This book focuses on the necessities in our life that we take for granted, necessities we do not even think about as being important. ... How can one read this book and not feel the pain, the agony, the flowing emotion of the author? ... Then I read this book and thought, "how is it possible for one man, among hundreds, to make up such a provocative, painstaking story?" ... Even though this passage tugs at my heart strings, I continue to think that this entire book is watered down. ... Even though he had various thoughts about his father being a burden on him, he stayed with him. ...

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There is so much violence in the world today how can there be peace? ... In the early 1900's people thought that war made people heroes. ... How can people think, say, and believe that we won when we have killed so many? ... We put our children in and out of psychologist because we think that there is something seriously wrong with them if they are always getting into trouble, but if violence is all the child knows then how is he suppose to act. Through out history people prospective on war have change dramatically, but why are we still choosing to have wars? ...

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One may wonder how these groups of people come up with these ideas, or how they could think of others as if. ... I want to change the way we all think. ... They did not even realize how inhumane that situation was. ... Any one can show it. ... Today, I invite you to change the way you think. ...

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Steven Spielberg, an assimilated American Jew had never dealt with his ethnicity on film before, and critics, who never thought him so dark or wrenching, were floored by the results. ... To make Band Of Brothers even more realistic, Simon Atherton, armourer, and his crew read books, interviews, journals, and anything they could find describing the actual soldiers, what weapons and ammunition they had with them on D-Day and what changed over the course of the campaign, and all helped to keep in with total continuity. ... We often measure how realistic media is by comparing it to something t...

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When you look at History you might just think that history does repeat itself, probably thinking of the First World War and Second World War, because that is what I thought at first, but then I looked deeper and realized that I was completely wrong, history does not repeat itself. ... To analyze this statement we have to know exactly what is meant by the phrase "History always repeats itself". ... This is a big change in history, and now women in other countries, which they did and do not get a lot of respect in, are starting to change and learn how to gain respect. ... This shows that we have...

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When we stop and think about courage and cowardice we are faced with a question; what do they really mean? ... Oh yes we know all about him.... Quite often the reader is left to wonder why he wants to remember it all quite so much, even though you can see yourself how much it hurts him to have to remember. ... The novel shows how many people today think of death in wartime as heroism but during and shortly after the war, those who were put to death were known as cowards and thought to have gone to hell for their betrayal to their country. ... His physical appearance may not change much but w...

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America was all too comfortable with a naive sense "nothing can touch us and noting can hurt us." ... Because pornography can be sold. ... We do not think about how lucky we are to be able to worship without a fear of persecution or execution. ... The United states is feared and unlike because they think we will impose willingly and unwillingly on them the freedom to worship whatever religion they want. ... What changed? ...

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He uses the inspector to express his own thoughts. The Birlings are used to show how not to behave. ... The way they dressed and how their house was decorated. ... Shelia's role changes dramatically throughout the play. ... His beliefs have not changed even after that has happened. ...

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"This was fighting we lived in trenches, in dung-coloured mud into which dung and every filthiness had been trodden, in our dung-coloured uniforms; we were cold, badly fed, and lousy." ... "She is part of a past that cannot be recovered or changed by anything I can do now. ... If you think her a saint, she is a saint to you."... The contrasting setting of Deptford and World War two, World War Two and Buckinghamshire shows how significant the changes are in Dunstan Ramsey's environment and the effects it had on him. ... The powerful role of religion shows how characters in the novel can tr...

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It is amazing how many things we take for granted. We make plans for the day, and don't think twice about how those plans can be taken away in the blink of an eye. ... I don't think anyone really thinks about tragedy until they are actually faced with shocking news. ... I finally understood it all, the pain he had gone through- after tasting blood and seeing your friends die all around you how much more can you suffer? ... A life can change drastically at any moment. ...

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They are both philosophers but have totally different perspective on how to be a good leader. ... But if there are totally no gun control, a five year old boy can bring a gun to school, and shoot at teacher as he please, even thought that he doesn't know better. ... I have to disagree with both philosophers" idea, because I think that war can be looked at as a human evolution, in the ancient world war was fought for land and freedom. ... We all know, the answer is no. ... The times have defiantly changed, but the need for the higher forms of thinking amongst society has not....

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We are general supposed to care about are fellow man and avoid causing each other pain and suffering. ... Even though it was the dominate ideology at that time it wasn't to fare in are in history or even at that time when we was doing the same thing in our country (Native Americans, African Americans), and this was the same with most countries that apposed the Germans. ... This pamphlet was to prepare the Germans for the Allied propaganda, the title and front read only the words "How They Lie". (#4) Next we have a flyer that plays off the fear that the Jews would take over all. ... ...

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I can sympathize with Osama bin Laden, as with Saddam Hussein, Fidel Castro, or Yasser Arafat! ... If you need something they can offer, they are rebels or freedom fighters. ... It is inevitable that unless something changes, the attacks will continue. ... "We thought we were safe!" ... I think it is human nature to speak out in protest - we have a mind of reason and conscience, and therefore have a duty to object to what is evil. ...

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How much is enough? ... Little seems to have changed over the millennia. ... How can one man continue to create so much interest and so much fear? ... Can we ever understand such a man? ... Without any thought, King Midas wished that everything he touched would turn to gold. ...

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Throughout this sentence, we can hear a repeated 's' sound. ... They also see a nice warm fire and the word jingle is used, to help show their happy thoughts of this scene. ... We can see that the men don't doubt God's existence or God's creation. ... Owen writes, "nor even suns smile true on child, or field, or fruit" In this line, we can see that he is angry, as God allows for the sun to shine brightly on all of the mentioned things but there is no sun on that day. ... We can clearly see that Owen is angry. ...

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There are no easy answers for America's current unrest, only questions. I have a few. Why Us? I believed at first, as do many people, that perhaps we were attacked because of our policies in the Middle East. I no longer believe that. As Netanyahou said a few days ago, America is not being atta...

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He is showing his inner thoughts which reveal that there is no one in his society that can understand his experiences, because they did not personally experience them. ... " Francis is a complex, dynamic character that is changing throughout the story. ... Shady Hill had been secluded from such rebellious acts as evidenced by the line stating "there had not even been a breath of scandal.... The thrilling state of mind experienced by Francis in rebellion gives him the courage to speak his innermost thoughts. ... Francis became a part of a community that ultimately did not allow h...

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As we all have heard of the murdering man by the name of Adolf Hitler, we are reminded of what he did during WWII to such blameless people. ... His Nazi belief also thought that other races were "sub-human." ... It really shows how cruel an individual's mind can think when they are being influenced by the rest of the world to be in control. ... As people who live in this society even today, many would think the same and just be thankful that they weren't a Jew so that they didn't have to go through all of the tragic experiences that they had to experiment. ... This is a part of...

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Their morals were changing every day along with their lives. ... This scene just shows how irritable and moody one can be after experiencing war... " The mood changed. ... These things all display how war can affect man; war truly is a nightmare. ... I can only imagine how these men feel to this day when they look back on it. ...

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Then he believes that the Borders of Germany should be changed. ... Bechloss would deny this as he stated that in "The Conquerors" that FDR remained "silent" even though there was a growing body of evidence. ... Since we have 20/20 vision in hindsight we take it for granted that Germany will be defeated. ... As David Ben Gurion said in 1944 we do not know the entire truth about anything that is going on in Poland it was hard for the other countries of the world to know what they can and should be doing. ... Obviously I I think its wrong - its just we don't really know any of the details ...

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How could such a "cultured" world, Europe, be the culprit to such barbarities? ... All things that we as human beings take for granted, such as water, food, a flat surface to sleep on, and even a semi-private place to relieve ourselves was taken from these people. ... I don't think so. ... We thought only of that. ... Through these personal recollections we can begin to understand the reality of the world we live in today, and then try to change it. ...

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Another example of dramatic irony in the opening scene is when Birling is expressing his thoughts on the progress of technology, when he comes across the subject of the Titanic. ... He is central to getting the characters to examine themselves and their actions and indirectly getting the audience to look at themselves make them think what they have done wrong and whether they can correct it. ... The inspector showed them a mirror; they didn't like what they saw, so they decided to change for the better. How, then, can "An Inspector Calls" be seen as a progression from ignorance to und...

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The Romans, the Mongols, the British and the Spanish empires and many more have all made us who we are today; from one empire another one was given birth to, but also as the culture, language, and food and even combat transformed and developed. ... The world has developed and changed in languages and also cultures. ... This made a great impact creating a bomb that can easily blow up a whole city; with such strong power, and, if the owner doesn't take careful consideration about how to use such a monstrous weapon, it could end terribly or be used for the wrong purposes. ... If it wasn'...

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Even Ms. ... She holds no resentment towards the Americans, and continues with her life as well as she can. ... He is very caring and unselfish, which can be seen when he treats patients without a permit, risking penalty. ... He allows us to feel everything as if we were there. ... The story covers both physical and psychological damage, and provokes a lot of thought and feeling in the reader. ...

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She treated Chiyo horribly, and got her into trouble many times even when she was entirely innocent. ... This was when Chiyo's name had been changed to "Sayuri" after becoming Mameha's "younger sister," making Sayuri dependent of Mameha on the road to becoming a geisha. ... Mameha had once said, "We don't become geisha because we want our lives to be happy; we become geisha because we have no choice" (294). ... I think this was what can make a historical fiction book seem like it had actually happened. ... I can confirm that there isn't dialogue on every page. ...

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