The Black children's faces hold an innocence causing the viewer to ask the question, " How could these innocent children be a threat to the White World?" In another picture, Rockwell exhibits the innocence of the Black children and the cruelty of the White people. ... A mixture of innocence, confusion, and bravery form her expression and she does not understand the why this event is happening to her. ... Also there is a contrast between light and dark and Rockwell uses a mix of lightness and darkness and shows a difference of the ages of each character through the texture of the skin. ...

• Word Count: 1928
• Approx Pages: 8
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

America, in short, had lost whatever delusions of innocence it had ever had. ... It was the style of black and white American films that first evolved in the 1940s that became prominent in the post-war era, and lasted in a classic "Golden Age" period until about 1960 which was marked by Orson Welles' Touch of Evil (1958), described as the "last" film of the classic film noir era. ... Film noir also possesses a "hypnotic allure that comes from an unflinching exploration of the darker motivations of human nature" (Palacio, 2011) and also marks the "beginning of a r...

• Word Count: 1145
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In the first month of the war, half a million men were recruited, while by February 1916, 2,631,000 men had volunteered for active service, while conscription, begun by the Derby scheme, placing all men aged 18-41 on a call-up list, led to only a further 2,339,000 being conscripted. ... Indeed, the attacks on the Somme, and many other dismal affairs like it, Passchendaele for example, may well have not been possible, bar such unscrupulous recruitment practices, many of the enlisting Sergeants allowing underage enlistment, "smiling they wrote his lie: aged 19 years", (Disabled) sending five di...

• Word Count: 6124
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Through much of history, the strength of a nation has been determined by the strength of its leader. Despite the appearance of holding power, leader's often are undermined by their own subjects as the case of Emperor Hirohito of Japan. It is true that during his reign Japan has seen a territorial expansion in Asia not unlike that of Genghis Khan's Mongolia or Julius Caesar's Rome but the question remains whether Hirohito played an active role in that expansion. Though often regarded as the people's emperor, Hirohito has proven to be less of a leader in times of war and ...

• Word Count: 5382
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Introduction The field of transitional justice was practically nonexistent prior to the end of the Second World War. Mass atrocities had taken place on the world stage with almost no consequences being brought upon the perpetrators, and more importantly the orchestrators or those "most responsible"...

• Word Count: 4395
• Approx Pages: 18
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate