How did World War II affect American Society? Kirsty Gourlay On December 7th‚ 1941‚ Japanese fighter planes staged an attack on U.S naval and military forces based in Pearl Harbour‚ Hawaii. In around just two hours‚ America suffered from approximately 3‚435 casualties including 2‚000 deaths. The shattering defeat cost the U.S‚ 8 battle ships and around 200 airplanes. The following day‚ President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. This was approved‚ and more than two years into the
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Society can change a person positively or negatively. In the novel‚ Fahrenheit 451‚ by Ray Bradbury‚ Mildred is the wife of the main character‚ Guy Montag. Society has made Mildred self-centered‚ robotic‚ and unfeeling. First‚ Mildred Montag‚ likes to stay home‚ visit her friends‚ and sit and talk to her TVs‚ where her “relatives” are keeping her company. Mildred is very uncaring and selfish. She only cares about her TVs and getting the fourth wall put in to complete her parlor. She says‚ “How
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This division resulted in a significant impact on the world as it helped to develop the groundwork for multiple important aspects of modern society. The Reformation brought a development to education‚ economy and church practices and in such‚ effects the everyday lives of people today. Prior to the Reformation‚ education was not a key component in society. There existed no education system in most countries and teaching was limited only to the children of wealthy merchants and the rulers of cities
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Christianity was drastically transformed during the five centuries after the death of the religion’s founder‚ Jesus. Jesus was a Jewish carpenter and he lived in a province of Judaea in the Roman Empire. Over the span of three years‚ Jesus taught and performed “miracles”. His teachings had a sharp political and social edge which landed him in hot water. Jesus’ career was cut short after he was executed for being a political rebel. He was barely mentioned in the historical records of that time period
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Peter the Great was one of Russia’s greatest reformers‚ statesmen‚ organizers‚ and leaders. Russia was less developed than other European countries at that time because Russia had rejected Westernization. To rectify this‚ he went to many ways to modernize and westernize Russia. He founded St. Petersburg as a major Russian port city in the west. He also established it as the new capital‚ based on trade with the rest of Europe. New buildings and institutions were built there to modernize Russia‚ before
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“Where is he from‚ I mean? And what does he do?” (Fitzgerald 49). Everyone asks this question about the mysterious Jay Gatsby. In the Great Gatsby‚ F. Scott Fitzgerald connected many characters through a great adventure of love and mystery. Nick‚ Tom‚ and Gatsby have unique characteristics that develop during the story. However‚ these characters never change even though they go through many experiences. The first character is the friendly Nick Carraway. As a child‚ he was taught to not judge
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take shape in Britain and then spread to other countries like the United States of America. During the Industrial Revolution‚ many power-driven machines were invent‚ which was far more efficient in the industrial society. This brought greater
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How far would you agree that the events of 1905 were caused by Russia’s failure to win the war against Japan? (30 marks) Long-term factors: Middle class- There was a lack of common purpose between Russia’s different social classes. They organised themselves by autumn of 1905 into soviets but spent most of the year protesting in spontaneous strikes/ marches. The peasants were too widely distributed and isolated to have a common organised leadership. Their protests were traditional peasant ones of
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The Great Gatsby: How it Applies to Modern Society The people in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel The Great Gatsby are very alike the people in our generation today. They’re alike in the way they depict racism‚ irresponsibility‚ and corruption. The two generations however; also share people who display integrity and honesty. The two generations show irresponsibility and corruption through many characters like Myrtle‚ Meyer Wolfshiem and Tom. After Myrtle bought the dog she had taken no care after
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were a major success to his rising to power. People must be able to understand exactly how even after defeating his enemies‚ Alexander ran these new additions to his empire and effected them through cultural influence. While Alexander was exceedingly bright‚ some may have doubted how he chose to run them. Even after the overthrowing of Darius III‚ Alexander still wanted to add more to his empire. He even went as far as India to overthrow‚ which only failed due to homesick soldiers. Thus‚ this had to
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