Gene wants to get involved in sports so he can be more like Finny was before he broke his leg. ... Finny falls off of the tree branch during a routine jump with Gene and breaks his leg. ... When Gene goes to visit Finny in his own home, Finny seems much more mature and seems like he has grown up. ... Brinks goes from being highly involved in class politics, to shunning his duty as a school politician. Leper goes off to war and comes back nearly insane. ...

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Gene wants to get involved in sports so he can be more like Finny was before he broke his leg. ... Finny falls off of the tree branch during a routine jump with Gene and breaks his leg. ... When Gene goes to visit Finny in his own home, Finny seems much more mature and seems like he has grown up. ... Brinks goes from being highly involved in class politics, to shunning his duty as a school politician. Leper goes off to war and comes back nearly insane. ...

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At this time World War II was going on and Francis Bacon moved to Berlin with his uncle who seemed to be his lover at the time. ... It had some very big ears right next to its mouth, and a visible leg that resembled more of a table leg rather than one of a bird. Now the leg seems to be standing on a patch of grass or something along that nature. ... That is why this animal has a human mouth, ear, and leg. ... We all seem to blame things on other when things go wrong, but in reality we are all to blame. ...

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Later that day, they skip dinner to go swimming in the river, by Finny's choice, and are asked where they were on return. ... This was done at Finny's request, Gene was going to study for a test, but he felt that he can't say no to Finny so hey went. ... When at the tree, he was still sore at Finny and when he was about to jump, Gene shook the limb, Finny Lost balance, fell and shattered his leg. ... Gene knows that he has broken Finny's leg, it is all his fault, his best friend can never play sports again because of him. ... Finny had gon...

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Later that day, they skip dinner to go swimming in the river, by Finny's choice, and are asked where they were on return. ... This was done at Finny's request, Gene was going to study for a test, but he felt that he can't say no to Finny so hey went. ... When at the tree, he was still sore at Finny and when he was about to jump, Gene shook the limb, Finny Lost balance, fell and shattered his leg. ... Gene knows that he has broken Finny's leg, it is all his fault, his best friend can never play sports again because of him. ... Finny had gone home for a time because of his sh...

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Only the guilt built up by Finny into Gene made him go. ... Finny hit the ground under the tree with a loud thud, the fall ended up breaking his leg. ... Leper was one that would go off on his own and do his own things. ... Going through war caused Leper to realize a few things about himself, that he wasn't fit for war and he was going crazy. ... Many people believed he didn't believe in war because he wasn't able to participate in it due to his injured leg. ...

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When he first enters the story Paul is very enthusiastic about going to the war. ... Kropp's leg soon had to be amputated at the thigh. After a few more weeks Paul and Kropp parted, Paul going to war and Kropp going home. ... When Kropp and Paul were injured and sent to a hospital then his leg was amputated. ... As the war goes on Paul and his friends become weary, wore out, even matured too soon. ...

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Before the fear and the reality of war sets in on the young soldiers they are enthusiastic and happy about going off to war. ... Kemmerich is dead, Haie Westhus is dying Martens has no legs anymore, Meyer is dead, Max is dead, Beyer is dead, Hammerling is dead it is a dammable business, but what has it to do with us now - we live. (124-125 All Quiet on the Western Front) This quotation also shows how the narrator is becoming more and more desensitized by the war. ... In Catch 22 Yossarian goes AWOL meaning he simply runs away. ... The catch 22 in the novel refers to that if someone is to be...

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Frederic's leg was very badly injured because of this and was taken to one of the many hospitals in Italy. ... I will go now and bring her here."" ... - " I just go to see if there is anything new. ... I would eat quickly and go see Catherine Barkley."" ... Frederic then goes to Stresa, where he learns that his one love Catherine is stationed. ...

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One of the horses falls and badly breaks a leg; this time Ross allows his responsibilities to take charge. ... I know that you're going to go away and be a soldier. Well - you can go to hell. ... The fact that World War One was going on at the same time as the life of Robert Ross seems to play little more role to the book than to contribute to the darkness of the theme. ...

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So to Americans, who were long accustomed to having their news censored, these photos opened their eyes to what the Vietnam War was really like and what their soldiers were going through. ... However before he was sent to Vietnam, every day the public would recieve a report of what had happened that day in the war, but once he got there he realized it was nothing like what was really going on. ... However World War II showed the more serious side of war, this photo (Appendix 4) was from the Netherlands, where a Dutch father who had been severely wounded in his head, hands and leg, stares in ho...

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She studied Herpetology (the study of reptiles) in high school and had hopes to become good enough to go on an expedition. ... Instead of going down to a shelter like she was told, she went onto the roof to take pictures. ... While she was in Korea on another assignment, she noticed a dull ache on her left arm and leg. ... In the summer of 1971 she fell, cracking three ribs, and had to go to the hospital. ...

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America simply cannot support that regime, so before any economic aid could be brought to the region, the Taliban would have to go. ... The mice can go places the elephant simply can't, and hide where the elephant can't reach. ... It needs to be something that will kick the legs of support out from underneath Bin Laden, as well as future leaders in that region. ... That's going to be tough to do in a land where nobody has a television or radio. ...

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The flaw being that if the one in charge relies on the people of the colony to do the work, it has the potential to loose all the benefits if the enslaved should stop, taking the legs right out from under the chair in which they sit so high. ... Both sides do not want either one to gain control over the other, forcing it to go against itself. ...

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He brings to life the harsh trench-warfare scene and many times states that no man should ever have to go through that. ... This is a very common misconception that Remarque attempts to rid the reader of very early when in the first chapter, Pauls good friend Kemmerich has his leg amputated from a bullet and then dies a painfully slow death with Paul at his side. ...

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Granted, when the lights go out and the park is closed he does gain momentary autonomy, but each morning he is condemned to face more misery. ... Auden writes, "In Breughel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns away quite leisurely from the disaster; the ploughman may have heard the splash, the forsaken cry, but for him it was not an important failure; the sun shone as it had to on the white legs disappearing into the green water; and the expensive delicate ship that mush have seen something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky, had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on" (line...

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World War II ended on May 8th of 1945 in Europe, but those who survived found it difficult to go back to a normal life, as they did not even remember what that life had even been like, and some did not even find a reason to move on or a point to living itself. ... Even though Holocaust survivors and families did everything in trying to go on with their lives without being reminded of their past, traumatic memories would come flooding back along with many emotions. ... One being she would sleep with an ax under her pillow and having a habit of bringing her own water when going out to eat. ... A...

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According to an autopsy, Birch had been shot in the leg, then hogtied. ... If they were to spread their resources across America, they could stop the spread of Communism that goes under the radar since, no Communist would publicly promote Communism (Welch 87). ... The speeches would not just deal with Communism and anti-Communism, rather, go deeper into who were Communists, how it was spreading, and why Communism is the antichrist (Welch 98). ... Welch spoke of a need to go international with their message to stop the worldwide spread of Communism. ...

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His legs were particularly short and his feet were extremely large. ... In fact, his decision to go to war on September 1939 was based on his fear of becoming old. He wanted to go to war while he was still young enough to enjoy it. ...

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The German lieutenant who had given the message asked his escort, Colonel Joseph Harper what exactly "nuts- meant; Harper replied, "It means, go to Hell- (Ambrose2 224-5). ... The airborne divisions could not go to their assigned positions by plane, as the weather continued to be foggy, snowy, cold. ... Anyone nearby would be wounded, often severely as the shrapnel could easily take off arms, legs, or kill. ...

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Wide leg pants were shown by a number of designers for next spring, and vintage clothiers report 60s styles selling along with those of the 50s. ... The skirts are so long that I go into brief mourning for the calf-length black leather skirt that I cut to thigh-length when short was in style. ... She admits that the old stuff she has in her closet may never go out of fashion. ... This goes against the thought that a shocking new trend will just die out and never withstand. ...

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