THE SHATTERER OF WORLDS1 Kildare Dobbs Before that morning in 1945 only a few conventional bombs‚ none of which did any great damage‚ had fallen on the city. Fleets of U.S. bombers had‚ however‚ devastated many cities round about‚ and Hiroshima had begun a program of evacuation which had reduced its population from 380‚000 to some 245‚000. Among the evacuees were Emiko and her family. "We were moved out to Otake‚ a town about an hour’s train-ride out of the city‚" Emiko told me. She had been a fifteen-year-old
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Imagine traveling back to 776 BCE‚ where the first of all Olympic games started at Olympia‚ Ancient Greece. Of many things in the city-state of Olympia‚ Ancient Greece‚ the Ancient Olympics were most famous and known. Through 776 BCE to 393 AD‚ the Ancient Olympics took place in Olympia‚ Ancient Greece. The Ancient Olympics show Ancient Greek religion‚ daily life‚ and is important for people to understand why we have the modern Olympics to celebrate good health and strength. Before the Games
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The novel The Catcher in the Rye‚ written by J.D. Salinger‚ involves a teenager named Holden Caulfield that swings between childhood and adulthood constantly. Salinger portrays Caulfield as an adolescent that goes through different levels of depression‚ which is what American youth were facing during the time period it was written. Critic Maxwell Geismer states the book protest “against both the academic and social conformity of its time period‚ but what does it argue for?” The book argues that society
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of food and substandard living conditions forced him to formulate a plan to deal with his pain. The plan was to commit suicide by jumping off a hot air balloon tons of feet in the air: “Within seconds‚ Guy was in the air hurtling down towards the crowd… He crashed not far from where Lili and the boy were standing‚ his blood immediately soaking the landing spot” (65). The government’s incapability to provide for its country during these miserable times has turned the once beautiful country of Haiti
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The historical and/or cultural context of artists may affect the way they analyse and explore aesthetic qualities and how they communicate ideas and meanings through their artworks. Analyse this statement referring to two artists that you have studied this year and their work. Spanish‚ traditional artist Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderon‚ simply known as Frida Kahlo (1907-1954) and Australian‚ contemporary artist Peter Booth (1940- ) are two artists who produced works in different historical
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Between the early 1940s and the late 1950s‚ the United States of America was threatened by the rapid growth of communism in the USSR. Many Americans came to believe that Communist supporters had infiltrated the American borders and were beginning to take over. Among those believers was the Senator of Wisconsin‚ Joseph McCarthy. McCarthy gave a speech on communism in front of the Republican women’s group on February 7‚ 1950‚ in Wheeling‚ West Virginia. In this speech‚ McCarthy addressed that he had
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February 2003 The John F. Kennedy Assassination On November 22‚1963‚President Kennedy was in attendance at a Dallas parade.One of the biggest tragic moments happened in U.S. history before the naked eye.President John F. Kennedy was assassinated around 12:34 p.m.as he celebrated with the Dallas crowd to show admiration towards them and their city(Mintaglio 60).The suspected assassin Robert L. Oswald‚a former U.S. marine‚was afterward caught not long following the assassination in a near by theatre(Newman
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In Guyland‚ Michael Kimmel chronicles the journey of young males and the issues they face while trying to exert their masculinity and prove themselves to their peers. Based on interactions among North American males between the ages of 16 and 26‚ Kimmel has found that at an age where young men had previously prepped for a life of work and committed relationships‚ they are now living in “Guyland” where they spend their time drinking‚ playing video games‚ and having immature relations with women. Kimmel
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The Role of the Athlone Workhouse During the Great Famine 1841-1849 While the 19th Century was a time of great industrial change throughout much of the United Kingdom‚ Ireland was widely regarded as a poor‚ destitute country with many people already suffering from extreme poverty even before the famine. The economy in Ireland was weak and almost totally dependant on agricultural production with 66% of all families in pre-famine Ireland making their living from the land. Consequently‚ just
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in unrelenting waves‚ I began to realise the full extent of my vulnerability. Standing at the highest point in the room‚ I was an obvious target. Any of the malevolent children below me could easily hit me with a heavy object or swarm on me like a crowd of ants‚ overwhelming me with sheer force of numbers and sending me tumbling to the ground. During the war‚ I had been far more used to giving commands in the safety of sheltered tunnels and barracks’ mess halls rather than like this‚ so alarmingly
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