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- 1411: Tales Of The New Babylon
- ... Les Rougon-Macquart, and his 1868 scheme had provided for "a novel that will have the military world as its framework…; an episode in [Napoleon III’s] Italian campaign." But after the calamitous Franco-Prussian War, this installment acquired special significance. What had originally been envisaged as one tale among others came to be seen as the denouncement of the entire saga. Zola decided almost immediately to recount in La Débâcle ... to France’s problems at the time. The killing of Maurice by Jean was the final, symbolic act in the drama of national survival. The absence of major female characters is not surprising in a war novel. Passion, in this seven-week conflict, is reserved for killing and self-survival. Even the civilian women have their softness temporarily frozen, as with Sylvine, who lures a spy to his death. The spy ... although it was protected from public scrutiny by the usual brass-bound secrecy, scandals emerged from time to time to give plenty of cause for alarm. Zola’s patient analysis diagnosed that the Franco-Prussian War was not lost on the battlefield; France’s entire social fabric – ill-designed, rotten, and torn by greed, corruption and ineptitude – was at fault. Rupert Christiansen’s Tales of the New Babylon would certainly ...
- 1412: The End of the First World War
- The End of the First World War In 1917 the United States of America went to help the allies in the First World War. Many British and French historians say that if the United States did not go to help the allies, Germany would have possibly won the war. All of this happened shortly after the Russian collapse, better known as the Bolshevik Revolution. During the winter of 1917/1918 the allies wanted a comforting type of moral support, so President Woodrow Wilson ...
- 1413: World War 189
- World War 189 Bazooka shots echoed everywhere as the Kwarsakian Military launched the initial attack of World War 189 on USA. Women from across the world were evacuated on a cheap 100-billion dollar NAASSA hotels to prepare for boarding of the Rudnnex, a sophisticated space shuttle that went 99.999% mph of ... to eighty-nine were drafted into battle and later sent to the NAASSA for their last good bye’s to their mothers, wives, sisters, kids, grandmothers and girlfriends. President Hogan was also delivered from the war dressed in women’s clothes to conceal his gender. The earth truly became a man’s world, for there was no female species in existence in that land. The women’s arrival to Helrac ...
- 1414: Between the Wars: 1919-1941
- Between the Wars: 1919-1941 United States involvement in World War II was inevitable. Circumstances preceding the entrance of the United States into this foreign conflict proved that she would not be able to avoid active participation. With a government increasingly changing its views from isolationism to internationalism, and with each successive presidency’s administration doing the same, the United States would not be able to hold out from World War II as long as the conflict was waged. It even became obvious, when President Roosevelt reacted to the German blitzkrieg in France by declaring an “unlimited national emergency” in the United States, that involvement in World War II had become unavoidable. The dominance of isolationist sentiment in the foreign policy of the United States was increasingly reversed to the dominance of internationalist sentiment. In 1919, the United States Congress voted against ...
- 1415: Autobiography on Ernest Hemingway
- ... where he had his first success. The book deals with a group of desultory people in exile from France and Spain-members of the "lost generation", a phrase made famous by Hemingway himself. In post-war years, Hemingway spent most of his time writing books. But, when his first marriage failed, and produced a son, John, he had married Pauline Pfeiffer, who had his next 2 children. Based in Paris, he ... work was all about. Hemingway, started writing short stories, among them was "Men Without Women" in 1927, and "A Farewell to Arms" in 1929. This story ("A Farewell to Arms"), shows a lovestory within a war time setting. Many people believe that Hemingway, did his writing at this period of his life. He once confessed "If I had not been hunting and fishing, I would have probably been writing." (Hemingway 283 ... on adventure, and different aspects of it. His love of spain, and his love of bullfighting, led him to write a book called "Death in the Afternoon". During the 1930's, Spain was in a civil war, still having ties in Spain, Hemingway made 4 trips their. He raised money, for a party called the "Loyalists". He wrote a book about it called "The Fifth Column". In this book, the ...
- 1416: Ireland or United Kingdom?
- ... to keep the Irish and the English apart. It became illegal for the English to intermarry with the Irish. After the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century, the feelings of hostility developed into a religious war. Henry VIII(1491-1547) of England and his Protestant successors wanted the Catholics of Ireland to follow the Church of England. His daughter, Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) took land in Ireland and gave it to English settlers. The Irish resisted strongly on occasions. The Great Hugh O’Niell (1540?-1616) rallied the Irish forces and won victories during a nine year war. The Battle of Kinsale in 1601, one of the decisive battles of the country’s history, ended in defeat for the Irish. Oliver Cromwell, the Puritan leader of England, finally crushed the Irish resistance during ... and defender of the small farmers. His fame did not last for long, for he was involved in a divorce case, and Home Rule Action was delayed. Soon began their struggle for independence. When World War I broke out, Catholic and Protestant Irish joined together. But many others joined the Irish volunteers, formed in 1913 to defend the rights if the Irish people. In 1916 the Irish volunteers joined forces ...
- 1417: The History of the Ku Klux Klan
- ... promote white supremacy. They have been in the shadows for over 130 years and continue to thrive in America's society today. The Ku Klux Klan began almost accidentally during the reconstruction period after the civil war in the Southern United States. The southern people had suffered greatly from the effects of the great war. Many of them lost their homes and plantations. Many also lost friends and loved ones to the war. The people needed a release from the sorrow of everyday life. In 1865, six men from ...
- 1418: Critical Analysis Of Soldiers
- ... go to die. We soon find out that the story has nothing to do with the elderly, or institutions; rather, it tells the story of a young man, Harold Krebs, only recently returned from World War I, who has moved back into his parents' house while he figures out what he wants to do with the rest of his life. And yet our first impression lingers, and with good reason; despite ... dealt with -- and been traumatized by -- life-and-death situations his parents could not possibly understand. Hemingway does not divulge why Krebs was the last person in his home town to return home from the war; according to the Kansas City Star, Hemingway himself "left Kansas City in the spring of 1918 and did not return for 10 years, [becoming] 'the first of 132 former Star employees to be wounded in World War I,' according to a Star article at the time of his death" (Kansas City Star, hem6.htm). Wherever he was in the intervening time, by the time Harold gets home, the novelty of the ...
- 1419: The Lord of the Flies: Themes
- The Lord of the Flies: Themes The world had witnessed the atrocities of World War II and began to examine the defects of their social ethics. Man's purity and innocence was gone. Man's ability to remain civilized was faltering. This change of attitude was extremely evident in the literature of the age. Writers, who through the use of clever symbolism, mocked the tragedy of man's fate. One such writer was William Golding. An author who has seen the destruction of war and despises its inevitable return. Through the use of innocent and untainted children, Golding illustrates how man is doomed by his own instinct. The novel is called Lord of the Flies, and is of extreme ... the works of William Golding. Strong examples of this are found throughout Lord of the Flies. The most obvious is the struggle between Ralph and Jack. The characters themselves have been heavily influenced by the war. Ralph is the representative of Democracy. Elected as the leader he and Piggy his companion keep order and maintain a civilized government. The strength of Ralph's character was supported by the power of ...
- 1420: Killer Angels
- ... characters worth caring about from both armies, and then plunges them into one of the most terrible things in America's history the "Battle of Gettysburg" The book is a great depiction on the American Civil War. The book is repulsing, the massive slaughter of "Americans by Americans" over human slavery. There was also a highly accurate portrayal of the action, and the command challenges at Gettysburg. "This is the story of ... feel like they were there in the camps, under the artillery, behind the stone wall, marched, bled, and prayed that Lee would not order the charge. Michael Shaara takes you there, as soldiers saw the war and army life. He showed the true sorrow and terror. "Yet you learn to love it. Isn't that amazing? Long marches and no rest., up very early in the morning, and asleep late ...
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