... fish for eighty-four days, he refuses to be discouraged. He has had streaks of bad luck in the past, and he is hopeful that the next day will bring him better luck. In fact, he makes up his mind to go far out to sea and try his luck, optimistic that he may catch a really large fish. Santiago is alone in the world ... 's parents have forbidden the boy to go out on the boat with Santiago any longer. After not catching fish for forty-four days, they have decided the old man is bad, and they do not want it to rub off on their son. Santiago misses Manolin's company, for he thinks of the boy a...

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... his life. This is when Hemingway was just starting to see the material rewards of his developing literary career. Hemingway did not have a very good childhood. Although his youth was bad, and unhappy, Hemingway viewed it as an essential artistic and personal resource for the development of an individual "heroic code." About the time that Hemingway graduated from high school, the ... or indirectly or through symbolism. He normally writes about himself too. The main character, in some way, is usually he. I believe that having a rough childhood and not the best of luck with the ladies left...

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... to relieve pressure on France, Jilinsky agreed to launch an offensive against Germany on the Eastern Front. Samsonov and Rennenkampf were both cavalry officers. These two generals had been on bad terms with one another since the war with Japan, where Samsonov complained of Rennenkampf's conduct of battle. This is one of the many advantages that the Germans have over the ... the 29 of August, to inform him he was leaving the battlefield. Before leaving, Samsonov turned to his staff and replied with a weak smile, "The enemy had luck one day, we will have luck another." He then said farewe...

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... 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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... must look at his own life and how the meaning of death affected Hemingway himself. In 1928 Hemingway's father Edmonds Hemingway committed suicide. It is said that he had much bad luck, and was not all of it his own. Many thought that Hemingway's next theme would actually be fear. Through out Hemingway's childhood he remained unhappy. He was only compatible on ... then became a vagrant on the American road. After living as a vagrant for a couple of years, the U.S. in 1917 entered World War I. Hemingway tried to enlist, but was rejected because of a bad eye. But why would Hemingway enlist...

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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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... . Mechanized warfare consisted of both tanks and planes and both of those were most innovative weapons. From watching the movie All Quiet on the Western Front I learned a lot about how bad the war really was for the soldiers sitting on the front line. I knew that the medical attention in the war was suffering pretty hard under those conditions but I never imagined ... friends, comrades and family, sometimes watching them died next to them, and it always showed how easily it could have been them dying. Dying on the battlefield was a play of luck; if it wasn't you this time, it could be yo...

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... he did. After being out for several days people were amazed when he returned home with the marlin skeleton, even though it was just the skeleton. People told him his bad luck was finally over. Lost love can be found but not always kept. This theme acquired from "A Farewell to Arms-. When Henry and Catherine meet for the first time Henry tries ... ...

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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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... that my parents wanted Jeremy to join the navy but thought he was too young to join. I think he is quite capable of taking care of himself and I wish him luck though I will miss him. My father says that much of the war propaganda has been taking greater effect and that's what might have motivated Jeremy to really run away. I think ... with father that they are not giving the whole story and are censoring what we read. I think it is because the government does not want people to know about the bad side to war and want people to only be for the war. Indeed many of women generally have bee...

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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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... scene the film has really captured the anti-war theme. It had made me think how the lives of soldiers were often sacrificed in war to mistaken tactics, stupidity and bad luck. Gallipoli vividly demonstrates the horrors of war and the politicians and generals who prosecute it. It displayed their willingness, even eagerness, to sacrifice thousands of men in ill-conceived, poorly ... ...

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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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