EPICAC is a short story which is written by Kurt Vonnegut and published in his book ¨Welcome to the Monkey House¨ (1968). This book is a collection of short stories with different themes from war-time epics to futuristic thrillers. This story was first published before in 1950 for Collier’s Weekly. Kurt Vonnegut (1992-2007) is considered one of the most influential American novelists of the twentieth century. Some of his most important
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Topics for Further Study Research the idea of the mythic hero. How does Neddy Merrill resemble the mythic hero? In what ways does he not represent a hero? Discuss the social and political climate of America in the 1960s. Compare this to the picture of American life presented in "The Swimmer." Research Sigmund Freud’s theories concerning dream interpretation. Based on your findings‚ examine the importance of various events and items that appear in "The Swimmer." Analyze the importance of water
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Brown‚ Brigadier General‚ U.S. Army Chief of Military History. Taken from ‘The United States Army in Somalia 1992 - 1994‘ The source offers the perspective of a historian under military command who was alive at the time. With both hindsight and first hand knowledge
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Jill Lepore’s New York Burning is a novel about the 1741 slave conspiracy in New York City. When ten fires blazed through Manhattan‚ more and more evidence surfaced that it was slaves that set those fires and that they planned to set many more. Trials began and thirty slaves were either burned at the stake or hanged and over one hundred black men and women were thrown in jail. The question is‚ was there really a plot? Or were dozens of innocent people persecuted due to mass hysteria? After reading
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Britain developed India for its own benifit they build road for themself not for Indian people . on April 13‚ 1919 (which happened to be ’Baisakhi’ one of Punjab’s largest religious festivals) fifty British Indian Army soldiers‚ under the command of Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer‚ opened fire on an unarmed gathering of innocent men‚ women and children without any reason and killed nearly 4000 people . that is why Hitler was far far better then britishers. I have taken this very small example to Illustrate
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It is stated‚ on what seems to be good authority that ten thousand dead prisoners had been taken from prison in a year. Three years ago it cost the government a little more than half a cent to collect every dollar of taxation. In Luzon‚ it now costs ninety-five cents. The only taxes that can be profitably collected are those in Manila. The rich islands of Leyte and Mindanao contribute practically nothing. The first islands to revolt were Luzon‚ Mindanao‚ and Leyte. About one year and a half
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his work in the war or state legislature. When the Civil War broke out‚ Garfield took a break from his political actions to help lead the Union in battle. He ended up leading a brigade at Middle Creek‚ with his military success he was promoted to brigadier general by President Lincoln. But in 1862 when the people of Ohio reelected him to the Senate‚ Garfield had a touch choice on his hands. He could either stay leading the Union as a general in the Civil War‚ or stay serving as an essential Republican
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Connecticut volunteers joined them. Many colonists built earthworks to protect themselves from attack on Bunker and Breed’s Hill. 2400 British soldiers that sailed over to Bunker Hill declared an attack once they saw them. Major General William Howe and Brigadier General Robert Pigot landed on the Charlestown Peninsula then marched to Bunker Hill. The fighting started to happen on June 17‚ 1775.When they got to the bay‚ they marched up the hill to the earthworks. When the British drew near‚ a deadly hail
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military officer in Iraq‚ approved the utilization of military canines‚ temperature extremes‚ switched rest designs‚ and tactile hardship as cross examination strategies in Abu Ghraib. A November 2004 report by Brigadier General Richard Formica found that many troops at the Abu Ghraib jail had been taking after requests in view of an update from Sanchez‚ and that the manhandle had not been completed by disengaged "criminal" elements.ACLU attorney Amrit Singh said
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Charlie was still found guilty. As a result‚ there is a sense in the text that the reasons for Charlie’s actions – and indeed Charlie himself – are of no real concern to the authority figures who carry his fate in their hands. Sergeant Hanley‚ a brigadier‚ and the two captains think Charlie is a “mutinous trouble maker” and so have prejudged him beforehand. Charlie is aware of this bias. He believes the judges thought he “…was guilty before [he] even sat
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