Many did not understand why the US involved itself in the war in Europe but these four paintings helped bring the war closer to home and American related to the war better. ... Rockwell places the people close together so one can imagine the closeness of the family something which many desire because their loved ones were either recruited to fight in the war or have left home to find a decent job to help support the family. ... The closed eyes of the boys ability to sleep and the fact that they do not stay awake in the middle of the night worrying and fearing about death and destruction. ... ...

• Word Count: 1928
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This theory has led to "breastfeeding children until the age of three or beyond, having your baby sleep in your room, if possible in your bed and ˜baby wearing' where you carry your baby with you at all times " (Barnes). ... The benefits of home schooling as it provide the best possible opportunity for healthy relationship parent-child relationship. ... A strong home-school connection will set the stage for a child who will grow up with a love for learning. ... "Proponents believe the stern home environment and strict demands motivate children to perform their best. ...

• Word Count: 1455
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Peasant women and girls took to sleeping outdoors in fields and forests rather than their homes where bandits might find and ravage them (263). ... After the Warsaw uprising, the Polish military leadership in the United Kingdom once again begged with the allied commanders to allow airborne Polish forces to aid the Home Army, but to no avail. ...

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A reflection of how deeply this traumatic experience has affected Owen can be seen through is use of an enjambment to describe the boy's death: " the blood, Come gargling- This is used not only to develop the images Owen sees in his nightmare, but also to emphasize a powerful burst of emotions that cannot be contained within one line; an emotion of anger and bitterness towards those who lied to the people, to those who do not see the dream he does every time he goes to sleep and thus do not suffer as he does. ... From this, we too are shocked as the effect of the war on soldiers is finall...

• Word Count: 2203
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Fascism was forged in the crucible of post-World War I nationalism in Europe. The national aspirations of many European peoples nations without states, peoples arbitrarily assigned to political entities with little regard for custom or culture had been crushed after World War I. The humiliation imposed by the victors in the Great War, coupled with the hardship of the economic Depression, created bitterness and anger. That anger frequently found its outlet in an ideology that asserted not just the importance of the nation, but its unquestionable primacy and central predestined role in history. ...

• Word Count: 1866
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

"The fact is that the automobile has become hypnotic...the opium of the American people." - Fortune Magazine Table of Contents Introduction The Rise of the Automobile The Styling Redesign The Role of Attainable Pricing for the Masses The Emerging American Obsession The Impact on the Nuclear Fami...

• Word Count: 7127
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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 ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate