Hello,
For the prompt concerning what historical moment or event wished to have witnessed, I was thinking of putting down the French Revolution. Maybe more specifically, the effects of the execution of the king and queen. Is that too gory for a college application? Would it rub off as weird and bloody? Thank you!
Why would that be more interesting to you than any of the other moments that occurred during the French Revolution?
@JustOneDad Not interesting, per say, but I like what it represents in whole, yes.
It seems like you could talk about the end of the monarchy without going into much detail of the actual beheading.
Its all in how you handle it. Try it and then have someone you respect (a teacher perhaps?) take a look and see what it says about you.
The decapitation of the king+queen were the seminal seconds which marked the end of a thousand year rule by kings in France and the start of rule by the people.
Not gory.