... personality that was troubled by mood swings that became worse after his participation in the war. This traumatic combat led to Gurney's change of thinking and transformation of language, evoking a new broken stream of expression and consciousness, attributes of modernism (10). His first collection of poetry, "Seven and Somme" (1917) reflects his experience during the war and his love ... of expression that is clearly emphasized in his final years. Additionally, when analyzing "The Silent One," Gurney's transformation in self-expression is furthered conveyed as his experience with World...

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... been taken under such circumstances? To both questions, the answers lie with the people who were involved. The majority of the Jewish Italians at the time, according to Zuccotti, were brave, resourceful, individualistic, nonsubmissive, and determined to survive, while a small minority were terrified, unimaginative, passive, and unable to save their own lives. Of the non-Jewish Italians, many were anti- ... these restrictions disappeared - except in Rome, where Jews would have to wait another decade. Without doubt, the Jews accepted emancipation with glee: the ghetto s inhabitants burst ...

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