Summary: Soldier X Erik Brandt is a 16 year old half Russian half German boy. He is in a program called Jungend which is also known as Hitler’s Children Army. It is like Boy Scouts for German Kids. They boys in the Jungend are also enlisted soldiers who have to fight when it is needed. One day Erik is sent to fight in the war. He is shipped to the eastern front where the Germans have to fight Russia on Russian soil. Erik is uncomfortable because he is half Russian and German. He was aware of the
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Jacob Fair Mrs. Hazen English 3 2 December 2011 “Soldier X” Book Report The book I read is Soldier X by Don Wulffson. The book is set in Germany and Russia during World War II. The story is told in first person from the point of view of Erik Brandt. The main character‚ Erik Brandt‚ is the protagonist and there isn’t an antagonist because the book is about Erik’s journey during World War II. The conflict throughout the book is Erik vs. society as an external conflict. I believe the conflict
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This novel captured my interest and held it to the final chapter! I not only learned about the history of World War II‚ but also of the emotional impact it had on soldiers and their families. The Gunderman family was a family devoted to each other. The realization that their oldest son‚ Jimmy‚ had to fight for his country was devastating to them. The main character‚ Earl‚ was the younger half-brother. He described himself as the weaker of the two. He and Jimmy were close and enjoyed being together
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John McCarthy History 1302 April 23‚ 2012 Professor Boeker Ghost Soldiers The novel‚ Ghost Soldiers is a great book written by Hampton Sides. It depicts the true horrors of war‚ friendship and hope. The story takes place in the Philippines during the Japanese takeover of the island from 1942 until the year 1945‚ after the outbreak of World War II‚ when the Japanese assaulted the Philippine islands and captured it. This resulted in many prisoners of war. The American armies ran out of supplies
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Can you imagine what must have gone through the minds of the young soldiers who fought in Hitler’s army as Russia began its overpowering resistance of the Nazi from Russian soil? I couldn’t until I read Soldier X. Young Soldier X also known as Erik finds himself alone but alive in a long deep trench. Although he is a German citizen he speaks Russian and has Russian ancestry. Aware that the German war front is crumbling in Russia he continues to obey military instructions with the idea that he must
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Chapter Summary Which features of organizations do managers need to know about to develop and use information systems successfully? What is the impact of information systems on organizations? All modern organizations are hierarchical‚ specialized‚ and impartial‚ using explicit routines to maximize efficiency. All organizations have their own cultures and politics arising from differences in interest groups‚ and they are affected by their surrounding environment. Organizations differ in goals‚ groups
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Reading The Sopranos - Chapter 3 – ‘What has Carmela ever done for Feminism’? Introduction Feminism in a simple definition refers to women’s movements‚ and feminism is a subject that is on going which has become a forum for debate in relation to television and film. My main focus will be feminism in the television series ‘The Sopranos’ which will be used as a case study to examine the theory of feminism plus psychoanalysis and how it’s inflicted on the screen. An academic book that I have
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of Luke Chapter 3 starts with describing John the Baptist‚ and his interactions with preaching the Gospel to those who pass by. He then rebukes Herod and is then locked up in prison. Jesus is baptized by John the Baptist‚ whom is his cousin. At the end of the chapter there is a specific list of the genealogy of Jesus starting from Joseph all the way back to Adam and God in the beginning of creation. Breakdown The Book of Luke within the Hebrew Bible goes over at the end of Luke chapter 3 it traces
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religion? Throughout my study on Galatians chapter 3 this past semester‚ this question has been answered repeatedly. By referring to Christianity as a religion‚ we imply that Christianity is associated with religious works. In Galatians‚ however‚ Paul tells us that the Spirit and the law—religious works—are enemies. The Lord does not care for religious duties. Instead‚ we are to live by faith in Jesus Christ‚ trusting in Him as our life. Throughout chapter three‚ Paul contrasts these two ways of living
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Dear Dr. Ducking I am still not able to afford a book at this time. Also I did not make time to use the book in the reading room and the library only had the 3rd edition of the book. So I wrote a summary of the class notes that you had put up on blackboard. Chapter 3 Summaries: Chapter 3 talks about descriptive statistics with numerical measures. These measures consist of location and variability. The measures of locations are mean‚ median‚ mode‚ weighted mean‚ geometric mean‚
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