Pudge‚ Alaska breaks down crying‚ drives off campus and dies in a car wreck. Alaska’s friends must come to terms with their guilt and grief and accept that they will never know if the wreck was an accident or suicide. There are several themes in this novel. One theme is that there is more to life and more to any person than can be experienced or known. Pudge reads biographies and memorizes people’s last words to try to understand what kind of people they were. He looks for meaning in the facts and
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Should We Have Used the Atomic Bomb to Defeat the Japanese in WWII? Despite its destructive consequences‚ the American bombing of Hiroshima was necessary to put an end to the war in the Pacific. President Truman’s choice to release a nuclear weapon on Japan was the fastest solution to ending the United States’ involvement in the Second World War‚ making the decision the most time efficient way out. Hiroshima’s destruction was also‚ very possibly‚ the only way for the United States to win the war
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by living in a stylish house and buying luxuries items. This setting is very ironic since if there is a shortage of money‚ the family would save up instead of spending to keep them in style. Also this ironic setting introduces the conflict and the theme‚ and it is the massive spending eventually led the family into financial problems‚ and money is everything the mother worried about. As a result‚ this use of irony effectively established the setting and introduced to the
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study guide in that it is not based on what the actual midterm looks like‚ as we as your TAs do not have access to the actual exam. Rather‚ this “skeleton” of questions (the hope is) could be of use to you in ordering your notes‚ remembering certain themes‚ concepts‚ terms‚ etc. that have been covered in this course so far. Answers to these questions are not provided herein‚ as it is your responsibility to find those either individually or with study groups. Happy studying. Your TAs How can we
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Were the Americans justified in dropping the atom bomb on Hiroshima in August 1945? The United States of American became the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry in warfare‚ when they dropped the first of two atomic bombs 2000 feet over the city of Hiroshima in japan on August 6th 1945‚ killing 80000 civilians and militants instantly and eventually leading to the total destruction of up to 90 per cent of the city. This bomb along with a second bomb led to the surrender of japan just days
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Beethoven compositional innovations Beethoven compositional innovations all of which we will observe in his symphony no.5 are arrayed around a single Centro Beethovenian article of faith the music is that its essence a form itself expression. Beethoven attitude might have appeared too many of his contemporaries with the hindsight of the history can see at the time was right for the development of such an entirely egocentric attitude towards music‚ combine in equal parts one the enlightenment emphasis
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On August 5th‚ 1945 Hiroshima was a thriving city. It was known as the “key transportation hub” to the rest of the world. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were such thriving cities where the people were all family oriented. On that day‚ 350‚000 citizens of Hiroshima went to bed thinking tomorrow would be just like it was a normal day. They would get ready for work‚ did what they had to do for the next day. On August 6th in the year 1945‚ everything changed. The American army dropped a bomb that destroyed the
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1. In the first half of the lecture we discussed an example of a "pathosformel" and how it was recycled from ancient Roman times to the twentieth century. What exactly was this pathosformel‚ what did it mean‚ and how did it evolve over time? Be sure to name names and be as detailed and as specific as possible. Aby Warburg found the term – Pathosformel‚ the feeling formula to describe motif‚ which has emotional charge. To Warburg‚ the history of image likes a complex family tree‚ motifs and pathosformel
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After listening to this pieces‚ I decided it was composed in the Baroque period of music. When I listened‚ it sounded as if there were two separate pieces but the radio personality did not announce a new piece or a change. For this reason‚ I assumed they were movements. The first movement sounded dark and frantic. It reminded me of sitting down to take a test and being filled up with anxiety. The mood of the piece changed and became lighter. It was not necessarily happy but rather soothing and romantic
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Was America justified in dropping the horrific atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Should the bombs have been used? The answer to that is undoubtedly clear: no. The bombs did more harm than good. The US had conducted “the world’s most devastating military mission”1‚ effects of which are still evident today. World War II was primarily caused by Germany‚ Italy and Japan‚ influenced by fascist revolutions. While Germany and Italy dealt with matters in Europe‚ Japan had plunged itself in a Pacific
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