks of life without becoming vague. This feat is accomplished by utilizing the inherent characteristics of the word "journey" itself, as a journey can be representative of a process, physical travel, or any undertaking
On occasion, a person’s motivations have the power to make their dreams a reality. This is clearly seen in the story of Philippe Petit and his dream as a young adult to tightrope walk between the infamous Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. In August 1974, Petit achieved this goal. Many years after his momentous performance, a documentary titled Man on Wire was created to capture the events that occured prior and subsequent to Petit’s most famous walk. The movie includes a series of interviews
The Film discusses Philippe Petit’s famous high wire walk between the top of the twin towers. At the age of 18, many years before the towers existed and were just a mere idea he decided that he had a dream and he worked hard in order to pursue it. During this journey he met a lot of people that would help him along the way. This also includes a woman who he fell in love with but she had to give up everything for him. He experimented many times with 200 feet of wire which was the space between the
“Men on Wire” is a documentary which show us a story about a French guy named Philippe Petit. He was a famous Wire Walker who at the 70’s used to put his life on risk walking on wire, principally in spot tourism around the world, like The Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, and the Sidney Harbour Bridge in Australia. His master piece and unbelievable feat was to walk between the World Trade Center twin towers in New York. Is a general agreement that to walk on a wire in high places the person must be
Omar Mullick is a film director and cinematographer who is best known for his 2013 feature film: These Birds Walk. His work has been published in various places like The New York Times, National Geographic, TIME, and many more. Last Wednesday, I had the opportunity to see his amazing work, These Birds Walk which is a film on the street children in Pakistan. In this movie, I could see one of the many problems people were facing in Karachi, Pakistan; and that was poverty. There were many orphanages
Most of the early music that we have today still in print is primarily sacred music. This music, for the most part, is in the form of sections of the Mass, such as the Gloria, Kyrie and Agnus Dei. Most people of the Middle Ages were poor peasants who worked all day for meager wages and had no idle time lounging the way the upper classes did. Therefore, there are few extant secular compositions of music from this era. The rise of a new middle class, however, gave financial freedom for some people
Robert G. Mondavi, the son of poor Italian immigrants, began making wine in California in 1943 when his family purchased the Charles Krug winery in Napa Valley where he served as a general manager. In 1966, at the age of 54, after a severe dispute over control of the family-owned winery, Robert Mondavi used his personal savings and loans from friends to start the flagship Robert Mondavi Winery in Napa Valley with his eldest son, Michael Mondavi. Robert's vision was to create wines in California that
In the mid-eighteenth century, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, one of the most important French philosophers of the time, wrote Lettre sur la musique francaise (Letter on French Music) in response to the musical debate pitting French music against Italian music. In the first part of this paper, an attempt will be made to explain both Rousseau’s argument for so heavily criticizing the music of his people and what elements of Italian music he prefers; in the second half, an endeavor will be made to defend
At the start of John Demos' book The Unredeemed Captive, a group of Native Americans attack the English town of Deerfield, kidnap a few of its people, and take them to Canada. On October 21, 1703, in response to the attacks, the "Reverend Mr." John Williams, the town's leader, writes to Joseph Dudley, the Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, for tax relief, funding to rebuild the fort, a prisoner exchange to free the captured residents, and soldiers to protect the town. Governor Dudley agrees
Versailles Versailles was not always a château or a royal palace it was also a country village on the road to Paris. Now let’s step back to when it was being built. There was a total of four campaigns each lasting around 4-20 years. The first campaign was building the garden and apartments to accommodate 600 guest invited to a celebration party and not much else happened in this campaign. The second building campaign was mainly about creating a place for the royal family to stay at. Louis XIV the
French and German armies during the Battle of Verdun. One of the newest weapons was Diphosgene gas. Diphosgene was used to harm a large amount of people at once. It is a poisonous gas first introduced in World War I because of the effects. Henri Philippe-Petain possessed a huge quantity of supplies. Being prepared for the war was vital to the troops. They had to be aware of their surroundings while in combat and always have weapons handy because of the fear of a surprise attack. In addition, the strategies
The Battle of Verdun - 1916 The Battle of Verdun in 1916 was a battle between the French and German armies and was considered to be the longest single battle of World War One. The impact that the battle of Verdun had on the French armies were so severe that Britain decided to take action. On July 1916, Britain began the Battle of Somme, mainly due to the reason of wanting to take German pressure off of the French at Verdun. The battle of Verdun began on the 21st of February, 1916 and ended on the
newspapers, provide intelligence to and from the allies, and manage escape networks to allied territory for political enemies and others persecuted by the Nazis (Aubrac, 3). On June 14th, 1940 the Germans occupied Paris, France, and three days later Philippe Pétain, a French WWI hero, assumed power from the current prime minister and declared an armistice (Northwest). On June 22nd, 1940, the Second French-German armistice was signed near Compéigne, giving the Germans permission to occupy north and west France
The Price of Glory Response Paper One may argue that in order to fully understand the horrific realities of the First World War, then attention must be paid to the bloodiest battle of the bloodiest war, the Battle of Verdun. In his skillful narration of the battle, The Price of Glory: Verdun 1916, Alistair Horne describes Verdun to be the First World War in microcosm, “an intensification of all its horrors and glories, courage and futility” (Horne 327). Naturally, the death toll at Verdun was astounding
tragic hero and the perspective of the reader. Through the time frame of 1940-1994, the government of the French State was appointed to Marshall Philippe Pétain during World War II. In the year of 1942, France became occupied by the Nazi regime. The regime was diminished to a Puppet government, meaning it was dependant on an outside source. Marshal Pétain forced his men to sign the Second Armistice with Germany in order to establish an authoritarian regime and gain all power. (A&E Television Networks
Netherlands German soldiers fought with French forces in Sedan. On June 10 when France was close to collapsing Italy put their pact with Germany into action and declared war to Great Britain and France . On June 14 German forces entered Paris. Marshal Philippe Petain requested a truce which divide France into two sides. One of the sides was under German military control and the other side was under the control of Petain's government. The German military bombed Britain in the summer of 1940. The Royal Air Force
Charles de Gaulle Charles Andre Marie Joseph de Gaulle was one of the most prominent Frenchmen to ever live. This is partly the reason why I selected him. Being part French, I have an interest in Frances History and society, both of which de Gaulle had a great part in. He fought hard for his country in WWI and bore the scares of battle for the rest of his life. In WWII he inspired the people of occupied France to fight for their liberation and led the French Resistance against Hitler and the Nazis
usually produced historians and writers. Henri de Gaulle (father) taught philosophy, literature, and politics to his children and students. The de Gaulle family served the King of France as Crown lawyers for three generations, until Jean Baptiste-Philippe de Gaulle (grandfather of Charles), decided to teach and write. Jeanne Maillot-Delannoy de Gaulle was not just Charles’ mother but a third cousin to her son. Jeanne died in Brittany in 1940 during German occupation, soon after her sons’ “Call