Presently it grew altogether dark: the air itself seemed black and heavy to breathe. ... A dark water was before him, and he was crawling on the ground, this way and that, doubtful of the way. ... He went some paces back in the darkness, not daring to move far, or to call in more that a hoarse whisper. ... They lie in all the pools, pale faces, deep deep under the dark water. ... He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil at heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed...

• Word Count: 2079
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In this speech, Eisenhower says, "So my country's purpose is to help us to move out of the dark chamber of horrors into the light, to find a way by which the minds of men, the souls of men everywhere, can move forward towards peace and happiness and well-being.... "To the making of these fateful decisions, the United States pledges before you--and therefore before the world--its determination to help solve the fearful atomic dilemma to devote its entire heart and mind to find the way by which the miraculous inventiveness of man shall not be dedicated to his death, but consecrate...

• Word Count: 1453
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

It is now like a sauna, in pitch-black darkness, and the air is charged with electricity. ... Many women took this legislation to heart, and with it, were motivated to start banding together to fight for equality in the workplace and in American society. ...

• Word Count: 1609
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IT was dark by the time they had gotten down there they had made a fire and decided that that was where they should stay from now on. ... It took them almost the rest of the day to find them, but when they did he was heart broken. ...

• Word Count: 1703
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

I proudly served my country for seven years as these homosexuals did in WWII and even though I suffered far less discrimination, I appreciate their sacrifices with all my heart. During the dark times I felt while I was serving, due to my sexuality, I used to always tell myself that the homosexuals before me in the "old army" had to deal with far worse situations but this book made me realize that I had no idea how right I was. ...

• Word Count: 1395
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For some reason, this touched a particular part of my heart, and the care given to the horse reminded me that, instead of being seemingly fictional characters from an increasingly distant past, these were human beings, who, even in the face of disaster, were capable of caring for a simple animal, exactly like me. ...

• Word Count: 1909
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After Adolf Hitler and his Nazi Party rose to popular power in January of 1933, the Jews of Germany, and later all of mainland Europe, would be living in a deadly, deadly society. These years, later called the Holocaust Years, would see the Jewish population of Europe being exterminated, as part of...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts. we are cut off from activity, from striving, from progress. ... At the end of the war, "the future, whose promise had been so dazzling in August 1914, now seemed to offer only darkness, a blackness without compare"(206). ...

• Word Count: 1787
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• Grade Level: High School

The line continues to say that the man turned their heads on the haunting flares, maybe in a half-hearted effort to shut them out of their minds. ... If this is the case then the line is quite dark, but if the line is taken as it is written then there is a little more optimism being displayed. ...

• Word Count: 2354
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• Grade Level: High School

The Two Ocean War by Samuel E. Morison is a extraordinary masterpiece on the history of U.S navel operations in World War II. The Book is illustrated with 35 Photographs and 54 charts and maps of key engagements. The novel has precise records Of the battle from Pearl Harbor to the war of attrition between submarines and convoys in the Atlantic, through Midway and Guadalcanal, to the invasion of Europe, to Okinawa, and the final surrender of the Japanese. The historical context of the book plays a vital role in the civilization that we live in today. ...

• Word Count: 2389
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School