William Somerset Maugham (25 January 1874 – 16 December 1965) The British novelist William Somerset Maugham‚ one of the most popular writers in English in the 20th century‚ is noted for his clarity of style and skill in storytelling. Born in Paris‚ of Irish ancestry‚ Somerset Maugham was to lead a fascinating life and would become famous for his mastery of short evocative stories that were often set in the more obscure and remote areas of the British Empire. Suffering from a bad stammer‚ he received
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Reality of the Moon Landing During the 1960s‚ the Cold War and the Vietnam War were in full swing‚ and tensions grew internationally and nationally. People began to lose trust in the moral and ethical behavior of the government. One example of this distrust occurred following a major historical event around the same time period. With millions of people watching‚ a United States astronaut was televised setting foot on the moon for the first time. Some skeptics thought that the moon landing was fabricated
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America. He organized the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty and began the Alliance for Progress. Kennedy’s most noticeable accomplishments in the midst of his brief term as president came in the field of outside endeavors. Benefitting by the spirit of activism he had made‚ Kennedy made the Peace Corps by official demand in 1961. Prior to the century’s finished‚ in excess of 170‚000 Peace Corps volunteers would serve in 135 countries. In
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and the mass hysteria that comes with these disappearances. A fractured fairytale is a fairy or folk tale that has been modified in such a way as to make us laugh at an unexpected characterization‚ plot development or contrary point of view. Ruby Moon falls into this category through the various archetypes played by the two actors. By taking these archetypes and giving them humourous undertones‚ the archetypes can be seen as the different faces of Ray and Sylvie. It also threatens something deeply
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were all about john f kennedy and his inauguration day. First of all‚ in the inaugural address‚ january 20‚ 1961 J.F.K. the intended audience in this address is the united states and the world and so was the second document. John F. kennedy addressed his speech with the united states about how we need to pay any prices and assure the survival and also the liberty. The similarity between these two documents is that the audience‚ speaker and purpose are the same. The diction that kennedy used in his
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In the Moon Landing exercise I am a member of a lunar exploration crew originally scheduled to rendezvous with a mother ship on the lighted surface of the moon. Due to mechanical difficulties however‚ our ship was forced to land at a spot 200 miles from the rendezvous point. During the re-entry and landing‚ much of the equipment aboard was damaged‚ and‚ since survival depends on reaching the mother ship‚ the most critical items available must be chosen for the 200 mile trip. Our group was able
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John F. Kennedy was inaugurated as president on January 20‚ 1961. Throughout his speech‚ Kennedy addressed an unspoken enemy -- Russia -- further uniting the nation. However‚ Kennedy’s speech was effective because of the style of his writing. By simply stating something in a unique way‚ he increased the effect it had on the nation. Authors John F. Kennedy‚ Eleanor Clift and the United States Army Signal Corps each have a unique style. It was a cold January afternoon when Kennedy was inaugurated
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In his speech on April 10‚1962‚ John F. Kennedy accentuates the corruption and negligence of United States Steel and other leading steel corporations for raising steel prices that would in turn have an immense‚ financial-burden impact on everyday Americans. The intended purpose of his writing piece was to chastise and defame the greedy steel corporations as well as obtain support and unification from Americans. Through the use of patriotic diction‚ hypothetical reasoning‚ and consistent factual evidence
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One of the most remarkable facts about John Kennedy as well as about many other politicians was his ability to perform excellent speeches. The name New Frontier was given to his Acceptance Speech on the Democratic National Convention in 1960‚ when Kennedy entered the competition for the presidential post of the United Stated as a Democratic candidate. For the Democrats‚ struggling to win the elections from the Republicans‚ that speech meant a lot. Kennedy made it valuable‚ striking and passionate
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Moon Conspiracy Theory Did Neil Armstrong‚ Buzz Aldrin‚ and Apollo 11 were the first ever to land on the moon or was it a hoax? On July 20‚ 1969‚ millions of television viewers around the world watched Neil Armstrong step off the Apollo 11 aircraft to be the first ever to touch the moon. There have been many theories as to what happened that day; some include the entire event being a hoax. There have been rumors that the moon landing was staged in a desert as a movie set. The moon landing of
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