“Animal Farm”. However‚ he also wrote short works such as “Shooting an elephant”. George Orwell was placed in a difficult situation on deciding whether to shoot the elephant in order to protect others. Regardless of which side he acted on‚ he would still have others wishing he would have acted the opposite way. I believe George Orwell was not justified in killing the elephant‚ because the elephant was no longer aggressive‚ he killed it to avoid looking like a fool in front of the town‚ and he shot
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Bomb Dropping It was August 6‚ 1945 when the first ever atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima in Japan. Three days later another was dropped on the city of Nagasaki‚ Japan and this let to the surrender of Japan in World War II. The surrender would have not occurred so soon if it had not been for President Harry Truman’s decision to use the first ever nuclear attack on another nation. His decision changed history and the way the world worked. This meant that nuclear power was out there at the
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and Goliath at the WTO story on page 427 of course text‚ "was Jay Cohen’s conviction justified?" After reading the David and Goliath at the WTO story‚ I felt Jay Cohen’s conviction was not justified. Jay Cohen was a citizen of the United States and was being charged with U.S. laws. However‚ he was operating the business in Antigua and Barbuda and followed all the rules and regulations to do so. He paid $100‚000 for a business license‚ which was all a gambling entrepreneur needed. The Wire Wage Act of
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The loss of the Vietnam War came as a surprise to the US as they were the more powerful side in terms of size‚ money and military equipment so they had been expected to win. In all of these aspects the US out performed Vietnam‚ for instance‚ in its peak the US army had reached 543000 men in 1968 against the highest membership of the Vietcong (VC)‚ 245000. The US was also stronger economically‚ managing to spend $28 billion per year on the war‚ supplying high-tech weapons and machinery. There were
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Hamlet ’s Hesitation is Justified In William Shakespeare ’s Hamlet‚ Hamlet is commanded by his father ’s ghost to avenge his murder at the hands of his uncle Claudius. Hamlet does not act immediately to get his revenge‚ even when he is presented the perfect opportunity to do so. Throughout the play‚ it is demonstrated that the young prince ’s hesitation is reasonable. He doubts the story that the ghost has told him and he wants to discover the truth before he acts. He is not a man of action and
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The Vietnam War The Vietnam War began on November 1st‚ 1955 and officially ended on April 30th‚ 1975. It began because of South Asian countries falling to communism. There was a term called the “domino theory” which states that when one country falls to communism‚ the surrounding countries fall soon after‚ causing a domino effect to ensue. Therefore‚ when Vietnam began to fall into communism‚ the United States was determined to stop the spread of communism in South Asia by stopping the source: Vietnam
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the Japanese-American people and let the military take away their freedom. The Japanese American’s people freedom was taken away by them being put in camps.(Munson 2) In the United States everyone should have their freedom and obviously the Japanese-Americans did not. The US government did not put thought in the actions the military were taking with the Japanese-Americans. There was Naval Districts where 250-300 suspects were kept and were under surveillance.(Munson 2) 50 or 60 Japanese Americans
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For America‚ the War of 1812 was justified. Clearly there were sufficient reasons for America to declare war with Great Britain. Time after time the British violated American rights and freedoms. Acts such as impressments‚ the attack on the USS Chesapeake‚ the violation of American neutral rights and waters‚ blockades on U.S. ports‚ and the ignoring of stipulations of Jay’s Treaty and their Treaty of Paris all imposed threats on America. To prevent further altercation‚ America tried to solve the
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Was the “way of the warrior” justifiable to precede abusive treatment of prisoners? Although the Japanese created barbaric tactics‚ they did it to follow their moral codes and fulfill their honor. During World War II‚ the Japanese had seven camp groups‚ and within those groups‚ there were branch camps as well. Additionally‚ the purpose of these prison camps was to demonstrate the shame of surrendering. In doing so‚ the Japanese soldiers used the prisoners’ manpower to support the frontline troops
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members of the Catholic and Protestant Churches. There were also ordinary Germans who were employed to assist the Nazis in their conquest as part of their every day job‚ such as Hefer‚ a German truck driver. Historians do not agree entirely on the involvement of the majority of ordinary Germans during the Holocaust. Daniel Goldhagen argues in his book “Hitler’s Willing Executioners”‚ that the majority of the German population had full knowledge of the Nazis plot against the Jewish people and were willing
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