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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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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Was Nero a good Emperor? On the one hand‚ Nero was a good emperor because he saved his people from the great fire that hit Rome in 64 AD. This makes Nero a good emperor because an emperor should take care of his people and should do as much as possible to save their souls. Nero was also a good emperor because after the great fire‚ when all of Rome had burnt down‚ Nero decided to reconstruct the city but this time‚ using much stronger material that would last longer and was more resistant to fire
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skill of their military made them a valuable asset to the axis powers. For centuries the emperor of Japan had been a major figurehead both spiritually and culturally and in the WW2 years he was still very important to most Japanese. Thought to be the descendant of a god and to hold the divine right to rule Japan‚ the emperor had a large amount of followers. The devotion of the Japanese people to their emperor and their country was a dominant theme in WW2 Japan. In order to persuade the military
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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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(particularly Emperor Tmmu and his successors) go about the task of strengthening imperial rule duing 7th and 8th centuries? 9174026 Strengthening the power of the imperial family is the most essential element to show authority to other countries. However‚ a country must have a well-organized system‚ a strong defensive ability‚ and a cleaver ruler as the most important features to rule a country. This paper is going to focus on the actions that Emperor Temmu and
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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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big role when it came to The Fall of Western Rome. When Emperor Constantine came into power in 306 CE. He made the Greek city of Byzantium the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. He renamed the city Constantinople and ruled it for 30 years. Under his rule the empire would thrive and become powerful. Constantine also embraced Christianity. The peak of the Byzantine Empire occurred during the Justinian Dynasty. When Justinian became emperor‚ the Empire gained more territory and would reach the peak
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