The Hunt for Red October By: Tom Clancy It’s December 1986 and Captain First Rank Marko Ramius‚ son of a Communist Party Secretary and the Soviet Union’s most trusted and revered submarine commander‚ is in charge of a new kind of Soviet nuclear submarine called "Red October." It has a new kind of propulsion system that makes it hard to be detected by radar. Once at sea Ramius heads toward the east coast of the United States and then disappears. Both the Soviet leaders and the Americans are terrified
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International Business & Economics Research Journal Volume 3‚ Number 1 American Red Cross Debora J. Gilliard (E-mail: gilliard@mscd.edu)‚ Metropolitan State College of Denver‚ USA Rajendra Khandekar (E-mail: khandekr@mscd.edu)‚ Metropolitan State College of Denver‚ USA Abstract The American Red Cross has been plagued with problems over the past two years from an antitrust lawsuit‚ repercussions from the distributions of funds from the Liberty Fund to the survivors of the World Trade Center
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Title: The Red Badge of Courage Author: Stephen Crane Genre: Historical Fiction Author and Background: Stephen Crane was born on November 1st‚ 1871. He wrote several books such as Maggie and Georges Mother‚ but The Red Badge of Courage was by far his best work and biggest seller. In 1900 he became ill and was nearly broke so he couldn’t afford his multiple health treatments. On June 5th‚ 1900 he died and left his belongings to Cora Taylor‚ a close friend. The Red Badge of Courage takes
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ENGLISH DRAFT- OLIVER TWIST Introduction Charles Dickens’ well-known novel ‘Oliver Twist’ has long intrigued readers for centuries‚ motivating the contemporary film adaptations including many motion pictures and a TV series. The protagonist in this book is none other than Oliver Twist who is an orphan stuck in the harsh times of the Victorian era. Fans of the authentic ‘Oliver Twist’ were genuinely disappointed at the film remakes that big franchises had created and argued that they lacked in
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As part of a book project‚ I read "The Red Badge of Courage." It is about a soldier named Henry who wants to earn his mark as a soldier. Initially he strays away from the battlefield because he is afraid of death and wants to live among the living and not the dead. Later‚ he becomes desperate to get shot and earn his "Red Badge of Courage" to prove to the other soldier that he is not only a man but a true hero. The purpose of this project was to write a journal entry for a series of chapters and
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One of the many themes that can be found in The Red Badge of Courage‚ is the idea that Henry reaches a certain maturity by facing and dealing with the brutal realities of war. As the book begins we meet Henry‚ a young boy and soldier that fantasizes about battle and being a hero. It is by the end of the book that we see Henry’s character grow into a young man that has not only faced death‚ but found courage. On his first encounter with battle‚ Henry’s fears get the best of him. He realizes as
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In “The Red Badge of Courage” by Stephen Crane written in 1895 and set during the civil war‚ Crane presents a fiction novel on a young man named Henry wanting to become a U.S soldier who discovers the truth of war. He goes to war and figures out the hard way that war is not the place for him until he meets a man name Tall Soldier and that man he meets and looks up to doesn’t make it. From that man dieing it shook Henry up and then Henry really thinks hard and figure that his live is on the line it
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”Sticks and Stones” by Trezza Azzopardi (2006) In the short story‚ we follow a man named Lewis. Lewis is the main character‚ who keeps dreaming about the same thing over and over. He dreams about him at the strand. He used to have a terrible experience there. He moved to the core of England‚ to escape from the terrible trauma. But now he has returned to his mother’s house‚ where he gets clear images in his mind. Lewis is a teacher‚ in the text it says‚ “The second envelope contains a note
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actions undone may possibly remain so‚ but what is done cannot be undone‚ and if you cause a situation to go from bad to worse‚ the consequences of your deed will come to haunt you. This is what the main character of Trezza Azzopardi’s short story “Sticks and Stones”‚ Lewis‚ has experienced. Lewis accepts things as they are‚ even though he wants to change them: “[…]he imagines he’s the kind of person that challenges teachers like Stott and Walker‚ the kind that the Headmaster takes seriously
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American Red Cross is a non-profit organization supported solely off of financial donations and volunteers (community). Red Cross mission is to “provide relief to victims to victims of disasters and help people prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies. Red Cross was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. Who was inspired by the Red Cross during the Prussian War. She first implemented what she had experience over in Europe in the U.S. during the Spanish American War in the 1898. The Red Cross joins
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