Syntax H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds is a novel written in the first person perspective with quite a variety of sentence structures but is predominantly composed of compound‚ complex‚ and compound-complex sentences. One of the few straight to the point‚ simple sentences in the text is‚ “I felt foolish and angry (44).” This sentence quickly and concisely conveys the emotional state of the narrator at this point in the story. Also contributing to the text are the long sentences that draw the
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disciplined‚ robust forces of the Central Powers (who consisted of Germany‚ Austria-Hungary‚ the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria) lose to the Allies (Great Britain‚ France‚ Belgium‚ Italy‚ Russia up to 1917‚ and USA in 1917) in a war that would become known as the First World War. Both sides were fairly evenly matched even though the Allies had dispatched almost double the amount of men than the Central Powers’ meagre 21 million. This was because‚ although the Allies had the larger force number-wise
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the world in what it is today? With that being said World War one had major lasting effects on entertainment‚ media‚ and technology in Canada. As you may already know World War one was a brutal event that took place in history;
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Science fiction books or sci fi books not always write about aliens but when they do it almost always has to do with an alien invasion. In “Zero Hour” Ray Bradbury and “War Of The Worlds” H.G Wells both describe alien invasions on earth and how it affected the characters. Both stories were written in the early 1900’s but both portray the same idea. In both texts‚ alien invasions have characters that want to change life on earth and create events that ruin life in different ways. Both Bradbury and
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industry. Industries that had previously excluded women now welcomed them. There was a particular demand for women to do heavy work such as unloading coal‚ stoking furnaces and building ships. Women moved into the labour force to fill this need. During World War I‚ for example‚ thousands of women worked in munitions factories‚ offices and large hangars used to build aircrafts. Of course women were also involved in knitting socks and preparing hampers for the soldiers on the front‚ as well as other voluntary
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Monday 28th of January‚2013 War of the Worlds How does Wells present mankind in the lead up to and the aftermath of the first heat-ray attack? War of the worlds was written by H. G. Wells in 1898. This book shows how naive humankind is in comparison to the martians. It exemplifies how what people thought about martians‚ undeveloped‚ silly and a joke‚ is completely wrong. They are shown as powerful and strongly developed. Wells uses a very wide range of vocabulary in his writing. He uses many words
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Nikole Blodgett English 101 October 1‚ 2014 Paper 1: Literary Analysis In the book “World War Z” the characters in the book express many examples of the worst and best of human behavior. We see characters that choose self-preservation‚ and those who rise above self-preservation and instead choose self-sacrifice. The choice to save others or to save yourself really says what kind of person you are. Although we would like to say we would be the hero and save everyone before we would save ourselves
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World War I sparked a multitude of significant short and long term political changes throughout Europe. In the immediate aftermath of the war‚ territory was reallocated‚ four empires fell‚ and the League of Nations was created. The creation of the League of Nations‚ despite its eventual failure‚ demonstrated a major shift in international politics from the desire to expand and conquer to the recognition of the importance of the balance of power. The Treaty of Versailles also divided Austria-Hungary
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Is there a possible World War 3? Such question can be increasingly heard from radio speakers and be read on the pages of political magazines. Such assumptions relate primarily to the war in Syria and the Ukrainian tense political situation in which experts see a possible cause for conflict of interests of other countries that may lead to a new world war. Since March 2011‚ unrest in Syria have not cease and managed to develop into a fierce religious war and‚ according to some‚ has already claimed
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declaring war on Serbia and then‚ the alliances of both countries involved in. Within few days‚ the first World War broke out and lasted four years‚ caused millions of people died and wounded. However‚ the assassination of Ferdinand was not the only reason caused the worldwide war‚ it was just a blasting fuse of long-term problems between the countries. For a long time of period‚ the militarism‚ alliances‚ imperialism‚ and nationalism caused the tension between the countries and led to the World War I.
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