really odd because we had no training and I sign up yesterday so I ask the general “why are we leaving with no training and I sign up yesterday” “he said you will find out when you get to France” so I sat with all the other men for 2 days‚ then we go off the boat and walked 3 days to the front line. when we got there‚ there were dead people everywhere it smelled like poo blood and rotten flesh. They gave us guns and said not run out there‚
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Reading Logs- The Narrative Of The Life Of Frederick Douglass 1. Review vocabulary words at the beginning of each chapter. List the words whose meanings suggest they are used by Douglass in narrative to describe the horrors of slavery. | Execrate: curse or declare to be evil or anathema or threaten with divine punishmentPerpetrate: perform an act‚ usually with a negative connotationEgotistical: characteristic of those having an inflated idea of their own importanceSunder: break apart or in two
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from the curb. I continued reading‚ the note listed directions on how to open a portal to another world. Intrigued‚ I started following the instructions. The first step was to go to the alleyway‚ which I already had. Next it said to go to the spot in the brick wall with the single white brick. I looked around for a few minutes and eventually found
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In both All Quiet on the Western Front and The Moon is Down‚ the soldiers deal with harmful effects from the strain of war and fighting. These effects are both psychological and physical. The Moon is Down places less emphasis on this because of the fact that it is a pro-war novel. All Quiet on the Western Front shows more examples of these effects‚ especially in its focus on the main character. In All Quiet on the Western Front‚ most of the characters are easily shown to be effected by the war
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Tom’s purpose is initially to retrieve his son’s body. However‚ in a combination of grief and homage to his son‚ Tom decides to walk the ancient spiritual trail where his son died. While walking the Camino‚ Tom meets others from around the world‚ all looking for greater meaning in their lives. He reluctantly falls in with three other pilgrims in particular. Joost (Yorick van Wageningen) is an overweight man from Amsterdam
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Samantha Ayala English 2 Reading Log : Of Mice and Men CHAPTER ONE Chapter one starts off with introducing two men‚ George Milton and Lennie Small. George Milton is usually the one to look out for Lennie because Lennie is know as “retarded”.Lennie Small is a huge man with resembling a bear by the way he walks and acts. Both George and Lennie are walking along a path near a pool of water towards a ranch where they can both find temporary work for the both of them. Lennie‚ without thinking
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Beginning of the book: During the first chapters of the book only a few traits and quirks about him are revealed‚ we discover that he: • Is a gypsy • A thief by trade • Is a bit of a simpleton • Is Quiet • Doesn’t know much about the world. When he meets Uri on the street and the other boys later on he learns a lot about himself and the world he lives in‚ Nazi-occupied Warsaw and the soldiers or Jackboots as they are called throughout the book. Conflicts and challenges throughout the book
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The poems; • Flag by John Agard • The Bayonet Charge by Ted Hughes • The Right Word by Imtiaz Dharker And the Novel All quite on the Western Front . Show us different aspects of the parties that are involved in the conflict. Flag by John Agard explores the patriotism and pride over sovereignty of the motherland. How a piece of cloth ‚ a flag can unite people from different ethnic backgrounds and cultures to fight for a mutual agenda symbolizes grandeur ‚the love of their country to such extent
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army refers to various military units recruited from‚ or used as garrison troops in‚ colonial territories. It all started on a callous summer day‚ on June 28th 1914‚ the Austro-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife‚ Sophie‚ duchess of Hohenberg‚ were assassinated by a Bosnian Serb‚ Gavrilo Princep‚ in Sarajevo. Shadowing this dreadful incident‚ commiserations were given from all over the world. In the background‚ a pull towards combat began in the peaceful month of July. Austria-Hungary sent
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incompetents who sent the ’lions’ of the Poor Bloody Infantry to their deaths in futile battles. Many popular books‚ films and television programmes echo this belief. The casualty list - one million British Empire dead - and the bloody stalemate of the Western Front seem to add credence to this version of events. But there is another interpretation. ...Haig’s army played the leading role in defeating the German forces in the crucial battles of 1918. One undeniable fact is that Britain and its allies‚ not
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