In his short story “Victory Lap”‚ George Saunders used characterization to draw attention to how some people find it easier to cover up reality instead of facing it. He first emphasizes on that covering things up habit near the beginning of the story when Alison Pope’s imagination bring her to recreate a situation where a hunter kills a deer. Alison then asks the hunter to‚ “lay her out in a field of clover‚ with roses strewn about her.” With that particular act of putting flowers around the body
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Barack Obama creates rapport with his audience during his victory acceptance speech in a multitude of ways. In terms of structure‚ he opens his speech by directly addressing those in front of him‚ ‘Hello Chicago!’ This creates an instant link with those before him. He then goes on to address those who may have doubted his chance at victory and immediately follows this by thanking ‘the lines’ of voters who have brought him to victory. This personal approach would engage the audience and make
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first independent declaration of war. Over 1 million citizens served in the military and by the end of the war Canada had the fourth-largest air force and third-largest navy fleet in the world. Around 41% of Canadian males 18–45 served in the military. WW2 would not have been won if it weren’t for the huge contributions Canada made to help the allies. Canada made one of the largest commitments to the effort‚ and was very important for its role in liberating Europe. We supplied the British people when
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Victory stele of Naram-sin This paper will compare art from the Early Dynastic period of warring city states with art of the Akkadian Empire in order to see whether there are any recognizable patterns in representation that show the developing political ideologies‚ identities and intentions of the ruling powers of the times. It is my contention that much art was used as propaganda‚ probably to an increasing degree‚ and that this stimulate a new mastery of realism and composition
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history in World War II. Germany‚ being angry of this treaty‚ began an uprising under the authority of German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Revolts spread throughout all of Europe‚ causing the creation of various alliances‚ mainly the Allied and Axis Powers. The United States still held its standpoint of isolationism and did not interfere with or support any war effort; that is‚ until Japan made an attempt to seize China‚ which was a strong trade nation for the U.S.
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Victory at the Cost of Innocent Lives Throughout the course of America’s history‚ millions of events and wars have affected everyday life. The Emancipation Proclamation‚ The Korean War‚ The Cold War‚ the American Revolution‚ the 15th and 19th amendments‚ the Great Awakening‚ and industrialization itself have all radically changed the way people participated socially and politically before the 1950’s. After the 1950’s‚ the next life-changing event occurred. It was the Vietnam War and the first
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September 3rd‚ 1939‚ two days after Germany invaded Poland. Britain and France declared war on Germany because they promised to help Poland if anything happened. From the end of the First World War‚ the Germans carried hate in their hearts for all Allied country leaders. This was because of a peace treaty called‚ “The Versailles Treaty”. The Versailles Treaty blamed Germany for everything. It allowed them not to have submarines or an air force. Land was taken away from them‚ and they were only
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joining the Allied forces. One country that had been a key component of the Allied victory in the First World War was Russia‚ known as the Soviet Union (USSR) during the Second World War. At the beginning of the Second World War the Soviet Union was in a trade agreement and was sided with the German army and assisted in fighting the Allied forces‚ but on June 22‚ 1941‚ the German army put into Operation Barbarossa and invaded the Soviet Union. This led to the Soviets joining the Allied forces in the
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himself up to Fuhrer‚ and persuaded the German individuals to a completely Fascist mindset. In spite of these qualities to join together and mobilize the German individuals under his supreme authority‚ Hitler could not reach victory during the war for Germany for three reasons: economic‚ diplomacy‚ and military. He deliberately neglected to prepare the country financially‚ refused building strong relationships with other nations within Europe‚ and demonstrated a pitiable military strategy. Since Hitler
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World War II By: Zach Dahlenburg From what I have read its seems that Germany was the main reason for the first World War and for the second War. Some of the reasons why the second war was started was due to Fascism which was started by Benito Mussolini. Another reason that the second war was started was due to Chamberlin giving Germany part of Cezoslavakia After the First War‚ the French built the Maginot Wall to better protect them from Germany. It was 125 miles long (202 km). It stretched
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