person’s loyalty to a country may vary depending on the circumstances as seen in both the film Empire of the Sun by Steven Spielberg and the novel When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka. On multiple occasions‚ Jamie‚ the main character in Empire of the Sun‚ displays loyalty to a country that the audience may not expect. In the novel When the Emperor was Divine‚ there are also many instances where an individual displays loyalty to a country the audience may not expect. In both the novel and the film
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God Emperor of Dune: Title‚ Author‚ Genre‚ and Length: The book that I read this quarter was ‘God Emperor of Dune’. This is a Sci-Fi book written by Frank Herbert‚ is the 4th book in the series‚ and is 423 pages in length. Main Characters: The main characters in this novel are: The protagonists‚ Leto II the God Emperor‚ Moneo his faithful servant‚ and Hwi the Ixian ambassador to the planet Rakkis. The antagonists in the plot are Duncan Idaho‚ who is the captain of Leto’s personal guard‚ and Siona
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Pliny was a governor for Rome who served Emperor Trajan. When Christianity first appeared in his area he was not sure how it should be dealt with. So‚ he wrote a letter to Emperor Trajan reporting what he had done so far and asking for further instructions because he was in doubt. Pliny starts his letter with a series of questions before going into what he has already done. Pliny has already questioned the ones believed to be Christians and ask them whether they were Christians or not. Then‚ those
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Abby 1/8/13 Global Essay Period 7 The Han Emperor Wudi accomplished many things and his life was important to China’s history for many reasons. Wudi did many things to improve China’s civilization itself. He ruled from 141-87 B.C. Wudi was the sixth emperor of the Han Dynasty. He became emperor when he was 16. He was a very fierce ruler. Wudi lived from 156-87 B.C. In that length of time that he was alive‚ Wudi did many things. Wudi had many accomplishments
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In the story “The Emperor of the Air” Ethan Canin uses different images as metaphors for what is going on in his life. I think Canin uses the image of the insects eating and slowly killing the tree as a metaphor for the different issues eating at him in his life. The relationship with the tree mirrors or affects every other relationship he has in the story. Throughout the story‚ the narrator provides many issues that are eating at him‚ just like the insects that are eating and destroying the tree
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How did Napoleon become Emperor ‘I was born when Corsica was perishing‚ 30 000 French men spewed into our shore drowning the throne of liberty in waves of blood’ wrote Napoleon when the French army conquered his home country state of Corsica. Soon after his parents agreed that the impoverished island could give nothing more to their eight children‚ but only one country could‚ the one that Napoleon abhorred‚ France. Carlo‚ Napoleons father‚ accepted the overtaking of Corsica and began studying law
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CHARACTERS. SMITHERS‚ Henry. The Cockney trader‚ "a tall‚ stoop-shouldered man of about forty‚" bald‚ with a long neck and a large Adam’s apple. His dress is that commonly associated with colonial oppressors. His pasty-yellow face and rum-reddened nose are set off by his dirty white drill riding suit‚ puttees‚ spurs‚ and pith helmet. He wears a cartridge belt and an automatic revolver around his waist. He carries a riding whip. His eyes are pale blue‚ red-rimmed and ferretty. He is unscrupulous‚
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empires that is ruled by an emperor to the Communist way of ruling. Guide Question # 2 I describe his actions as the things I will strongly disagree. I was very disappointed on the parts where he often follows what the Japanese says. For me‚ as a person you can see or feel if someone dictates the things you should do and you should not. I can see that he just doesn’t have the choice so he came up with those decisions. A scene that justifies his experiences from being an emperor to a gardener is the part
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utilize. Taking a gander at the First Emperor of Qin is itself a lesson in looking‚ in observing us seeing him. Initially‚ there is the self-anticipated picture of the Qin ruler‚ a picture now being remade through the things he deserted running from earthenware warriors to mountain engravings. Second‚ there is the focal point ground and cleaned by Sima Qian‚ the amazing historiographer who carried on a century after the First Emperor. For him‚ the First Emperor wasn’t the organizer of a supreme convention
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