How did the Hindenburg catch fire and explode? On May 6‚ 1937 a German airship (LZ 129 Hindenburg) was landing in Township‚ New Jersey when an electrostatic discharge ignited leaking hydrogen and causing the Hindenburg to catch fire. A electrostatic discharge is a sudden flow of electricity between two charged objects caused by contact. There was a total of 36 casualties which were 13 passengers‚ 22 crewmen‚ and even a worker on the ground. 62 out of the 97 passengers survived the crash. (wikipedia
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Within Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech‚ a significant amount of time is spent discussing previous government action in order to expose American hypocrisy. Beginning with “Five score years ago‚” a powerful allusion toward Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg address‚ King reminds the audience of the man who originally freed the slaves. In doing so‚ he simultaneously asks his audience to question the ludicrous amount of time it is taking for Black Americans to be not only free but truly
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Love can be very beautiful and magical but at the same time it can be blinding and dangerous. In the midsummer night’s dream William Shakespeare coveys the message that love comes with its cost‚ by telling us the tragic love story of the two couples Hermia and Lysander ‚ Helena and Demetrius. As Lysander had said to Hermia when she had to decide what kind of life she wants to choose or to die “The course of true love never did love smooth”‚ (1.1.136). In my opinion the person who’s responsible for
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Have you heard of Romeo and Juliet? Do you wonder what else they could have done differently for them to still be alive and for nothing to happen? Well I have a few perspectives on the situation and what possibly could’ve happen differently. First thing maybe if Romeo talked to Juliet’s father about being with her. He could’ve asked Juliet’s father to marry her and be with her. Any of this wouldn’t of happen. He wouldn’t have met Juliet. He wouldn’t have to go through all this. Most likely he
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Often‚ humans are blind to the idea that we are all one species‚ whether it be one person‚ or a crowd of people. Throughout the existence of mankind‚ many nations and civilizations have made history by slaughtering their own people‚ whether it be for superstitions‚ personal gain‚ or both. The Holocaust‚ one of the most violent genocidal events in the past century‚ has sparked many awareness programs to prevent another event of similar nature from happening again. Genocide is the act of deliberately
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The Holocaust is one of the most famous examples of genocide in human history. The mass killing of predominantly Jewish people during the reign of Adolf Hitler inundates history books throughout the world. From the end of WWI to the end of WWII Jewish people from many countries in Europe were forced into concentration camps‚ where their best option was living and working in terrible conditions‚ and their worst option death. My question is why did this devastating genocide occur? Looking back‚ the
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Lexi Richards Ms. Volta English 12H October 26‚ 2015 The Mysterious Forest In the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream‚ Shakespeare uses the archetype of a forest to show that society‚ love and gender roles do not always apply the way they are supposed to. Catherine Belsey states in her essay‚ “The Athenian court represents the world of reconciliation and rationality‚ of social institutions and communal order‚ while the wood outside Athens is the location of night and bewildering passions‚ a place of
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It was just last summer that Charlotte Perkins made the hardest decision of her life as she and her husband Jim were caught in the vise of the housing bust. Wanting to downsize their lives as they headed toward retirement‚ they bought a new house in Mesa‚ Arizona‚ before they sold the old one‚ also in Mesa. Their previous home had been appraised at nearly $400‚000 at the height of the market‚ but as the housing crisis ravaged Arizona‚ they were told they’d be lucky to get $200‚000 for it. They
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Celebrity-Watching “Everyone will have his fifteen minutes of fame‚” says Andy Warhol. As today‚ the definition of the word “celebrity” is no longer associates with the original meaning form the dictionary. Daniel Boors tin‚ the author of the “Or‚ What Happened to the American Dream‚” restates the definition of the “celebrity” in his book which is “celebrity is a person who is well known for his well-knowingness.” No a doubt‚ benefited by the modern high-tech media of the celebrities-watching culture has become
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I don’t know where should this thread be posted. I think here is the most suitable place‚ so i post here. If this is not a right place‚ mod‚ please help to move to a right place. Ty Okay‚ i’m sure there’re many forumers here are good in english. So‚ can anyone please do me a favor. Pls help to check mistakes for this essay. However‚ it’s quite long. I still remember it was 19th of May. It was the day after my 13th birthday. That night‚ I went for a session of Science tuition class which was
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