A thousand fires burned on the faded green hills around me‚ hot smoke rose into the air with the aroma of onions and carrots and pork. My company sat closest to the rough bulwark and lines of splintering wooden spikes that marked the edge of the camp. Deep grey clouds set in; suffocating the azure sky the light was swallowed so quickly I thought that the sun had disappeared. I couldn’t see a thing so I decided to join my brothers for dinner‚ there were plenty of others on watch duty and one man wouldn’t
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Blood splattered to the ground‚ flung from the end of a longsword blade thrust in and out of the red man’s heart. Stumbling back‚ he fell to the earth beneath him‚ writhing in discomfort and pain. Such a descent left behind a resounding thud‚ though muffled by the pings and clashes of shield and sword and the screams of pain‚ agony‚ and terror. More red men arrived in droves‚ marching onward‚ firing a barrage of scorching arrows at the town‚ striking thatch roofs‚ the fields‚ and the trees. The quick
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“Twenty years‚” the old man named Peter mumbled silently with his navy-blue jacket on and an oak cane in hand. He hadn’t looked at the monstrosity in years. He stood for minutes at the cold entryway. As he walked through the iron gates‚ he glanced at the graves of his acquaintances. He went to the barracks‚ where the inmates had slept. He opened the doors of the barracks and took his first step into the inner regions. Suddenly‚ a chill went down his spine. He could see three ghostlike figures: two
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Crash It has been 20 years or so since World War I ended. But yet another war had broken out‚ this time with the Germans and the Japanese. It seems that the war to end all wars wasn’t the end of them all. It’s now the year 1945‚ and World War II is still in the works. Bryant didn’t want to fly overseas to total war‚ but war‚ war never changes. First of all‚ Bryant was dreading leaving the United States‚ but all military personnel were required to. Just imagining the battle cries and the smell
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Abstract With a recent surge of Asian Americans in American cinema‚ we are noticing that the stereotypes that we have used in the past are actually being used by their culture to break into American culture. Days of portraying Asian Americans as unintelligible and subservient are gone and are being replaced with a whole new outlook. The introduction of Martial Arts into American film has evolved the way Asians are viewed in American cinema. Quentin Tarantino introduced a whole new outlook to Asian
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African Americans in the American Revolution Leading into the American Revolution‚ African Americans were placed in a dilemma of whether to rebel or remain faithful to the crown. There were two sides of the American Revolution; the Patriots (also known as the rebels)‚ were the Americans that wanted to gain their independence from Great Britain. The Loyalist was the people who wanted to stay under the control of Great Britain. Some African Americans joined the Loyalist because they were promised
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101 Characteristics of Americans/American Culture To help you compare and contrast what you observe of American culture and your own‚ mark the similarities and differences between your culture and what you have read about in this book. 1. America is enormous: the third largest country in the world with a population of more than 300 million people. 2. Americans come in all colors‚ have all types of religions‚ and speak many languages from all over the world. 3. Americans are extremely independent
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studied throughout the duration of this course‚ which one do believe to be the most important to teach someone else about the American History‚ that would be The American Revolution. The American Revolution is one of the most important events from 1775-83 and known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. There are many reasons to say The American Revolution as the important historical events of the United States. This is the events in which America got their independence
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T: Th. 3:30p.m.-4:45p.m. D’Angelo‚ Raymond and Herbert Douglas‚ eds. Taking Sides: Clashing Views in Race and Ethnicity‚ 7th edition (Dubuque‚ IA: McGraw-Hill‚ 2009) “Issue #9: Is Racism a Permanent Feature of American Society?” Is Racism a Permanent feature of American Society? Derrick Bell argues in this issue that the prospects for achieving racial equality in the United States are “illusory for Blacks. Bell reminds us despite the fact of the progress of blacks in United States; the
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In "The Europeans"‚ the Americans (symbolized by the Wentworths) are Puritans who abide by strict Puritan rules‚ which promote the Puritan way of life. The Europeans‚ on the other hand (symbolized by Eugenia and Felix)‚ are not Puritans but are sophisticated‚ opportunistic‚ and sometimes lax in their way of life. This sometimes causes confusion and conflict when their lives are enmeshed. But it also sometimes brings about an understanding‚ respect‚ tolerance and appreciation of one another ’s beliefs
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