Billy Mitchell was the founding father of what is now the Air Force. His legacy of tragedy and triumph resonates with the proposition that success always starts with failure. The tragedy of his court martial‚ subsequent resignation after a long military career‚ and early death ended in triumph because his vision became a reality in the creation of today’s independent Air Force. Mitchell’s vision for the Air Force past and present was a theory of airpower not based on a single idea but on the combined
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Early life[edit] Elliot was born in Portland‚ Oregon‚ to Fred and Clara Elliot. Fred was of Scottish heritage; his grandparents were the first of his family to settle in North America. Clara’s parents moved near the turn of the 20th century from Switzerland to eastern Washington‚ where they operated a large ranch. They met in Portland‚ where Clara was studying to be a chiropractor and Fred‚ having devoted himself to Christian ministry‚ was working as a traveling preacher with the Plymouth Brethren
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he is most famous for his classic novel‚ Moby Dick‚ his shorter and lesser known novella‚ Billy Budd manages to muster an intense and thought provoking plot. Melville uses the story of an innocent sailor named Billy Budd to formulate an intricate social allegory. Showing firm position‚ Melville sets up a parallel between the story’s conflict and the moral dilemma for the everyday reader. The story of Billy Budd becomes a fitting example of an allegory‚ as is becomes a mode of illustration that conveys
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IN THIS ESSAY I WILL ARGUE THAT: It is through the literary elements of Imagery‚ Allusion and Monologue that the characterization of Prufrock as a nervous and obsessively introspective man living a rather insignificant life is revealed. 1. IMAGERY Elliot’s vivid imagery reveals Prufrock’s life to be the opposite of a heroic epic. Imagery plays a vital role in bringing out the boredom‚ the frustration and the indecisiveness of the main protagonist J. Alfred Prufrock. The relationship between
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As showcased in Typee and Billy Budd‚ the protagonist and antagonist feel uncontrollable homosexual desires. Their desires are only subtly shown since they made their best efforts to suppress it. A desire concerning feelings or emotions can’t‚ however‚ be easily suppressed. Even with the characters’ wish to completely hide it‚ the desires will surely unconsciously appear. Actions and reactions to situations are the messenger to the minds of the characters. It is the reader’s entrance to the deep
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22 September 2011 Credit Research Sector Report German Schuldschein Loans – A Primer ■ Schuldschein loans ("Schuldscheindarlehen") are bilateral loan agreements in a form unique to the German market. They represent a source of capital market financing similar to bond financing for issuers with long-term funding needs. For an investor with a long-term investment objective (i.e.‚ buy-and-hold strategy)‚ they are an important alternative to investing in bonds. In contrast to bonds
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4/13/12 Paper #3: “Library Research” “Billy Wilder” Billy Wilder’s work today remains masterful and memorable. From his skilled screenwriting to his directing‚ Wilder holds a key position in cinema history. Wilder’s stylistic and thematic elements are recognizable and give off a complex reflection of his American and European cultural influences. I think that Billy Wilder should be considered an “auteur” even if he is not already considered one‚ for his personal film style and the mere fact
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Billy Bishop is a Canadian Hero A hero‚ legend‚ great fighter and the most famous “Canadian Hero”‚ William Avery Bishop‚ best known as “Billy” Bishop‚ was a person who had great respect for his country and amazing talent. The history behind Bishops success in World War 1 is very unique‚ as there are many events surrounding this brilliant hero. With his brutal and dramatic battles in France‚ Billy Bishop was Canada’s top Ace who had a total of 72
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The changing conditions of the early 20th century had a clear and profound impact on T.S Eliot as his works convey a definitive Modernist ideas and literary techniques. With the breakout of World War I‚ evoked a sense that the great human civilisation was destroying itself. This belief was further compounded with the Second Industrial Revolution‚ which introduced innovative science‚ and revealed newly discovered advancements in the economical‚ political‚ cultural and most importantly the religious
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focuses on Prufrocks interiority and isolation. The epigraph to this poem‚ from Dante’s ‘Inferno’ translates to describe Prufrocks ideal listener‚ being one that is as lost as the speaker‚ and that will never betray to the world Prufrock’s confessions. However‚ in Prufrock’s world‚ no such sympathetic figure exists and he must therefore be content with silent reflection. The technique of intertextuality is used with this epigraph. The positioning of another text within Eliot’s poem adds another complex
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