One being written, the other visual, their protagonists both portray the generation of young men who were lost to World War I, never realizing their potential. ... Each being a promising representative of a lost generation of young men, the respective protagonists of 'All Quiet On the Western Front' and 'Fly Away Peter', Paul and Jim, are both swept up in the celebratory attitudes of the people around them as they prepare for war. ... Paul likewise casts aside his future as a promising writer, another Goethe or Schiller according to Professor Kantorek, his mother observing ...

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Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemmingway, termed this popular public sentiment as the "Lost Generation". The term was used to describe the generation of men and women that came of age either during the war who were "lost", meaning their generation was characterized by lost values, obsolete morals, lost belief in human progress, and a mood of despair and disappointment as a result of their war experiences ("Lost Generation"). Ernest Hemmingway portrays this "Lost Generation" through the words of his fictional character Lieutenant Henry, in A Farewell to Arms. ......

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While the Great War demonstrated flaws in the government system and provided future generations with the ability to learn, understand and prevent mistakes, the outcome of such a conflict is never important because there are no real winners in war. ...

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This agreement, however, was not fully carried out after the war but led to the Arabs not trusting the government in the future. ... His government, the Kingdom of Syria, would last only a few months, enjoy little domestic legitimacy, lose British support, and fall victim in July 1920 to French imperialist claims on his territory during from the Sykes-Picot Agreement of 1915 Under the guise of a League of Nations' mandate, the French established a colonial presence in Syria and would remain for a generation leaving only in 1946.... The future of the Middle East would depend on the Paris P...

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Woodrow Thomas Wilson, twenty-eighth president of the United States, might have suffered from dyslexia. He never could read easily, but developed a strong power of concentration and a near-photographic memory. By 1912 times were good for most Americans. Farmers were enjoying their most prosperous period in living memory, the cost of living rose slightly, unemployment was lower than it had been for several years, and working conditions were improving. By 1913 when Wilson was inaugurated, American industries were in a flood of consumer goods, including automobiles, telephones, and movies. ...

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World War I, the first globally destructive conflict that the Western Civilization produced, has been the subject of various analysis, interpretations and reevaluations of the various causes that led to it. Initially, the guilt was placed upon Germany and its allies. Eventually, historical analysis conducted in decades after the event, lead to a shift from the guilt perspective, to a broader one of various interacting factors. Although almost nine decades have elapsed, one question still persists: "Which explanation is best suited as the cause of WWI?" To provide an answer, the views of six h...

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