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- 3241: Fahrenheit 451 3
- ... do about the English because they have no rule there? The consequences for all of Wallace's actions led to the deaths of many people, but it also led to freedom. The negatives of the war were starvation, torture, and deaths of your friends and companions. They all fought and many died fighting for freedom and the ones that lived got to enjoy the convenience of freedom. The positive effects of ... country if it ever needed it or I would also die for anything better that would come out of it. I would also fight and die for my religion and for certain people in the world. Those things move me to fight so much because where would I be right now without my country or family or friends. They have all given so much to me it is the least I could do for them. If there was a war I would fight, I really don't know why some people would not, no matter what you do during your life you are gonna die eventually, if God chooses for me to die in ...
- 3242: Fahrenheit 451 4
- ... do about the English because they have no rule there? The consequences for all of Wallace's actions led to the deaths of many people, but it also led to freedom. The negatives of the war were starvation, torture, and deaths of your friends and companions. They all fought and many died fighting for freedom and the ones that lived got to enjoy the convenience of freedom. The positive effects of ... country if it ever needed it or I would also die for anything better that would come out of it. I would also fight and die for my religion and for certain people in the world. Those things move me to fight so much because where would I be right now without my country or family or friends. They have all given so much to me it is the least I could do for them. If there was a war I would fight, I really don't know why some people would not, no matter what you do during your life you are gonna die eventually, if God chooses for me to die in ...
- 3243: Has Political Islam Failed in Algeria?
- Has Political Islam Failed in Algeria? The question whether Political Islam has failed or not due to the internal structure of the Islamic political movement, in either Algeria or any other country in the Islamic World, is an important question for the analysis of the politicized Islamic phenomena. Olivier Roy sees the movement as a failure, not only in Algeria but also in the whole area from Casablanca to Tashkent, the ... FIS was able to do that in more than one case to assure reaching the domination of the National Popular Assembly. The two most spectacular examples of this were the mobilization over the United Nations' war against Iraq in January 1991, and the mobilization over unfair electoral laws in May-June 1991 . This happened despite the fact that Iraq is dominated by the infidel Ba'athists who cannot be Islamic. Forming ... started the bloody story between the military transitional government and the FIS, which is still going on up till now with almost no significant government control over anything. The situation in Algeria is a civil war that no one can win. The dissolution of the FIS, although it seemed to be the only possible way to get rid of their huge influence, was a very unsuitable thing to do. Both ...
- 3244: Lord Of The Flies - Analyzing
- ... s control to form savages. Ralph represents the civilization, and Jack represents the primitive society. Moreover, Ralph is Goldings symbolic method of democracy. To the audience, Ralph seems like Franklin D. Roosevelt during the World War IIhe was certainly capable of stopping the World War II from breaking out, but he could not force anybody thus letting the War break out. Similar comparison is used for Ralph; he is certainly capable of stopping the kids from acting irresponsibly, ...
- 3245: Ecuador and Democracy
- ... to study democracy is to learn the other countries, so in this time I choose one of Latin American countries, Ecuador for well-understanding of the process of democracy. Ecuador is graphically one of the world's most varied countries despite its small size, which at 283520 sq. km is about the size of either New Zealand or Nevada State. Ecuador staddles the equator on the Pacific coast of South America ... for Francisco Pizarro, who himself remained further north. Pizarro was not to arrive as conqueror for several years. Meanwhile, the rivalry of Huayna Capac's two sons grew. The Inca of Cuzco, Huascar, went to war against the Ecuadorian Inca, Atahualpa. After several years of fighting, Atahualpa defeated Huascar near Ambato in central Ecuador and was thus the ruler of the weakened and still divided Inca Empire when Pizarro arrived in ... in 1830. In the same year a treaty was signed with Peru, drawing up a boundary between the two nations. This is the boundary that is marked on all Ecuadorian maps. In 1942, after a war between the two countries, the border was redrawn in Rio de Janeiro and it is this border that is found on non-Ecuadorian maps. However, it is not officially acknowledged by Ecuadorian authorities. Independent ...
- 3246: Civil Disobedience
- ... other people as well, the difference was, that they were not prepared to suffer or stand up for the rights of others. There are thousands who are in opinion opposed to slavery and to the war, who yet in effect do nothing to put an end to them; who, esteeming themselves children of Washington and Franklin, sit down with their hands in their pockets, and say that they know not what ... nonviolence, but about truth and love for human beings. He saw sacrifice of self as the law of life, and lived by that ideal. His dream was to see his country free from Britain, without war, and without blood shed, using soul-force only. Passive resistance is a method of securing rights by personal suffering; it is the reverse of resistance by arms. When I refuse to do a thing that ... term passive resistance was a misnomer. What he believed was on the contrary, nonviolent resistance is active and provocative. Through peaceful marches and campaigns, people began to become aware, and Gandhi was known throughout he world, and he gained worldwide support. The continuous fighting between the Hindus and the Muslims was of great distress to Gandhi, and he feared that if the neighboring countries of India and Pakistan could not ...
- 3247: Mark Antony 2
- ... was during this period in Rome where Antony met Fulvia. Fulvia also had a hate for Cicero from her last marriage. They soon were married and Antony was making his way higher in the Roman world. In 49BC, he received the title of Augur (priest and soothsayer). It was during this same year that he vetoed the Senates attempt to take Caesar s command. Antony left Rome and traveled to Gaul ... went to Antony to call a truce and combine forces. They decided they would let another person join with them, Lepidus. Lepidus was an important man who made his fame with Caesar in the civil war and owned the needed Spain. In 43 BC, Antony joined with Octavian and Lepidus to establish a second triumvirate. They shared power by Antony ruling the eastern providences and Gaul, Octavian took Italy and Spain ... the winter of 41-40 BC. Octavian and Antony s friendship started to deplete again. Antony s wife Fulvia and brother Lucius were back in Italy where they started conflict with Octavian, beginning the Perusine War. They were easily defeated and Fulvia fled to Athens. Antony did not know of the incident and when he found out, he went to Athens to confront his wife. Fulvia became ill and died ...
- 3248: Lord Of The Flies 4
- ... and rocky and rugged mountain ridge which extends out of the ocean. Judging from the predicament and dialogue in this story the date in which it takes place is probably the mid 1900's during World War II. The mood created in this story is very complex and rapidly changing. It changes from that of a scary, recessive mood to a light, and cheery one. The way in which the story is ... his superiors. Exposition The story starts with a large group of boys crawl on to the beach of a tropical island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Their plane was been shot down, and World War II has begun to take place. The boys figure that civilization, as they know it, may no longer exist. Ralph is elected as the leader of the group and Jack decides to be ...
- 3249: The Atomic Bomb
- The Atomic Bomb The year was 1945. The war in the Pacific had reached it's climax with the attack on Pearl Harbor, or so the world thought! In 1943 a new era was just being discovered when Albert Einstein had uncovered a new way of destroying things. One so powerful it could wipe out entire cities in seconds. When Albert told ... because it is a large industrial port. In this blast over 50,000 lives were taken with over 120,000 casualties in the aftermath. Two days later the Japanese troops retreated back to Japan. The war in the Pacific was now over! But not after 1,000,000 casualties during the war. For fifty years the atomic bomb was the most feared nuclear weapon in the world, but now many ...
- 3250: Lord Of The Flies Theme Analys
- ... the officer lives. Golding asks while the ship saves the boys from killing each other, who will save the ship from killing other ships or being killed? In this way the society of the outside world mirrors the island society on a larger level. Remember that the novel takes place during World War II. Golding got the idea for the book because of his experiences in the war, where he served in the Navy and learned the inherent sinfulness of man. It s interesting that the war ...
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