Metonymies are used in very often in literature‚ and also in everyday speech. A metonymy is a word or phrase that is used to stand in for another word. metonymy is often chosen because it is a wellknown characteristic of the word. In this example‚ metonymy is applied because the pen isn’t the thing that is mighty over the sword; it’s the written words being mighty over the violence and destruction‚ and force. For example‚ the word "pen" is not always standing in for the written word; often‚
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The Fog of War Analysis Nearly 160 million people were killed during the 20th century‚ and film maker Errol Morris wished to show the reason for this in documentary form. He interviewed former US secretary of Defense Arnold McNamara and the two discussed and analyzed some defining moments in US history‚ thus "The Fog of War" was made. The movie was set up in 11 lessons. However‚ I only found three to be completely reasonable. The first lesson that is highlighted in Morris’ film is that
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Table of Contents Abstract………………………………………………………………………………………....... 1 Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Description of Events……………………………………………………………………………. 2 Outcomes.……………………………………………………………………………………...… 3 Lessons…………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………….......... 4 Abstract The purpose of this monograph is to explain my experience of airborne school
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other at the first glance‚ but if you study them close‚ they actually have many similarities. One of Donatello’s best-known work portrays David after he defeated Goliath by striking him with a stone and cutting his head off with Goliath’s own sword. Donatello was the first artist that created a nude life-sized sculpture since antiquity. His bronze sculpture of David indicates that he completely mastered the classical tradition of art. Particularly his sculpture reflects the style of Polykleitos who
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Night and Fog presents the events that took place within concentration camps during World War II from a perspective that is thought-provoking and frightening. This documentary was filmed ten years after the harrowing genocide of the Second World War. During the time of the war‚ concentration camps were built around Germany‚ Poland‚ Czechoslovakia‚ Austria‚ Switzerland‚ and Belgium to systematically contain and kill many different races‚ nationalities‚ sexualities‚ and enemies of Adolf Hitler’s Reich
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Judgment in the House of Sand and Fog People place judgment on one another every day based on differences. Sometimes it is done subconsciously; sometimes it is done on purpose. In the book The House of Sand and Fog‚ by Andre Dubus III‚ two different cultures were represented; Kathy represented the culture of the western civilization‚ whereas Behrani represented the culture of Persians. People judge one another based on unimportant things‚ and get judged based on those same things as well. Two
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Introduction Over the years the world has experienced different kinds of philosophies trying to demystify social ideologies influencing people’s livelihood. Friedrich Nietzsche through the concept of ‘God is dead’ develops quite meaningful insights on sociocultural aspects such as religion and moral values. The concepts of morality and the belief on a supernatural are some of the components that conventionally have been promoting social coexistence. However‚ in the modern society such
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“The Fog of War” documentary highlights the experiences of Robert McNamara as the U.S. Secretary of Defense during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B Johnson. The film covers McNamara’s involvement in World War 2‚ the Cuban Missile Crisis‚ and the Vietnam War with regards to his position and the lessons he’s learned after being put into the century’s most conflicting situations. McNamara implements these lessons into the historical wartime occurrences in the U.S. he’s able to witness
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Friedrich Nietzsche’s on the Genealogy of Morality manages to capture what we could consider new and better human ideals‚ and transforms it into a reality that is not so farfetched. His problem‚ however‚ is that history as we know it has changed and people have been lead astray from their instinctual judgments as a species. Through vigorous questioning and re-questioning of his own thoughts in addition to much of history as we know it‚ Nietzsche has built his own foundation of an entirely different
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Fire and Fog Character Analysis “Survivors aren’t always the strongest; sometimes they’re the smartest‚ but more often simply the luckiest” (Ryan‚ Carrie). In the book‚” Fire and Fog‚” by Dianne Day‚ she tells a story about San Francisco earthquake of 1906. Dianne Day explains how people suffer during and after the earthquake. Caroline Fremont Jones‚ 23 years old is one of the main characters who survive in the San Francisco earthquake and fire of‚ 1906. Fremont is an independent person‚ helpful
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