As readers of Kurt Vonnegut's literary masterpiece, "Slaughterhouse Five," we're told that the all the events of the story are true, more or less, and that Vonnegut experienced the Dresden bombings firsthand. ... In Chapter 1, Vonnegut tells us that after the war he and his wife lived in Schenectady, New York, which Billy Pilgrim's "Ilium" seems to be based on. ... During the war Billy pilgrim is captured by the Germans and is held as a prisoner of war in Dresden. ... It is on the planet Tralfamadore that the Tralfamadorians teach Billy about how they see time. ... That everythi...

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Adrien does a superb job playing the part of a Jew during World War II. ... The acting of the Germans is also well done, showing the audience how many people were afraid of them. ... The story is absolutely amazing, the way it tells of a man that wants to and does survives the war. The film is so powerful not because all the events real but because the story of the Wladyslaw Szilman is true. ... The story is the most impotent part of a film because it needs to touch the audience in some way and this story does just that. ...

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Is War Necessary? ... This movie tells the story of a reluctant hero, Benjamin Martin, who enters the war after his family, becomes endangered by the British. ... It was the British who instigated and prolonged the war. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... Based on an inspiring true story, The Lost Battalion recreates the life and death action of the first Great War, however seems to focus on death and negativity. ...

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When Vonnegut places himself inside the book, particularly in the first chapter, the reader is told that the all the events of the story are true, more or less, and that Vonnegut experienced the Dresden bombings firsthand. ... He tells us about how the cattle have awakened Jesus, yet he does not cry about it. ... Perhaps the greatest ironic incident is when the model English soldiers tell the war-torn Americans that they needn't worry about bombs or other aspects of war while they are in Dresden. ... The alien tells him how every character in the novel has their "ups and downs". ... A...

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This is how the plot behind A Farewell to Arms came to be. When the young Frederic Henry entered into the war as a volunteer ambulance driver he had no idea how it would changed his whole world and his whole life. ... Set in Italy in the middle of World War 1 the story writes itself. ... War is a time when love stories become true and when people have to understand who they are and what they are doing. ... It tells the story of life, and how everything that a person does or sees in their lifetime is with them until the end. ...

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I believe that there is no true version of reality but several versions of reality. ... They both think they're correct, for who is to tell them no? ... There was not one clear story for why we went to war, everyone did know what started the flame was the destruction of the twin towers. ... It all just depends on what you believe is true. The history taught to us in school cannot be trusted because it does not explain both sides to the story on how the United States got to be where it is today. ...

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Knowles' novel tells the somber story of a young man's struggle to escape from himself and his world; to achieve a special and separate peace. ... This tear-filled conversation makes each boy realize how much they actually care for each other. ... Gene Forrester goes through the ages of 16, 17, and 18 during the course of the story he tells. ... This is also true of the Devon School when he revisits it. ... It is interesting enough to hold the attention of anyone, while it tells a well written enough story to capture the hearts of the most advanced literate also. ...

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Knowles' novel tells the somber story of a young man's struggle to escape from himself and his world; to achieve a special and separate peace. ... This tear-filled conversation makes each boy realize how much they actually care for each other. ... Gene Forrester goes through the ages of 16, 17, and 18 during the course of the story he tells. ... This is also true of the Devon School when he revisits it. ... It is interesting enough to hold the attention of anyone, while it tells a well written enough story to capture the hearts of the most advanced literate also. ...

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Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is the true story of a Japanese-American family's detention in California's Manzanar internment camp during World War II. ... War department- clothes B. ... I liked the book and I think it is an interesting story. ... Also, how we have to be careful & wise and before making a decision. ... How they want to try to fit in but we don't let them just because of their ethnicity. ...

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Title: The Story of Winston Churchill Author: Alida Sims Malkus This story tells of Winston Churchill's life from birth until he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, II. ... In 1895, he became a war correspondent during the Cuban Rebellion. ... While there, he realized how much stuff he didn't learn in school. ... After World War II, he was again kicked out of office. ... I also like the way he shows true patriotism to his country....

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They grew very close over time while fighting together in the war. ... It is so exciting, and would seem absolutely impossible if it was not a true story. ... He also never gave up while him and his crew were stranded at sea, no matter how much it seemed they were going to die. ... The book tells their unique life story about them growing up, getting into trouble, and Pete getting Louis to start running so he could stop behaving badly and have something to do with his life. ... Hillenbrand, kept describing the events of the war for far too long in the intro before she tells about Zamperini...

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Sing for your life- A true Story of the VonTrapp family When a family is in trouble, they always have to stick together. ... When a family with seven children is in trouble, it is just a little bit harder if you catch my drift This family didn't seem to have any trouble doing what they had to do, so let me tell you the story. ... A few years went by until the World War II connection came into play. ... Because of the war going on, there were just about no jobs open anywhere, so to raise money the family changes their name from VonTrapp to Trapp. ... It was very interesting to lea...

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Baumer and his classmates who enlisted into the army see the true reality of the war. ... Along with that, they need to know how to escape the shells as well as the emotional and psychological torment of the war. ... This is how Baumer feels, he cannot relate with men who have not fought the war. ... It is perhaps the most tragic generation our human records tell of. ... Although I may not have experienced the war life, I value my life and my time more than ever before, which is why this particular story has a great impact on my life....

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Those innocent teenagers joined the war barely because of their enthusiasms, when they saw the true meaning of the war, all of their enthusiasms have gone, and they no longer believed that the war is honorable. ... The theme of the whole book is the horror and violence of the war, and how the superior leaders using young soldiers as their tools to against each other in the war. ... The descriptions of Paul's feelings were very meticulous, and gave the readers a impressive feeling about how terrible the war was. ... In order to lighten the guilt, Paul told the French soldier he would tell ...

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He went to war. ... He dreams of his younger days when he was capable of fulfilling and remaining true to his talent. ... This is similar to how he ignores his wife's cheating habits instead of confronting her. ... You may not always know one's true background and what is really happening in their life. ... The narrator for the story is in Milan for rehabilitation where he meets an Italian Soldier, a champion fencer, whose hand has been wounded while at war that is also in rehabilitation. ...

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The interesting thing about this novel is how much it resembles his own life. ... Vonnegut used this novel to tell, in a creative way, the details of his own life during this time. ... This is not true in some cases, however. ... This story is also the closest in resemblance to Vonnegut's own experiences in life and in World War 2. ... This is true for many writers, however. ...

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How the patient received his terrible injuries? How Katherine and Geoffrey Clifton lost their lives? ... His reaction of his "disillusionment with nations warring against nations" (Fred Mensch, Barbara Nixon, Greg Nixon, p.2) is like suicide (p.242), symbolizing how easily he gets upset by the news that there will soon be a war. ... She tells Caravaggio that after her abortion, "I stepped so far back that no one could get near me." ... The connotation of this fact is that Kip is shown to be a complete man, true to his predisposition and principles while Hanna still wanders around, searching. ...

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His poem "Harlem" questions what happens to dreams when they don't come true. A Raisin in the Sun takes place in the slums of Chicago post World War II. While World War II was over, the war against racism is still being fought between black and white Americans, which put a strain on the family dynamics of the Younger family, both financially and emotionally. ... She tells Mama, "...Mama, something is happening between Walter and me. ... Every character in the story had dreams that were important to them for different reasons; however all of the dreams had the goal to better the...

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When he first enters the story Paul is very enthusiastic about going to the war. ... Through Paul Baumer, Remarque shows how war makes man inhuman. ... "The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts."1 Paul and his classmates who enlisted into the army see the true reality of the war. ... The only thing they need to know now is how to survive. ... As he tells the story, insight into the sacrifice the soldiers gave defending their country is seen as well as the difficulties of loosing friends, killing another man, and going day after day without much, if any, sleep. ...

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I feel that this is especially true with regard to my grandfather, who recently passed away. Papa's passing has made me realize how much he has done for me, and how much of a loving man he was. ... Papa used to tell me stories about his struggles as a naval officer during World War II. ... His stories have taught me that there is a reason behind every struggle, and what really matters is how a person learns to overcome adversity. ... After his passing, I realized how much my grandpa meant to me. ...

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This is how he made friends, friends with power. At this point the War was already underway and Schindler seized an opportunity to make some money. ... He tells Goeth that he will pay him a certain amount of money for each Jew to work for him. As an excuse he tells the officers that it is merely "cheap labor" to be used in his enamelware factory. ... I think Oskar Schindler was a great hero if the movie was true, but his wife who is still alive thinks otherwise. ...

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So many things happen throughout the Holocaust that many believe that it's not true or just don't even know what had happened. ... It took Art many visits with his father to get the complete story. ... Art Spiegelman not only tells the story of his father's life, but he draws you in and brings you into the story, as if you could feel the exact same pains and sorrows as those unfortunate souls did in the Holocaust. ... Stories heard through the grapevine, traveled back to parts of Europe, telling the horror stories of those who died in the death camps. ... Ironic how it se...

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This touching novel tells the stark truth about all war, that it is senseless and a waste of so many lives, not only the ones fighting the war, but those left behind at home. ... How will we ever get used to one after this, here?" ... Brian Murdoch says, "Stolen youth is a recurrent motif," (Murdoch All Quiet on the Western Front 1) which, indeed, is all too true. ... He is in turn able to relate just how unfair, ruthless, and senseless war truly is. ... It makes one ponder, who invented war, and how do "civilized" people believe it is the answer to the world's problems? ...

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That's exactly how it was then and that's exactly how it is now. ... When we went through these doors they handed us a card, a card that would tell us all about one person and there life during the Holocaust. ... All of the people were real and e all of the stories were true. ... When time was headed towards the end of the war, the camps were forced out of Eastern Europe and Magda was sent to labor camps in germany. ...

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Chapter One The narrator assures us that the book we are about to read is true, more or less. ... The book, Céline and His Vision, is a story of a French soldier whose skull gets cracked during World War I. ... In his own mind, Weary narrates the war stories he will one day tell. ... In his head he refers to them and himself as the Three Musketeers, and tells himself the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the life of a dumb college kid. ... His father tries to teach him how to swim by the sink-or-swim method. ...

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