w w w e tr .X m eP UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS GCE Advanced Subsidiary Level and GCE Advanced Level e ap .c rs om MARK SCHEME for the October/November 2006 question paper 8682/02 and 9716/02 8682 FRENCH LANGUAGE (AS LEVEL) 9716 FRENCH (A LEVEL) Paper 2 (Reading and Writing)‚ maximum raw mark 70 This mark scheme is published as an aid to teachers and students‚ to indicate the requirements of the examination. It shows the basis on which Examiners were instructed
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understands what slavery is and many can agree it was a terrible time in history‚ but only few realize that slavery was a stepping-stone to freedom. We hear the history of slavery through whispers and shadows because people don’t want to bring attention to a sensitive subject‚ but it is important to understand the hardships African Americans went through and how they overcame it. As we look at the two essays‚ Slavery and Freedom‚ we see that slavery was a leading factor to freedom. Walter Johnson
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Misconception of War Is war bad? Does its existence only cause evil and death? Sometimes we read articles on newspapers and magazines and find out the cruelties of war in Afghanistan‚ and when we do‚ we start thinking why does war exist. If war only causes sorrow‚ we does anyone want it to exist? Let’s go back to the definition of peace and war. Peace is commonly referred as an era without conflict‚ when people live in harmony. War is usually defined as a time when people fight for honor or their
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Davis 1 Lauren Davis Mrs. Burton AP Language and Composition 5 September 2013 Peace and Freedom throughout a Nation Throughout the course of John F. Kennedy’s inaugural speech‚ he uses several persuasive appeals such as the idea of peace and freedom to inspire and gain the trust of his Nation. In the beginning of Kennedy’s speech‚ he mentions that America will “pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend [and] oppose any foe” (par 4) for the preservation of liberty. This
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5a. War is Peace is an interesting concept to think about. This concept would have the reader believe that a continuous war‚ as is happening in the novel‚ would not only maintain peace‚ but if the war is continuous‚ then the people know nothing of peace‚ and therefore‚ the war is likened to peace. In Oceania‚ the people cannot exist without a war‚ because the war gives the people something to bond together to fight against. Additionally‚ if the idea of doublethink is applied to the situation
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to explain why we should not see war as a negative impact but a positive one. He goes on to say war is not about taking land but it is to keep the structure of society intact and war should be continuous for there to be peace in the world. This is why one of the party’s slogans is “War is Peace” because they believe there can be peace in the world if there is war for years and years. In Goldstein’s quote‚ there is a repetition as he keeps on repeating the word “war” in every sentence. He does that
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Worry about World Peace World Peace is something that will never happen. Too many countries have too much military power and don’t want to give in to any other country. War is something that the world is going to have to deal with because there has been very few years over the history of the world that have been war free. Like one quote by an unknown author says‚ "Peace is rare: less than 8% of the time since the beginning of recorded time has the world been entirely at peace. In a total of 3530
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Hope Within a Wilderness of Suffering: The Transition from Slavery to Freedom During the Civil War and Reconstruction in Tennessee By Antoinette G. van Zelm Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area Introduction: Emancipation in Tennessee Emancipation was one of the most profound consequences of the American Civil War. During and after the war‚ about four million enslaved African Americans in the United States became free persons. This generation had a significant influence on American history‚
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Winston Churchill British statesman‚ orator‚ and author who was elected prime minister twice in 1940s and 1950s. He is regarded as one of the finest military leaders in history and is credited to rallying the moral of the British people during world war two and leading them from the brink of defeat to victory against the axis powers. How he did this was not only though his leadership but arguably through his speeches as well‚ one of Churchill’s greatest assets was his words and how he used them to
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order for war to thrive‚ a state of ignorance must be perpetuated. War is the pinnacle contradiction against human morality‚ and for one to be able to betray all sense of ethics‚ one must abandon the knowledge of this gruesome reality. The theme of ignorance supplementing war is exhibited by three anti-war poems‚ Dulce et Decorum Est by Wilfred Owen‚ Vergissmeinnicht by Keith Douglas‚ and War is Kind by Stephen Crane. Although all of these poems center around a different aspect of war‚ the central
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