Book Critique of The Longest Day Cornelius Ryan‚ born in Dublin‚ Ireland in 1920‚ worked as a reporter covering the battles in Europe from 1941-1945 and then the final months of the Pacific Campaign. His articles were printed in both Reuters and the London Daily Telegraph. His first book was The Longest Day‚ published in 1959‚ selling over 4 million copies in 27 different editions. In 1962 a director named Darryl Zannuck made the book into a movie. Ryan’s next book was The Last Battle
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MOTHERS DAY…. While being pregnant ‚ and having to tell the loved ones around me was major. I had also been suffering from a very deadly and hereditary disease‚ I was what some people call a functional alcoholic . And now finding out that I was also pregnant. While my disease was never a big deal to me and my life style. It was now a big change I was not prepared for‚ and there would be changes I could never prepare for. I couldn’t sleep‚ hot and cold sweats‚ withdraw‚ and shakes. It was now
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Children’s Day is to celebrate "childhood". On Children’s Day tribute is payed to all children in the world. Children are loved by one and all. They win over our hearts with their angelic eyes and innocent smiles. It makes one realise that maybe that’s the way God wanted us to be. India’s first prime minister‚ Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru‚ was born on November 14. After his death in 1963‚ his birthday has been celebrated as children’s Day in India.Children’s Day is not just a day to let the future
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British‚ and French soldiers but also with the unrecognized or forgotten soldiers of African nations. They perservered through racism and inequaility to defeat the same opponent as everyone else around the world‚ the Germans. • Important turning points in the film: The first major turning point in Days of Glory is when the African soldiers‚ fighting for the French‚ were successful in overtaking the hilltop from the Germans. The mission seemed like a suicide mission because some of the leading commanders
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Labor Day is a dedication to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national acknowledgment to the contributions that workers have made to the strength‚ prosperity and well-being of our country. It has evolved from a purely labor union celebration into a general "last fling of summer" festival. The origin and deeper meaning of the day has been forgotten‚ or never actually known to many. The beginnings of the American Labor Movement started with the Industrial
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The Independence Day Independence Day is annually celebrated on July 4 and is often known as "the Fourth of July". It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. Patriotic displays and family events are organized throughout the United States. Many people display the American flag on their homes. The celebrations have deep roots in the American tradition of political freedom. Background During the American Revolution‚ the legal separation
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India has been celebrating Teacher’s Day on 5th of September since 1962. 5th of September is the birthday of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakhrishnan‚ a philosopher and a teacher par excellence. On this day‚ we gratefully remember the great educationist Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. His dream was that "Teachers should be the best minds in the country". Hence‚ Teachers’ Day is very important for all our people‚ as the teachers act as foundation for creating responsible citizens. We can never thank our teachers
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As the Independence Day is approaching‚ I am continuously haunted by a question i.e. are we truly free and independent? We have gained freedom from the British rule but what have we done with our independence? It has been 63 years since we have gained independence. We are a free nation now. But still after so many years‚ the question remains the same. We proudly claim that we are independent from a foreign rule but we are still not free from jealousy‚ intolerance and hatred towards our fellow countrymen
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The Remains of the Day Discuss the themes of loss and regret in Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Remains of the Day. The story The remains of the day‚ by Kazuo Ishiguro is filled with both aspects of loss and regret. The term Loss is an amount that one suffers due to an event and the term regret means to feel sorry for actions that have been done. These two major themes can be both seen literal and figurative over the course of the novel. The book stresses importance on the past and all that could of
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prosperous years of Independence. A day so special in the history of India that wouldn’t fail to remind us of the heroic deeds of not just our freedom fighters but the citizens of India. On the eve of Independence our 1st Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru rose to make a speech on Independence Day‚ “ When the world sleeps‚ India will wake to life and freedom.” My dear friends ‚ we are the fortunate ones to be able to breathe this air of freedom since the day we were born. Fortunate enough not
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