Jack‚ Andrew and I presented on Fog of War. The documentary on Robert McNamara gives us his perspective on the situations the American government faced in the 20th century. Along with that‚ the documentary provides us with 11 lessons that could be taken from McNamara’s life. I myself focused my presentation on McNamara’s first lesson in the movie which was “Empathizing with your enemy.” In this lesson I learned how beneficial it could be to see from the enemy’s point of view. In the movie McNamara
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Los Angeles Times states that “The most rending kind of war is not between two hatreds‚ but between two hopes”. Correspondingly‚ Andre Dubus III introduces two hopes in the novel House of Sand and Fog written in 1999. Behrani and Kathy‚ two determined yet fragile individuals‚ come from different backgrounds that meet in the California hills struggles to gain social stability. The competing desires for the house leads to Behrani’s ultimate downfall. His obsession with the house comes from the ambition
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My ear rings. My eyes‚ I can’t see anything. A thick dust fog blocks my vision. “Cough! Cough!” The dust fog settles. A huge hole in the ceiling becomes visible. Through it‚ I stare at the clouds‚ flat on back. My arms and legs are numb. They won’t listen. They won’t move. I’m afraid rather. Rust‚ this familiar scent in my nose‚ my lips‚ everywhere. It reeks. It can’t be! “blood…” softly‚ I mutter. I can’t even look‚ down there. No‚ I don’t wanna look. Thump‚ thump! This can’t be? Calm down
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Why Do You Have Brain Fog? Do you have trouble learning‚ remembering‚ and concentrating? If so‚ you may think there’s something seriously wrong with your mind. You’re not going crazy. More likely than not‚ your brain fog has a physical cause. You just need to figure out what’s happening inside your body and get it cleared up. What is Brain Fog? Brain fog is an impairment of cognitive function. This dysfunction is usually present at all times and causes problems with memory‚ cognition‚ learning
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making some major decisions and giving important advice under loads of stress and pressure. Years after he left his position in the white house‚ he looked back on his life and provided eleven points of his own wisdom. Now let us examine the film The Fog of War and some of the points stated by the former Secretary of Defense and compare them to the ideas of Niccolo Machiavelli and see how the ancient philosopher might have praised or critiqued the ideas of McNamara. “Belief and seeing are both often
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experienced first-hand the horrors that existed‚ they cannot believe that such horrors exist. On the first train to the first labor camp Elie felt optimistic when arriving to Auschwitz saying “Confidence soared. Suddenly we felt free of the previous nights’ terrors. We gave thanks to God.” (Wiesel 27). When arriving to the camp Elie became more optimistic when he started to find people he knew still alive‚ even in these dark times he was able to find happiness. Not only did Elie have this mind set but
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Elie wiesel wrote the book night to tell people about what his life was like during the holocaust. Because he was jewish the nazis sent him to a concentration camp and after he was released at the end of the war he wrote the book night to talk about what happened‚ and how his life had changed significantly throughout the holocaust. Elie wiesel suffered a lot throughout the holocaust. Throughout the book his life changed significantly but it changed the most in the very beginning when he witnessed
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‘Night’ – Close Analysis Elie Wiesel’s memoir ‘Night’ shows concepts of dehumanisation and savagery through the times of the Holocaust. Wiesel documents his experiences of hardship and atrocities to warn future generations of what occurred so that history doesn’t repeat itself. Through two passages we see images of the brutality that had occurred throughout the journey Elie had experienced. Although the passages are similar‚ they differ from each other because they’re both different experiences
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Lauren Teter Mrs. Lombardo Honors English 9 23 March 2017 Clarity of the Fog Imagine being stripped of identity‚ and insight to reality. This is what being in the fog is like for Bromden from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ written by Ken Kesey. The fog creates another obstacle‚ that the patients have to go through in order to protect themselves. The novel is set in a mental institution‚ and focuses on the mistreatment of the patients. One patient in particular is Bromden‚ who is also referred
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Twelfth Night: Analysis of Major Characters Joe Boyce: Grade11 Viola Like most of Shakespeare’s heroines‚ Viola is a tremendously likable figure. She has no serious faults‚ and we can easily discount the peculiarity of her decision to dress as a man‚ since it sets the entire plot in motion. She is the character whose love seems the purest. The other characters’ passions are fickle: Orsino jumps from Olivia to Viola‚ Olivia jumps from
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