to explain their reason for asking this question and why they felt betrayed by their teachers‚ families‚ and government. He creates a tale of inhumanity and unspeakable horror and the only redeeming themes of his book are the recurring ideas of comradeship in the face of death and nature’s beauty in the face of bleak hopelessness. Remarque prefaces his story with his purpose: "I will try simply to tell of a generation of men who‚ even though they may have escaped shells‚ were destroyed by the
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Introduction The history of American involvement in Somalia can traced back to the 1970’s‚ where Somalia and Ethiopia were both frontlines in the Cold War. In order to indirectly fight the Soviet Union‚ the USA supported the Somali Dictator Siad Barre with arms sales‚ in return for the use of strategic former Soviet bases‚ which could be used as strategic positions with which they could expand to the Middle East. Backed by the US‚ the Barre regime solidified its power by being one of the most
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between the boys and the girls. They played and studied together. Plato‚ the Greek philosopher‚ was also in favour of co-education. He believed that co-education helped in the development of personality of men and women and created a feeling of comradeship between them. He felt that coeducation was the only method to make both men and women useful members of society. In ancient India also boys and girls were brought up and taught together. They were not segregated from each other. Nowadays‚ the
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well. The girls will not feel shy in the presence of boys. Again if they are taught together‚ it will create a sense of healthy competition among them. In this manner‚ they will work hard and pay serious attention to their studies. A feeling of comradeship will also develop between the boys and girls. The boys will not indulge in in eve-teasing and the girls will bot be afraid of boys. Thus they will have a balanced development of their personality. Thus if co-education is introduced‚ there will
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1. Benedict Anderson/Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism: 1983 (Revised 2006)/Brooklyn‚ New York 2. What is the central theme – the topic – of the reading? “The reading is about....” Anderson articulates that a nation is an “imagined political community – and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign” (6). People will not meet every person in their community and nationalism has been proven to be hard to define. The people from the same community will
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spirits with one another thereby ensuring that all fellow troopers had something. The spirits usually consisted of whatever an individual trooper’s taste was‚ and that‚ when mixed with other drinks‚ created a powerful drink known as “GROG”. The comradeship developed through the various wars and campaigns usually entailed the rare opportunity to share spirits with each other. Today’s “GROG” is more symbolic. It encompasses the age-old custom of sharing with the history of a
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Year 11 English Literature- Much Ado About Nothing Essay Question Much Ado About Nothing uses the stage to create a little world in order to examine the society at large. Discuss how the world created in the text allows the dominant ideologies of the time to be explored. - Examine and make notes on Much Ado About Nothing focusing on a selection of both male and female character. - Attention should be paid to the manner in which the language and actions of the characters reflect the dominant
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In Mark Twain’s Huck Finn many a dismayed message are put forth.This book‚ banned from hundreds of schools nationwide‚ sends many mixed messages regarding race‚ adolescence‚ and peer pressure. The most pressing of these issues‚ the way Jim‚ an escaped black slave‚ is presented in the text. The way Jim is personified in Huck Finn is shameful and racist‚ and leads to a majorly offensive text which cannot be fully appreciated without mental alterations. The racist attitudes shown in Twain’s book‚ whether
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I want to do something good for humanity. I believe that one of the best ways to help people is through service. I believe that all that I have been endowed with in this life‚ must be paid back through service to others through the utilization of the the training‚ talents‚ and abilities that I possess or will possess. Ever since I was little‚ I’ve always had a fascination with being a soldier. The idea of a soldier‚ tall‚ strong‚ and proud‚ was the example I always compared myself to in my mind’s
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*(First) (M.) (Last) IB/AP Candidate HL English: World Literature Assignment 7 November 2014 The Irony of Of Mice and Men and All Quiet on the Western Front Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front takes place on a war ground where the French and Germans battle‚ yet John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men takes place on a ranch where two men travel together looking for work. The plots of both stories may sound different‚ but they relate in ways of irony‚ innocence‚ and thoughtfulness
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