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- 3381: Night: The Holocaust
- Night: The Holocaust Wiesel's Night is about what the Holocaust did, not just to the Jews, but by extension, to humanity. People all over the world were devastated by this atrocious act, and there are still people today who haven't overcome the effects. One example of the heinous acts of the Germans that stands out occurs at the end of the war, when Elie and the rest of the camp of Buna is being forced to transfer to Gleiwitz. This transfer is a long, arduous, and tiring journey for all who are involved. The weather is painfully ... be destroyed in the end. The Jews fought for everything they had, from their possessions at the beginning, to their lives at the end. The result, however, was the same. At the end of the war, Elie looks into the mirror, and says he saw "a corpse." This "corpse" is Elie's body, but it has been robbed of its soul. This is similar to the loss suffered by people ...
- 3382: Adolf Hitler
- ... ended up dropping out of art school. Hitler was an aggravated person. He was looking for a job where he was the boss and everyone would look to him for guidance. In his involvement in World War 1, he separated people into two different races. One race was called the Aryan race or superhuman. These were all of the people who had blonde hair and blue eyes. Everyone else was considered subhuman ... his power in speeches he was appointed chancellor of the Nazis in 1933. Within a year he was made full leader of the Nazi Party. In 1938 Hitler takes over Austria and Czechoslovakia in 1939. World War 2 begins with Hitler and his troops marching in to Poland. By this time Jews were dying by the thousands. Europe was almost completely taken over by the Nazis. In 1941 Germany had ...
- 3383: The Hiding Place: An Analysis
- The Hiding Place: An Analysis Corrie Ten Boom recounts her horrific tale of her experiences during World War II in Holland, in her novel, The Hiding Place. The real life nightmare begins with the 100th anniversary of her families watch shop. From the first paragraph it is evident that ten Boom is a ... ten Boom putting herself last when it comes to her priorities. The way she expresses her love towards her family it is evident she respects and loves her family more than anything else in the world. Throughout the entire novel, shes risking her life to help others. In this way she respects her life and the lives of those around her. She is willing to do what it takes ...
- 3384: Juliette Low: Founder of the Girl Scouts
- ... Juliette Low was born on October 31, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia. Her parents named her Juliette Magill Kinzie Gordon but no one called her that. Her nickname was Daisy. She was born during the Civil War, which was very hard on her. Daisys father was a southerner fighting against the Yankees. She had hardly any food and wore raggy clothes. She had three sisters and two brothers. Every summer Daisy ... six months to start a Girl Guides program in the United States. Daisy had a historical message. She said: Ive got something for the girls of Savannah, and all of America, and all the world, and were going to start it tonight! Daisys niece, who was also named Daisy Gordon, was the first Girl Scout in the United States. When Daisy started the first Girl Scout Troop in America they met regularly with a naturalist named Walter John Hoxie. Girl Scouts greatest contribution was its advice and encouragement on careers. Girl Scouts all over the world were friendly and helpful. When America entered World War I Juliette Low contacted President Wilson by telegram. As a result the Girl Scouts began assisting the Red Cross, acting as messengers, relieving overworked nurses, ...
- 3385: Watcher
- ... sick days at home. He learned that if he kept quiet and still, the adults would have labeled him to be part of the furniture. On his days home, Charlie received glimpses into the adult world of common topics like misery and scandals. These relations and encounters with the adults had drastically matured Charlie before his time. Later on that year, Mabel Bradley, his mother, was sent to the hospital because ... belted your father when he needed it, and make no mistake I ll belt you. Is that understood? s l belt you. Is that understood? (6). She acted like a military officer from the Second World War. Charlie did not like staying on the farm there was never anything fun to do. The one thing Charlie enjoyed doing was, hiding in the corn patches spying on people and eating corn on ...
- 3386: A Date with Kosinski
- ... eyes of Levanter. Jerzy Kosinski was born in Lodz, Poland in 1933. Kosinski was separated from his parents shortly after Nazi Germany's invasion of Lodz, and the fear and violence that he experienced during World War II left a scar on his soul. Shortly after the war, Kosinski was reunited with his family. Kosinski studied sociology and political science at the University of Lodz. At the age of 24, he left his homeland and established a new culture in the United ...
- 3387: Daily Life of the Aztecs
- ... items. The water problem that these people would have was the suffering of floods and droughts. In Tenochtitlan every man was either a warrior or wished to be a warrior. A boy was dedicated to war at his birth. He was told that he was brought in to this world to fight. When they were ten years old, the boys had their hair cut off with a lock left on their necks; they were not allowed to cut this lock off until they caught a ... The Aztecs would sacrifice people in order to keep the sun rising everyday. Human sacrifice was used because it was said that the blood from a human was the only thing that could save the world and the people in it. The god Quetzacoatl would not allow human sacrifice, so his followers would sacrifice snakes and birds instead. There were differences in the kinds of houses in this society. The ...
- 3388: Bioremediation Of Explosives In Contaminated Soil
- ... fossil fuels and will produce an end product usable for backfilling, landscaping, or erosion control. Introduction Whether people know it or not explosives, such as tnt, are a very important part of their lives. Since World War I, munitions have been manufactured in the United States using a variety of energetic materials, including propellants, explosives, and pyrotechnic (PEP) materials. (Noyes, 1996) Many manufacturing sites contain explosives. As a result they have contaminated ... testing has been completed. (Akhavan, 1998) Geokinetics has pioneered the use of electrokinetic techniques to dramatically enhance bio-remediation of TNT and other "difficult" organic contamination. (Westing, 1985) Soil contaminated with TNT from a German World War I munitions factory (which exploded in 1918) was treated by electrokinetically enhanced bioremediation. Laboratory studies were undertaken using pilot scale batch units to determine optimal full scale operating conditions. The "Pool Process" provides ...
- 3389: Ray Bradbury
- ... attempts of Earth people to conquer and colonize Mars, the constant thwarting of their efforts by the gentle, telepathic Martians, the eventual colonization, and finally the effect on the Martian settlers of a massive nuclear war on Earth. As much a work of social criticism as of science fiction, The Martian Chronicles reflects some of the prevailing anxieties of America in the early atomic age of the 1950's: the fear of nuclear war, the longing for a simpler life, reactions against racism and censorship, and fear of foreign political powers. Another of Bradbury's best-known works, the novel Fahrenheit 451, was released in 1953 and is set ... and 1952). He has been awarded the O. Henry Memorial Award, the Benjamin Franklin Award in 1954, the Aviation-Space Writer's Association Award for best space article in an American Magazine in 1967, the World Fantasy Award for lifetime achievement, and the Grand Master Award from the Science Fiction Writers of America. His animated film about the history of flight, Icarus Montgolfier Wright, was nominated for an academy award, ...
- 3390: History Of Gunpowder
- GUNPOWDER Gunpowder is the oldest of all explosives. It was used by the ancient Chinese, Arabs, and people of India first. But exact directions on how to make it were not known to the western World until 1242, when Roger Bacon of Oxford University, in England published a book in which he told the ways to make gunpowder. Today gunpowder is not used as much as more powerful explosives After Roger ... eighteen eighty-four, and had replaced gunpowder for use in firing shells by the early nineteen hundreds. But gunpowder was still made in large quantities in the United States for many years after that. During World War One, gunpowder was used as a base in many shells, bombs, and torpedoes. heavier armor and new types of fighting equipment used in World War Two required more powerful explosives, but gunpowder was still ...
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