Both of these two men have to deal with a huge struggle that changes their lives forever. ... Eliezer's battle almost takes control of his life and he gets to the point where he does not even want to live anymore: "One day I was able to get up, after gathering all my strength. ... Finally, the liberation of the concentration camps, and the time spent in silence between Eliezer's liberation and Elie Wiesel's decision to write about his experience, and the horror and violence of war; the effect of war on the soldier; the role of nationalism and patriotic idealism in promoting war...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

The men dressed in black, colorless business suites, with fashionable ties, fashionable outfits, and with any accessory that could compliment their fashionable lives. ... However, the question of the main character, "him," lingers through the next stanzas, until Cummings strikes with: "sir) it took a nipponized bit of the old sixth avenue el; in the top of his head: to tell him." 2 During the early 1930s, the United States traded steel with Japan, which explains the use of "nipponized," which is a derogatory term for something that is Japanese. Also, the "old sith avenue el" r...

• Word Count: 4790
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: High School

Involvement in World War I and II Only about two hundred years old, the United States had developed into a major world power by the beginning of the 20th Century. ... About two million men were sent away over seas in the American Expeditionary Force. ... These men were called the "doughboys". ...

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• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School