... say very little and I am thankful that she asks nothing" (Remarque, All Quiet VII. 141). But finally she does speak to him and asks, "'Was it very bad out there, Paul?'" (Remarque, All Quiet VII. 143). Here, when he answers, he lies, ostensibly to protect her from hearing of the chaotic conditions from which he ... , Mother, what should I answer to that! You would not understand, you could never realize it. And you never shall realize it. Was it bad, you ask.--You, Mother,--I shake my head and say: "No, Mother, not so very. There are always a lot of us together so it isn't so ... bad." (...

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... him. When Alois heard she was pregnant they were married at once. But the child she carried, and two more died before Adolf. Alois was not a loving father, he had a bad alcoholic problem, often abused his family, and visited mistresses. Alois Hitler died when Adolf was only fourteen. After Alois's death, Adolf had a burden lifted off his hands. He only stayed ... the next day he would have a job. The invasion of the Soviet Union was the greatest gamble Hitler had taken yet, but this time as soon as he discovered his luck had deserted him. The consequences for Ger-many would prove the be...

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... themselves? In other words, why America stands "up there-? And frankly, I get more and more disappointed every day: does that worldwide famous "American dream- actually exist? Or is it a very bad joke? I've written it at that paper's header. I'm not attempting to establish a new theory that destroys the "American dream-. I've just tried to turn the coin over, so I could see ... , personally I think that the statement "After Abraham Lincoln, o foe of slavery, was elected president in 1860, 11 left the Union and proclaimed themselves an independent nation-, which implies that the "bad- Sou...

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... tribulations and failures. Quite often all that is achieved may suddenly be overshadowed by sudden mistakes that can create dire repercussions. Through either inefficiency, lack of character, or just plain bad luck coming from uncontrollable events, failure is something that is undoubtedly going to occur in life, and can lead to unfortunate outcomes. Adolf Hitler is regarded as a man who almost had ... ...

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... , this desolate country took a major blow, especially in terms of their trading economy. Japan was left with little and was forced to acquire new resources from China. Although times were bad in Japan, they were motivated by their quest for supremecy. Road to War In 1931 The Japanese Imperial Army invaded Manchuria and set up a puppet state, Manchuko. The League of ... of the same year, Japan joined the Tripartite Pact with Germany and Italy. This agreement gave them the srength they needed to force major issues with thr U.S. Japan pushed its luck in 1941 when they invaded French Indochi...

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... the battle, he asks the driver of the car to stop at the hospital. Henry tells Catherine that he is going to fight. She gives him a metal and wishes him luck. Henry then continues on his way to the battlefront in Pavla. When Henry reaches Pavla, Henry is greeted by a major and is put into a dugout. There, he gets into a conversation ... to find a way to say goodbye, but he can't. Henry then leaves the hospital and goes home in the rain. A Farewell to Arms is a novel that expresses both good and bad things in life. The novel does a great job in explaining situations that one would face d...

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... were more important than those of the nobles. The people needed him, and he made sure they think so. People were so used to him for so long through the bad times that they were afraid of parting with him. Overall, Franklin D. Roosevelt was not able to complete many of the things that he was elected to do, such as getting ... all of his life and maybe his heirs too. To be prince is hard, to stay in power to remain prince is near impossible without the proper guidance and some luck....

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... sisters back in Vienna. His mother insisted that he would leave and try to survive, without turning back. Everyday he had to remember leaving them, he often worried and felt bad because he never knew what was happening to them. After leaving his family he was off to visit his Aunt and Uncle. In order to make it where they had ... . One big question was what out of so many people what did Leo do differently to survive?. Was it that he had more strength, more will, or was it just luck. So many people died in the Holocaust and very few survived. In a way I do not think anyone can answer tha...

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... the name of Paul Dempster later on in the novel transforms himself into a well-known magician known as Magnus Eisengrim. Throughout the life of Paul Dempster, nothing except disappointment and bad luck circled him. Paul believes in a better life and tries to build his own life and his own way of living by leaving his past which in part is his mother ... ...

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... the most responsible for the start World War One and the most responsible cause. The year is 1914 and the hatred between some countries in Europe. The countries were as bad as each other none would back down. There would be only one way to settle this dispute and all avenues led to war! The long-term causes were a vital part ... some out of date poison it only made him sick he jumped in a river to kill him but it was only 6 inches deep! He was caught. The actual assassination was luck as Gavilo Princip went off to buy a sandwich the driver of Franz Ferdinand's cart took a wrong turn lea...

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... life each man becomes a mere lifless automation . . .""(33). It is not hard to see how such monotony would make a man long for battle simply to break up the routine. As bad as it was, the marching could not continue forever and eventually Bloch had first experience with battlefield combat in the battle of the Marne. The things that Bloch recollects on ... catching cold. I spend the entire night on my feel, feeling as though I were naken in an icy bath-(103). These poor men not equipped with winter clothes. Also reality, all luck when and where shells fall You see plane going by..then sh...

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... would only need to repay his remaining debt from the sale of the stock plus a five percent commission fee. Stories of quick fortunes caused hoards of citizens to try their luck in the stock market. By 1929, Americans owed eight and a half billion dollars in broker's loans. The citizens were concerned only with the price of the stock. They put no ... care into whether or not the company was making any money or paying its dividends. The bad practice of buying on credit without any means to pay the credit back would finally catch up with the Americans. The stock market began to show signs ...

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... the battle, he asks the driver of the car to stop at the hospital. Henry tells Catherine that he is going to fight. She gives him a metal and wishes him luck. Henry then continues on his way to the battlefront in Pavla. When Henry reaches Pavla, Henry is greeted by a major and is put into a dugout. There, he gets into a conversation ... to find a way to say goodbye, but he can't. Henry then leaves the hospital and goes home in the rain. A Farewell to Arms is a novel that expresses both good and bad things in life. The novel does a great job in explaining situations that one would face d...

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... battle. A bullet wound to the stomach later ironically kills Tjaden. Kat had told him that they should not overeat since a bullet wound to the stomach on an empty stomach was bad enough, but a bullet wound to the stomach on a full stomach was much more dangerous. Franz Kemmerich was one of Paul's classmates that enlisted in the army with him. He landed ... brushes Kat's hair back, he finds his hand covered in blood. A small fragment entered Kat's skull and killed him. Although his hands were still warm, Kat has had the random luck of catching a stray "splinter". "Then I know nothing mor...

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... the Dardanelles, with hopes of pushing Turkey out of the war, of linking up with Russia, and of taking the Central Powers in the rear. This campaign plummeted, partly from bad luck, partly through the lack of military command. When the coalition government was formed in May 1915, the Conservatives made it a condition that Winston should be forced to be dropped from ... ...

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