Pilar: Character or Caricature? Ernest Hemingway’s novel‚ For Whom the Bell Tolls‚ is a story about Robert Jordan‚ an American professor‚ who travels to Spain to fight with the Spanish guerrillas. Jordan’s western prejudices against gypsies and his romantic ideals are transformed by the guerillas he meets especially Pilar‚ who becomes the leader of the guerilla band. Hemingway believes that an author’s ability to create lifelike characters that are believable as real people to tell his stories
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Isabella’s goal was to be the most deeply devote Catholic who ever lived and to unify Spain. One way she reformed the Catholic Church was to replace many of the inferior clerics with far more worthy people such as‚ scholars‚ historians‚ and scientist. The main problem with these people they sometimes used their enormous power for corrupt deeds. In Isabella’s quest to unite Spain she told the ruler of Granda if they would surrender she would let them live with religious freedom. They did surrender
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132 days. 2‚200 miles traveling to California for the gold rush. There was a gold rush in California. Some challenges people faced when traveling to California gold rush were the long journey‚ the lack of resources‚ and the spread of diseases. One of the challenges that travelers faced was the long journey. “There were wagons of every kind‚ including well-built covered wagons and simple‚ open carts. Usually they were pulled by oxen‚ but some pioneers used mules. Not everyone sat in a wagon or cart
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California‚ a place known for its everlasting blue ocean‚ beautiful people‚ and golden sun‚ has been held to a certain type of reputation since the mid 1800’s. California is commonly known for its many popular aspects. It seams to be the best place in the world to some people. When people think of California they cannot help but think of the California dream and what it stands for in their eyes. With California having such high expectations‚ has anyone ever stopped to think that the California dream
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Franco came from a military background. He became a highly decorated soldier and won rapid promotions in the army. He rose to prominence during the 1920s as a commander in the Spanish Legion and became the youngest general in Europe.[1] He was then appointed in charge of Academia General Militar‚ Spain’s main military academy at Zaragoza. However‚ with the fall of the Spanish monarchy and the establishment of the Second Republic in 1931‚ Franco‚ as a conservative and monarchist officer‚ was marginalized
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The Historic Centre of Mexico City (hereafter referred as HCMC) is the biggest in Latin America. The city was founded in 1521 after the Spanish conquest. It was built over the ruins of the Aztec Empire (1325-1521)‚ which was grounded on the lake Texcoco (UNESCO-WHC‚ 2014). The HCMC combines elements of pre-colonial‚ colonial and modern period. Currently‚ the area includes more than 1‚600 monuments and historical buildings; this means the biggest concentration of architectural patrimony in Latin America
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STYLE Talk about minatory replacing harlequin as a common motif in his work as it was used by serealists This large canvas embodies for many the inhumanity‚ brutality and hopelessness of war. Asked to explain its symbolism‚ Picasso said‚ "It isn’t up to the painter to define the symbols. Otherwise it would be better if he wrote them out in so many words! The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them It is interesting to note that when Guernica was first displayed
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It is almost impossible to fully explain the horrors of Operation Condor. One can only attempt to explain this despicable outcome. In short‚ Operation Condor was a movement of political tyranny involving assassinations and governmental operations formally executed in 1975 by the dictatorships of the Southern Cone of South America. The Program was designed to eliminate assumed socialist and communist influences and ideas and to control an active or potential opposition movement against the partaking
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Kahlyvia Butler The Age of Adaline The film “The Age of Adaline” is a great movie to represent the sociological take on the process of aging. In the film‚ the main character Adaline Bowman‚ 29‚ stops aging after a terrible freak accident. For decades Adaline remains 29 living through various periods of time. Originally from the 20th century‚ Adaline must change her appearance and location every 20 years once those around her begin aging. Never allowing anyone to get too close‚ Adaline avoids intimate
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Did They Succeed? Alcatraz is the biggest and most atrocious prison that America has ever known. It housed the worst of the worst. It was built to punish rather than rehabilitate. Alcatraz both mentally and physically broke down people like Al Capone and Machine Gun Kelly. Many have attempted to escape The Rock‚ but none has succeeded. Three people are believed to have escaped. Many believe that Frank Morris and the Anglin brothers successfully escaped and survived. Frank Morris‚ The Anglin
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