I had just turned 27. I woke up to my train car and like every time I wake up‚ I study my photos of Pripyats beauty before the tragic war.. My father walked in and said “Artyom‚ come with me to meet an old friend” I got up slowly but I new who he was talking about. My father was the general of the green station down here in the metro. He was a tall man who always wore a leather trench coat with a revolver on his right side‚but he always seemed cheerful. Most people liked him because he never asked
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of my pipe and tried to think of something pleasant. I hated the jungle’s heat. Upon my return stateside‚ I believed my blood carried the jungle’s heat. It would surface unexpectedly‚ and it brought with it the misery of war. Although I hated the jungle like I hated the war‚ there was a beauty to the jungle‚ and I remembered one particular morning. Some colorful birds were coming out of the foliage. It wasn’t the monsoon season‚ and the sun with the multicolored birds mingled among the plants
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common cover of When the Hipchicks went to War‚ by Pamela Rushby‚ represents the cultural context and values of the text. This cover represents the geographical context of Vietnam‚ the innocence of the main characters (personal context)‚ the freedom of the late 1960’s (social context) and the Vietnam War period (Historical context). The composer uses a range of visual literacy techniques to represent these contexts and values. When the Hipchicks went to War tells the story of a group of young Australian
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Shaun Tan’s The Arrival contains an affluence of images that depict world issues such as Immigration and colonisation; however no commentary thus far has addressed the depicted image of war. Through the application of Ekphrasis and close reading analyse‚ I intend to draw attention to the importance image of war plays upon on the audience in relation to the construct of image as language. Ekphrasis can be defined as a graphic‚ dramatic reading of a visual work‚ bringing forth the image shown vividly
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History 101 Extra Credit Assignment 1. First Opium War 1839-42 The First Anglo-Chinese War known popularly as the First Opium War was fought between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Qing Dynasty of China‚ with the aim of securing economic benefits from trade in China. In 1842‚ the Treaty of Nanking the first of what the Chinese called the unequal treaties granted an indemnity to Britain‚ the opening of five treaty ports‚ and the cession of Hong Kong Island‚ ending the monopoly
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American author who writes stories based on his experiences in the Vietnam War. O’Brien‚ throughout the story ‘The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong’‚ describes the changes that Mary Anne goes through during her time in Vietnam. Mary Anne’s physical and mental changes that she goes through during her time in Vietnam also press and signify the changes that the soldiers‚ and possibly the civilians‚ go through in a time of war. O’Brien also chooses to have Rat tell this story even though O’Brien informs
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the Vietnam War was different from WWII. Instead of engaging in open battle with a distinct front‚ Vietnam was more about search and destroy. Locating the enemy was more difficult than killing him. The endless monotony of the march deprives the soldiers from feeling as though they’ve accomplished anything - no battles won or lost. This increases the sense of ambiguity in the war and in the book. The novel makes strategic shifts back and forth between first and third person. The first chapter is
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of aristocrats that supported reform and recovery programs. Places / Empires: 18. Serbia Wars / Events / Periods: 19. Crimean War 20. **White Lotus Rebellion The White Lotus Rebellion‚ 1794- 1804‚ was inspired by a Messianic ideology that predicted the restoration of the Chinese Ming dynasty and the coming of the Buddha. 21. The Opium War (1839 – 1842) 22.Taiping Rebellion 23.**Arrow War 2 The Arrow War (1856-1860)culminated in a British and French invasion of Beijing and the sacking of the
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When the colonists first came to the Americas they had very little impact on Britain‚ they expanded the empire‚ created new trading routes and opportunities between countries‚ and they were paying taxes to the British. Because of these reasons‚ the colonies were not a problem in the eyes of the British so they felt no need to pay much attention to them. Leaving the colonists in charge of themselves‚ and not effectively enforcing many British laws. Thousands of miles of ocean between the two countries
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most of them conflict at some point with each other. Imperialism has been linked to multiple theories of the actual origins of the imperialistic Headrick uses the argument that technology made the creation of empire a worthwhile endeavor for the first time in the latter half of the 19th century. It permitted European nations to seize large amounts of property‚ subjugate the land and people and then milk it like a cow in the barn. This is a valid thesis‚ for men and nations tend to do all of which
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