Dear King George III We send our gratitude for your soldiers protecting us but we wish to please separate from Great Britain. We‚ the people of the colonies shall wish you dearly but it is time for us to become our own nation. Please DO NOT be offended by the following Statements. LISTEN UP GEORGE! We are serious about this matter! We feel that “Taxation without Representation” is WRONG! W-R-O-N-G! Now we understand that Great Britain is having some financial problems but it’s NOT our problem
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George Smith Patton‚ Jr. was a United States Army officer best known for his leadership as a general during World War II. In WWII‚ he successfully defeated Nazi Germany on many battle fronts through his unique blitzkrieg military strategies. George Patton was a vital character in war history because of his tremendous achievements during his military years. Other than WWII he helped and inspired military ideas and strategies. For instance‚ he was the first to use a motor vehicle for battle. He was
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George Orwell “Shooting an Elephant” In the essay “Shooting an Elephant” George Orwell argues that imperialism ruins and hurts not just a countries’ economic‚ cultural and social structure‚ but has other far reaching consequences; oppression undermines the psychological‚ emotional and behavioral development of mankind. Orwell served his country‚ the British Empire‚ in Burma during the early 20’s as a police officer. The country was colonized by the most powerful economical leader in Europe.
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Shooting An Elephant In “Shooting an Elephant’‚ George Orwell described the onus of serving with the imperial police in Lower Burma‚ during a time where the British police were hated by the natives. Orwell expressed his views towards the Burmese‚ saying “Theoretically—and secretly‚ of course—I was all for the Burmese and all against their oppressors‚ the British.” Though he felt that way‚ they did not feel the same towards him. “As a police officer I was an obvious target and was baited whenever
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George Orwell‚ largely known for his novels Animal Farm and Homage to Catalonia‚ was a British writer whose novels are still much-loved years after they were written. Orwell’s metaphorical writing style was due to his political views‚ which he often incorporated into his books. One of the best examples of this “Orwellian” symbolism can be found in his 1949 novel‚ 1984. The story revolves around a middle-aged man named Winston and the life he leads in what is seemingly a post-apocalyptic‚ “utopian”
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Thematic Essay on George Washington The Electoral College elected Washington unanimously in 1789‚ and again in the 1792 election. John Adams was elected vice president. Washington took the oath of office as the first President under the Constitution for the United States of America on April 30‚ 1789‚ at Federal Hall. At first‚ he had not wanted the position. Washington proved himself to be an able administrator. An excellent delegator and judge of talent and character‚ he held regular
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1984 The dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell contains multiple themes. George Orwell wrote the book to show the dangers of totalitarianism. Through that main idea‚ many other ideas stemmed. The themes often relate directly back to settings and occurrences in 1984. The themes that stand out the most are as follows; the idea that history only truly exists in our minds‚ human consciousness is not something that can be immediately controlled‚ and that people are not always what they say they are.
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to own. Unlike woman‚ they show more interest in fashion‚ men usually are attracted to car or maybe motorcycle. Mans also spend most of their earnings onto cars. George Best‚ a former Irish professional football player‚ showed his interest in cars. “I spent a lot of money on birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered” stated George Best in a magazine interview. Louis C. K.‚ a famous stand-up comedian also had interest cars‚ “Cars and cameras are the two things I let myself be materialistic about”
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Imagine watching this happen violently everyday of your life to people who have done something wrong . This is what men in a prison in Burma experience every day one after the other watching their fellow men die because of capital punishment. George Orwell’s text “A Hanging” uses a variety of rhetorical devices including similes‚ characterization and juxtaposition to convince people of the wrongness of capital punishment. WS1: The use of similes in “A Hanging” are almost always a description
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The Monuments Men‚ directed by George Clooney‚ is a 2014 film based on World War II. This movie reveals another crime the Nazis were committing which was the theft of many famous art masterpieces and hiding them inside different mines all around Germany so no one could find them. To stop the Nazi thieves from taking priceless masterpieces away from anyone else‚ the United States created a unit containing seven men to retrieve the masterpieces and return them to where they belonged; they were known
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