The first World War‚ The Great War‚ or what many like to call it‚ was an avoidable war that cost millions of military and civilian lives. The blood of both sides‚ mixed in the dirt and mud that soaked the uniforms of the sick troops‚ taking cover in trenches‚ praying to God that they aren’t the ones to be bombed by the next mortar incoming; this barely scratches the surface when describing “The Great War”. World war 1 had many opportunities to end‚ however even if it didn’t‚ it a least gave everyone
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The book “War Without Mercy” is a study of the wartime attitudes between the Japanese and American forces against one another‚ by John W. Dower. The book is divided into four parts: Enemies‚ The War in Western Eyes‚ The War in Japanese Eyes‚ and Epilogue. Each section plays a vital role in the book‚ that without any of these‚ the book would change entirely. War Without Mercy opens with the section titled Enemies. It functions as an introduction to the themes and materials that John Dower will use
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Designating an Official Language‚ Unity in the Nation or a Threat to Individual Liberty Dawn Mullins English Composition II Instructor Bargenquast October 15‚ 2012 Designating an Official Language‚ Unity in the Nation or a Threat to Individual Liberty? The debate on whether designating English as the official language will unify this nation or threaten individual liberty has been an issue that is discussed among the nations masses. The definition of an official language
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knees is a terrible thing to see”. The Birth of a Nation has a message we must never forget‚ as the fight against police continues. We as a nation and new generation has forgotten our past. Even though‚ this was a soft version of the fight that slaves fought every day. I overall gave this movie‚ thumbs up. The ending left me unhappy‚ yet encourage to find the true story behind the movie. As I gazed at my computer excited to view Birth of a Nation. Reading some reviews‚ left me to believe‚ this movie
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House of Flying Daggers The metaphor of the wind is recurring in the conversation‚ which Mei initiates in order to understand the intentions and feelings of Jin toward her. Jin tries to explain his feelings to her by referring to winds attributes‚ that wind is playful and carefree‚ moves around and leaves no traces and doesn’t stay in one place. Reference to the wind once more emerges in the most dramatic moment of the film‚ when Leo stabs Mei lethally. Mei answers Leo’s question and says
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Argument Essay: Nation of Immigrants America is sometimes referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of the largely open-door policy toward accepting foreigners pursuing their vision of the American Dream. Recently‚ there has been a clamor by some politicians and citizens toward creating a predominantly closed-door policy on immigration‚ arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment‚ by taking jobs from American workers‚ by using much-needed social
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president?John F. Kennedy was assassinated on Friday‚November 22‚1963 at 12:30 pm in Dallas‚Texas.While riding in a presidential motorcade to a plaza‚Lee Harvey Oswald killed John F. Kennedy.He got arrested for the state crime‚ but he was never prosecuted due to his murder by Jack Ruby.The assassination of John F. Kennedy was unjust because he took the US economy out of the recession and he worked for the Civil Rights for African Americans;however‚people believe that the assassination of John F. Kennedy
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but in John Brown’s case‚ violence was often a utilized tool. Brown’s actions at Pottawatomie Creek and Harpers Ferry rightly identified him as a freedom fighter. One reason John Brown should be considered more of a freedom fighter than a terrorist is that his positive actions strike out his negative. John Brown’s action in the massacre at Pottawatomie Creek were wicked‚ and people would find him as a terrorist. However‚ this does not reduce the damage he has done to end slavery. John Brown has
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- but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other." The Civil War was inevitable. The issue of slavery was so controversial back in the mid-18th century that neither sides‚ pro-slavery or anti-slavery‚ would have stepped down from their opinions. The only way for the issue to be resolved was war‚ where only one side could win. Although the Civil War had thousands and thousands of casualties‚ it brought on a new era of equality
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Nathan Ngo “In Persuasion Nation” “In Persuasion Nation” by George Saunders is an extremely interesting read. I think that this book is the most fun book that I have every read. When I read “In Persuasion Nation” I felt like the formality of normal story writing is very minimal due to unique sentence structure‚ the vocabulary choice‚ and the tone of the essay. To start off‚ the sentence structure of “In Persuasion Nation” is very short and they really convey the emotion of the person who is saying
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