Wars cannot be won without sacrifices. A war without casualties can, in fact, hardly be classified as a war. Although there is no need for mindless bloodshed, if one hundred soldiers are killed destroying the enemy sides’ supply lines, the gain outweighs the loss. War is a strategic chess game, where sometimes a pawn must be sacrificed to make way for the queen to take out the king and win the game. For instance, in the American Civil War, the Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest day in American
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The battle of Chancellorsville was the fourth bloodiest battle during the Civil War and was one of the most unique and interesting battles. On one side, there was the Union general who developed and initiated the “perfect plan.” On the other side, there was a Confederate general who countered that perfect plan utilizing, at that time and still to this day, unthinkable maneuvers to achieve the “perfect victory.” This battle epitomizes the strong versus weak or the rich versus the poor in the following
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President Abraham Lincoln: the supposed “Great Emancipator” who freed the slaves and won the civil war. That is how the story is told, but what is unknown is that slavery was never President Lincoln’s true priority. Just like any other President or Politician, during wartime (and the events leading up to war) his sole focus was keeping his country together. Slavery came second to this. While having this ideal, keeping the country unified, is not a bad priority, it definitely calls for a reevaluation
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The period after the Civil War, which was meant to integrate the newly freed African Americans into a white-dominated society is called Reconstruction, but it stood no chance.. The goal was to bring an end to the cruel and inhumane treatment of African Americans. However, just about everything that could have gone wrong, went wrong. From a radically Democratic and Southern President, to a growing popularity of mistreatment of African Americans; Reconstruction would never have succeeded. After the
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After world war II Europe was devastated, they were in need for help. Europe was destroyed economically also. Millions of people were killed and hurt. Europe’s agricultural production was disrupted by war. There were no transportation methods. The only major country that wasn’t damaged was the United States. Graduating from Harvard University, Secretary of State George C. Marshall issued a call for a comprehensive program to rebuild Europe. The Marshall Plan was officially known as the European Recovery
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Rhetorical Analysis of “On the Want of Money” by William Hazlitt Nineteenth-century author William Hazlitt argues in his essay “On the Want of Money” that money is not the root of all evil but an imperative aspect to a content life. To substantiate his beliefs, he uses prompt rhetorical devices and strenuous vocabulary to develop his ethical appeal in addition to a distinct structure to create the sense of a fast-paced situation which helps engage the reader and add a sense of legitimacy to the
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"Choices made, whether bad or good, follow you forever and affect everyone in their path one way or another" said J.E.B. Spredmann. Everything an individual decides to do in life has an effect on themselves and others. The consequences could be endless since the impact one person makes causes more events to occur. In the book The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, the choices made by Ponyboy Curtis ultimately affects Johnny forever. It all begins with Ponyboy deciding to run away after Darry hits him, which
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01/09 Nothing Gold Can Stay Why do things change? In “The Outsiders” by S.E. Hinton, the theme of the book is that “Nothing Gold Can Stay” (77). This means that things do not last forever. Johnny, Ponyboy, and Randy all learn this lesson in different ways. Johnny learns “Nothing Gold Can Stay” (77) in many ways. First, it states, “I never noticed colors and clouds and stuff until you kept reminding me about them,” (78). When Johnny took the time to think about colors like Ponyboy had mentioned
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Everyone has those they consider family, even though they may not share blood. In literature, family often provides interesting conflicts for protagonists, from internal to external. The authors SE Hinton, Toni Cade Bambara and Walter Dean Myers all explore the central idea of family and identity in their respective works, The Outsiders, “Raymond’s Run” and “The Treasure of Lemon Brown”. Ponyboy Curtis’s internal turmoil over being a Greaser exemplifies this point elegantly: Ponyboy is born to a
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VISITING NARNIA Narnia is the magical land C.S. Lewis conjured up for millions to visit and enjoy imagination filled adventures. The reason Narnia is popular is because it’s relatable. There are many similarities between our world and the world of Narnia. Both contain a God who is good and loving and cares for His people. Both worlds were created, evil and suffering exist amongst them, and each records historical and important events. Perhaps the most obvious likeness these worlds possess
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