During spring break of my fourth grade year‚ my family and I visited our relatives in San Francisco. It had been a crisp California spring day‚ and we were lounging about at my aunt and uncle’s house. Their dog decided to join us‚ which created it a perfect photo opportunity for my mother. I really liked the dog‚ who was hilariously named Tubby. We did not have a dog at home‚ so this was my only chance to be around them. Tubby was as big as my brother was‚ extremely fluffy‚ and caused the house to
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Tony Palmer in the novel “Break of day” was set pre post and during world war two. Palmer uses these three themes of family‚ bravery‚ cowardice and the long term suffering of death. Palmer explores the notion of family secrets and complexity’s. Bravery and how it is conveyed as not being a gift given at birth but is something that needs to be practiced. Death and how it can be seen to be a harsh part of reality that bring great pain short term and long term to characters in the novel. Family
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What has set the West apart from the rest of the world and lead it to its prosperity? Many historians have struggled to answer this question for a long time. However‚ Scottish historian‚ Niall Ferguson‚ believes he’s found the answer. The West’s superior political and economic force in the modern world is due to what he calls the six killer apps: competition‚ science‚ property rights‚ modern medicine‚ consumerism and work ethic. And‚ looking at Canada’s history‚ there is abundant evidence to support
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Sonnet 29 PARAPHRASE/TRANSLATION When‚ in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes‚ | When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men‚ | I all alone beweep my outcast state | All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast‚ | And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries | And pray to heaven‚ but my cries go unheard‚ | And look upon myself and curse my fate‚ | And I look at myself‚ cursing my fate‚ | Wishing me like to one more rich in hope‚ | Wishing I were like one who had more
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Why were the major cities of Britain bombed by the Germans in 1940-41? There were many reasons why the major cities of Britain were bombed by the Germans in 1940-41. The main reason was‚ on the night of August 24th 1940‚ a German bomber accidentally dropped a bomb on London. The British were furious at this. In revenge Britain attacked Germanys capital city‚ Berlin‚ for four days! This outraged Hitler‚ as he boasted to many of his people that Germanys capital city would never get bombed. The difference
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Explain why there was mass immigration to the USA between the years 1890 and 1914 There was mass immigration to the USA between the years 1890 and 1914 for a combination of reasons‚ all of which are based around socio-economic‚ ideological‚ political‚ cultural and technological factors. America was considered at this time “The Great Melting Pot” due to immigrants from everywhere mixing into this one country‚ however‚ this immigration did not form a “melting pot” of cultures because each ethnic
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Analyze the causes of WW1 Many historians and politicians have been trying to analyze the causes for the World War I. By the War was over‚ different opinions had already been developed. The english Prime Minister David Lloyd Georg (1863-1945) said: “None of the leading Man had wanted War‚ all of them just slid into it.” Whereas the French Prime Minister George Clemenceau blamed Germany for having the main War Guilt. Since 1961 historians are controversially questioning the War Guilt. In his
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The next big failure of the League of Nations was over disarmament. The League had not had any success in this area in the 1920s either‚ but at that stage‚ when the international climate was better‚ it had not seemed to matter as much. In the 1930s however‚ there was increased pressure for the League to do something about disarmament. The Germans had long been angry about the fact that they had been forced to disarm after the First World War while other nations had not done the same. Many countries
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Not only did poisonous gas change the experiences of war‚ but also the type of warfare. Instead of riding around on horses freely‚ soldiers had to use protection in order to evade the deadly chemicals. So‚ quickly‚ both sides developed gas masks. At first‚ soldiers held chemically treated cotton pads over their noses and mouths. Later they wore fabric face masks soaked in chemicals‚ and finally soldiers on both sides wore respirators with charcoal filters.("Technology.") These gas masks were the
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Julius Caesar‚ a strong general‚ very much liked by the people‚ a born to be leader. He started to be seen as a God‚ after winning the battle against Pompey; But you wonder‚ then why was he killed? That‚ is why I’m here; this‚ is The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. Caesar‚ as I said‚ was very well liked by the people. In fact‚they treated him as if he were a God. They made prodigious statues of him--A spectacle fit for a king‚ and kissed the ground on which he walked;but not everyone felt the same. The
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