Does History ever really repeat itself?

Question

I got asked this question in US History Honors and I have to write a whole essay on it and im just stumped for ideas...anyone got any? Please Help

Answer 1

As much as I hate doing homework for people I'll give you an example.

The Holocaust was a genocide of the Jews. 6 million were killed and you think this would never be repeated, right? Wrong. Look at what is happening at Darfur today. History definitely repeats itself.

I hope this helps!  

Answer 2

The short answer is "yes"; a bit longer answer is "sometimes". Now for the explanation --history means people...and people means to learn...obviously some people learn fast and others..slowly. Thus, the repetition effect comes into play when people learn at a slow paste. Of course the age of the learner has to do a lot with it...if you have a king appointed to his kingdom at the age of 20 he will not learn as fast as a king of 40 yrs.old..thus mistakes are bound to happen and mistakers mean history repeats itselfs.this is a nutshell...of the processus...the rest is details. good luck.

Answer 3

Yeah. I walked into a door last week. And this morning. I did it again. Thus proving, history does, can and will repeat itself in due time.

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Answer 4

Yes.....you are doomed to repeat history if you do not learn from it.