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- 241: Ernest Hemingway: His Life And His Stories
- ... Hemingway's short stories, " Soldier's Home," "A Cat in the Rain" and " A Clean Well-Lighted Place, in terms of their relationship to events and experiences in Hemingway's own life. His stories from World War I reflect deeping despairs, and a conviction that life ultimately was without meaning. Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21,1899, in Oak Park, Illinois. His father was the owner of a prosperous real ... coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation" Grace hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed her perception of the world as beautiful. She hater dirty diapers, upset stomachs, and cleaning house; they were not fit for a lady. She taught her children to always act with decorum. She adored the singing of the birds ...
- 242: Earth 2 Puzzle
- ... coeducational, and dancing together led to "hell and damnation". Grace Hall Hemingway, Ernest's mother, considered herself pure and proper. She was a dreamer who was upset at anything which disturbed her perception of the world as beautiful. She hated dirty diapers, upset stomachs, and cleaning house; they were not fit for a lady. She taught her children to always act with decorum. She adored the singing of the birds and ... forbidden words just to create a ruckus. Ernest, though wild and crazy, was a warm, caring individual. He loved the sea, mountains and the stars and hated anyone who he saw as a phoney. During World War I, Ernest, rejected from service because of a bad left eye, was an ambulance driver, in Italy, for the Red Cross. Very much like the hero of A Farewell to Arms, Ernest is shot ...
- 243: Uses And Abuses Of Information
- ... of Airstrip 1, formerly Britain and part of the nation of Oceania. The country is governed by Ingsoc, the English Socialists, a totalitarian regime led by the iconic leader Big Brother. Oceania is constantly at war with as well as always being in alliance with one of the other two nations of the earth, Euraisia and Eastasia. The population is divided into three social groups, at the top of the power ... it transmits as well as receives. Winston works at the Ministry of Truth, one of four government ministries. The Ministry of Love is concerned with law and order, The Ministry of peace concerns itself with war, The Ministry of Plenty which deals with economic affairs and The Ministry of Truth which is responsible for the production of news, education, entertainment and fine arts. Orwell is said to have based the infrastructure of Oceania on that of Stalinist Russia of the 1940s. I want to compare and contrast Orwells vision of the future and control of information to the world of today. I hope to draw parallels in the ideology of Insog, governments of the present day and those of past regimes. The rewriting of history Winston worked in the records department of the ...
- 244: A Breif History Of Comics
- Comics: In the Beginning The modern comic, as we know it, began in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World on February 17,1895. The comic, drawn by Richard F. Outcault, was based on the life of Mickey Dugan, an Irish immigrant child in the city. Although the strip had no name, people have dubbed ... an experiment in yellow ink by the newspaper. Eventually the comic came to be known as "Hogan's Alley." Soon comics were recognized for the selling potential and were published in newspapers all over the world. After the success of the World, a competitor, William Randolph Herst of the New York Journal, hired Outcault to draw Hogan's Alley for Hearst's Journal. The World continued publication of the strip using a new artist, and both ...
- 245: Literary Themes In All Quiet O
- ... to show the reader some perspective. Erich Maria Remarque s book All Quiet on the Western Front uses many themes but there are four main ones. Those four themes are the Lost Generation, futility of war, sound imagery, and the institutionalization or depersonalization of war. Some of these themes can be integrated together to make an alarming yet wonderful effect to draw the reader into the story of All Quiet on the Western Front . One of the most prominent themes book is also the most saddening. That theme is the institutionalization or depersonalization of war. Remarque begins the story with Germany s soldiers fighting an institutionalized war. Soldiers were trained to destroy and kill the enemy. By institutionalizing the war, it was made easier to kill someone just like ...
- 246: The Problem of War and Peace
- The Problem of War and Peace Dear Mr. Secretary General, In conducting research for an essay that I am writing on constructive approaches to the problems of war and peace, I read a short, but thought- provoking fable by an unknown author. I would like to share that story with you, as well as my idea as a possible solution for world peace. "Tell me the weight of a snowflake," a robin asked a wild dove. "Nothing more than nothing," was the answer. "In that case I must tell you a marvelous story," the robin said. " ...
- 247: 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% ...
- 248: The Devastation of World War One
- The Devastation of World War One World War one is one of the most devastating wars in history. The war was caused by nationalistic tension between countries. After the war a treaty was to be drawn up between the Allies and ...
- 249: The Extradition of Nazi War Criminals
- The Extradition of Nazi War Criminals The following paper was used as a term paper for a sophomore level Political Science class centering on international relations. The class was taken at a popular university in the state of Massachusetts. The paper deals with the legal issues surrounding the act of extradition of Nazi war criminals. Two international law cases are dealt with in the paper. The paper got an "A" from a fairly difficult grading professor, and once the paper is double spaced it should work out to be about 14 or 15 pages. Have fun, and good luck. The term "laws of war" refers to the rules governing the actual conduct of armed conflict. This idea that there actually exists rules that govern war is a difficult concept to understand. The simple act of war in and ...
- 250: U.S Foreign Policy Toward Jewish Refugees During 1933-1939
- ... any real opposition. In the United States, Americans were wrestling with the ravages of the Great Depression. With the lingering memory of the more than 300,000 U.S. troops either killed or injured in World War I, isolationism was the dominant sentiment in most political circles. Americans were not going to be "dragged" into another war by the British. The Depression had bred increased xenophobia and anti-Semitism, and with upward of 30% unemployment in some industrial areas1, many Americans wanted to see immigration halted completely. It was in this ...
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