Star Wars is an American epic space opera franchise centered on a film series created by George Lucas. The film series‚ consisting of two trilogies‚ has spawned an extensive media franchise called the Expanded Universe including books‚ television series‚ computer and video games‚ and comic books. These supplements to the franchise resulted in significant development of the series’ fictional universe‚ keeping the franchise active in the 16-year interim between the two film trilogies. The franchise
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The Pequot War In this paper I will describe the clash between the colonist of New England and the Pequot Indians. I will discuss what the conflict was over‚ the outcome of the conflict‚ and the long-term results of the conflict. I will also converse why the English Colonist and Pequot Indians could not come to an agreement. The Pequot War started in 1637 and had great consequences. This war was the first serious armed conflict between native people and colonist of New England. In May of 1637
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War and Witchcraft HIST/113 November 1‚ 2010 The War of Religion also known as the Huguenots War lasted for about forty years (1562-1592). This war was mainly between the Huguenots and the Catholics of France. Within France a Feudal Rebellion took place between the church‚ nobles‚ courts‚ guilds‚ towns and provinces; all of which rebelled against the King. A traditional saying "Une foi‚ un loi‚ un roi (one faith‚ one law‚ one King)" (Newman‚ 2004) indicates how society‚ state and religion
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The Impact of War In the story‚” Soldier’s Home”‚ Krebs is faced with several conflicts after he returns home from war. The conflicts are brought upon by him and the situations that he has been put in. The reason for the conflicts Krebs faces is the fact the he could not adjust to his life after the war. During the story Krebs‚ the protagonist‚ tries dealing with the problems‚ but it is clear that he was not trying hard enough. At the beginning of the story Krebs is introduced as a returning
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thought they were going to win the war because of the astonishing advances at the start of 1918. Despite the advances Germany fell apart at the end of the war. Russia’s Exit Russia’s exit from the war in 1917 made Germanys leaders think victory had to be there’s. From the early months of the war‚ the German government had been in touch wit exiled Russian revolutionaries‚ many of them were Bolsheviks‚ in the hope that they would be used to undermine the Russian war effort against Germany. This did not
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In the passage The War Prayer by Mark Twain he tells a satirical story in which a mysterious man comes before a crowd of ignorant mass. Through this story and his setting he satirizes human logic when it comes to war and our tendency to not think our decisions through ; especially patriotic thoughts of war and glory. Twain satirically writes of the unseen and unthought-of horrors with a mock diction‚ excessive hyperbole and vivid imagery. At first glance it seems Twain seeks to write of glory and
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“In World War I‚ the pursuit of glory far outweighed the dehumanisation associated with war.” Miriam Webster defines the act of dehumanisation as “to deprive of human qualities‚ personality‚ or spirit.” For many countries during the war‚ glory was the need to be acknowledged as a greater nation than others‚ and by pursuing this glory‚ governments schemed to dehumanise the enemy to such an extent‚ that any further action is justified by their ‘evil’‚ and they were then “less than humans”. These
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Vietnam and in the Vietnam war‚ I came to realize the unvoiced importance of nationalism in the times of need. Throughout the book‚ The Sorrow Of War‚ and history itself‚ nationalism seemed to always be victimized in the most grotesque of situations. Women do not receive the recognition they deserve for the sacrifices they had made‚ alongside with men‚ to their families and country. In Vietnam‚ at a time of peace‚ women had specific roles in society‚ but at a time of war‚ gender barriers seem to collapse
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at war. We have been fighting drug abuse for almost a century. Four Presidents have personally waged war on drugs. Unfortunately‚ it is a war that we are losing. Drug abusers continue to fill our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons. The drug trade causes violent crime that ravages our neighborhoods. Children of drug abusers are neglected‚ abused‚ and even abandoned. The only beneficiaries of this war are organized crime members and drug dealers. The United States has been engaged in a “war” for
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terrorize America‚ primarily the American Government. It is my belief that more people need to know more about why the United States should continue its war on terror. More people need to know about those organizations that terrorize the United States‚ such as Al Qaeda and how terrorism affects America. What is the United States “War on Terror”? The term “War on Terror” was created one day after the September 11th‚ 2001 terrorist attacks when 2‚995 innocent people were killed in the United States. In
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