They carry an underlying pathos, confirming that they have flaws and carry issues with them that create a character that is far from perfect. ... Shadi Neimeh (2013) reaffirms this by stating that "a changing society with a changing cultural climate necessitated a change in the models of heroism" (The Anti-Hero in Modernist Fiction, 76). ... Furthermore, readers like to vicariously live through the anti-hero, who has the freedom to make choices that the ordinary person would never make; these characters have the guts to do and say things we want to. ... On the other hand, the anti-he...

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Liesl transforms and change Dunstan by tempting him to do new things and a live a life which does not tie him to his past. ... So as a child I had to carry the weight of my mother's madness as something that was my own doing. ... The view in which the characters perceive religion changes in the novel Fifth Business. The characters lives are greatly changed due to these religous experiences. ... Dunstan guilt and obsession in making Mary Dempster a saint does not solve his problem of bottled up anger inside. ...

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Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel that gives many accounts of dehumanization and changes the popular belief that war is an idealistic and romantic character. It is a story, not of Germans, but of men, who even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war. ... Paul Baumer is the main character of the story. ... We are not young any longer."2 They have lost their innocents. ... In school he was an extremely bright student and during the war he still carried around his books. ...

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These things are known as allegories, because they are symbols that stand for the truths about human life. ... Upon the arrival of humankind in both places though, they become much less like paradise and ultimately carry out the same fate. ... Simon's character traits are like Jesus' because he demonstrates true morality and selflessness and many of the things he do seem supernatural. ... Also, some of the things Simon do seem almost supernatural or transcendent. ... The boys see the necessity for government so that they can keep law and order and although they have good intentions, ...

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People's lives were drastically changed as they were persecuted and tortured. ... It shows us how much we still have to learn about the world and the civilizations and how hard it is to understand the reason why we do such things to our fellow human beings. ... Only by doing so we can prevent things like this from happening again. ... The Nazi's wanted to make the victims do so many degrading things that they would appear to be subhuman. ... On the opposite the lack of food especially water was used cruelly for facilitating the destruction; hungry, thirsty, emaciated people do not re...

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It was evident immediately that Emperor Hirohito's reign would not be a smooth one as the financial crisis of 1927 showed. ... Because the Japanese controlled the railway, they used the incident to fuel their need to intervene with the events unfolding in China. ... As animosity between the Emperor and his military grew, Hirohito found himself at a loss as to what he should do. ... Wakatsuki ultimately failed in the attempt to carry out his emperor's wishes and the Japanese military continued on its campaign throughout China which eventually pleaded to the League of Nations for in...

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When he tracked his old friend down, he asked if Bernard would help him remember things about the war. ... He loves her for that act, because it was such a human thing to do. ... He carries a cruel triangular trench knife, various pieces of equipment that have been issued to him, and a pornographic photo of a woman with a horse. ... MY COMMENTS: There are a few things in this chapter that come to my attention. First, the main character's name is Billy, not William or Bill. ...

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And they really badly wanted to get to France to get in the fighting." ... The trenches were filled with rats that not only would steal soldiers food, but also carried lice that caused "trench fever"with their bites(Hatt 21). ... They could be delusional. ... (Hansen 52) If not treated quickly, shell-shock can develop into a chronic disease. ... Virginia Woolf also incorporated a character named Septimus, who suffered from shell-shock, in her novel "Mrs. ...

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The world's citizens are living in an era of dramatic change and transition. ... These objectives are certainly ambitious, as they cover the spectrum of international activities. ... The U.N. does much more than is imaginable. Although it is not effective in solving international disputes, the many organizations affiliated with it will prove to be vital in the future, as they have been in the past. ... s future is not uncertain, its role will steadily change to accommodate the ever-evolving world. ...

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While going into the background, history, and causes for the war is not necessary for this essay, it is important to realize that the systems in place during the pre-war period were essentially political "boiling pots" and these tensions carried over through the war into post war circumstances to shape new social movements. ... At best they could be considered merely coalitions of random parties who did not always seek the same political apex. ... In times of crisis we all know that the common people do not want to be making the decisions they want someone to decide for them. People want to be...

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The posters themselves being of an accusatory nature, demanding from the reader "What did you do in the war?" and that they should "Go!"... These sources definitely do not entertain the notion of defeat, let alone the horrors of warfare, which in prior conflicts had been considerable. ... The nature of the conflict also changed over the passing of time, changing from what was primarily a selfish war, fought by Britain against the growing ascendancy of the Central powers as a whole, and Germany especially, whom, by the eve of the war, were challenging Britain on virtually every front except fin...

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Unlike the intellectual party members, his contribution to the cause was practical, not theoretical. ... Stalin was in Siberia until February, when he returned to Moscow after failing to do much to stop the advance (and after heavily criticizing both the local Red Army commander and Trotsky himself for the weaknesses of the Bolshevik forces he was in charge of). ... Shortly thereafter Stalin had 67 officers executed because they had disagreed with him over the handling of the Red Army counterattack. ... She was seventeen when they married, and Stalin was 39. ...

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