The author, Kurt Vonnegut, wrote this book in a non-sequential manner. ... There is a fictitious element to this book - the idea of time travel. ... The book has four main settings. ... This book was written to be an antiwar narrative. ... After the fire bombings in Dresden, the only sound is that of the birds singing. ...
This book made war sound like scandalous art. ... After Caputo wrote A Rumor of War he used writing the book to help him cope with the war. ... When I began this book it looked like so much to read, but as I started to read I got really interested in learning about the Vietnam War. ... I don't think that this book is biased at all. ...
He also wrote parts of a book that were later published. ... They had his book, or journal, called Mein Kompf, which stated exactly what Hitler would do to the Jews if he were elected to power. ... The people just needed a person who sounded like they knew what they were doing to get Germany back on its feet. ... I know it sounds cruel and sadistic that I would let 12 million people be tortured and murdered during the Holocaust in the death camps. ...
However, the interest of the reader in the contents of a book is sometimes affected by the realism with which the plot is introduced. ... They sound like an average person's reactions to a situation. ... Jack's success in predicting Ramius' objective was believable, even though his predictions were so far fetched that they were considered crazy by other characters in the book. ... Understanding the circumstances described earlier in the book it would have been a normal human reaction of trying to hold the power like Vatutin did. ... The ships referred to as "Americ...
The fact that he was a very well-educated man made it very easy for him to manipulate people because he sounded so trustworthy and he sounded like he cared about his people. ... Sister James was uneasy throughout the whole book even though it was pretty obvious that Father Flynn molested that little boy. ...
As Nayan, the wonder boy from the story "Nayan Rahasya" by Satyajit Ray comes out safe and sound in the climax, Feluda, the iconic private detective smiles slightly since it is he who has ensured the safety of the boy, while the audience heaved sighs of relief and cries of joy. ... Hergé's biographer, Benoît Peeters mentions that, "no book has gone through more ups and downs", than Land of the Black Gold and I agree with the statement as that aids me to differentiate the admirable aspects of the story more inherently. ... The publisher, Methuen along with the w...
Moreover, the book also depicts the differences between the Vietnam War and other wars such as the World Wars, the Revolutionary war, and Civil War in the history of America. ... Kiowa is always there to listen and offer sound advice. ...
Soon however the mentality of the boys changes and they become hardened soldiers: At the sound of the first droning of the shells we rush back, in one part of our being, a thousand years. ... Erich Maria Remarque the author of All Quiet on the Western Front however makes an excellent point that war should never be considered a joke: This book is to neither be an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. ...
Adolf Hitler did not live a very long life, but during his time he caused such a great deal of death and destruction that his actions still have an effect on the world nearly 50 years later. People ask what could've happen to this small sickly boy during his childhood that would've led him do such h...
The arena is teeming with people; you can feel their sweaty bodies pressed in against you as the rumbling of voices meets your ears. The lights above start to dim, and the rumbling rises to shrill screams and enthusiastic whistles. It is now like a sauna, in pitch-black darkness, and the air is char...
According to Donald Lopez, Senior Advisor to the director of the National Air and Space Museum, in his book Aviation a Smithsonian guide, people of that time tried to imitate birds. ... Since 1976 the British-French Concorde supersonic transport (SST) has carried passengers at twice the speed of sound. ...
Thematically, good will conquer evil, as Jack Carson's actions symbolically represent the United States and the Allied powers as he battles the the evil Colonel Helmut Von Toth, who represents Adolf Hitler and the Axis powers as a reflection of the events of World War II. Throughout Daniel Reed's no...
The New American reported in its December 13, 1993 issue Birch once wrote in a poem that he desired to "live slowly, to relax with my family before a glowing fireplace ... to enjoy a good book ... to reach the sunset of my life sound in body and mind, flanked by strong sons and grandsons."" ...
"Necessity is the mother of all invention", and so it was taught and learned throughout all of World War 2. During World War 2 weaponry had to be upgraded and revised to fit every situation. The engineers of the war had to constantly develop new and better weaponry. Much like the engineers, the generals and officers were required to develop new ways of outsmarting their enemy. Today most everything is computerized for battle situations, and much is known about all other foreign defenses, but during the period of World War 2 there were many secrets, and a constant distrust of some allies. ...
