Find the simile in the second stanza that restates this comparison. How do these words help you to understand the girl’s feelings? Herded‚ corralled‚ delousing‚ and branding. "…barbed wire fencing which holds them in like stolid cattle…" The poet’s use of connotation helps me understand the girl’s feelings by expressing how poorly Japanese Americans were treated. By using words which would generally be associated with cattle to
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an inaccurate assessment of the British army in WW1 because of the technological advances‚ which made the war unknown. For example‚ the invention of barbed wire affected the war greatly as the generals’ tactics weren’t up to date with it; Haig’s idea of using shellfire to destroy barbed wire was unsuccessful as shellfire simply picked up barbed wire and dropped it back down again. The new technology made it easier to defend and thus harder to attack. On the other hand‚ one could say that the statement
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What Was the Berlin Wall? The Berlin Wall was both the physical division between West Berlin and East Germany from 1961 to 1989 and the symbolic boundary between democracy and Communism during the Cold War. Dates: August 13‚ 1961 -- November 9‚ 1989 Overview of the Berlin Wall The Berlin Wall was erected in the dead of night and for 28 years kept East Germans from fleeing to the West. Its destruction‚ which was nearly as instantaneous as its creation‚ was celebrated around the world. A Divided
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There were many events concerning the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. In truth the wall in a since was there many years before it was truly built. A famous speech written in 1946 at the Westminster Collage in Fulton‚ Missouri‚ Winston Churchill stated; “An Iron Curtain has descended across the continent” referring the beginning the Berlin Wall‚ Churchill coined the term “Iron Curtain”. Many people assumed that Churchill was referring directly to the Berlin Wall‚ but in truth he was really talking
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Asses the significance of new technology in influencing British victory in World War 1 ‘No modern nation could fight for its life with its men in uniform only; it must mobilise.’1 In a sense this captures the significance of technology in influencing British victory in the First World War. ‘World War 1 is often depicted as a war of machines in which technology and science played a pivotal role’2 although it was not just the new technology in which significantly influenced British victory in World
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setting of the encounter between the humans and nature‚ or the horses. The horses welcome the writer and his friend‚ which is shown through personification. The writer and his friend “step over the barbed wire into the pasture” (7) and meet the lonesome horses that have been alone all day. The barbed wire serves as a figurative barrier between the human world and the natural world of the horses in the pasture. The simile: “ they bow shyly as wet swans” (12) describes the ponies and shows the beauty
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proved very‚ very wrong‚ at the cost of millions of lives. WHEN ATTACKS WERE ORDERED‚ allied soldiers went ‘over the top’‚ climbing out of their trenches and crossing no man’s-land to reach the enemy trenches. They had to cut through belts of barbed wire before they could use rifles‚ bayonets‚ pistols‚ and hand grenades to capture enemy positions. A victory usually meant they had seized only a few hundred yards of shell-torn earth at a terrible cost in lives. Wounded men often lay helpless in the
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Industrialization after the Civil War led to great business improvements in the United States of America. After the Civil War the inventions of a variety of machines were underway. Before the Civil War and the industrialization era‚ businesses were small and they were unable to make their products in mass amounts. Each business had to make their inventory by hand‚ which took a great deal of time. Due to the creation of machinery‚ businesses in America took off. Owners based their businesses
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Tanks were very good for infiltrating German trenches‚ if troops had been used; it would’ve been very ineffective as the Germans had developed barbed wire in a way that soldiers could get injured by them while they kept shooting at them‚ where many British soldiers could potentially die. On the other hand‚ if tanks had been used‚ they would crush the barbed wire effortlessly with their huge weight. Not only that‚ but‚ they would also act like a shield for the infantry so they could advance forward‚ allowing
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camp run by INS‚ set up like a college campus‚ had dorms‚ had many luxuries‚ had more freedom than those which held only men‚ had hospital‚ rec hall‚ library‚ allowed gardening‚ farming and many outside activities‚ still a prison as evidence by barbed wire fence and guards‚ was a women’s reformatory prior to WWII‚ able to cook and grow own food‚ Crystal City‚ Texas family internment camp - a prison‚ more freedom than other camps‚ largest camp in country‚ housed whole families‚ were able to grow &
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