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    The “We Shall Fight” speech was delivered by one of England’s greatest orators‚ Winston Churchill (1874–1965)‚ shortly after becoming Prime Minister amidst the crisis that was the fall of France to the Nazi Germany. This was a time of crisis; the USSR had signed the Molotov-Ribbentrop-pact‚ the US was holding to its policy of non-intervention policy‚ and mighty France had fallen. Britain itself barely escaped a total rout‚ when her troops were miraculously evacuated from Dunkirk at a great cost in

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    English I 11/25/13 Analysis of “We Shall Fight On The Beaches” In 1940 the Nazis and Hitler were rapidly spreading through Europe. Only sixteen days after Winston Churchill became the Prime Minister of Britain were the British Expeditionary Force and the First French Army trapped on the beaches surrounding Dunkirk‚ France ("Battle of Dunkirk"). There were 400‚000 troops trapped on there‚ with the Nazis surprisingly halted. 338‚000 troops were rescued from those beaches‚ thanks to efforts from

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    He has been this way for eight years. Something must change. He must do something‚ make a stand‚ anything. The death of Billy‚ one of Socrates few friends‚ is the match that rekindles his want for something better. Billy was very old but he never gave in‚ "The rooster was horse in his old age‚ his crow no more than a whisper. But as least that motherfucker tried" (Mosley‚ 24). Despite being totally incapable of saving himself the rooster gave the slightest whisper as he died which was more

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    We Shall Fight To the Beaches “We shall fight on the beaches‚ we shall fight on the landing grounds‚ we shall fight in the fields and in the streets‚ we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender”‚ exclaimed Winston Churchill in a speech during World War II in June 4‚ 1940. That is just an excerpt of the passion filled speech given in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Churchill was your typical British speaker: a stiff upper lip which is the ability to suppress

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    Running Head: SHALL WE DANCE 1 Shall We Dance Denise Gilbert Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College SHALL WE DANCE 2 Abstract This paper will show three versions of Cinderella that are similar in meaning and different in views. Interpretations of each story are basically the same‚ a young girl who is mistreated by her step-mother and step-sisters. A magical transformation occurs that brings her dreams of meeting a prince and changes this young innocent girl

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    We shall go on to the end‚ we shall fight in France‚ we shall fight on the seas and oceans‚ we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air‚ we shall defend our Island‚ whatever the cost may be‚ we shall fight on the beaches‚ we shall fight on the landing grounds‚ we shall fight in the fields and in the streets‚ we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender‚ and even if‚ which I do not for a moment believe‚ this Island or a large part of it were subjugated

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    huge despair they are in. Churchill managed to use a couple of metaphor as‚ “storm of war” which resembles a normal storm to be war. Another example is “grip of the Gestapo” where the Gestapo were Hitler’s secret police and they captured anyone who was against Hitler so this metaphor resembles the enemy as the Hitler’s secret police. Alliteration as a whole causes a musical harmony such as‚ “flag or fail” and “subjugated and starving”. Now onto the last thing in “We shall fight on the beaches” is

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    2014 Winston Churchill: An Inspiration “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” is one of the most motivational and inspirational speeches during World War II. The oration begins with Churchill describing on how the war is proceeding and their position in it. Based on the details of the situation‚ it sounds very grim for them. Churchill‚ using this to his advantage‚ creates a higher moral and encourages people that they will win the fight and they will not give up. Churchill accomplishes this

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    Reflection paper regarding "Shall We Dance?" Dancing is regarded with suspicion in Japan because public display of affection and intimacy is considered indecent and outright scandalous. Even married couples had to restrain from temperate public display of affections‚ such as holding of hands‚ saying "I love you"‚ or even dancing‚ because it was thought to be "beyond embarrassing". Thus it would be safe to say that dancing with someone else other than one’s wife is even more disreputable and appalling

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    Shall We Walk? by Pura Santillan-Castrence This essay was written during the Japanese Occupation but it is as relevant today as it was then. I wrote an article some years ago on the benefits of walking. My automobiled friends praised the article politely enough‚ they liked it (at least they said so); the points were well taken; people should really walk more; it took someone like me to show in such graphic terms what could have been clear to everyone before… then they went on their morning-till-night

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