greatest themes is the implausibility of war‚ focusing on the fate of the soldiers in the aftermath of war‚ when they experience the tragedies and futility of their lives. In fact‚ the story offers a rethinking of war-related concepts and values such as bravery‚ heroism‚ patriotism‚ camaraderie‚ etc. and a tool used to convey contrasting or unconventional views is irony. For example‚ irony lies in the fact that the soldiers have wounds in the very parts of the body that make what they are‚ the medals may
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taken over so she has to cope with the fact that her family is now gone. She also has to deal with the fact that she is being taken away from her true love. Throughout the story Amari displays many emotion‚ two major emotions are loneliness and bravery. Amari becomes very lonely when the fact that her parents and brother are dead becomes a reality. She still has Afi‚ who treats her like her own. On the very rough nights Afi was there to keep Amari from being hurt or lonely. Even though she had
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Characters all have different traits and personalities‚_____ ? In the novel Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys‚ Joana is one of the main characters in the book who is struggling to live in the harsh conditions of the war. Although the book focuses on three other main stories‚ Joana’s story seemed most important. Joana is a young girl in her early twenties who has fled from Lithuania to avoid suffering from the NKVD officers. She does not know the location of her family and she stumbles through the harsh
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The Mockingbird When Scout and Jem receive airguns for Christmas‚ Atticus tells them that although he would prefer that they practice their shooting with tin cans‚ if they must shoot at living things‚ they must never shoot at mockingbirds. Atticus explains that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird. Clearly‚ this is the title scene‚ but the theme continues throughout the book. Miss Maudie explains why Atticus is correct - mockingbirds never do anyone any harm‚ and are not pests in any way. All they
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organizations and universities because he is a hero. Paul and his family were in the middle of a horrific war in the country of Rwanda‚ between the Hutus and the Tutsis. They survived because of the acts of heroism of Paul. Paul Rusesabgina and his acts of bravery aided the survival of him‚ his family‚ and many others during the war between the Hutus and the Tutsis. When the guards rounded up Paul’s family‚ and some others and told Paul to shoot them he had to make a rapid decision on what to do. He offered
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A Farewell to Arms To what extent is love an escape from the horrors of war in A Farewell to Arms? In Ernest Hemingway’s novel A Farewell To Arms‚ the love between his two protagonists Catherine Barkley and Frederic Henry begins as merely a shallow distraction and escape from the horrors of war‚ yet develops into mutual and devoted dependence‚ which is much more than a simple avoidance of the chaos and distraction around them. Love is shown to provide meaning in a hollow and empty world where
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kindness. Determination‚ bravery‚ and kindness are some of the reasons that Harriet Tubman was and is a hero‚ but the biggest reason she was a hero is her devotion to God. By traveling the railroad‚ by returning to the south many times‚ by taking hundreds of slaves to freedom‚ Harriet risked her life countless times because she was so utterly devoted to what God had called her to do. If Harriet was not devoted to God‚ then He would not have filled her with determination‚ bravery‚ and kindness. Without
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actual Light Brigade. With the use of figurative language‚ effective structure and techniques he achieve to show the determination and bravery of the six hundred soldiers that fought in the Brigade. Tennyson firstly introduce us to the heroes of the poem in the first stanza when he says "All in the valley of Death rode the six hundred". This metaphor show the bravery of the "six hundred" because they where riding towards their death. The personification of Death suggest that something terrible happened
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strength and size. These qualities don’t always work though‚ especially when facing Odysseus. Although he may only the size of a human‚ Odysseus can handle much more then he would seem‚ being a man full of smart decision making‚ leadership‚ and bravery ; these traits validate Odysseus’s title of a ¨hero¨. Odysseus is typical brave type of person that underestimates a situation then ends up putting himself and his crew into some threatening situations‚ but unlike others‚ he manages to get out
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book. Jem represents this idea of bravery and courage in the book‚ and the way that his definition of it changes over the course of the story is important. The change that occurs probably has as a lot to with age and experience‚ although the experiences he has‚ provide a better framework for the reader. It also helps the reader to know what Jem has gone through because only then can they understand and relate to him. When the story begins‚ Jem’s idea of bravery is simply touching the side of the
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