War and the Human Condition An examination of “Mklng Sckls” and “The Truth” Mklng Sckls‚ a novella by Justin Sirois‚ and The Truth‚ a short story by J Thompson‚ are two fictional pieces‚ which can be compared and contrasted through multiple elements and underlying themes. Sirois’ Sckls is a first person narrative presented as a collection of computerized journal entries composed by the character of Salim Abid. The wordplay of the entries‚ or chapters‚ is direct. Deliberate and often hasty
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States voyaged to Edo Bay of Japan. This voyage was taken because the United States wanted Japan to open up trade to western countries. Japan’s political authority realized that they were behind in military technology but felt threaten by the West when Commodore Perry came knocking. Japan wanted to be even more secluded from foreign trade after this visit. The people of Japan wanted to restore Japan politically to strengthen them against any foreign threats. In the end Japan did open their doors to foreign
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Germany was responsible for the outbreak of World War One’. How far do you agree? World War one has become to be known as "The Great War". It was known as "The War to end all Wars". Many people believe Germany was responsible for the outbreak of war in 1914. To solely blame one country or one single act for the cause of World War One is wrong as there are more than one country involved and more than one event that caused World War One. Even if Germany was responsible for the war the other major
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selected to be Chancellor of Germany. At the time Germany had a Jewish population of 566‚000. Before Hitler was elected‚ the Nazi party was becoming extremely popular‚ claiming Jews were the reason Germany was defeated in WWI. Because of this‚ considering the fact Germans took their war defeat very seriously‚ people believed the claim and were influenced by it. Adolf Hitler believed in the Aryan Race-strong built‚ tall‚ blue eyes‚ blonde hair- should be shared all over Germany. As you may know‚ Judaism
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Guipure Mazzini‚ one of the most important and well know nationalists in Europe‚ was a crucial person in the unification of Italy. He was born in Genoa and when he was 26 he created “Young Italy” which was a group of people under 40 that believed Italy should become unified through revolutions. He was quoted as saying “no nation deserves freedom or can long retain it which does not win it for itself. Revolutions must be made by the people and for the people.” He truly believed that the people of
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Belgium’s ports were close to the British coast and German control of Belgium would have been seen as a threat to Britain. In the end‚ Britain did not to ignore the events of August 4th 1914‚ when Germany attacked France through Belgium. Afterwards‚ Britain declared war on Germany (source). There were many events that led Britain to declare war on Germany. One of the reasons was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand to begin with. The second would be the alliances as well‚ and the third
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Essay Japan‚ affected by the Meiji Restoration‚ gains lots of power throughout the world as they gained military power from modernizing. As they grew bigger‚ they started to colonize countries to expand and to show their dominant power. Japan employed gunboat diplomacy to pressure Korea‚ under the Joseon Dynasty‚ to sign the Japan–Korea Treaty of 1876‚ which granted Japan with extraterritorial rights and to force open three Korean ports to Japanese trade. This unequal treaty had allowed Japan to slowly
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Similar to Fascist Italy and Communist Russia‚ Hitler’s Nazi Party was equally skilled in its manipulation of control by a single party. Coming to power in 1933‚ Hitler was in place to establish his vision of Germany. With the support of Nationalists and Center Party members‚ the Nazis capitalized on the Enabling Act that effectively gave Hitler emergency powers in government. Hitler was now in a position to fully actualize his dictatorial governance of Germany. The government immediately dissolved
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War Guilt Clause The war guilt clause caused nationwide dishonour and embarrassment for the Germans‚ as they were forced to take the blame for beginning the war‚ despite the fact that it was not solely their fault. Germans that felt that the British and the French had equal influence on the cause of the war and therefore thought the clause was unfair and unjustified. The rest of Europe did not share the feelings that Germany had. They felt that the Clause was just‚ and that they had no part in causing
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There is no doubt that propaganda was essential in unifying Germany throughout the 1930s. Propaganda promoted patriotism‚ unity and ultimately support for the war by glorifying the German population and Hitler himself. However‚ the New Germany Hitler envisioned did not always correlate with that of the people’s and in many cases simple means such as propaganda was not enough to convince and obtain the needed support‚ resulting in the accumulation of other approaches including intimidation‚ violence
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