in Fahrenheit 451‚ she is very central to the plot‚ by inspiring and influencing Guy Montag. It was just one simple question that changed Montag’s life. Clarisse asked‚ “Are you happy?” This thought had never come across Montag’s mind‚ but once it did‚ he realized he wasn’t happy in this world of censorship. However‚ Clarisse was one to ignore these restrictions. She was a girl who was constantly thinking‚ a girl who cared about people’s feelings‚ a girl who was not a part of this law-abiding community
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politically to strengthen them against any foreign threats. In the end Japan did open their doors to foreign trade and Imperial rule was restored to the emperor. Though Meiji Restoration was an example of nation state building many other rebuilding’s were going on during this time‚ good and bad. The United States went through a nation-state building in 1860-1865 with the result of a bloody Civil War. France also went through a change when Louis Napoleon Bonaparte‚ or Napoleon III came to power‚ that resulted
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the war‚ the Americans quickly realized how they were ignored and pushed to the side every time they had tried to help. Also‚ after the war was finally over‚ they were overly talked with no representation since Britain was in such a huge amount of debt after the war. Seeing the taxes come out of nowhere made them even more upset and eventually led into the Enlightenment period. Here‚ Thomas Paine and Jefferson joined heads and worked to get people to realize how important a full break for Britain was
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even though some were small changes some were significant America still changed. America changed socially‚ politically and technology America changed socially in so many ways. On of the ways America changed socially was during the civil war. The civil war was a war that was fought to end slavery. When slavery ended many slaves were still slaves and they still had no right to vote. Another major social change was the women’s rights. Some of the rights that change for a woman was education‚
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during this time. Advancements in architecture and technology were big parts of the Second Industrial Revolution. Even though racism was a very serious problem during the Second Industrial Revolution‚ there were many good advancements in how people thought of the world‚ how people thought of other people‚ and architectural/technological advancements. There were multiple people during the Second Industrial Revolution that made very important discoveries in the science world. Marie
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were important changes taking place along the Silk Roads as the Western civilisations started reaching the trading
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Rights Movement is one that changed the landscape of the United States of America. People of color were able to use their rights to make a change and have equal protection under the law. During the 1950’s and 60’s people fought and made a change‚ they were fighting before the 50’s‚ but change took time to set in. The communities used mix approaches to make a change; some were messy and some were not. The Civil Rights Movement starts with Jackie Robinson breaking the color line in baseball in 1947 and
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These changes were driven by new technological advancements‚ the rise of education‚ new political outlooks‚ and overall the way Europe was laid out. Europeans applied these new concepts and used them to guide discoveries. Significant events such as the Scientific Revolution‚ the Renaissance‚ the Reformation‚ and the Age of Exploration shaped the West. The rapid spread of information and education in Europe through innovations such as the printing press helped grow Western dominance. However‚ how Europeans
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“The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty‚ and the American people‚ just now‚ are much in want of one. We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.” Abraham Lincoln was born on February 14th‚ 1809 in a small town called Hodgenville‚ KY with a mission of equality. Abraham Lincoln changed Americans view on the decision toward slavery. Additionally‚ male slaves were captured in Africa‚ and forced from their native land leaving their wife
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began during the Medieval period over a century beforehand. During the Renaissance‚ men like Adrian Willaert paved the way for composers of the future to make their great works (Classical Composers‚ 2016). Adrian Willaert’s compositions commanded a change in both concert and sacred music. Adrian Willaert was a Flemish composer‚ born in 1490‚ whose ideas and composing had changed music‚ however‚ he had not always thought about music. He originally was going to school for law at the University of Paris
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