Tear Down This Wall: Table of Contents
Introduction
The Text
Summary
Setting the Scene (Sections 1-3, sentences 1-12)
Scars, Gashes, and Brutal Divisions (Sections 4-5, sentences 13-23)
Props for Berlin (Sections 6-9, sentences 24-44)
The West Side is the Best Side (Sections 10-13, sentences 45-71)
Weapons and Global Transformation (Sections 14-20, sentences 65-90)
We Can All Just Get Along (Sections 21-28, sentences 91-128)
And in Closing… (Sections 29-30, sentences 129-133)
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard
Ernst Rudolph Johannes Reuter
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (JFK)
Carl Emil Paul Lincke
Peter Mark Robinson
Themes
Quotes
Freedom and Tyranny
Freedom and Tyranny Quotes
Contrasting Regions: The East and the West
Contrasting Regions: The East and the West Quotes
Identity
Identity Quotes
Warfare
Warfare Quotes
Perseverance
Perseverance Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Nikita Khrushchev, Address to the UN General Assembly, September 23, 1960
The Text
Summary
Setting the Scene (Sections 1-3, sentences 1-12)
Scars, Gashes, and Brutal Divisions (Sections 4-5, sentences 13-23)
Props for Berlin (Sections 6-9, sentences 24-44)
The West Side is the Best Side (Sections 10-13, sentences 45-71)
Weapons and Global Transformation (Sections 14-20, sentences 65-90)
We Can All Just Get Along (Sections 21-28, sentences 91-128)
And in Closing… (Sections 29-30, sentences 129-133)
Main Idea
Historical Context
Timeline
Key Figures
Ronald Reagan
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev
George Catlett Marshall, Jr.
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl
Konrad Hermann Joseph Adenauer
Ludwig Wilhelm Erhard
Ernst Rudolph Johannes Reuter
John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy (JFK)
Carl Emil Paul Lincke
Peter Mark Robinson
Themes
Quotes
Freedom and Tyranny
Freedom and Tyranny Quotes
Contrasting Regions: The East and the West
Contrasting Regions: The East and the West Quotes
Identity
Identity Quotes
Warfare
Warfare Quotes
Perseverance
Perseverance Quotes
Compare and Contrast
Nikita Khrushchev, Address to the UN General Assembly, September 23, 1960
John F. Kennedy, Remarks at the Rudolph Wilde Platz, Berlin ("Ich bin ein Berliner")
Richard von Weizsacker, Speech during the Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe and of National-Socialist Tyranny
Mikhail Gorbachev, Resignation Speech (December 25, 1991)
Margaret Thatcher, Speech to Joint Houses of Congress (February 20, 1985)
Then and Now
Analysis
Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Berlin Wall
Kairos (Carpe-ing the Diem)
Foreign Language
Public Landmarks and Monuments
Rhetoric
Structure
Tone
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall True or False
Reagan and Freedom, Sittin' in a Tree
Reagan and Freedom, Sittin' in a Tree True or False
Richard von Weizsacker, Speech during the Ceremony Commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the End of the War in Europe and of National-Socialist Tyranny
Mikhail Gorbachev, Resignation Speech (December 25, 1991)
Margaret Thatcher, Speech to Joint Houses of Congress (February 20, 1985)
Then and Now
Analysis
Symbols, Motifs, and Rhetorical Devices
Berlin Wall
Kairos (Carpe-ing the Diem)
Foreign Language
Public Landmarks and Monuments
Rhetoric
Structure
Tone
What's Up With the Title?
What's Up With the Opening Lines?
What's Up With the Closing Lines?
Tough-o-Meter
Shout-Outs
Trivia
Questions
Glossary
Best of the Web
Quizzes
Quotes True or False
Historical Context True or False
People
People True or False
The Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall True or False
Reagan and Freedom, Sittin' in a Tree
Reagan and Freedom, Sittin' in a Tree True or False