If we've committed an act (sometimes even just had a thought) about which we feel very guilty, that guilt doesn't go away easily. Besides regret and remorse, we can form a negative view of ourselves because of whatever it is that we feel guilt about. Often we feel a need to do something to undo whatever we have done or make amends. ... Although this was not demonstrated, the same goes for the Japanese. ... As much as that is a noble cause to go to war, all of these people were dying, and rescuing them was only a secondary effort in fighting the war. ...

• Word Count: 1335
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

America was going through the first World War and a suffering economy. ... Despite the case going all the way to the Supreme Court, Flood lost the case but pretty much spelled out free agency to everyone. ... The twenty-one year old phenom who did not even go to college signed that contract after he turned down a $103 million offer over six years (Infotrac). ... Athletes and their attitudes go hand in hand together for one simple reason. ... "Since athletes get paid so much money, a lot of them think that they should be able to do whatever they want"(Johnson 228). ...

• Word Count: 1968
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

This is a reflection on the hierarchy of society, with God at the top, then the Monarchy, going to minor aristocracy the list goes all the way down to the working class "scum" at the bottom who comprised the majority of society. ... I.e. whatever he says - goes! ... For the first time we have a national health service, education is available to all; coal, steel, water, electricity and public transport are all nationalised- there was some evidence to suggest that the world was going to be a better place. ...

• Word Count: 1318
• Approx Pages: 5

When he first enters the story Paul is very enthusiastic about going to the war. ... The dehumanized minds of the soldiers will bring about horrible images of death and destruction until they break down and go to pieces. ... Sense the village was vacant they were allowed to go through the houses and take and use whatever they wanted. ... After a few more weeks Paul and Kropp parted, Paul going to war and Kropp going home. ... As the war goes on Paul and his friends become weary, wore out, even matured too soon. ...

• Word Count: 1542
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

The Armenian Genocide, the First Genocide of Twentieth Century April is the month of mourning for Armenians around the world. On April 24, every Armenian remembers the loss of his/her family member in Turkey. Some 1.5 million Armenian systematical massacred during the years of 1915 to 1923 i...

• Word Count: 1530
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Not comprehending what was going on between the two, she goes down to the fountain after the two have left. ... The reader learns early on that for whatever reason, possibly the dysfunctional family,Briony seems only to understand her world through the pages of her stories, Though she sets aside her writing for a time, it becomes in veritable that she will one day return to it. ... Instead, she chooses to follow her heart and go with Robbie, who does not come from money. ...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

These senators believed that by entangling themselves in an international organization they would create new alliances, which would commit them to go to war. ... Wilson has no authority whatever to speak for the American people at this time.? ... was the order given to his democrats going into the vote. ...

• Word Count: 1918
• Approx Pages: 8

After reflecting on his reasons for fighting, he develops an anti-war sentiment: "There's no time to grieve in combat, so you just stuff it...You see your friend die and then you go back to work.... As shown in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, Kat reveals the reason for Himmelstoss' unfair treatment when he says, "Let a man be whatever you like in peacetime, what occupation is there in which he can behave like that without getting a crack on the nose? ... He cannot think about the horrors of war, or else it would make him go mad and he would die. ...

• Word Count: 1410
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

A reflection of how deeply this traumatic experience has affected Owen can be seen through is use of an enjambment to describe the boy's death: " the blood, Come gargling- This is used not only to develop the images Owen sees in his nightmare, but also to emphasize a powerful burst of emotions that cannot be contained within one line; an emotion of anger and bitterness towards those who lied to the people, to those who do not see the dream he does every time he goes to sleep and thus do not suffer as he does. ... From this, we too are shocked as the effect of the war on soldiers is finall...

• Word Count: 2203
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

American Institution "Norman Rockwell is a brilliant storyteller within a particular American tradition. What makes his work so effective is that he appears to have shared with millions of other Americans a particular set of assumptions about life in the United States, and he has blended his skil...

• Word Count: 1928
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

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...

• Word Count: 2256
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

It didn't take very long; on October 29, 1929 the Stock Market crashed leaving worldwide effects with companies going bankrupt, banks failing, and people losing their life savings. ... He believed that with hard work he could do whatever he wanted. ...

• Word Count: 2385
• Approx Pages: 10
• Grade Level: High School