The short story “War Years” focuses on the struggles that fell on Vietnamese immigrants in the United States around the time of the Vietnam War. Specifically‚ the story is centered around a family and their difficulty in wanting to adapt to a new life. The story is narrated by a young boy named Long‚ who illustrates this point. This point is further highlighted by the differences between the generational differences between a son and his parents. A common struggle among immigrants in a household
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The Seven years’ war in America was the place of many changes giving‚ most importantly‚ the leading stick to the British for the claiming of colonies. The 1760s would see the implementation of many policies exercising a pressure on the colonies. Meanwhile‚ the emergence of frustrations and issues toward the management of the colonies led to the American Revolution. After the Seven years’ war‚ the colonists were mostly upset and worried about the new policies implemented by the Britain. The Britain
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Apple Inc. A 30 year business strategy A response to Harvard Business School Case Study 9-708-480 Apple Inc.‚ 2008 Abstract Apple’s fundamental business model has not changed since it first began business in the late 1980’s. While being a leader in innovation‚ Apple has consistently produced proprietary hardware and software‚ eventually leading to a loss of market share in any particular market they have ventured into. Even though it has learned from some mistakes‚ Apple’s actions in the
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the Thirty years War be considered a religious war? Why or why not? Trace the war in detail from 1618–1648 covering all the major events. More deaths have occurred over the years from Religious wars then from any other event. Whether it may be from gang violence to diseases‚ the death toll for Religious wars tops it all. The Thirty years War‚ which was from 1618 til 1648 (oddly enough 30 years) throughout the history of Europe‚ this has still been the most destructive conflict. The war was primarily
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The causes of the Thirty Years War can be traced as far back as the renaissance period. It was during the renaissance that such ideals as secularism‚ humanism‚ individualism‚ rationalism and above all else secularism was first apparent in main stream society (5). The Thirty Years War was one of the most important and bloodiest of the religious wars. An uneasy truce had existed in Germany since the Peace of Augsburg in 1555. This agreement allowed Lutheran and Catholic rulers to determine the religion
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What is Love? Love is a feeling of strong or constant affection for a person‚ attraction that includes sexual desire‚ it is the strong affection felt by people who have a romantic relationship. Love is also an object of attachment‚ devotion or admiration of something. Poets and authors have tried to define love for centuries‚ now even scientists want to discover the human mechanics of what makes us love. Many of us know intuitively that love is a major purpose for living; that connection is inherent
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I am committed to this calling‚ no matter the sacrifice. For it has taken me 30 years plus to learn that no one‚ nor myself‚ have the right answers to bring out peace‚ security or happiness in their own lives. Like others‚ I tried to find and fill it through family‚ friends‚ lovers‚ academics‚ myself and career. But I have finally found wisdom in the wise words of King Soloman - "everything is meaningless‚ like chasing the wind" (Ecclesiastes 1:14). For one can gain wealth‚ power and prestige‚
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Meaningless Names The following stories‚ “I Stand Here Ironing” by Tillie Olsen‚ a story about a mother who goes back and forth through her life with her daughter Emily. Emily’s mother is shown as heartless when sending her daughter away‚ or not replying to her night terrors‚ dehumanizing her within the text‚ her name isn’t mentioned in a way to represent this further. In the story “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing‚ a story about a boy (Jerry) becoming a man‚ and having to forget what others
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War and Conflict P1- Describe the causes of war and conflict. In this essay I will be giving the definition of war and conflict and I will be describing the causes of war and giving examples of wars that have happened because of the conflicts that I will be mentioning in my essay. The causes of war I will be looking at will be; Politics‚ Nationalism‚ Ideology‚ Land‚ resources‚ historical rivalry‚ ethnic conflict and religion. These are the main causes of war. War is a conflict
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During the years of the Cold War‚ the main focus to all tension throughout the world along with any combat revolved around differing ideologies in between world powers and supporting countries. The world was in a battle in between the Democratic/Capitalist states led by the United States of America and the Communists states led by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Samuel Phillips Huntington believed that the source of conflict in the world was going to transition from the battling of ideologies
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