Was the Iraqi use of military force in The First Gulf War justified? In the end of Cold War‚ a new problem for the international community emerged. In the summer 1990 Iraq launched an invasion of Kuwait. Since the establishment of the United Nations‚ the international law has played a significant role in relations between states and the survival of the fittest has no longer been a legitimate reason for aggression. Hence‚ as Iraq has been a UN member a since 1945‚ its government must have advocated
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Death of an expert witness by P.D James English C Background Phyllis Dorothy James or more commonly referred to as P.D James was born in Oxford in 1920. James attended Cambridge High School for Girls. Her first published work titled Cover Her Face which she began writing in the mid 50s introduced the public to her most iconic character; investigator Adam Dagliesh. Dagliesh is a well-known character who is a reoccurring presence in a series of detective novels one of which I have had the pleasure
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Denise Rico English II Honors 3 April 2013 Fahrenheit 451 Dialectical Journals “Come off it. It doesn’t like or dislike. It just ‘functions.’ It’s like a lesson in ballistics. It has a trajectory we decide on for it. It follows through. It targets itself‚ homes itself‚ and cuts off. It’s only copper wire‚ storage batteries‚ and electricity” (Bradbury 26) Irony: I thought it was ironic how Beatty mentioned that the mechanical hound just “functions” because that’s how the citizens
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him to perform risky actions. b) Manipulated- Throughout the novel‚ Montag is easily influenced by the people around him including Clarisse‚ Faber‚ Granger‚ and Beatty. He allows himself to be charmed by Clarisse through her unorthodox conversations. As for Faber‚ Montag thoughtlessly follows Faber’s instructions through a Seashell earpiece from Faber. Beatty‚ on the other hand‚ has several chances to persuade Montag that burning books is a just act and uses his book-learning to manipulate Montag
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CENSORSHIP BY SOCIAL PRESSURE ON “THE OTHER” ON THE LOITERER Gamze Önem TR 111‚ Rhetoric and Composition for Translators January 14‚ 2013 The Loiterer (Aylak Adam)‚ Yusuf Atılgan (1959) is a literature book with its philosophical layers and socio-cultural aspects. The book praises especially the critical thinker and the one who is able to come over the social pressure. Rather‚ it criticizes “those who accept familiar tastes without questioning”. Its main character C
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believe that there is something truly amazing in books‚ something so amazing that a woman would kill herself for (Allen 1). At this point in the story Guy begins to read and steal books to rebel against society (Watt 2). Montag meets a professor named Faber and they conspire together to steal books. Montag soon turns against the authorities and flees their deadly hunting party in a hasty‚ unpremeditated act of homicide‚ and escapes the country (Watt 2). The novel ends as Montag joins a group in the
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The novel Our Guys‚ written by Bernard Lefkowitz‚ is a very dynamic story about the heinous actions of a dozen middle-class athletes‚ from a small New York suburb‚ against a defenseless mentally handicapped girl. Lefkowitz describes a brutal gang rape involving a baseball bat and broomhandle‚ which took place in this unsuspecting town‚ by these upstanding young group of boys‚ as the town would describe them. Lefkowitz looks at the incident which took place and then examines the "jock clique" sub-culture
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There is No Tomorrow Without Yesterday: Social Commentary Essay on Fahrenheit 451 Society is a dynamic compilation of ideas and people that is always changing‚ growing‚ and developing. Usually as the future becomes the present‚ people grow more intelligent and as a whole the human race progresses. In the book Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury‚ this is not the case. The story follows a man by the name of Guy Montag as he searches for answers in a world where asking questions can be deadly. Guy lives
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What was the role of oil in shaping post war worlds? ”If one commodity can claim credit for the startling advances seen in the world in the 20th century‚ in particular in developed industrialized countries‚ it was crude oil- soon to be dubbed ‘black gold’.” Oil became an influential substance in the post war times‚ economically and also in shaping countries’ foreign policies. Whichever countries controlled oil controlled much of the world’s policies. After the increase in industrialisation and
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earth-diver stories‚ emergence stories‚ two-creator myths‚ deus faber (the maker god)‚ and ex nihilo (out of nothing). Some cultures usually bear more than one type of theme for creation. Two creation myths that bare similarities and differences are the Norse and Egyptian. The theme of Norse creation is based on accretion and conjunction‚ secretion‚ and two-creator myths‚ while Egyptian creation myths follow the themes of secretion‚ deus faber‚ and ex nihilo (Leonard & McClure‚ 2004). Norse creation
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