A) Introduction: Tom Brokaw's book, The Greatest Generation, was a book of moral reflection and great insight. ... It spoke of their courage during a time when little could be found. ... It was after this event, and the courage she exemplified during it which earned her a Silver Star. ... It was a book written from stories of men and woman full of honor and courage, for men and woman of honor and courage. ... Her courage earned the Silver Star, which made her the first woman to receive this coveted medal. ...

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I "The British stereotype of the Hun came to personify a particular perception of the quintessential immorality of Prussian mitiliarism and provided Allied propagandists with the essential focus they required to launch their moral offensive against the enemy at home and abroad, and amongst their own troops." ... "Your courage, your cheerfulness, your resolution, will bring us victory." ... Firstly it was felt that the government needed to promote an attitude of cheerful British courage. ... One of the chief aims of to the Ministry's propaganda was to "persuade the people that...

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"I remember your unfailing courtesy and pleasantness to junior officers and your regardless courage in fighting, when necessary, the powers that be." ... Alanbrooke, through his power of persuasion, strength of will, moral courage and utter determination to do the right thing, convinced Churchill to agree to his plan and allow the remainder...

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At the end of his book, Jensen asks the reader a very critical question: "Do we have the courage to stop being Americans and become human beings? ... Emma Goldman states "Patriotism retards our moral development " because "The greater the destructive power of a nation, the greater the potential danger of patriotism " (48). ...

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The code hero, then, offers up and exemplifies certain principles of honor, courage, and endurance which in a life of tension and pain make a man, as we say, and enable him to conduct himself well in the losing battle that is life. ... In "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber- Francis is the Hemingway hero because he had courage and faced his fears. If Francis would not have went out on the safari the last time and had so much courage his wife would not have shot him. ... As a writer, Hemingway drew heavily upon his war experiences, as is seen in his earlier works that speak of men and wom...

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Through the pain Caputo also learned about loyalty and courage. ... The Moral ambiguities that this trial raises against the Vietnam War was that it widened peoples perception and made them curious about what was actually going on in the Vietnam war. ...

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Anti-heroes are protagonists who, unlike the traditional hero, lacks conventional heroic attributes such as morality, courage, and selflessness. ... Thus, the anti-hero became a "reflection of humankind as it adjusted to the erosion of society's traditional moral and social virtues" (Hayes & Busch). ...

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Because he switches around this word in many ways, Cummings mocks the American way of associating military service with courage, honor, privilege, and all the other pithy sayings society loves to drill into its citizens" minds. ...

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Hitler wastes no time and on the very first page of his book mentions the "moral right to acquire foreign soil and territory" and continued: "The sword is then the plow, and from the tears of war there grows the daily bread of generations to come." (1) This statement falls completely in line with his racial dogma and shows quite clearly that Hitler had always deemed expansion was necessary. ...

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• Grade Level: High School