are shaped by the wall.” In Berlin, the Iron Curtain had many purposes. It was there to protect, to separate and to enforce a way of life for East Berliners. Firstly, The Wall gave meaning to people’s lives in different ways. It defined where they were to go, who they were to see and who they were to be. For the countless Stasi and informers, it gave them a purpose and an importance in society, and after The Wall came down, that purpose was lost and yearned for. Secondly, The Wall and the controlling
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the Brandenburg gate in West Berlin. The Berlin Wall was built during the Cold War, The communist East German authorities built a wall that totally encircled West Berlin. Despite the spread of communism of East Berlin, Reagan proposed his speech to 45,000 people at the Brandenburg gate. Reagan appeals to pathos, repetition and ethos to influence the audience and Mr.Gorbachev to tear down the wall. June 12, 1987, in the car in Berlin on the way to the gate and the wall, appeals to pathos by expressing
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Kurzer Überblick Berliner Mauer: Bis August 1961 Die Grenze zwischen Ost und West Berlin ist geöffnet. Es ist unproblematisch, von einem Teil der Stadt in den anderen Teil der Stadt zu gelangen und täglich überqueren eine halbe Million Menschen die Sektorengrenze. Viele Ostberliner gehen in Westberlin ins Kino oder in die Disco, arbeiten im Westteil der Stadt oder kaufen dort ein. Frauen bekommen ihre ersten nahtlosen Strumpfhosen im Westen, Südfrüchte gibt es nur im Westen. Zur gleichen
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people wanted to either choose democracy or communism, as the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill described this territory as being behind an “Iron Curtain”. The Iron Curtain was “The Berlin Wall”. The Berlin Wall, “it was an image of both physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and it was the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War”. The division provided the framework for the Cold War which ran from roughly
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that divided East and West Berlin. When Reagan went to West Berlin to give the “Brandenburg Gate Speech” he stated, “And now -- now the Soviets themselves may, in a limited way, be coming to understand the importance of freedom.” By this Ronald Reagan meant that the freedom of the Germans was limited because they could go no further than the wall. He used emotion when addressing Mr. Gorbachev. For example, “Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate… Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!” He wanted the leader of
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Fall of the Wall Fall of the Wall The Berlin Wall was a physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. After World War II, the Allied powers divided Germany into four zones, each occupied by the United States, Great Britain, France, or the Soviet Union. Berlin, Germany’s capital, was also divided. As the liaison between the Soviet Union and the other three Allied powers abruptly broke
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AT WHAT PRICE VICTORY The Intra-Contra scandal was a political scandal that took place during the second term of Ronald Reagan. The involved government officials facilitated the sale of arms to Iran with the hope of releasing the American hostages held in Lebanon by a group of Hezbollah terrorists. Ronal Reagan was in support of the cause though what initially began as a strategic opening to Iran was reduced to a trade of arms for hostages. The hostages was eventually reduced and it was not until
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The Reagan Doctrine Ronald Reagan is best known for his speech at the Brandenburg Gate near the Berlin Wall where he stated “Mister Gorbachev, Tear down this wall!” That was his challenge to the Soviet leader. Like presidents before him present Reagan had established a doctrine to eradicate the Soviet influence on the world. Ronald Reagan was not the first to propose a doctrine to fight the Soviet nation. In fact, he was just following in the footsteps of his predecessors. The Reagan doctrine
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President Reagan’s use of rhetoric in his speeches throughout his political career was essential in establishing a cohesive and successful relationship with the American people. His charismatic nature and unfaltering authenticity in every single speech defined him as a true leader – one who might finally be able to restore faith in the American presidency in a country perpetually traumatized by the Watergate Scandal. Reagan brought indisputable political beliefs established on a solid sense of conservatism
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BRAIN DRAIN Human capital flight, more commonly referred to as "brain drain", is the large-scale emigration of individuals with technical skills or knowledge. The reasons usually include two aspects which respectively come from countries and individuals. In terms of countries, the reasons may be social environment (in source countries: lack of opportunities, political instability, economic depression, health risks; in host countries: rich opportunities, political stability and freedom, developed
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