Owen had an anti war attitude as he wrote poems about the truth at war. ... Wilfred Owen saw this and wrote a poem to criticise Pope. Owen wrote poetry to show is experience of war, he also wanted to obliterate the image of war that was created by Pope. ... The young boy sits in the park watching children play - reminding him of his youth, that wasn't that long ago. ... Owen makes the poem memorable by using alliteration "play and pleasure" this makes the poem flow. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Owen had an anti war attitude as he wrote poems about the truth at war. ... Wilfred Owen saw this and wrote a poem to criticise Pope. Owen wrote poetry to show is experience of war, he also wanted to obliterate the image of war that was created by Pope. ... The young boy sits in the park watching children play - reminding him of his youth, that wasn't that long ago. ... Owen makes the poem memorable by using alliteration "play and pleasure" this makes the poem flow. ...

• Word Count: 1300
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• Grade Level: High School

Hollywood played a major part in producing a number of movies that provided a release for the war-weary. ... Sports also played a major rule during World War II. ... He wrote songs that Americans sung across the country and lifted spirits while family members were off at war. Guthrie wrote songs such as "This Land is Your Land", which described the beautiful land of America. ... As the new season approached, Landis wrote a letter to President Roosevelt asking if he should shut down the game until America felt it was a proper time to continue. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Nostalgic writings were popular and authors wrote about the fading away of rural life in Canada. Other authors wrote about urban and rural life in Canada. Germaine Guevrement, wrote about rural dwellers living in cocoon suspicious of anything unfamiliar to them. ... The Young Women's Christian Group (YWCA) encouraged women into playing sports as women's sports became more popular. ...

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Pounds were rolling around when economic changes into play in England. ... All of these factors may have contributed to why Rudyard Kipling wrote "If". The economy of England, Kipling's residence when he wrote "If", was changing very rapidly. ... Tanks came into play in 1917. ...

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The twentieth century really begins before the end of the nineteenth century. Queen Victoria's Jubilee in 1887 was felt by many to represent the end of an era. An end-of-century stoicism, and a growing pessimism among writers and intellectuals, may be traced to several sources, not least the publication in 1859 of Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species which put the existence of God into radical question. Across the whole population, and in the face of rapid economic and social changes, radical doubts about the stability of the existing order were expressed. By the end of the nine...

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These memories would play on both boys" memories for the rest of their lives. ... Unlike the stereotypical Jack-who follows his fathers footsteps and desires to play war hero, Davy chooses a safer role-that of a war correspondent. ... When Davy first began writing for the "Post", he wrote under a different name, in fear of being caught by his father. ...

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General von Moltke wrote a letter to Ludendorff stating, "You have before you a new and difficult task I know no other man in whom I have such absolute trust. ... H-L became the symbol of team play because the two men pulled equally together. ... He need only have closed with us and we should have been beaten," wrote Ludendorff. ...

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In response to the attack, he denounced British and German blockades, and wrote a letter of protest to the Imperial German Government, in William Bryan's name, requesting an apology for the U.S. and for Germany to pay reparation. ... The sinking of this massive cruise liner played a large role in the U.S. decision to go to war, mainly because many American lives were lost. ...

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The earlier sources provoke Victorian attitudes towards duty, leading to the enrolling of over two million volunteer troops into the British armed services from 1914 - 1916, while source C plays on the moral decency of the reader, calling for a halt to the foul deeds committed by the ape (representing Germany) that has caused the desolation of massive amounts of territory, together with the atrocities committed by soldiers under the direct control of Germany. ... Respect also plays a significant role in all three sources, and, in what was a predominantly team-based society, a suggestion could...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This is where the United States foreign policy comes into play. ... The United States have a couple of choices concerning their position; they could play the part of world leader or the part of world loner. ... In 1823 he wrote this, telling European nations to keep their noses in their own hemisphere. ... I believe that the United States should definitely play the part of world protector whenever and wherever possible. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ...

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The Warrior On October 27, 1858, in New York, Martha Bulloch Roosevelt gave birth to Theodore Roosevelt, her second child and first son. He was named after his father, Theodore Sr., and was sometimes called Thee or Teedie by his mother. He was a seventh generation Roosevelt. As a child and throughout his lifetime, Theodore suffered from severe asthma, becoming so bad that they would nearly suffocate him. His father, who refused to have a sickly child, would constantly carry him around, hoping that Theodore's lungs would become stronger. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Lost Generation Let us see if we cannot make a fine game of it that we shall be all the better for having played out to the end. ... The main character Paul Baumer is a compassionate and sensitive young man; before the war he loved his family, his books, and he even wrote poetry. ...

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He also played upon the rejection of class struggle unlike the communists who were against class exploitation; however, this was not as it seemed as he constantly used the rich and upper class landowners as scapegoats for ethnic persecution. ...

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Nevertheless, Joll points out that domestic policies played a part, but not a big one as to lead to war. ... The following historians wrote in different decades and approached the causes of WWI from different directions. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate