Letters from Rifka is the story of a young Russian-Jewish girl and her family who leave their homeland in 1919 to travel to America. Persecuted in Russia by the soldiers and others who dislike Jews‚ Rifka’s family makes their way across Russia to Poland and the U.S. However‚ Rifka encounters many difficulties along the way. Initially worried that they will not make it out of Russia‚ the family runs into guards on the train on the way out (whom Rifka successfully distracts)‚ and unkind guards at the
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Everything is unique in one way or another. That was Shannon L. Alder was implying. In Joan Bauer’s short story “A Letter From The Fringe‚” the protagonist Dana and her friend Sally constantly gets bullied by the antagonists Doug Booker and Charlie Bass at Bronley High School. They are not fitting the standards given to them by society. Dana wants to speak up not just for
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What are trenches? Trenches are a small part of the army. One of the most dangerous places in the army. Why were they there? It gives protection from powerful artillery and firearms. IT was not a new idea it had been used in the U.S civil war‚ Russian Japanese war‚ and other wars. It began around September 1914 and ended when the Allies made a attack that began in late July 1918. By November 1914 there were continuous line of trenches covering 400 miles from switzerland to the north sea they
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tell their stories and to do so in a creative way. These poems were chosen as they exhibit the theme of the Home as well as Journeys and other things that relate which revolve around those two main words. Covering four parts that include Home‚ Going or Being away from home‚ The Journey‚ and The Return. They do not connect directly but all revolve around any of the four categories. The home is a sanctuary of love and peace. It is the place where one feels rooted upon. We do not talk of a structure
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Undercover Boss MGT 550 Examine how working “in the trenches” of the organization can help improve leadership skills. Working “in the trenches” of the organization is a great way to improve leaderships skills. It helped employers realize exactly what their employees have to go through on a daily basis. They shared the identical work experience of these employees and‚ along the way‚ learn a great deal about what is good and not so good in the
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obtain contracts after quarter end while knowing‚ or recklessly disregarding the fact that‚ CA would improperly recognize the revenue from those contracts‚ and failed to alert CA’s Finance or Sales Accounting Department that CA salespersons that reported to Richards were obtaining contracts with backdated signatures dates after quarter end.” (Release) Richard in his letter writes that his self and the CEO exerted significant pressures on their team to meet the goals that they had set for themselves‚ also
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fought each other in trenches four hundred miles long. Soldiers spent weeks at a time sitting in seven feet deep and six feet wide trenches consuming diseases and experiencing harsh conditions. Life in the trenches was hell on earth‚ men suffered from trench foot‚ body lice‚ and the attacks from trench rats that were almost impossible to prevent‚ and there were dead bodies everywhere. In a letter to parents living in East Grinstead‚ England in 1915‚ Private Livesay wrote‚ “Our trenches are... ankle deep
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proved to be one of the most brutal and horrific wars the world will ever fight‚ with an estimated thirteen million deaths. The four main reasons why WW1 broke out were The Alliance System‚ Imperialism‚ The Arms Race and the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Overall‚ the most important cause was the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. One cause of WW1 was the alliance system‚ which involved two main forces: The Triple Entente‚ consisting of Britain‚ France and Russia and The Triple Alliance consisting
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In Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ Martin Luther King Jr. writes to his fellow clergymen about the turpitudes he feels are taking place in Birmingham. He aims to make his audience aware of things he feels are being swept under the carpet. King uses a variety of religious references to get through to his readers. Since religion is sacred to so many‚ it is a powerful piece filled with emotion and logic. King’s expert use of pathos invokes the emotions of his readers. Since the topic he is writing
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Letter Home Dear Brother‚ I have just received your letter about considering joining the German army and fighting in this god awful war. From my tone already you should notice that I completely disagree with your thinking and am going to try my hardest to persuade you not to come out and fight. Just like you I had once fallen for all of the propaganda going around Germany. An old teacher I used to know named Kantorich had filled my and many of my classmates heads with patriotic reasons to
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