There are many terrible things that war can have within it or do to those involved within it, one of the most terrifying things that have happened is the use of chemical weapons, there are many works of literature that tell of how deadly they are, especially war writings. One such writing is a poem named “Dulce et Decorum Est”, which was written by a man named Wilfred Owen, who had first hand experience with chemical warfare. It was through the harm and fear that it caused the soldiers in the trenches
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Rebellion in The Chocolate War The Chocolate War, written by Robert Cormier, is about a Catholic High School student, Jerry Renault, who refuses to sell chocolates for the school fundraiser. He rebels against the Vigils, a powerful, secret student group, which leads him to face the violent consequences of going against their authority. His rebellion leads him to getting defeated during a fighting match and he immediately regrets his disobedience. The Chocolate War touched on the themes of abuse
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1. The watchman has been in the house for so long that he’s seen so many things in the house that it can tell a story. He is setting the scene for what will happen in the rest of the story. He is talking about the things that Clymnestra did while Agamemnon is gone. 2. 2a. Agamemnon killed his daughter to appease the gods when winds trapped them. Iphigenia, in a way was decapitated by Agamemnon’s men. Her head was put face down on an “altar” and tied up and she was crying and begging. Her throat was
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changes took place following the civil war, it was very evident in William Faulkner’s Barn Burning that the impact on the social lives of the people living in the south were the most difficult to overcome. He utilizes the new tension between the social classes to create a compelling short story of a boy and his father, but more important, using the family to represent the change in society, the change between good and evil. The new social order after the civil war was a cause of tension between Abner
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from western Europe • More educated/less religious than Polish Jews o (A) was not as bad other camps • Gets attention because there are a lot of survivors • Educated prisoners were able to write and share their story • Western released prisoners were able to spread their stories easier than eastern survivors who were under Soviet rule o 50% of the victims did not die by gas, they died by bullet • Focusing on camps leaves out a large portion of the killings most importantly the mass shootings
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themes and also displayed several literary devices in their literature. Specifically, Tao Qian’s “Peach Blossom Spring” and “Returning to the Farm to Dwell” are two astounding works of literature that gives one an astounding visual of how the writer is
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ancient Greece, poetry was considered an art of which only few knew and could impose. Those who didn't know how to write memorized the stories depicted by the poets. There was the category of poetry known as epic, which is displayed by Homer to its full extent with unequalled precision Epic was the poetry that was very extensive and lengthy with a wide vocabulary used throughout and which told stories of adventure and heroism. Poets didn't just serve as entertainment, they were also educators. Poetry was
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Elizabeth Norman, the author of We Band of Angels, focused on the American female nurses that served on Bataan. These women were some of the first nurses to be acknowledged for their efforts on the war front. They served faithfully in the dangerous hospitals that they were assigned to and when they were placed in prisoner camps, they even joined the underground rebellion to help the men that survived the Death March. The nurses were considered civilians to the Japanese because they were woman and
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It's about 4 soldiers of the U.S in different wars and places, but they all have dogs that play a huge roll in the books. The dogs can be there best friend because they guide the main characters through the story by comforting them, sniffing out bombs, and helping them fight. The dogs could be a big fear, for the enemies, because of how they are trained to kill. The character and there dog show that they are dynamic characters throughout the story in breathtaking ways. For example in book 3
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We chose this topic because we've always been interested in the Secret Army, General Vang Pao, Hmong culture, and its history. When we talk about the Vietnam war in school they do not mention anything about General Vang Pao or the Secret Army. This inspired us to pick this topic and teach everybody about Hmong history. In school, it is very mysterious that very few people know about the Secret Army and General Vang Pao helping the Hmong people cross into Thailand. Also, Vang Pao helped the Americans
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