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- 4971: The Things They Carried: Possessions of Character
- ... is dreaming when Lavender is shot, and so he blames himself for it. Lavender's death was something which "He would have to carry like a stone in his stomach for the rest of the war." He does not always pay attention to what is most important, his men. Lt. Jimmy Cross burns all of Martha's letters at the end of the story, trying to forget her, to erase the ... burden to him. Everything that Jimmy Cross carries bears more physical weight than the letters. Nothing, however, seems to be nearly as much of a burden. Cross is an ignorant young man going into the war. Lavender's death and everything going on around him opens his eyes to the immediate dangers. What he has, both inside and outside, have kept him from realizing this. "His obligation was not to be ...
- 4972: D-Day
- D-Day When on D-Day-June 6, 1944-Allied armies landed in Normandy on the northwestern coast of France, possibly the one most critical event of World War II unfolded; for upon the outcome of the invasion hung the fate of Europe. If the invasion failed, the United States might turn its full attention to the enemy in the Pacific-Japan-leaving Britain ... on the coast of northwestern France. An important point to the deception was Ultra, code name for intelligence obtained from intercepts of German radio traffic. This was made possible by the British early in the war having broken the code of the standard German radio enciphering machine, the Enigma. Through Ultra the Allied high command knew what the Germans expected the Allies to do and thus could plant information either to ...
- 4973: Endangered Species 3
- ... to killing insects were also killing falcons and other birds. The pesticides that kill bugs also makes peregrines nest reproduce unproperly. Some of these pesticides were banned in some areas. DDT was developed for World War II by the US government to help fight diseased spread by mosquitos and lice that often plague troops. After that war it was released for general use and by 1947 it was widely used. Some scientist saw this as evidence that these pesticides had played a part in the decline of peregrines. The poisin had built ...
- 4974: The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolken
- ... force the dwarves to negotiate. Bilbo's bravery wins him praise from all but the dwarves, who are furious with him. When more dwarves arrive from the north, they are determined to fight. Just as war begins to break out, an army of goblins and wild wolves attack. The dwarves, elves, and men forget their differences and join together to keep from being killed. Help comesat the time of greatest need ... adventures may have been completed for some higher purpose. In The Hobbit the evils of possessiveness can be easily seen. The hobbits are corrupted by their desire for treasure, and their greed almost leads to war with men and elves. The main theme that prevails in this Tolken novel is the on going struggle between the elite and the plebeians. This can be seen most clearly in The Hobbit. They are ...
- 4975: Environmental And Genetic Affects And Schizophrenia
- ... triggering, at least, of schizophrenia is supported by a study Susser et al. (1996). In an investigation into the high incidence of schizophrenia in those born in the Netherlands at a particular point during World War Two, Susser et al. (1996) found that exposure to famine was correlated to risk of schizophrenia. At the end of World War Two a Nazi blockade caused a famine in the Netherlands. Susser et al. (1996) found that the risk of developing schizophrenia increased for people born between 10/15/45 and 12/31/45.
- 4976: The Great Gatsby: Nick - A Good and Neutral Narrator
- ... before. Somebody told me they thought he killed a man once. Also, there is one more lady said that Gatsby was a German spy: It is more that he was a German spy during the war. Nike heard it, but when Nike had a chance to have a lunch with Gatsby, he told Nike, he was an Oxford man and show him that fought in World War One. Then Nike knew Gatsby was not a German Spy nor a murderer. Furthermore, at the end of the novel, when Daisy drove Gatsby's car and killed Mrs.Wilson in a car accident, Nike ...
- 4977: Euthanasia
- ... invasion increases and the prognosis dims." In this case, because it was agreed that the patient was incurable, the treatment, a respirator, was seen as being extraordinary treatment, so the Supreme Court indicated that no civil or criminal liability would be levied if the treatment was withheld. With the Matter of Quinlan decision, the Supreme Court extended a person's constitutionally-derived "right to privacy" to include the right to refuse ... another, it does not replace the actual intentions of the individual. The Cruzan decision also avoids at least two moral dilemmas that Quinlan decision tends to create. First, while the Quinlan case indicates that no civil or criminal liability is assigned to the act of removing treatment, there is no direction as to how to resolve any moral liability for the person who will physically remove treatment. Second, the Quinlan case ...
- 4978: Evolution Or Ignorance
- ... in a United States public school has a constitutional right to hear the whole story when it comes to evolution. It is called the first amendment in the Bill of Rights. According to the American Civil Liberties Union or ACLU, the authority on civil rights, states that every student has the right to a non-biased education (ACLU Urges ). In the Supreme Court decision Edwards v. Aguillard, 482 U.S. 578 (1987), the Court ruled that to compromise by ...
- 4979: Decision Of The Bomb: Drop It Or Not?
- ... to 80 thousand deaths. Although the most memorable effects of the atomic bomb were the mass amounts of death, the decision to drop the bomb has greatly influenced American history and the outcome of world war 2. If I were president back in 1945, I think that I too wouldve given instructions to drop the bomb on Hiroshima. I probably wouldve been obliged to use a weapon of such ... enough to construct my decision of the bomb ejection. These were the only two times in history where an atomic bomb's devastation has been unleashed on mankind. But the good new was that World War II finally ended shortly afterward. I dont think there couldve been another use for the bomb. The only tactic I could think of is to use the atomic bomb as a threat. But ...
- 4980: The Great Gatsby: Realism
- ... mostly due to the fact that Fitzgerald lived during the time of the novel, and by using great detail, he was able to reproduce his interpretation of the 1920's. At this time the Great War (WW1) had just ended and the United States was becoming as dominant world power. The novel takes place during the summer in New York as Nick Carraway has just moved to persue a career in the bond business. This is a very realistic setting because just after World War 1 the eastern United States were flourishing with people and business. As depicted in The Great Gatsby, during the 1920's jazz music was all the rage. Large, fancy homes and big parties (such as ...
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