“My Last Days” We reached the trench. I was a soldier fighting in the trenches of World War 1 in France. My squad and I hopped into the trench and muddy water splashed into our faces. “Do you think fighting in the trenches is as bad as it sounds?‚” I asked Bobby‚ my best friend. “I think so. Some old dude back home told me he shot his foot off to get out of the trenches‚”said Bobby. Wow‚ I thought‚ he must be dumber than a bag of rocks. Since no one was shooting at us‚ I started to dig out a
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1. The story is narrated in the third person point of view. Aside from dialogue‚ the story does not use "I." Instead‚ it uses his name‚ or refers to the character as "him" or "he." 2. The story starts off as third person objective. It’s first told as how someone would observe from afar. The narrator makes assumptions‚ such as in the first paragraph of part one‚ "It did not appear to be the duty of these two men to know what was occurring ." In the third paragraph‚ the narrator is describing
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Plan: Intro * British troops morale better than that of the French and the Germans in 1918 on the Western Front * Petain stated that morale had become the essential factors of the struggle * Whilst there is little dispute between historians over the motivational factors there are different areas historians focus on when determining factors that sustain morale. * Gary Sheffield suggests the bond between the officers and the troops as a factor * Rachel Duffett suggests that
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My Dearest Mother‚ I know you have been worrying about me‚ for I have been worrying about you as well. Before I left I promised to write you about my first battle on the Western Front. My experience here has been a real eye-opener‚ the things I have saw‚ heard‚ touched‚ taste‚ and felt are revolting and painful. My first day in the battle was terrifying‚ being in the trenches while eggs were being thrown‚ land creepers were shooting as us from all directions‚ blind pigs were being fired at us
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Title: WINTER’S BONE Author: DANIEL WOODRELL Front Cover‚ Top Left Text: NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Front Cover‚ Bottom Text: 撤rofound and haunting...the lineage from Faulkner to Woodrell runs as deep and true as an Ozark stream.- LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEW Side Publication Company: BACK BAY BOOKS Back Cover‚ Top left text: FICTION Back Cover‚ Top right text: A BACK BAY BOOK Continued Back Cover: 鄭 STUNNER‚ A BLEAK‚ BEAUTIFULLY TOLD STORY ABOUT THE INESCAPABLE BONDS OF LAND AND BLOOD. .
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Operation Michael marked the beginning of the German’s Spring Offensive. More accurately‚ it marked the beginning of the German’s last ditch effort to win the war. In late 23 October of 1917‚ Major Wetzell wrote a paper with the conclusion that the Entente’s army would be able to overwhelm them once the Americans joined in the spring of 1918. Therefore‚ the only chance that they had was to quickly win the war before that happened. Michael‚ termed the ’last card’‚ was planned out and put in motion
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WHY DID STALEMATE DEVELOP ON THE WESTERN FRONT IN 1914? By 1914‚ stalemate had developed on the Western Front‚ caused by the failure of the Schlieffen Plan‚ the French Plan 17 and the use of modern technology. Stalemate was inevitable due to these factors. The Schlieffen Plan was implemented by the German General Staff‚ who prepared German troops to attempt to attack France by advancing through neutral Belgium‚ before travelling southwards to encircle Paris. This plan was inflexible and unpredictable
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Statistically speaking‚ World War I was the cause of over 17 million deaths and 20 million wounded. The youthful generation are innocent and ignorant soldiers‚ who believe that war is an adventure‚ easily getting killed as soon as they step a foot at the front-line. The “Lost Generation” was a term originated from a garage owner in a conversation with his employee that was witnessed by Gertrude Stein‚ which was later popularised by the American novelist‚ Ernest Hemingway‚ as an epigraph to his novel The
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Representation of Age in GQ and SAGA Create a 500-750 word analysis One way in which age is represented in the two texts is clothing. In the GQ magazine front cover‚ Clint Eastwood is seen wearing denim jeans with a denim shirt. This is partly to create an overt link to his former role as a ‘cowboy’ in his western movies‚ but it also connotes rebellion and this is a trait that is stereotypically synonymous with youth. Clint’s clothes have been specifically chosen to represent youth so as to attract
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All Quiet of the Western Front: Movie vs. Book The book all Quiet of the Western Front demonstrates a clear similarity in regard to themes with it’s original movie. Although the reader and the audience of the movie can take different aspects of the theme due to the setting of the movie and the imagery used in the book. In fact the added scenarios in the movie had a different impact then in the book; for example‚ in the movie Paul was introduced as a schoolboy and through the setting of movie
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