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- 3001: From The Floutings Of The Cooperative Principle To Communica
- ... that the addresser knowingly says something he believes to be false. EXAMPLE 6 A: What if the Iraq controls the Gulf and all the oil? B: Oh come now, Hitler has won the Second World War. In reply to A's childish question (at least B thinks so), B makes a false statement about Hitler and the Second World War, by which he implicates that A' worry is unnecessary under any circumstance. And with his own knowledge about history, A will realize that B has made an intentionally wrong uttering, and then infers what B ... the addressee to proceed with his inferring. Still take EXAMPLE 6 for instance: A: What if the Iraq controls the Gulf and all the oil? B: Oh come now, Hitler has won the Second World War. The effects of Irony can only be attained when A has such a common sense that Hitler didn't won the war. Suppose A has no such historical knowledge, B will not practice the ...
- 3002: 360 Degree EvaluationsChina An
- ... commitment to nonviolence and his efforts to initiate a dialogue with the Chinese government. The President and the Dalai Lama agreed on the importance of strong U.S.-China relations. Tibet shouldn’t go into war with China. They shouldn’t even ask for military assistance from another country. Here are some reasons why. China’s population is much larger than Tibet’s population. So China’s military would be much ... 871,951 and Tibet’s population is about 6 million. China also has Chinese people living in Tibet, but Tibet doesn’t have any Tibetans living in China. Its against Buddhist religion to go to war with China. One of the five precepts states “Do not harm any living thing”. This means Tibetans can not go to war because they would be harming human beings. Even if Tibet got another country to help them fight china this will still be disobeying their religion. No foreign government would help Tibet, because they do ...
- 3003: History Of Popular Culture
- 'What were the functions of popular festivals, etc. in Early Modern Europe? And why did the authorities, civil and ecclesiastical seek to control or suppress them?' In Early Modern Europe festivals were the setting for heroes and their stories, to be celebrated by the populace. They posed a change from their everyday life ... majority of festivals were seen as remnants of ancient paganism. Secondly, the festivals offered the people an occasion to over-indulge in immoral or offensive behaviour, at many occasions attacking the establishment (both ecclesiastical and civil). The first objection meant that reformers disliked many of the popular customs because they contained traces of ancient customs dating from pre-Christian times. Protestant reformers went very far in their objections, even denouncing a ... stemmed from the idea that they were 'vanities', displeasing God because they were a waste of time and money and distracted people from going to church. This objection was shared by both the ecclesiastical and civil authorities. The latter mainly objected because it distracted the populace from their work, which in turn affected the revenues of the leading upper classes, or from other activities that were benefiting the rich, reasons ...
- 3004: Strange News From Another Star
- ... to find the “flowers”. The symbol of the deity that the youth saw in the temple, I understand that by the way in which the story progresses the symbol is actually representing the fact that war, or trouble (the bird of prey) destroys all happiness or good hearted feelings. I think that the representation is what I mentioned above, because when the messenger “goes” to the foreign star he sees destruction and a total lack of joy. We may find another symbol which goes from pages 55-59. It’s the conversation that the youth holds with the king who’s nation is in war. It’s apparently a symbol because even-though it has important, concrete information for the story, there’s more to the phrases themselves. They can be abstracted and that’s when I see that the conversation is actually trying to explain the way in which the humanity is being erratic by trying to find happiness. To achieve happiness, you must first get rid of sadness, poverty, trouble, etc (war is the symbol used to represent all of them). It may not be found just by ignoring the others. In the king’s star they weren’t happy because all of the nouns mentioned ...
- 3005: American Dream 2
- ... feelings of patriotism. Guilt is also used to support their actions. To not agree with the governments actions could be considered un-American. Never are all these traits more visible than in the time of war. That is because most of the time America is not directly involv! ed. The government then must make us see that we belong there. At the first sign of trouble, it seems that America is the first one there. The Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Gulf War are examples of this. Why does America have to keep the balance of power in check throughout the world? I believe that the government has been sold the American image. ...
- 3006: Hannibal 2
- ... enemy to the Romans. Hannibal and his father then left for Spain. The center of Carthaginian power in Spain was the city of New Carthage(modern Carthagena). Hannibal saw firsthand his father's techniques for war (Green 9). When Hamilcar died in battle in 230 B.C., his son-in-law, Hasdrubal, became general and continued Carthage's influence in Spain. In 226 B.C. Hasdrubal signed a treaty with the ... crossing the Ebro River, except for the city of Saguntum, an ally of Rome. When Saguntum began trouble between Carthage and Rome in 219 B.C., Hannibal raided the city. This began the Second Punic War. Hannibal began a long and dangerous journey, with battle elephants marching at the front of his army (Green 21). Hannibal left a lasting reminder of his deeds in the names of Spanish places such as ... 24). Hannibal's army included Libyans and Numidians from North Africa, Iberians and Celtiberians from Spain, and Gauls from Spain, France, and Italy.There were ninety thousand foot soldiers, twelve thousand horsemen, and several dozen war elephants. Hannibal used the elephants to break infantry lines and to create fear and disorder. The elephants also frightened horses, so they were able to disrupt the enemy's cavalry (Green 25). In the ...
- 3007: The Truth About The Big Two He
- ... in the fast water again (472). Hemingway is trying to show that the trout are better then Nick, since they are not bothered by emotions or their surroundings. Nick is, he is bothered by the war, which created internal emotions that he is trying to resolve. Hemingway used the trout in the river to represent the inner peace that Nick is trying to gain. When Nick got to the country he ... becoming exceedingly content. Nick was thinking that, the country was alive again, (474). Hemingway left the country untouched by the fire because he wanted to show to the readers that Nick was trying to the war behind him and get on with his life trying to enjoy it to its fullest, Nick tries to put everything behind him, which is shown by his happiness and excitement (Annelie Lewis). When Nick gets ... tragic adventure. Nick did not want it. In the story Big Two Hearted River , Hemingway uses many different types of symbolism to describe how Nick Adams is moving on with his life and putting the war behind. Nick has a lot of emotional problems that he has to contend with: his friend Hopkins being killed and the stress that Nick went through while he was fighting in the war. Hemingway ...
- 3008: Bombing of Dresdon
- ... 311) which turned the city of Dresden, Germany into a virtual inferno. This attack included another strike by the US Air Force the following morning. The attack on Dresden was never a legitimate act of war, and its result was the terroristic mass murder of over 135,000 people. Bombing civilian targets in enemy territory became an open issue on March 30, 1942 when the Prime Minister.s science advisor, Professor ... had not been a positive military procedure. He was quoted in saying ¦we...see to it that our attacks do not do more harm to ourselves in the long run than...to the enemy¦s war effort. (Parrish 164)_) Even though it was later admitted a mistake by the allies, it is possible that they had valid military intentions, but did not carefully weigh all of the cause and effects the ... have been investigated a little more thoroughly, but the allies did what they felt they had to do in order to terminate Hitler¦s Reign. The bombing of Dresden was not a legitimite act of war, it was a horrible mass murder of a civilian community, but it may have have aided the allied cause in some ways. Even though the allies lots respect on their home front, and subjected ...
- 3009: Helen Keller
- ... with such lyric power," (Notable 390). Also, a collection of socialist essays entitled, Out of the Dark, was published in 1913. Helen became active in politics once again when the President relinquished neutrality in World War I (Notable 391). She was against war and supported the Industrial Workers of the World once again. Helen also began to support many other movements during this time such as the abolition of capital punishment and child labor, the birth control movement ... in 1932. In 1935 she helped enforce Title X in the 1935 Social Security Act. This recognized the blind as a group to receive federal grant assistance. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor in World War II, Helen supported President Roosevelt's decision to join with the democracies. She showed her support by touring military hospitals. After 1960, Helen retired from her public speaking and traveling. Her health was beginning ...
- 3010: Stonewall Jackson
- ... He was said to have been in the upper third of his class. His military career had just begun. As soon as he received his commission as lieutenant of artillery, Jackson was assigned to the war zone in Mexico. There he first met Robert E. Lee. Jackson served at Veracruz, Contreras, Chapultepec, and Mexico City, and rose to the temporary rank of major within a year. In 1850, after the Mexican war was over he went to Florida to fight the Seminole Indians. Jackson left the army in 1850 and became a math professor at Virginia Military Institute where he taught for ten years. He was not ... have lost my right arm." Eight days after he was shot, May 10, he died of pneumonia. The Confederate army had won the battle in which Jackson had fallen, but the chances of winning the war had grown very small. Jackson was buried at Lexington, Va. He was elected into the Hall of Fame in 1955. Some say if Stonewall Jackson didn’t die, the South would have won the ...
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