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    able to heal and reconstruct after the war was over. If Abraham Lincoln did not become president‚ today we might have two separate countries instead of the world power‚ United States. His influence is what created the thirteenth amendment and changed people’s lives forever. He was the first politician to take a stance against what

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    An epic is best described by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary as a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero. Epics like "Beowulf" and "The Odyssey" are perfect examples of this definition; they are each centered on the deeds and triumphs of their heroes‚ Beowulf and Odysseus. All epics are similar in a way that they are made up of elements. One major element of the epic is its themes. In all epics‚ the themes are what make and mold these narrative

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    How and why did Hitler become a dictator? Hitler rose to the position of chancellor in January 1933‚ as a result of the poorly prepared treaty of Versailles‚ the resulting economic hardship and his apparent strong leadership. In the next 18 months however Hitler seized absolute power and created a total dictatorship through his ability to exploit opportunities‚ a manipulation of his country through a reign of fear and a ruthless and systematic repression of all opposition. Hitler used the Reichstag

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    colonization increased so did the amount of labor. In order to support the high demand for labor‚ more slaves were bought and used to complete the task at hand. Slaves began to be seen almost everywhere completing a wide array of tasks throughout Rome all the way from work in the field to being domestic and doing work in the house(15:2). Rome was beginning to become a slave economy in the sense that everyone who had the ability to own slaves did and the workforce was becoming to become dependent on them

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    in order to give Western Europe billions of dollars to help rebuild their economies and to maintain a better way of living than they had become used to. Europe was in need of great

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    magician. I think Harry Houdini would never become famous if he wouldn’t become an escape artist. Because he is a great hallucinator and his famous Hindoo Needle trick shocked the audience. That’s why it would be interesting to see him. I am going to convince you that magic is what made him famous. Let’s start with the first reason‚ hallucinator. While he was a magician‚ he did a lot of hallucinating. For example Houdini was a short man‚ what he did if he had to take a picture with a tall man

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    he was the last artist to become famous for pop art. Warhol was a successful magazine and ad illustrator who came to become the world’s icon of the twenty first century. From there he became painter and filmmaker. I think people are drawn to andy because he is a very odd individual‚ even as a small child.He made the simplest things pop ‚ i think that’s why it’s called pop art.The way he thought that everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes made him famous. Warhol did have struggles becoming famous

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    How did Hitler become Chancellor in 1933? Many events took place‚ leading to the rise of Hitler and his Nazi party. There was the growing unpopularity of the Weimar Republic‚ the federal republic established in 1919. At the same time‚ Hitler and his political party‚ the ‘Deutsche Arbeiterpartei’‚ commonly referred to as the Nazis (National Socialist German Workers’ Party) became more and more popular under the rule of their leader‚ Adolf Hitler. This rise to popularity was the effect of Hitler’s

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    How did Adolf Hitler become so powerful? What aspects of his life before becoming chancellor may have shaped him and his beliefs‚ to strengthen him as a leader and influence his actions as the dictator of Germany? In 1909‚ Adolf Hitler was a homeless man living in Vienna. In the 1940’s‚ he killed 11 million people during the Holocaust. Hitler was born in Austria in 1889‚ just across the border from German-Bavaria. Now‚ 70 years after his death‚ he is still quite possibly the most well-known anti-Semite

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    live by‚ and the fact that no matter who the hero is‚ he or she is under pressure to be a successful role model. The similarity of higher guidance in times of need is the easiest and most direct of all the three factors. Most heroes‚ but not all‚ live their lives in allegiance to God or another worshiped figure. Take the story of Beowulf for example. Beowulf was without fear when he faced the monster known as Grendel. This is due to the fact that Beowulf lived a life of faith. Faith in God assured

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