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    Why was the world silent about the holocaust? The world was silent about what the Nazis were doing for many reasons. There was fear‚ denial‚ controlled news‚ some people just did not know what was going on‚ and some people agreed with the holocaust. All these things caused the people of Germany and around the world to be silent. Hitler was very good at hiding what was really going on. He monitored and basically controlled every aspect of the news. Hitler controlled the news and radio stations and

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    Memorial by Norman MacCaig This poem is an elegy‚ a poem that is a lament for the dead‚ for a beloved person in Maccaig’s life‚ probably his sister Frances. It is a sad and beautiful poem about how her death pervades every aspect of his life. He makes it clear that her death is not for him an event that has its place in the past. Instead the process of her dying stays with him constantly- In the opening of the poem he states‚’ Everywhere she dies’ and in the final stanza‚ ‘she can’t stop dying’

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    The devastation of WWII brought terrible destruction to all nations involved‚ but especially brought hardship to Italy. Fortunately‚ hardship is a great inspiration‚ and the war bred many great artistic pieces. Among them was The Bicycle Thieves (1948‚ Vittorio De Sica)‚ which took one man’s trouble in finding his lost bike as a mere slice of the greater tragedies which were occurring everyday in Rome due to the wrecked economy. The picture broke many traditions of film to date‚ but in a somewhat

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    Book 1: The Anger of Achilles Main Characters: Achilles‚ Agamemnon‚ Briseis‚ Chryseis‚ Apollo‚ Thetis‚ Zeus‚ Hera‚ Hephaestus Themes: Gods intervention/free will Importance of mortal women Goddesses as wives/mothers Plot: Chryseis and Briseis were slaves of the Trojans which the Greeks won in battle. They were given to Agamemnon and Achilles. Chryseis’ father‚ Chryses goes to the Achaean camp to beg for his daughter back. When Agamemnon refuses‚ Chryses prays to Apollo brings a plague

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    we see that a troop of unidentified soldiers halting near the shade of a last hill. The soldiers have been fed and after having unloaded their load packs‚ are resting. Some soldiers are sleeping carelessly‚ leaning on the chests or knees of their fellow comrades. Many soldiers stand still‚ acing the empty sky beyond ridge knowing in the heart of their hearts that they have just a few hours more to live. They are expecting the order‚ they watch the long grass being swirled by the may breeze‚ murmourous

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    Imagine the president of the United States telling everyone that if they spend all of their money until they go bankrupt‚ then the president will reimburse you‚ plus get an extra three million dollars. After everyone is totally bankrupt‚ they figure out that the president was lying and now there is an extremely slight chance that they will ever get their money back. Many people believe that lying is one of the worst things a person can do. They view it as something that hurts everyone and eventually

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    "Tell them not to kill me" by Juan Rulfo was an interesting short story. It had many strong emotions in it‚ death‚ sadness‚ hopelessness‚ and even the littlest bit of love. Even if we love someone‚ that wont get anyone out of "jail" for killing someone. lets say‚ someone fed a dog chocolate. the person would still have to fess up and get punished even though he claims "his little sister dared him too" he would still get sent to his room while his parents buried the dog in the backyard. this is whats

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    the psalm is appropriate for a funeral or memorial service – though it was probably never intended for that purpose when it was composed. >>> This confession of trust which permeates this entire psalm is common to psalms of lament; it is the turning point of the lament‚ where the complaint leads into a confession of trust. Usually‚ that confession of trust is marked by a “but.” “But you‚ O Yahweh…” It is a confession of trust even in the midst of

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    Bill "Bojangles" Robinson Bill "Bojangles" Robinson‚ who claimed he could run backward faster than most men could go forward‚ was the most famous of all African American tap dancers in the twentieth century. Dancing upright and swinging‚ his light and exacting footwork brought tap "up on its toes" from an earlier flat-footed shuffling style‚ and developed the art of tap dancing to a delicate perfection. Born Luther Robinson in Richmond‚ Virginia‚ his parents‚ Maria and Maxwell Robinson‚ died in

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    Title: Poetry Introduction: Sometimes‚ the emotion found its thought‚ and the thought found its words‚.that is poetry‚ and that is our topic for today. Body: Poetry-it is the language of the imagination. -is an imaginative awareness of experience expressed through meaning sound‚and rhythmic language choices so as to evoke an emotional response. -a term applied to the many forms in w/c human beings have given rhythmic expression to their most imaginative and intense perceptions of the world

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