casualties were deaths or wounded. The wounds could have been something simple as a missing limb to as extreme as shell shocked. When soldiers were shell shocked they would often have no interest or a bad feeling about something they did while at war. In the short story‚ “A Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway‚ Krebs is a former college student and discharged soldier who is suffering from shell shock. Before the war‚ Krebs was going to college to become a minister. He enlisted in the Marines and was
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of their presidential election. Let’s start from the beginning. It all started with the final election. Everyone in the world were watching their TV’s to see who would be the president of the United States Of America. It was finally time to see who won the election‚ and the government decided to call both the presidential runners the president. Since they tied the government is calling both of them the president. As you could imagine The people of the U.S weren’t very happy so‚ half of the states
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To what extent was it Stalin’s Leadership that explains why the USSR won in 1945? By 1941‚ Nazi Germany had swept much of Western Europe under its yoke. The Low Countries and France‚ Scandinavia‚ Poland and Czechoslovakia had all been conquered in rapid succession‚ and only Britain stood alone against the Nazi invaders‚ the Channel providing the final hurdle which Hitler could not surmount. Bereft then of enemies‚ Hitler turned East‚ against the Russian bear and the Slavs who for so long he had
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cannot catch a good break. The Brave Tin Soldier‚ by Hans Christian Andersen‚ represents just this. Throughout the entire story‚ a tin soldier is plagued with many difficulties and setbacks from the time he was created. This soldier can relate to a great amount of men‚ women‚ and children; specifically those born with disabilities. Although these disabilities may be very prominent‚ that does not mean one cannot overcome them and become great. The tin soldier‚ for example‚ was very poor‚ missing a leg
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society. Though people often focus on the roles of men and women in the working world‚ these biases begin in the home. From childhood‚ parents‚ even if unintentionally‚ instill certain gender roles in their children. As demonstrated in the articles "Why Boys Don’t Play With Dolls" by Pollitt‚ "Little Boy Pink" by Moore‚ and "The Gender Blur" by Blum‚ parental figures control every aspect of their children’s lives from clothes to toys to entertainment. Simple decisions like the choice of clothing colors
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Worlds Children”. Although there’s a lot of controversy on if the use of child soldiers is humane‚ many agree that its very wrong that people still use child soldiers today. And many agree that children aren’t meant to experience these traumas‚ and they may suffer the rest of their lives from experiencing this at such a young age. Many
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The story why don’t we complain‚ is a story that brings up the face about american worries‚ or lack there of. The author’s first example was when he was on a train‚ and its freezing outside. Unfortunately the temperature in the train was is the mid 80’s. In the 50’s ‚business men wore heavy black suits which was not the most comfortable attire for a hot train car. When he decided he was going to ask to lower the temperature the people around him told him not to bring it up. Why ‚ because american
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RECONSTRUCTION: WHO WON THE PEACE? The North may have won the war‚ but they did a horrible job in trying to win the peace. The south had their new form of slavery‚ which was contained in the "Black Codes"; laws passed throughout the South that laid heavy restrictions on what‚ who‚ and where African-Americans could be. President Johnson saw that the only way to get the freedmen as subordinates again was to let the south back in he started signing pardons so fast that they had to assign an office
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the reason why Captain America shouldn’t be considered a superhero because In the text it states that he doesn’t have really any superhero strength other humans that are real have the same strength as him and they have the same strength as a superhero in the text it then stated that really Captain America is truly not a superhero. Because in the text it states “he doesn’t have really any superhero strength other humans that are real have the same strength as him and they
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thought the sound of the horn was? A ship. Who wanted to be chief because he could sing? Jack Merridew. What is Piggy’s job? To learn the boys’ names. What belongs to the boys? The island. Why didn’t Jack kill the piglet? Killing is a big responsibility. What does the little boy want to warn them about? Snakes. Why do the boys respect Ralph? Because of the security that his words bring.
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