mustard gas were created by the Germans. It was very hard for the troops to fight with gas masks. They had big guns and could not hold the mask on their face while fighting. Back in the days, machine guns were huge and heavy, but they were very powerful. Tanks were slow, but it helped fight through mud and water. Zeppelins were like modern-day blimps. Gas attacks were extremely powerful to the troops in World War 1. The first place the gas attacked was in the lungs and other mucus parts of your body
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like he’s supposed to. Darry isn’t an appropriate guardian for Pony and Soda. “Let me fight, Darry…” “Well-” Darry gave in- “I guess you can” (Hinton 135). This shows that Darry isn’t cut out to be their guardian because he is risking Ponyboy’s life by letting him fight in a rumble when he should be at home. In the first place Ponyboy shouldn’t be begging Darry to let him fight because his safety comes first. “Listen, Soda, you and Ponyboy, Darry said as we strode down the street, ‘if the fuzz
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Fight Club In the book Fight Club, by Chuck Palahniuk, the narrator is an employee for a travelling car company, who suffers from insomnia. When he asks his doctor for medication the doctor refuses and advises him to visit a support group to witness what suffering really is. The first group the narrator attends is for testicular cancer victims. He finds an emotional release that relieves his insomnia and becomes addicted to support groups. After a flight home from a business trip, the narrator
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lives. The novel focused on a boy named Ponyboy Curtis and his journey in his neighborhood trying to survive the fight against the socs. He deals with this constantly with his brothers and the other members of the greaser gang. The three topics addressed in this fascinating novel are the journey from youth to adulthood, the power of friendship and the fight between the rich and poor. First, the story shows significance to the journey from youth to adulthood. “They had me down in a second. They had
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Central American countries. Bull Fighting was first recognized in cave paintings in Altamira, Spain. In about 2000 BC, a wall painting in Knossos in Crete showed both male and female gender acrobats approaching bulls, and attacking them. Even though bull fighting was popular in Rome, the Iberian Peninsula is where contests began. Bull fighting is a very difficult sport, and it takes a strong and brave person to do this type of activity. Bull Fights must be very bloody to accomplish their goal
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beginning of a new type of war for US forces. Attack aviation would no longer be fighting the enemy they had spent years preparing for. No Soviet hoard coming over the hill, they would find themselves in a knife fight at higher altitudes than ever before. A Co 3-101 Avn Regt would be the first apaches to deploy in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During their seven-month deployment, the Killer spades along with the rest of the 3-101 Battalion would develop and leave their mark in history by implementing
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powerful war horse. Medieval Knight by Unknown The First Knights The first knights of the Middle Ages fought for Charlemagne, the King of the Franks, in the 700s. In order to fight battles across his large empire, Charlemagne began to use soldiers on horseback. These soldiers became a very important part of his army. Charlemagne began to award his best knights with land called "benefices". In return for the land, the knights agreed to fight for the
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Have you ever tried to be someone you're not? Well in the short story The Fight by Adam Bagdasarian, Will tried to be someone he’s not. Two reasons to show this is Will realized he couldn't fight Mike and Will is overconfident. This goes to show how will is trying to be someone different. First to begin with is Will is trying to be someone he’s not. Will told one of his “followers” that he could take Mike in a fight. Will then quoted “I know I can take him.” Will eventually realized he’s not
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Something worth fighting for: (Motivations of Beowulf in the epic poem, Beowulf) Heroes fight for something. From classic literature to new releases in the cinema, conflict is explained, and the protagonist fights for something. It can be for personal honor, a duty, or even to protect a girl or his family. Sometimes the motivation of the hero aren’t so honorable. Pride, revenge, and other things can drive a character to fight. Regardless, motivation exists for a conflict in any story. From a psychological
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Green | | Sally Waters | 8/23/2014 | | There is a new sheriff in town in the arena of the online gaming world and its name Is Flash Fight, this multiplayer video game changes the way online gaming world has represented its self, Flash Fight is the most popular online gaming system yet. This is a game in which multiple amounts of individual fight random individuals around the world and when and if you win the match you move up to the next strongest individual which is determined by the
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