While perhaps no longer relevant with more notorious groups like ISIS or Al-Qaeda‚ be it in current activity or geographic location‚ the Provisional Irish Republican Army serves as a good example of a more tightly knit terrorist group that covers only a small geographic region. The Provisional Irish Republican Army is a paramilitary group located in Northern Ireland‚ who used to operate throughout‚ Northern Ireland‚ the Irish Republic‚ Great Britain‚ and Europe‚ with their tactics consisting of the
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Assess The Short Term Significances of The Easter Rising It is clear that a foremost short term significance of the Easter Rising was its failure on military terms. The Easter Rising led to the death of 450 individuals and the injury of over 2500[1]. At first‚ the rising was unpopular amongst the Irish‚ and the failure consequently left the general public and many Irish republicans in a state of humiliation. However‚ this was only the initial response which ultimately changed dramatically‚ in
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The Irish Civil War followed the Irish War of Independence and accompanied the establishment of the Irish Free State‚ an entity independent from the United Kingdom but within the British Empire. The conflict was waged between two opposing groups of Irish nationalists over the Anglo-Irish Treaty. The forces of the "Provisional Government" supported the Treaty‚ while the Republican opposition saw it as a betrayal of the Irish Republic . Many of those who fought in the conflict had been members of
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Unity is strength‚ when there is teamwork and cooperation.When you’re struggling and need help with something what do you do? Do you try to do it on your own? Or do you ask someone for help? Have you ever realized when you work together with someone you might get the job done faster? Well I can assure you in the book I’m reading‚ working together really gets the job done. Instead of working against one another why not help each other. You know what they say‚ two heads‚ are better than one. My book
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In the book‚ Katniss Everdeen‚ the main character‚ struggles to stay alive in the cruel hunger games that is established by the oppressive Capitol City‚ the leader of the twelve districts. For example‚ there was a war between the thirteen states and the capitol. After the war twelve states were defeated and the thirteenth was obliterated. The Capitol gained control of the remaining twelve states. As a punishment the Capitol made the hunger games. The hunger games is made up of a boy
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The article from Scientific American Mind magazine “Set in our ways: Why change is so hard” by Nikolas Westerhoff shows that it is very complicated to change lives. Young people are open to new experiences‚ but when they become older they are losing their interest. Throughout the article‚ Westerhoff reveals such main ideas as: people lose their appetite for novelty as they age; people all over the world have similar societal expectation and life demands; people who wish to make great changes often
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Peter Foltz Mrs. Wicks AP English 12 March 17‚ 2014 Phase Seven: The Fiction Debate A comparative essay between the merits of literary and genre fiction as it pertains to audience and style Skimming through the collections of books at a local Barnes & Nobel‚ one might be stunned to find a copy of the popular fiction The Hunger Games sharing the shelf with the literary classic‚ The Canterbury Tales. But why should this come as a surprise? Don’t the authors share the same last initial? One could
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Esther Rogers Katniss Everdeen and Michelle Obama’s relation What a makes a person who they are is not what clothes they wear or the car they drive. A person’s true identity lies within their mind‚ the way they think and how they chose to act upon those thoughts. Katniss Everdeen the brave young woman that fights for her sister in the book‚ The Hunger Games‚ is much like our first lady‚ Michelle Obama. Michelle fights by her husband day in and day out for this country for the good of the people
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English 9A Analytical Essay The “Hunger Games” on opening weekend brought in $152‚535‚747 dollars. I believe that I will easy top that‚ being the great director that I am. I will take Richard Cornell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” and turn it into a worldwide hit. I think that I will bring this short story to life using multiple elements of both movie and fiction! There will be both internal and external conflict. The internal conflict will be between Rainsford and himself. Having to use his resourceful
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A common theme that was portrayed throughout the hunger games‚ both book and movie adaption‚ was survival. This is a consistent theme that we see pop up throughout the entirety of both versions. When we start out in district 12‚ we see how survival plays a part in the people who live there. The majority of their population is poverty and they obviously have a hard time even putting food on their tables. Along with that‚ they have the reaping in which the children have to hope and pray their name
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