population. Lastly‚ Valley Forge was close enough to the occupied capital of Philadelphia for my army to keep an eye on the British and prevent any surprise attacks on settlements in the countryside. Well‚ let’s hope that life gets better soon. -George W. Dear Diary‚ June 21st‚ 1778 Today is a GREAT day! We won the war! I’ll start from the beginning. So‚ six months after we arrived in Valley Forge‚ on June 19‚ 1778‚ my army and I left Valley Forge. Nine days later‚ we were in Monmouth
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The theory goes that Americans will feel remote from this 1788 crisis in the life of George III — the king who lost the colonies and later his mind — since we’ve never seen one of our leaders go crackers in office. That’s a laugh even Richard Nixon might have appreciated. Comedy and tragedy cohere in this extraordinary film of Alan Bennett’s play. Nicholas Hytner‚ who directed the stage version of George in England and the United States‚ makes a potent film debut by setting off royal fireworks on
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October 31‚ 2010 Title of Article: George Tenet and the Last great days of the CIA Author of Article: Richard D. White‚ Jr. The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent United States Government agency who are responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior United States policymakers (CIA‚2007). Since the 1960 ’s and World War II‚ foreign intelligence has been important to the United States since the days of President George Washington‚ that such efforts have
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Critical Analysis: Renowned satirist George Orwell masterfully incorporates symbolism into his work fabricated within simple tales of fantasy and delight. On the surface these works seem mild almost childlike. However within layer they are stories that will either horrify you from within because of its biting truth or leave you amused by the parallels drawn from reality. Therefore these pieces of literature are not mere stories but caricatures romanticized with words. ‘1984’ and ‘Shooting an Elephant’
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independent are doomed to fail‚ Men who are subjected to the collective will are free from danger. No society can be perfect‚ love and hate between people always seems to be present because that makes people humans. The party slogan in the 1984 by George Orwell appropriately uses; “War is peace “ because people act united with each other being enemies than while being friends. Humans can go up to months or even years being friends and not communicating with one another or talking about that person
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In “Shooting an Elephant‚” George Orwell presents a story in which he reluctantly kills an elephant. Orwell is a British police officer who is always teased by the Burmese‚ who see him as a representative of the British Empire but fail to realize that Orwell also opposes English occupation of Burma. One day‚ Orwell is called to investigate an accident in the marketplace involving a rampant elephant. Orwell borrows a rifle‚ which could bring down the elephant‚ from his friend. He hopes
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People sometimes undergo difficult situations when they are forced to carry out orders by authority. George Orwell ’s "A Hanging" is a descriptive essay about capital punishment. The setting of this essay is placed in an early twentieth-century prison in Burma‚ a country ruled by the British Empire. Considering that George Orwell was an imperial police officer in Burma‚ it is highly probable that this essay is related to his own experience. The essay‚ presented through the eyes of the narrator‚ examines
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Biographical Section George Herbert was born in Montgomery‚ Wales‚ on April 3‚ 1593 to Magdalen and Richard Newport Herbert. The Herbert family was very affluent and influential in the local government at the time. His mother‚ Magdalen‚ worked as a patron and maintained a friendship with John Doone and several or artists. His father‚ Richard‚ was first a Member of Parliament. He later worked as High Sheriff and moved on to “Keeper of the Rolls” of Montgomeryshire. Herbert first attended Trinity
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dehumanizing vision of a brainwashing‚ privacy infringing government monitored by tele-screens and thought police‚ evolve into today’s society? Perhaps not using the same equipment that George Orwell predicted but studies have precisely shown how the enhancement of technology is used to diminish the privacy of everyone. In 1948 George Orwell created the masterpiece “1984”‚ confidently predicting how the world would be in the next thirty-six years. Orwell’s first prediction was an image created as a father figure
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George Whitefield‚ also spelled George Whitfield‚ was an English Anglican cleric who was one of the founders of Methodism and the evangelical movement. Born in Gloucester‚ he matriculated at Pembroke College at the University of Oxford in 1732. He was born December 16‚ 1714. He died on September 30 1770. He joined the "Holy Club" and was introduced to the Wesley brothers‚ John and Charles‚ who he would work closely with in his later ministry. Whitefield was ordained after receiving his Bachelor of
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