Cummings was among the first to question modern America, and at the same time, create a unique writing style that would later distinguish him among the greatest writers in history. ... Then, the next like "him," answers its own question: to whom is Plato speaking? ... Instead, we see his teachings spanning other topics, as thus, Cummings uses the subtlety of parenthesis to show how our culture ignores a symbol as powerful as Jesus if he conflicts with tradition social perceptions, like war. However, the question of the main character, "him," lingers through the next stanzas, until Cummings ...

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(Rentschler "How American Is It?" ... But, how does Petersen show us the characters this way, who do we identify with and how?; how does he separate the good guys from bad guys visually?, and how does this create sympathy for those characters? Reasons for the film's success abroad lies in the answers to these questions. ..."...

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The parts dealing with World War II are most closely associated with actual events. ... Céline sees death and the passage of time as the same process. ... Now, he presents us with his war book. ... In his head he refers to them and himself as the Three Musketeers, and tells himself the story of how the Three Musketeers saved the life of a dumb college kid. ... His father tries to teach him how to swim by the sink-or-swim method. ...

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The ten events are a visual aspect of the how the nation evolved into what it is today. ... White House officials and Nixon's secretary, Rose Mary Woods, gave confusing testimony on how the gap might have occurred. ... Like other scholars in his time, Jefferson believed in the existence of a Northwest Passage, or some kind of water connection between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. ... The first meeting was held in Geneva, on November 15, 1920, with 42 nations represented. ... After a century of friendship, Americans and Russians quarreled over Asian questions in the 1890s, and became en...

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The peak of British imperialism coincided with the identification and exploitation of valuable natural resources found in the Transvaal. ... In England the Foreign Office and Cabinet often considered imperial questions, but the Secretary of State for the Colonies was formally in charge of South African affairs. ... In 1652 the Dutch East India Company established stations at the Cape for its passing ships that engaged in trade with India. ... The republics remained extremely poor, compelled to compete with African societies for land and livestock, and only communicated with the outside wor...

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Question Why did the European Empires collapse in such a short amount of time? ... Only second behind Britain, this Empire was still at its greatest extent by 1945 but, by 1962 it had lost all its major territories with nationalism emerging throughout this period. ... While it can be considered that this perhaps was an unwise move from the colonies, like Indochina, the problem seems to stem from the French with their use of force with military might towards an already hostile people. ... To further this, Austin argues a similar point in which the British government were "unusually" enthusias...

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An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. ... Modernism is essentially post-Darwinian: it is a search to explain mankind's place in the modern world, where religion, social stability and ethics are all called into question. ... Eliot even furnished footnotes to help the reader with his The Waste Land. ... He brought home to British poets the significance of French experimental...

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