The four year plus span of time between late Summer of 1914 and Fall of 1918 is known by a few different names; The Great War‚ The War to End All Wars‚ and‚ most often‚ World War One. This war was a milestone in human history. This conflict engulfed Europe and destroyed countless lives‚ through death‚ pain‚ economic ruin‚ emotional and psychological trauma‚ and other ways. It saw the airplane‚ machine gun‚ tank‚ and poison gas all come into their own as new and exciting ways to slaughter other human
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novel they’ve written something readers appreciate. Sara Nović‚ author of Girl at War‚ creates more of a sympathy-searching plot than Hannah Tinti‚ author of The Good Thief‚ by using characterization and emphasis on tragedy. At age 9 or 10 it’s pretty tough to be unhappy with the endless
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Andy Warhol was born in 1928‚ Pittsburgh‚ Pennsylvania. Warhol’s started painting at the age of eight but became known to the world in the late 1950s. He graduated high school when he was sixteen years old and enrolled in the Carnegie Institute of Technology. Andy Warhol became a commercial illustrator‚ in 1949‚ the same year he moved to New York. He worked for well-known magazines like The New Yorker‚ Vogue‚ etc. He won awards like the American Institute of Graphics Art with his out of the ordinary
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Jessica writes about her life starting as a young girl at the age of ten who is responsible for a lot more work than many average ten-year-old. Hermauer wrote this essay to share her experience about working on her family’s farm‚ and how being brought up with chores and responsibilities made her successful in managing her time and being involved in her student body. Different audiences could relate to her age‚ social experiences and responsibilities. For example‚ someone who’s familiar with the
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“Only a girl” In Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls” she tells a story about a young girl’s resistance to womanhood in a society infested with gender roles and stereotypes. The story takes place in the 1940s on a fox farm outside of Jubilee‚ Ontario‚ Canada. During this time‚ women were viewed as second class citizens‚ but the narrator was not going to accept this position without a fight. Munro’s invention of an unnamed character symbolized the narrator’s lack of identity‚ compared to her younger
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How Star Wars Changed the World George Lucas was a young Hollywood director in the mid-1970s that had the opportunity from 20th Century Fox after his hit movie American Graffiti to create his own original space adventure movie that will soon be known as Star Wars. It has been forty years since Lucas has transported us to a “Galaxy Far‚ Far away.” The huge blockbuster franchise movie that we all know as Star Wars has truly changed the film industry‚ special effects and pop culture with just a draw
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The 1991 movie My Girl tells the story of 11-year-old Vada Sultenfuss who‚ having lost her mother at birth ‚ lives with her dementia-ridden grandmother and her job-oriented father in the funeral parlour that he owns and operates. The story follows Vada‚ an extreme hypochondriac who has many strange misconceptions about death‚ through a variety of life-changing experiences‚ including the engagement of her father and the devastating loss of her best friend‚ Thomas Jay. Through these experiences
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“Girl‚ Interrupted” – Effects Mental Institutions Have on People Susanna Kaysen states that “[m]ental illness seems to be a communication problem between [two interpreters in your mind]” (pg 139). In Kaysen’s Girl‚ Interrupted‚ Kaysen is put in a mental facility at the age of 18 for a borderline personality disorder. The author is torn throughout the book if mental institutions are helping her and her fellow patients or bringing them down more. Also‚ the author argues that being put in a facility
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Machinated Parasites Could the Martians of H.G. Wells’ science fiction classic The War of the Worlds be his projection of humanity evolved? Connections between the physical and emotional nature of the aliens clearly link Martian technology with their soulless ways. Instead of bringing boundless prosperity and happiness‚ the extreme technological progress of the Martians coupled with thousands of years of evolution has transformed their bodies and destroyed every last vestige of compassion and the
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The word “GIRL” Have you ever tried to say the word girl in a different pronunciation? Did people understand when you said it? When I took my first step into the United States‚ my biggest worry was pronunciation. In my entire life‚ this was the first time I took a journey to a different country. Everything was so new to me; white and black faces‚ tall and muscular people. Most of all‚ their eyes attracted my attention. I came to the United States seven years ago. Back then‚ I didn’t fully understand
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