WORLD WAR ONE FIRSTS First war to be fought on 3 continents. First industrialised conflict. First use of chlorine & mustard gas. First use of the flame thrower. First tank battle. First use of mass airplanes. First use of x-ray in the military. First use of a blood bank. First use of guide dogs by blinded soldiers. First four-star general‚ General John J. Pershing First use of trillion in estimating war costs. First commissioning of war art for propaganda. First use
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Ponyboy’s Journal Entry Me and Johnny have been hiding from the police for a couple of days now. I’m sure Darry‚ Soda‚ and the rest of the gang are worried sick about us. I haven’t gotten much sleep since we went into hiding‚ I am betting Johnny hasn’t either because it is hard to get good sleep while your laying on the cold floor of an abandoned church and when you are thinking about everything that went on with our lives the past couple days. Earlier today Johnny went to the store to get some
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Emma by Jane Austen Journal entry 1 The beginning of ’Emma’ is set in a small imaginary country village called Highbury‚ in around 1814 and the mood is playful and happy. The main characters in this scene are Emma Woodhouse the persona‚ Mr Woodhouse‚ Ms Taylor and Mr Knightly. Emma Woodhouse is described as ’Handsome‚ clever‚ and rich’ and happy because she ’had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her’ The writer portrays how she is used to having
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Effects of World War Two World War Two was a turning point in the world full of horrid stories but also effects for the greater good of the people on the home front. In all this‚ people can see all kinds of new information show up about this great and terrible war. During the time it took place the whole world was a powder keg‚ an economically impoverished tide pool with starving fish. The facts are that this war shows a great set of economic‚ geographical‚ and sociological effects for everyone
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Journal Entries 1.)A noble "Moor"‚ in the service of the Venetian State‚ Othello is introduced to us in the very first scene by the term "Moor"‚ when Iago complains that Othello has made Cassio his lieutenant and not him. We also learn from Iago that Othello has a relationship with the fair Desdemona. Respected by the Duke of Venice‚ who is the first to address him by name (Othello in Act I‚ Scene III) and who sends for him when Cypress is threatened by Turkish forces‚ Othello is continuously
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Amanda Raspanti Special Topics “Plantation Slavery” Professor da Silva Journal Article 2 April 24‚ 2013 “To See Who Was Best on the Plantation: Enslaved Fighting Contests and Masculinity in the Antebellum Plantation South”‚ written by Sergio Lussana‚ gives us insight into the life of those on Southern plantations from the male slave perspective. In comparison to the amount of information available on the role of women in slavery‚ there is surprising less information
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perspective of World War II from many different points. The main perspective was through a young boy in the movie‚ Bruno. His role was played by Asa Butterfield. Bruno was very clueless about the war in the beginning of the movie‚ although towards the end he becomes much more knowledgeable. Elsa‚ the mother of Bruno‚ was also unacknowledged about certain circumstances of the war. Her role was played by Vera Farmiga. The father of the family‚ Ralf‚ was an important solider during World War II. His role
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Commonwealth of the Philippines was invaded by the Empire of Japan in December 1941 shortly after Japan’s declaration of war upon the United States of America‚ which controlled the Philippines at the time and possessed important military bases there. The combined American-Filipino army was defeated by April 1942‚ but guerrilla resistance against the Japanese continued throughout the war. Uncaptured Filipino army units‚ a communist insurgency and supporting American agents all played a role in the resistance
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world war Life in the 1930’s Sports: during the great depression‚ people were miserable. There was barley any good news in the papers. The best way to escape being miserable in that decade was sports. The soccer world cup‚ hockey‚ boxing and the summer olympics of 1936 were all great entertainment for the people stuck in the depression Transportation: transportation was different back then from what it is today. They usually used cars or street cars to get from one place to another in a
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Jake Riley Welte‚ Riggs. Humanities II 10-9-15 Great Gatsby Journal Entry. Jay Gatsby is the main character of the novel The Great Gatsby. He was born in a poverty ridden family in rural North Dakota. He despised poverty and always wanted to be as rich as he possibly could as he grew up. He eventually became extremely wealthy‚ However he came into the money through various forms of organized crime such as alcohol distribution during Prohibition and securities trading. He is an extreme introvert
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