"Politics and the English Language" (1946)‚ by George Orwell‚ is an essay criticizing "ugly and inaccurate" contemporary written English. He asserted contemporary English prose causes and affects foolish thoughts and dishonest politics. "Vagueness and sheer incompetence" were the "most marked characteristic" of contemporary English prose‚ and especially of the political writing of his day. Orwell criticizes contemporary writers’ preference of abstract words over concrete ones‚ and suggests they
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you were seven or eight and got put to work for hours and hours? The Holocaust was through (1933-1945). There were about six million Jews murdered during this time in the Holocaust. Although in the Holocaust people were being dehumanized because Jews were prohibited from leaving their camps for many of many days in a row and if they did they would get very bad penalties. Kids were heart broken about leaving their family’s and mean well they were being face to face with death. Unhumanized was them
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The fight for freedom has been apparent since the beginning of time‚ but has escalated dramatically throughout the 1900s. There has always been a superior class within society that continues to accumulate too much power‚ until a drastic event occurs that marks a turning point in history. In The Nazi Officer’s Wife‚ Edith Hahn Beer recounted her memories during the 1930’s and 40’s as a scared individual who did everything in her power to survive the Holocaust. Although oppression had been a big issue
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1 What am I doing? Grigs thought as he made his way through the cold and gloomy castle. There had been a fog for the past three days that had sunk its way into the ancient stones and had permeated the hallways. Grigs walked through the halls on his way to what he believed was going to be his death. His heart was racing and despite the cold‚ found that his hands were sticky with sweat‚ making the torch he was holding slippery. Normally a guard would be leading him down this deep into the castle
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life and the gang. Ponyboy’s perspective changed about the time that the rumble was about to start. Ponyboy was thinking to himself and asking himself why he should be a part of this. Ponyboy has always thought of the fights to be cool‚ and it would make him look tough if he did fight. But he soon started to think differently. Before the fight‚ he was talking and he started to wonder why they were doing this. Ponyboy was saying that there is never a winner in these fights. There isn’t anything good
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Reconstruction was a failure due to the opinion on race. Racism played a big part in the 1896 Plessey vs. Furguson case. Reconstruction began in 1865 and ended in 1877. Two goals were to rebuild the south and to reform society. Reconstruction should not be thought of as a bad idea. It was virtually impossible to just change ways in the south with out using some kind of force. "Black codes" did nothing but for the south but put them in further segregation. The black codes aloud a form of disguised
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Ancient Methone–one of the earliest colonies of Northern Greece– was not only a crux of military power but a keystone of Ancient Greek economics up until its unseemly end in the 4th century B.C. Methone had been located in Nea Agathoupolis–or as it was formerly known‚ Neo Eleutherochori–in Northern Pieria. Its prime location in Northern Pieria granted the city access to four major rivers in the area‚ allowing for the development of a great deal of power in terms of the military and economics–through
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known as the "Penman of the Revolution‚" was a Founding Father‚ lawyer‚ and politician who used his writing to advocate for colonial rights and influenced American politics‚ including drafting key documents like the Articles of Confederation and
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Jamestown‚ An Ecological Change What do you think of when you hear the name‚ “Pocahontas”? For me‚ the Disney movie‚ “Pocahontas”‚ pops up in my head. The movie where animals followed Pocahontas while she was singing gracefully about love and freedom. To be honest‚ as a kid‚ I absolutely did not understand the plot of the movie. The storyline was not simple as a poor girl who magically obtained a dress and fall in love with a prince in the movie‚ “Cinderella”. But as I became older‚ I began to
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2. What did the Congress of Vienna accomplish? The Congress of Vienna accomplished many things. They first met in September of 1814. After the defeat of Napoleon‚ European rulers wanted to restore the old order. Great Britain‚ Austria‚ Prussia‚ and Russia met at the Congress of Vienna. They met to arrange a final peace settlement. The most influential leader was the Austrian foreign minister‚ Metternich. He wanted the royal families to be restored to their positions of power. They also wanted
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