September 11th you find that one thing they have in common was that the people were in a state of uncertainty and confusion. Both countries had lost loved ones‚ both countries felt unsafe and scared. In that situation‚ the people turn to the government for help just as a small child turns to their parent when they feel scared. What a lot of people don’t realize is that you can trust your government to help you‚ but even the best of people can be corrupted by power. Napoleon Bonaparte‚ the greatest military
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Finn Language shapes the way how you think in many ways. An example of how language shapes the way you think lies in the book “ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. A quote that explains how language shapes how you think is “Why‚ Huck‚ doan de French people talk the same way we does?” “No‚ Jim; you couldn’t understand a word they said- not a single word.” “ Well‚ now‚ I be ding-busted! How do dat come?” “ I don’t know; but it’s so. I got some of their jabber out of a book. Spose a man was to come
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Julia Lambert is the main character of Maugham’s novel “Theatre”. She is an independent woman‚ in whom the sense of humor‚ the ability to judge people and to understand the circumstances are combined with being an adventurer.She is a beautiful woman‚ more or less a careful mother‚ a rather good wife and a brilliant actress. In fact Julia is a sensitive idealistic nature and is always searching for perfection in herself and in others. She was really a born actress and it was an understood thing
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he had to do one thing‚ and that was to kill all the Frenchmen. Private Dodd ran through a lot of problems during his journey trying to find his way back to his men. With some help here and there from the natives‚ but mostly his own‚ he raids the French with his rifle to try and prevent them from building a bridge across the Tagus River. Rifleman Dodd is a story of a soldier who is on his own and slowly learns to make plans without any given orders‚ and it shows leadership qualities and knowledge
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like; cruel; brutal(Inhumane: Dictionary). Inhumanity is one of the major themes portrayed in All Quiet on the Western Front. This is shown by the treatment of the Russian Soldier’s‚ Müller’s request for Kemmerich’s boots‚ and Paul’s reaction to the French man who fell into his hole. The treatment of the Russian soldiers is a prime example of inhumanity during the war. The Russians were treated like filthy‚ stray dogs‚ Paul actually says “they look like meek‚ scolded‚ St. Bernard dogs” (189). The
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behind enemy (French) lines in Portugal. With the occasional aid of some natives‚ but mostly on his own‚ he harasses the French with his rifle and tries to prevent them from building a bridge across the Tagus River. It’s a remarkable tale of survival and solitary achievement‚ of a rank-and-file soldier who lives by his wits and slowly learns to make plans without orders‚ and shows leadership qualities and knowledge of warfare. It’s also a grim portrait of the conditions behind French lines in "the
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to his regiment when he was cut off by the French. The setting was the peninsular campaign during the Napoleonic War. The combatants were the French who “would hang or shoot—if they did not torture—any one they caught who was not a Frenchman‚” the British who only make appearances at the beginning and end of the book‚ and the Portuguese forces and the peasant guerrillas Dodd organized. Dodd made a supernatural reputation for himself among the French. He was known as the green shirted one—green
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MADAGASCAR Madagascar‚ the Red Island‚ the Rainbow Island‚ the Eighth Continent‚ there are many names for the world’s 4th largest island. Madagascar is situated in the south western area of the Indian Ocean east of the coast of Africa about 400 km off the coast of Mozambique. The island is recognized as one of the world’s top ten hotspots for biodiversity. Madagascar is inhabited by various ethnic groups of Malayo-Indonesian‚ mixed African and Malayo-Indonesian‚ and Arab ancestry. Five
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Rifleman Dodd The book Rifleman Dodd by C.S. Forester is an excellent novel about the French – Portages war in 1807 that was started by Napoleon. In 1996 Rifleman Dodd was the Commandant choice. The novel supported the year’s theme of “Commitment. “ Rifleman Dodd is about a certain British foot solider named Matthew Dodd. Who comes across a very difficult period of time during the peninsular war around the year of 1810. Rifleman Dodd had been left behind during the retreat to the lines of Torres
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reputation for himself with the French and was known as the green shirted one. Most of the riflemen wore red but Dodd made himself out from the others. His skillful and talented ways with his rifle gave him the advantage with the French who carried muskets. The French were so scared of him that they had silver bullets melted down and made. They wanted Matthew Dodd killed and he earned the nickname “devil”. He had organized large groups of Portuguese peasants to harass the French‚ kill
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