Film noir typically revolves around fear and paranoia within the storyline to create suspense, mystery, and eventual misfortune to end the inevitable conflict. ... Film noir acted as a "dark mirror" to post-war America and reflected its moral anarchy of the "American dream". ... The American Dream is the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, determination, and initiative. ... Film noir, especially during and after the war, "tested the dream of upward mobility and the ideas of individualism, li...

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Therefore this trip let Finny have some peace within him, that he couldn't have at Devon by escaping reality through a trip away. ... After Finny's leg shattered he suffers a great deal because he knows he can't aim for his dreams anymore. A dream of his was going to the 1944 Olympics, and since he can't participate anymore he intended on living out his dream in Gene. So even though Finny's dream was out of the ordinary at the time, Gene didn't try to argue instead he thought, "And not believing him, not forgetting that troops were being shuttled toward batt...

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Throughout history, America fought several battles amongst other countries, and also within itself. ... This paper examines the idea that Superheroes symbolize power, persistence, and change of America when considering the American dream. ... Superheroes are advocates for American justice while they symbolize the importance of American power and the American dream. ... Being the first character to fight for social justice, Superman symbolizes power of the American people and the American dream. ... Still powerful, these superheroes continue to portray persistence, power and the ever-changin...

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WITHIN A MONTH HE HAD 5 PPL WORKING 4 HIM. ... HE IS DRIFTING IN & OUT OF CONSCIOUSNES HE HAS A DREAM THAT AN AUSTRALIAN WARSHIP IS COMING TO RESCUE HIM & HE WILL GET ONE MORE CHANCE OF LIVING. THIS DREAM IS THE TURNING POINT FOR HIM. 1AM 9TH JAN HMAS ADEL. CAME WITHIN 200YRD OF THE UPTURNED BOAT. ... ON HIS LAST DAY BEFORE BEING RESCUED, WHEN HE HAD REACHED A CROSSROAD OF LETTING GO HIS FAITH OF BEING RESCUED & PERHAPS LAPSING INTO UNCONSCIOUNES, HAVING A DREAM OF BEING SAVED BY AN AUST. ...

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World War 1 World War 1 was known as the Great war. It was the largest war the world has ever see. This war went on for four years. World War 1 started in a small province of Austria-Hungry called Bosnia. Many people in Bosnia and Serbia were angry with Austria-H...

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He was known to have a short temper and dominating attitude within the Hitler household. ... He spent his time reading aimlessly, dreaming about life as an artist and avoiding all responsibilities. ... He then proceeded to spend two years in Linz with his mother carrying out an aimless existence and filling his time by reading, painting, wandering in the woods and dreaming of becoming a famous artist. ...

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Besides the breakthrough of inventions like the Gothic Cathedrals and the compass, advances in space exploration have changed the life of modern man today, as man has dreamed for centuries. ... A century ago, space exploration was just a concept or a dream for mankind, but this idea has been accomplished by the development of powerful rocket which overcame the force of gravity. ... Later on, a national goal of "landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth within a decade" was set by President John F. ...

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Finny found his separate peace within his denial. ... In addition, Gene and Finny shared the same dreams of the Olympics still going on as planned, and that there is no war. ... Each person had their own war within themselves. ...

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Within the first few sentences from J. Samuel Walker's 'Prompt and Utter Destruction,' I questioned rather or not what Truman and his superiors chose to do was necessary. After reading into it a little further, I became more and more curious. If the primary key of concern was American causali...

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The German strategy was to simultaneously attack Leningrad, Moscow and Smolensk and they began their attack with a massive artillery bombardment which caught the Russians by surprise and within the first 48 hours of the campaign the Luftwaffe had destroyed 2000 Russian aircraft, handing air superiority over to the Germans. ... By early July, the panzers from the North divisions were within 80 miles of Leningrad and the central forces had taken Smolensk. ... Hitler, in trying to make it the short swift war he had dreamed of, out ran his supply roots. ...

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Humans live life to achieve dreams and aspirations. ... As the smoke gathered enough nutrients to build a huge fire, humans in their search have come to a tremendous obstacle that creates a fire within their lives, a fire that can make or break their lives. ...

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He had a dream to make the USSR change from a backward peasant society to a powerful industrialized nation. ... Stalin still believing USSR needed to improve within itself signed the, Nazi- Soviet Pact. ...

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Finny "used to be aiming for the Olympics" (109) and now has to face his shattered dream. ... Gene understands the importance of Phineas" goal that Gene lead both of them to glory and feels it is within reach. ...

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One such case is that of Libyan dictator Muammar el-Qaddafi, who "was so fixated by the dream of owning atomic bombs that he allegedly offered to pay India the equivalent of its national debt- nearly $18 billion for the technology." ... These agents usually kill the victims within a day or two after it has come into contact with its host. ...

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The Abuse of Power Many people remember the year 1933 as the year that Hitler began his reign as dictator of Germany. Hitler was given great power over Germany, and this power would bring great tragedy to the Jewish nation. With his uncontrollable power and great respe...

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If anything were to go wrong, as it tragically did, it could only come from within; the only enemy of man was himself. ... According to David Spitz: It is the practical Piggy who jarringly introduces the reality principle into this dream of pleasure: `How can you expect to be rescued if you don't put first things first and act proper?' ...

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Since childhood, she has been aware of such power hidden within the ink and strokes of the pen. ... Briony is in a war of self-conflict throughout the course of the novel, for just as she has murdered the hopes and dreams of those around her, she has done so to herself. ...

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