" "Fly Away Peter" charts Jim's loss of innocence as he confronts the brutality of war and the truth about human nature." ... Jim Saddler's journey of self-discovery provides a vehicle for the author to deliver his powerful messages portraying the transient nature of human existence. ... Here in Brisbane, Jim first encounters the truth about the callous nature of human beings, and the hypocritical nature of war. ... The hypocrisy of human nature is displayed, using Connie as a representative, whereby she discourages the fighting between the people in her own town, yet encourages J...

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At the end of his book, Jensen asks the reader a very critical question: "Do we have the courage to stop being Americans and become human beings? ... This personally makes me feel guilty after being enlightened on the truth behind America's selfish nature. ... This idea of patriotism displays how egocentrism of America could blindly destroy the precious nature and culture of other great nations like it already has done. ... He knows that certain things like cluster bombs are not inherit in human nature, but empathy and willingness for change are. ... By growing up in a world of injustice ...

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Japan is a culture where human relations and preservation of harmony are the most important elements in society. ... "Japan is eternally at nature's mercy, vulnerable to the sea that surrounds it, to earthquakes of the soil beneath it and a real shortage of raw materials, particularly food and fuel. ... This development of the human nature and attitude relates directly to Japan's business practice and provides a basis for good business relations. ... They prefer the natural order represented by people living in human community, rather than by individual living in the state of nature....

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It is all too common for modern literary works from the 1930s and 1940s to exude human suffering, and Thomas's "The Hunchback in the Park" is no different. ... Each day nature teases him into thinking he can gain an unattainable freedom. ... The hunchback - whether knowingly or not - becomes an artist upon nightfall and creates his own world to counteract the work of nature . ... Successful art, indeed, often exists to address an aspect of human existence and help the reader to gain perspective - Auden does just that. He captures the emblematic story of human suffering in the tale of ...

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He will follow his Tao teaching by letting nature flow its course, for "The Master sees things as they are, without trying to control them. ... Truthfully, humans are naturally born lazy and intelligent. ... The human mind is not impossible to be governed, for Machiavelli understands how to do so. Machiavelli understands the natural ways of human activity. ... Machiavelli understands the nature of military and how to use it wisely. ...

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The portrayal of nature in the poem: the mad gusts' of the merciless iced east winds that knive' and the poignant misery of the dawn', is negative and introduces the idea that the soldiers in the salient are under attack, not only by the enemy, but from nature as well. In fact, in this instance it seems as if nature itself is the enemy. Owen's use of pathetic fallacy develops this idea; the description of Dawn massing her army', the referral to the stealth' of the snowflakes and the deathly' nature of the air are images that are at once animated in th...

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The nature of humans attribute to the need for power and the ability of a powerful state to influence others. Thomas Hobbes indicates "the nature of man, we find three principal causes of quarrel. ... Since mans true nature encompasses competition, diffidence, and glory it is only natural to assume without the presence of power on behalf of the state, outsiders would invade the state for no reasons other than greed and envy in order to secure their own safety by establishing a reputation for themselves. ... While the preceding paragraphs outline the definition of power and examine the nature o...

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It revealed a lot about the way I see the world and human nature when I expected him to assume that the officers were guilty-by-association, whether or not they personally did anything to Hachiya himself. ... I discovered a personal subconscious belief of human nature in the idea that no one forgives an atrocity like the one at Hiroshima, and the realization disturbed me. ... 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, ...

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As the word 'shod' insinuates horses, not humans. ... An important fact is also present in the phrase 'where even', this is suggesting that a force of nature more powerful than the 'little brambles' had tried to stop them, yet they persevered. This supports Owen's belief that war was unnatural, and by resisting nature man is really resisting himself. ... By focuing on different aspects, such as the individuals of war, the pressure to attend war, the circumstances on arriving home, the effect of war as a whole and war being against nature. ...

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He believes that no one can live without the help of fellow human beings. ... As Ibn Khaldun describes in the Muqaddimah, "history makes us acquainted with the conditions of past nations as they are reflected in their recent national nature" (Khaldun, p. 199), the present is composed of the pieces of past. ... Humans have to have access to food, which energizes them. ... The power of animals, especially the predatory animals are much stronger than that of humans. In order to defend themselves, humans had to invent weapons. ...

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The one problem that emerged is that which we all have, we are all human. Humans seem to have many weaknesses, and these weaknesses are normal and that is how humans were developed. ... Since humans created this supposedly perfect government, and run it, then how can those just morals be applied? ... The ideal the both Democracy and Communism deal with is equality for all, the only problem is that humans are too greedy for Communism to work. ... This thinking can lead us to the hypocritical nature of the Cold War, and how one government should be stopped and ours should be accepted by all, and...

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Otto Dix born in 1891 and died in 1969, was an artist whose work defined the nature of New Objectivity clearly. ... Which he feels is the work of art that becomes a symbol and source of power for the partly still silent power in the responsible human being. ... Working at a time when many artists used their art to investigate formal problems, Kollwitz devoted herself to describing the human condition. ... She came into contact with some of the cities most needy people and was exposed to great suffering due to the nature of her husband's work. ...

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He started to write novels not for himself, but for human being. ... During the period of the First World War and the post-war years, he witnessed so-called human misery, which influenced and reflected on his literature work. ... During the twenty-year period between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the Second World War, Zweig produced couples of outstanding novels and biographies, reflecting the reality of human world. ... "It happens-and I am not ashamed to admit this fault- that there is nothing heroic in my nature. ...

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Kanellis 3 We, as humans, are capable of controlling nature to some sort of degree, unlike any other animal on earth. ... Humans spew different poisons on the very land that we inhabit and anticipate nothing unpleasant for the present and the future. ... It eventually gets into the grass and corn and then into the bones of human beings and animals only to linger there until death" ("Contaminating the Environment"). ...

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He also established a system of political censorship to preserve the nature of the communistic ideas in Soviet society. ... Soviet society during that time lacked elementary human rights, including freedom of speech. Stalin was resolved to achieve his vision of a perfect communist society without regards to its cost in human lives. ... Generally, heavy indoctrination of the Soviet people, censorship and terror instigation being used as primary tools of indoctrination, cause a significant loss in perceived value of human life. ...

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Here, Einstein is implying that at the point of World War III, humans would have developed weapons of mass destruction so powerful that they would destroy civilization and send the survivors back into the Stone Age. ... By their very nature, biological weapons are hard to control. ... How does this concern humans? ... Deciding whether or not to use biological weapons is not just a decision that affects humans. ...

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If you look at the first one which is located at left hand side, you see that this figure could easily be half-human and half-animal. ... Now you also can notice that this creature has a mouth that is very human like. ... Now the leg seems to be standing on a patch of grass or something along that nature. ... It is basically saying that we humans are animals. That is why this animal has a human mouth, ear, and leg. ...

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The extreme courage it takes to fight a gun with human will, and to have such faith in human spirit, a way perhaps impossible in today's world. Gandhi allows the younger generations to observe what one man did for his people and how he open the eyes of the world, forcing them to see human strength, courage, and devotion never seen before nor since. ... Nonetheless, it is apparent that it's human nature to feel unsure when it comes to giving someone power, and when England left it sparked the desire to be free in everyone single individual. ...

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One of the books primary objectives is that "We can learn a great deal about the nature of present world crises by carefully comparing our own situation with related aspects of primitive culture." ... However, many primitive cultures have evolved without a great sense of security, dependence on nature, and little use of energy. In the most basic sense, the environmental crisis is a deterioration of the quality of the environment with a related drop in capacity to sustain life, due to human intervention in natural biological and geological processes. ...

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Certainly any human being of sane mind would feel the worst guilt imaginable for such acts. ... They must believe that these people were human too and had to have realized what they were doing, and how wrong it was. ... This is the nature of war. ...

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Introduction No conflict, neither in size nor in scope, is comparable to the Eastern Front, 1941-45. It was the deadliest theatre of war in history causing the death of over 30 million people. This colossal conflict played a decisive role in destroying the Nazi regime: the German armed forces suffer...

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Prior to World War II, both Joseph Stalin and Adolf Hitler rose to power in their respective countries and brought about great change during their ensuing reigns. While both men are notoriously known as two of the most evil men in history, it is obvious that they accomplished great things for their ...

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The primary nature of the alliance is through the 37,000 American troops in South Korea. ... US interests in order of importance considering US relationship with SK in NK context Fight against international terrorism Fight against the spread of weapons of mass destruction Support for a stable East Asia Fight against violation of human rights Support US business Fight against totalitarianism Maintain global leadership OPTIONS OPTION ONE - Reduce interest in the Alliance Premise: This option holds that North Koreas government maintains power by creating a society that believes the ...

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Robert in 1962 defined it as the art and practice of government of human societies'. Today government of state related to that of other human societies. ... The victory of democracies over rival political forms would seem to stand as confirmation that democracy is the form of government, which most closely reflects human aspirations. Democracy would also seem to be the political form that most closely corresponds with certain aspects of human nature. ... The communists have abandoned the realism and basic human psychological facts, which were but a thin disguise for behavior that was ...

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Cold War Some say that it is useless to speak of world peace or world law or world disarmament - and that it will be useless until the leaders of the Soviet Union adopt a more enlightened attitude. I hope they do. I believe we can help them to do it. But I also believe that we must ...

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