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- 5601: A Farewell To Arms
- ... of lefts and rights coming at us without pause. Take the following passage: We were all cooked. The thing was not to recognize it. The last country to realize they were cooked would win the war. We had another drink. Was I on somebody's staff? No. He was. It was all balls. The style gains power because it is so full of sensory detail. There was an inn in the ...
- 5602: A View From The Bridge By Arth
- ... his brother Rodolpho to work as longshoremen, since at the time (the play was written in 1955) his country of origin, Italy, was going through a major economic depression because of the outcome of World War II. In the play, we are told that Marco's plan is to make enough money to survive and be able to send some of that money to his wife and his three kids back ...
- 5603: Beowulf - Hero
- ... all mortal men; loyalty and the ability to think of himself last makes him worshiped by all. Beowulf came openly and wholeheartedly to help the Danes which was an unusual occurrence in a time of war and wide-spread fear. He set a noble example for all human beings relaying the necessity of brotherhood and friendship.
- 5604: Canterbury Tales - A View Of T
- ... that the Church collected, usually once a year. Tithes were used to feed the parish priest, maintain the fabric of the church, and to help the poor. Third, the Church fulfilled the functions of a 'civil service' and an education system. Schools did not exist (and were unnecessary to a largely peasant society), but the Church and the government needed men who could read and write in English and Latin. The ...
- 5605: Facts Behind The Great Depress
- ... year of the Hoover administration became diverted by an event that shook the very economic foundations of the nation, namely, the stock market panic of 1929. The United States had enjoyed a boom after World War I, in which wages were high and production and consumption increased. During this period many had developed a tendency to invest savings and earnings in speculative ventures, particularly the buying of stocks on margin-putting ...
- 5606: Explanation Of How Both Long-t
- ... even a comment. Ebert was in an extremely difficult position. So he decided to accept the treaty of Versailles’ terms. When Ebert agreed to sign the treaty the Germans were furious, they were pleased the war had ended but they didn’t want humiliation. Hitler hated the treaty of Versailles, and he promised to kick out the treaty of Versailles as he had said in the Nazis’ Twenty-Five Points. People ...
- 5607: European Settlements
- ... queen, was sent out the same year by Sir Walter Raleigh and arrived at Roanoke Island in 1585. More settlers came two years later, but by 1591--their supplies having been interrupted by England's war with Spain--all the colonists had died or disappeared. After a few other false starts, on December 20, 1606, the London Company, established by Shakespeare's patron, Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton, sent out ...
- 5608: Europe And The New World
- ... seems that a component in the natives destruction was also a reason as to why Columbus and other explorers had such warm feelings towards them. This being their ability to trust and their innocence towards war and hate. Despite this, it must be understood that the American natives weren’t ‘marched to the slaughter house’ as many historians would have us believe. There was indeed conflict between the westerners and the ...
- 5609: Enlightenment 2
- ... men, no individual, can exercise authority which does not issue expressly from the will of the nation. This was fine if you were a man, but not if you were a woman or a slave. Civil and fiscal equality, freedom from arbitrary arrest, freedom of speech and the press, and the rights of private property were affirmed. Later the Revolution denied many of these rights, but the declaration ensured an initial ...
- 5610: Animal Farm 2
- ... iron shoes and when he was pawing with his hoof at the stable-lad that laid face down in the mud he had killed it. George Orwell expresses what animal s opinions are about humans, War is wars. The only good human being is a dead one. I have no wish to take life, not even human life, repeated Boxer and his eyes were full of tears (822). This just goes ...
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