In the book the Stranger by Albert Camus‚ we are introduced to the main character immediately with a very tragic scenario of a death. The main character is a male‚ but he is not your average male shown by his actions and personality. But who is this strange man? his name is Meursault. He seems to lack emotion; because for major events in his life (such as the opening scene) that are full of emotion‚ but he shows absolutely no emotion to these events in his life. He also appears to be very detached
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Part IIA: Brief Outline of Founding Brothers by Joseph J. Ellis In many ways‚ Ellis has managed to create a detailed and carefully illustrated history of the American Revolution and the people and events that surrounded it in the parameters of a series of stories that few have ever heard. Depictions of the duel between Hamilton and Burr that changed the strictly passive coping mechanism of the revolutionary generation give a helpful insight into the minds of those who contributed to the
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Albert Einstein was born of Jewish parents in Ulm‚ Germany‚ in 1879. He was educated at Munich‚ Aarau and Zurich. Disapproving of German militarism he took Swiss nationality in 1901 and the following year was appointed examiner at the Swiss Patent Office. While in this post he began publishing original papers on the theoretical aspects of problems in physics. Influenced by quantum theory developed by Max Planck in Berlin‚ Einstein explained the photoelectric law that governs the production of
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initially the key motivation. In Warwolf we see however that the peasants fought to preserve their way of life and mercenaries fought for material gain although the motivation of the leadership was religiously based. In Eye Deep in Hell by John Ellis we see a very different type of motivation for the individual soldier. These soldiers are initially inspired to fight because of patriotic duty and the good of their country. Horrific and deplorable conditions in the trenches as well as extraordinary
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The Einstein Letter is a letter to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed by Physicist Albert Einstein to inform Roosevelt of Germany’s plans to develop uranium weapons to use against America. This letter was written on August 2nd‚ 1939 by physicist Leó Szilárd and a group of other physicists at Columbia University in New York‚ which was read‚ agreed upon‚ and signed by Albert Einstein. It is a primary source intended to be viewed by Roosevelt in regards of using such a weapon and Germany’s likelihood
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Albert Camus had his own personal meaning of life‚ a revelation of his own‚ “I think my life is of great importance‚ but I also think it is meaningless.” The meaning of life‚ in the world’s eyes‚ is a fleeting thing‚ ever evolving and changing like the days in a year. Many authors have broached this elusive topic but none have been as inventive or done so with quite as much success as Albert Camus in his book The Stranger. Camus‚ the man who brought notoriety to the absurd‚ used this book to explore
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The Stranger by Albert Camus was published in 1946. The novel begins with Meursault receiving a telegram informing him of his mother’s death. Over the next two weeks after the funeral‚ Meursault carries on like nothing tragic happened. He gets a girlfriend‚ befriends a pimp‚ and goes on a beach vacation with both. During the vacation‚ he and Raymond‚ the pimp‚ get into a fight with the Arabs and Meursault kills one without an explanation for the crime. At the murder trial‚ the court said he was cold-hearted
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communicate a knowledge and understanding of historical features and issues‚ using appropriate and well-structured written and oral forms (NSW Board of Studies Stage 6 Modern History Syllabus 2004) Description of task: Twentieth Century personality – Albert Speer * Research and present a 15-20 minute powerpoint presentation on the following topic: ‘History is about winners.’ How accurate is this statement in relation to the personality you have studied? * Include annotations for TWO sources
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Black Death‚ one of the deadliest plagues in world history‚ engraved a wide swath of cataclysmic damage and inflicted a large loss of life. Discriminating against no one‚ it claimed the lives of the lower class and the gentry‚ the young and the old. Albert Camus’s novel‚ The Plague‚ illustrates the effects of and the responses to a plague that strikes the Algerian city of Oran. The allegorical representations and actions of five central characters in the novel‚ Dr. Bernard Rieux‚ Jean Tarrou‚ Raymond
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Kathia Sosa The Long Way Home An American Journey From Ellis Island To The Great War Monograph Essay Lone Star College Cy-Fair Laskin D. (2010) The Long Way Home An American Journey From Ellis Island To The Great War. New York. Harper. The Long Way Home an American Journey from Ellis Island to the Great War is a book written by David Laskin about the struggles different immigrants went through over the period of coming to America and the Great War. Author David Laskin‚ graduated from
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