“When something terrible happens‚ the idea that ‘it is meant to be…’” The statement is false. Terrible things occur due to fate‚ which occurs due to one’s own decisions. The Holocaust for example‚ Hitler made the decision to enslave Jews and other undesirables‚ which ultimately led to their demise. It was Hitler’s decision to purge Germany‚ and his decisions had an impact on multiple families across Europe. Fate does not occur without reason. Fate is simply the result of an action or an occurrence
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supporting soldiers in the war. Why did all this happen? It is said that the First World War was started by the action of Gavrilo Princip. On June 28‚ 1914‚ this daring young man murdered the prince of the Austria-Hungary Empire‚ Archduke Franz Ferdinand. It happened in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia. A group of disaffected Serbian Nationalists ‚ known as the Black Hand organization saw the Archduke’s visit as the perfect opportunity to strike a political blow against what they saw as their oppressors. This murder
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Title: The Perils of Colonialism; Insight into the Everyday Life of the Ibo people and the Impact of the Europeans. Written By: A.R.W.G. “Things Fall Apart”‚ written by the late Nigerian Author‚ Chinua Achebe‚ is a book written in the view of an African native that sheds light to the effects of colonialism and the common misconceptions of the colonized due to a lack of cultural appreciation. Achebe places the reader in the shoes of the protagonist‚ Okonkwo‚ to guide them through the everyday life
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have to earn money soon to help their family. Therefore‚ the tuition fee should be reduced even free for poor students. The second problem is the place to live during their study time at school. More dormitories should be built for students who live far from home. Most of universities have dormitories‚ but it is not enough for students. If there are enough dorms for students‚ they do not have to pay much money for housing. Moreover‚ the cozy atmosphere in dormitory can help them partly forget the homesickness
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Military intervention should not happen in times of revolutions because those revolutions can lead to bigger things like civil war. Revolutions should in tune‚ turn around a country where people feel like they are not being heard‚ however this is never as black or white as it seems. Military force vs diplomacy‚ should always be answered when talking about revolutions. Military force involves; money‚ military personnel‚ equipment and in the end a lot of death‚ while diplomacy can actually save a lot of lives
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become Americans. This war happened between 1776 and 1781 because the colonists were being taxed against their will. After the war‚ Americans formed the first truly democratic government‚ setting an example for the rest of the world. Why did this war happen? The war started because of several unfair taxes and laws the British parliament had placed. The first of these laws and taxes was the proclamation of 1763‚ since it banned colonists from settling in the land they recently won in the French and Indian
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and dividing existence into MIND and BODY (CARTESIAN DUALISM) Niccoló Machiavelli "It is greater to be feared than loved." He advised rulers to instill FEAR in their subjects for the greatest POWER and success. Voltaire "Crush the infamous thing!" This man’s and other philosophes’ opinions on the CHURCH and CHRISTIANITY. Jean Jacques Rousseau‚ The Social Contract (1762) "All men are born free‚ but elsewhere they are in chains" states his belief that society "chains" people John Locke
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How Can You Help the Earth to Survive? Try to imagine living in a world where weather conditions‚ like hail the size of oranges or hurricanes with unseen wind force‚ are reality. In the movie “The Day After Tomorrow”‚ scenes with disastrous weather conditions like the one mentioned above‚ are shown as a result of greenhouse effect and global warming‚ if they continue to increase. Fortunately‚ what the movie shows us is not very realistic‚ and the outrageous weather conditions are most likely never
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The article “How to Do One Thing at a Time” states that seemingly harmless multi-tasking isn’t as harmless or efficient as we’d like to believe. A study at Stanford University showed the results of multi-tasking. Two groups of students were asked to coincide chatting‚ writing a short essay and arranging a music play list all in 30 minutes. One group multi-tasked while the other focused on each task individually for 10 minutes each consequently‚ in the reading the author states a memory test proved
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What would happen if America did not release the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Would thousands more of our men’s lives would be lost to fighting this never ending war? President Truman made a decision and two atomic bombs were instructed to be released in Japan to have a more abrupt result in ending World War II. The atomic bombs were sponsored from a foundation named the "Manhattan Project." When the bombs were made‚ they were prepared to release it on Japan. In August 6‚ 1945‚ the B-29
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