War and Culture War has affected society for generations and generations‚ for as long as history has been recorded. In modern day however‚ war has affected our culture in a few significant ways. Some people rally for their country and troops‚ and some people protest. Propaganda is used‚ and the media is biased. People in America is much more knowledgeable on American issues in present day and it has affected how our culture views wars compared to previous generations. Access to information has
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As the war changes so does the young and innocent mind of Paul Baumer. This is shown not only in his thoughts‚ but in the actions that he takes throughout the novel itself. Specifically‚ Paul’s mind changes because of his views on the war‚ how he witnessed the death of his classmates‚ and the battles that are fought change his personal view of life‚ and what it means to him as well as the war in itself. One of the more obvious ways that the war had affected the conscience of Paul is shown later in
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The Real Monster‚ victor frankenstein Mary Shelley’s narrative‚ Frankenstein is the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils…by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard‚ and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.(52)” This was the time and the place in which the creature came to life. Victor Frankenstein thought
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Anne Frank and her family were one of many to go into hiding during the holocaust. One of the people who helped them was Victor Kugler. However he was called Mr. Kraler in the book. Victor Kugler was born in the Czech Republic on June 5‚ 1900. In the book he had an ulcer and was in the hospital‚ but he lived to be 81 years old. After the war he went to Canada to start a new life and lived there for 26 years‚ but died on December 16‚ 1981. Another person who helped the Franks was Miep Gies‚ she worked
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The gothic period is remembered for its artistic conventions as the architecture and the literature. That period was one the longest and complex periods of the history of humanity‚ it was between the 12th and the 15th centuries‚ but it has a very huge influenced on romantic works of the 19th century. Many facts affected this time‚ the bubonic plague which reduces the population of the world nearly to it half‚ also the influence of the Roman Catholic Church which was the most important patron during
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Victor Hugo is a celebrated French Romantic author best known for his poetry and his novels‚ including Les Misérables. Victor-Marie Hugo was born in Besançon‚ France‚ on February 26‚ 1802‚ to mother Sophie Trébuche and father Joseph-Léopold-Sigisbert Hugo. His father was a military officer who later served as a general under Napoleon. Victor Hugo studied law between 1815 and 1818‚ though he never committed himself to legal practice. Encouraged by his mother‚ Hugo embarked on a career in literature
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Victor creates a monster‚ but when he finishes creating him‚ he gets scared and abandons the monster. Leaving the monster with no one to care for him so he always was lonely and had an empty feeling inside him. However though he had some qualities that he was just like a human being. For example some of his human qualities is he was very understanding with the cottagers “i had been accustomed during the night to steal a part of their store for my own consumption but when i found out i inflicted pain
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Vietnam War The North Vietnamese Communist leadership’s ability to reassess and adapt during the Vietnam War was reflected in how well they combined guerilla and conventional operations to achieve their strategic goal of unifying Vietnam under communist rule. Throughout the conflict‚ the Viet Cong (VC) were employed to conduct guerilla operations while North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and VC "main force" units were used to transition to conventional operations. Guerilla operations enabled Hanoi to inflict
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Frankenstein: Creator to Creation In this novel‚ Victor Frankenstein is a scientist that has a very strong passion for how the human body is put together. His passion quickly turns obsessive when he starts pondering around the idea of making a human from scratch. He locks himself away in his apartment so no one can see what he is creating. One night when the creation was finished‚ Victor brought the monster to life. The looks of the monster terrified Victor and he abandoned it. Throughout this story‚
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over Victor’s dead body. This eruption of angry self-pity as the monster questions the wrong doing of how he has been treated badly captures his inner life‚ giving Walton a glimpse into the suffering that has motivated his crimes. This line also wakes the concept of abortion: the monster is an unwanted life‚ a creation abandoned and neglected by his creator. After seeing that his creator‚ Victor is dead‚ the monster then departs for the northernmost ice to die. Quote 2 "Half surprised by the novelty
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