It was the beginning of one of the most significant battles on the Pacific Front of World War II. The Battle of the Guadalcanal took place on August 7th of 1942‚ when the United States Marines landed on the Guadalcanal. The landing at the Guadalcanal was unchallenged and it took Americans six months to defeat the Japanese which turned into a battle of attrition. After the Japanese defeat at the Battle of Midway‚ Americans thought of taking back the Pacific Islands and the first confrontation was
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Anthony Blanche first introduces Sebastian’s family to Charles at dinner during his Oxford years. “They’re all charming‚ of course‚ and quite‚ quite gruesome‚” (Waugh 53)‚ he exclaims. Brideshead and Julia take the brunt of his ire. ‚ proceeding to list the family members and commenting upon their varying faults. Anthony is critical‚ Waugh makes him incredibly so‚ but he knows nothing about Cordelia except that her governess drowned herselfnever once does he mention Cordelia. She is exempted from
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as the date of his execution approached‚ Riel regretted his opposition to the defence of insanity and vainly attempted to provide evidence that he was not sane. Requests for a retrial and an appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Britain were denied. Sir John A. Macdonald‚ who was instrumental in upholding Riel’s sentence‚ is famously quoted as saying: He shall die though every dog in Quebec bark in his favour.[68] Before his execution‚ Riel was
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Saint Anthony was born Fernando Martins de Bulhoes‚ on August 15‚ 1195 in Lisbon‚ Portugal where he was raised by a wealthy family. At the age of 15 he entered the religious order of St. Augustine and two years later‚ he was sent to the Abbey of Santa Cruz in Coimbra‚ where he began nine years of intense study of Theology and Latin. He was ordained to priesthood and placed in charge of hospitality and named guest master of his Abbey. Attracted to the simple Gospel lifestyle of the Franciscan Order
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In One Foot in Eden‚ Ron Rash uses many different themes to compel the story forward and make the plot interesting. One of these themes is family and relationship. The relationship between Billy and Amy is especially interesting because they have to deal with arising conflicts constantly. The biggest one‚ however‚ is the the murder of Holland Winchester. The murder changed not only the relationship at the current time‚ but also laid down a bumpy road for Billy and Amy’s relationship in the their
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Anthony Marston in “And Then There Were None” The novel “And Then There Were None” has many stock characters. We have seen characters similar to these in other novels. Though they may not be the exact same‚ they will share traits similar to each other. Anthony Marston is an example of a stereotypical character. He is a very wealthy young man that is careless. Anthony is rich‚ handsome‚ and ignorant. He likes to drive recklessly which had him kill 2 kids with his car while he didn’t really seem
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"The deep" was a story written by Anthony Doerr and published in 2011. The story is about a boy suffered from fatal disease and nearly has no connection to the outside world. As the story progresses‚ he meets Ruby‚ who brings the beauty of this world to him. Tom‚ the main character of this story‚ lives in the boarding house near the salt mine. When he is about four‚ he is diagnoses with Atrial Septal Defect‚ a disease that "Life-span of sixteen. Eighteen if he is lucky"(137). Therefore‚ he was forbidden
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In the remarkable novel‚ “Cyclone‚” by Doreen Cronin‚ twelve-year-old Nora has been counting down the days to ride the one and only Cyclone roller coaster at Coney Island. Not only does the ride‚ Cyclone‚ have its swirls and steep falls‚ but it is incredibly old‚ making it all the scarier for Nora. She decides that she doesn’t want to face it alone and tries to persuade her favorite cousin‚ Riley‚ to join her. Riley refuses‚ so Nora feels as though she has no choice‚ but to blackmail her by threatening
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Battle of France (Case Yellow) Throughout all of World War I the German objective was to occupy the country of France. In the four years of fighting on the Western Front in World War I‚ Germany failed to break through the lines of the French and never captured Paris. In May of 1940 Germany would try again as they used very similar tactics to those of the Von Schlieffen plan used by the Germans twenty five years before. The French had built massive defenses along the eastern border of France
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Battles in the Desert‚ written by Jose Emilio Pacheco‚ tells a story about how a young man named Carlos encounter social and political changes. Carlos narrates his own experiences during his childhood when social and political problems are happening. The time period is during the regime of the government of Miguel Aleman. Carlos’ experiences demonstrate the changes of his own personal life‚ and the impact of the American culture on Mexico. I believe Carlos is reflecting his personal childhood
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