of them was George Washington. Firstly and foremost‚ George Washington was the commander in chief during the Revolutionary war‚ so his role was crucial to it’s victory for America. Secondly‚ George Washington had served as head of the militia forces during the Whiskey Rebellion to save America when it was still considered young. Finally‚ Washington had facilitated the Jay treaty‚ preventing the still young America from a war with Britain‚ which it wasn’t prepared for. Firstly‚ George Washington
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George Washington There are many fascinating people who played a vital role in US history. A name that will always remain bright among these people is George Washington. He was born in Virginia in 1732. George Washington was the first president of the United States. Before he became a president‚ he had served as commander-in-chief during the Revolutionary War. His outstanding is not only because he was the first president of the United States‚ but also due to his leadership qualities
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President George W. Bush did something very important that has marked the United States hisorty. On March 19‚ 2003 he announced that war against Iraq had begun. In the primary document : Bush Declares War‚ the President gives a brief explaintion to the country into why he declared war with Iraq. He begain his justification for the war by explaining to all fellow citizens so everyone was aware. He started off by saying that the "country was in the early stages of military operations to disarm Iraq
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George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion sends me a few messages that he was either meaning to get out to his readers‚ or not. After reading the play‚ I felt that he was trying to deliver the message that finding one’s personal identity is of utmost importance‚ the importance of proper phonetics in society‚ and in a way perhaps illustrates an insecurity that Shaw has within his own love life. Shaw delivers the message that finding one’s personal identity is of utmost importance while also conveying
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xThe pigs were able to rise to power fairly easily through their imposition of propaganda to alter the animals’ thoughts and actions to the pigs’ favor. The pigs come to resemble humans‚ the last sign of their total dominance so the farm continues to run as it had for years‚ still ridden with oppressive leaders. The tale shows that a revolution does not always bring great change or a better outcome because the story does not end in a resolution or promise of a revolution. The idea of propaganda
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In the essay “Shooting an Elephant”‚ George Orwell uses the elephant as an extended metaphor for Orwell’s morality and the outside forces challenging it. In the second paragraph‚ Orwell makes it clear that he “was stuck between [George Orwell’s] hatred of the empire [he] served and [his] rage against the evil-spirited little beasts who tried to make [his] job impossible.” Deep down‚ Orwell despised imperialism and sympathized with the oppressed Burmese people as a whole. His morality is clouded
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Wilde’s novel The Picture of Dorian Gray is just the sort of book that made Victorian England shiver. This decadent masterpiece is anything but a vehicle for the propagation of middle-class morality. We have in Wilde the ultimate aesthete‚ a disciple of Walter Pater‚ a dandy who in his personal life seems to have lived out Pater’s quiet injunction to "burn with that hard‚ gemlike flame" in experiencing art and‚ no doubt‚ other things. How could Wilde’s book‚ given its affinities with the age’s decadent
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George Lucas: One of the greatest film makers "With the exception of maybe a handful of people‚ no one has made an impact on the movie making world like George Lucas has. With hundred of hours of film with his mark out there‚ Lucas has amazed his audiences time and time again with expert story telling" (The Gods of Filmmaking). George Lucas has written‚ directed‚ and produced countless films‚ many of which are some of today ’s most highly regarded films by critics all over the world. "George
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Why did Georges Braque make his artwork Still Life with Violin‚1913 with a new touch to still life? To begin‚ the painting by Braque was made in a new Modern movement called Cubism. The Modern movement‚ Cubism‚ was formed by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso and French artist Georges Braque in 1907. They made Cubism as a new way of portraying multiple dimensions and perspectives of an object or subject onto a two-dimensional canvas. In Braque’s painting‚ Still Life with Violin‚ the artwork is made by
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Childhood in ’Such‚ such were the joys’ by George Orwell In his essay entitled ‘Such‚ such were the joys’ George Orwell describes his life at the boarding school‚ St Cyprian’s in Sussex‚ from the age of eight to the age of thirteen. He focuses on his own inability to assimilate in the new environment and the preferential treating received by the wealthier students. Orwell describes childhood as a trying and harsh trial. He portrays it through the eyes of the child that believes most of the adults
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