World War I was the “war to end all wars”. It was the first global conflict and the first war to involve many modern technologies. In the conflict‚ the United States had over 300‚000 casualties. The casualties were deaths or wounded. The wounds could have been something simple as a missing limb to as extreme as shell shocked. When soldiers were shell shocked they would often have no interest or a bad feeling about something they did while at war. In the short story‚ “A Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway
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April 17‚ 1917 Dear Mother‚ It’s been a long time since I had the opportunity to sit down and write you a letter. I miss you and father a lot. I am overjoyed to be writing this letter to you. The mood here is one of jubilation. Our assault on Vimy Ridge began at 5:30 am on Easter Monday‚ eight days ago. We lost a lot of good boys but I am so very pleased to inform you that the Canucks got the job done! What the French couldn’t do for two years and the Brits too we‚ Byng’s Boys did in three days
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Do you know how many children run away from home every year? According to societyandculture.com "Every year‚ more than one million children in the U.S. run away from home. Kids as young as 10 are among the one in seven who leave their homes‚ although most runaways are between 15 and 17". From these statistics‚ I am beginning to wonder why this happens every year and it seems it isn’t stopping anytime soon. In a complicated society‚ not all families are the same. Children are affected by their family
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Answer? Poverty is not acknowledged as a problem around the world. There is no answer to poverty because many people don’t think it’s even a problem at all. From Parks ‘’Flavio’s Home’’ Flavio was sent to the United to receive medical care for his illness‚ and even though the United States struggles with poverty‚ poverty in Brazil is far from worse than any in America. There is no answer to poverty because of the denial of poverty in the United States.The current survey data shows that 15 percent
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Technology‚ Man’s Emotionless Invention In the short story “There Will Come Soft Rains” Bradbury demonstrates that the technologies created by humans are incapable of obtaining emotions. The house is so advanced that it can survive the explosion of an atomic bomb‚ but is still unable to express emotions similar to that of humans. After the explosion‚ the house now stands alone in the city of Allendale‚ California during 2026. It seems as if the owners of the house were anticipating a disaster so
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help from a person. This influential person did not point out how to change my life‚ nor did he impose the change upon me. He simply inspired me‚ and for that‚ I admire him. His introverted presence in my teenage years has established a stronghold for my future which has led me to become independent. His advice is directly related to his history and experiences‚ and it has been with this which he has taught me discipline throughout my life. It is an honor to have such a father. My father and I
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Ever since his youth‚ Father Donald Calloway had been a troubled child. He constantly committed sins of the flesh and broke the law along with his friends. Growing up‚ Calloway did not practice in any religion for his parents divorced because of his womanizing and alcoholic father. When his mother remarried a guy from the military‚ Calloway’s new stepfather introduced Christianity to the family which resulted to him and his brother getting baptized. Calloway and his family moved around a lot which
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In the short story There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury explores the concept that humans are becoming dependent on technology. Our over dependency leads to the loss of the ability to think critically. Technology is fabricated to help us in our lives‚ but it deprives us from our capabilities. Throughout the short story There Will Come Soft Rains by Ray Bradbury‚ the idea of humans becoming dependent on technology expresses it self. “Seven-nine‚ breakfast time‚ seven-nine! In the kitchen the
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HOME A Movie Analysis (Maritess J. Balquiedra‚ DevC 263) Home is an environmental documentary by the French actor-photographer-turned-film director Yann Arthus Bertrand. With aerial footages from fifty-four countries‚ the movie chronicles the present day state of the Earth‚ and sends out a very strong message‚ the planet we call home is in trouble‚ and we‚ the dominant species‚ are largely responsible. The main theme expressed throughout the film is that of linkage‚ how all organisms and the
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"Come‚ you spirits/ That tend on mortal thoughts‚ unsex me here " (Act I‚ scene V‚ lines 44-45) In Macbeth‚ William Shakespeare writes this passage in order to shape the character of Lady Macbeth. Using only this line‚ the reader can almost determine Lady Macbeth’s personality and her motives. Up to the point where this quote leaves off‚ we have not heard much of Lady Macbeth. When she receives the letter from Macbeth‚ it seems her fascination is not directed at her husband‚ but at
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