... the fighting and dying achieved, years later? An island that was once fought fiercely over now lay lifeless and uninhabited. The hardest part was not to find a picture to write about, but to narrow it down to just one. I finally decided on a large color photo titled "Valentino's Tank, 2000-2001." The pictures ... was 2"x 2" in size and took up its own wall. In the picture, an old American WWII tank was portrayed rolled on its side and blown apart. The tank was rusted and corroded, it had taken a dark gray and brown color from being weathered from years gone by, it looked ancient. Around ...

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... ) taken in 1915 on the hights of Gallipoli with the Aegean Sea in the background. The caption reads "A digger caries a wounded comrade down to a dressing station near North Beach" - this picture clearly shows the core of mateship and the Anzac legend. To be an Anzac is to hold headfast into battle, to do what's best for your country against all odds ... reports that reached Australia were those of Ellis Ashmead Bartlett who wrote of the "magnificent victories" made by the Anzac soldiers. "Then the Australians found themselves facing an almost perpendicular cliff of loose sandstone Somewh...

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... of Octavia In Ernest J. Gaines, "The Sky is Gray," is a story of a woman during World War II, who is faced with the challenges of raising and providing for her family financially in the absent of her husband because of ... Octavia is seeking to instill upon him, for no mother is contented until she is assured that her child can survived beyond her departure. 2 Outline Ernest J. Gaines; The Sky is Gray Characterization of Octavia Thesis: The happy and cheerful social person Octavia once was has transformed into an abusive, demanding, but compassionate woman. I. Octavia is force into ass...

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... of bringing the United States into the Second World War on the anti-Axis side." (17) Keegan does not do much to answer these questions, simply brings them into the picture. The book gives no feel of ending or resolution to most of the questions he brings about. Maybe this was his purpose. Topics in the book up from one place ... leaves a rather dull commentary on the events of the time period. It seems as though Keegan, who worked as a military history lecturer at the Royal Military Academy, took his lecture notes, typing them up and called it a book. Maybe this is exactly what he did. ...

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... over in relations between the political elite, he discusses a different kind of power in the relations between a prince and the general public. Machiavelli notes that a prince can share power with the people, since a prince can trust the people much more than he can trust the nobles. Nobles ... power is an increasing resource, sharing power with the people can result in greater power for the people and for the prince. Finally Machiavelli notes that inherent power of the public, which exists despite the dictatorial power that any prince exercises. When discussing fortresses, he states t...

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... and there material was also censored if it showed too much of the truth, moreover not even soldiers letters were left to the way they were written even these personal notes were censored. This is an example of the way the government used propaganda to keep the public happy about the war and get normal men to sign up for the ... that books were a very good way for the government to spread its propaganda. The government also brought patriotism into its propaganda scheme by making a poster "your country NEED YOU" with a picture of a general pointing towards the reader suggesting that the p...

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... to use colors and camera abilities to mimic the tone set by the actors and special effects of battle. For instance, during the battle scenes, the sky seems to be gray and grim. This is set behind an environment and a situation that is equally so. But, when Miller's company is walking through a golden field, the sky is full of color and ... light, to highlight the humor and camaraderie shared between these men. Although, there was still an undertone of gray and darkness which can either be used to foreshadow death and battle, or to maintain the harshness and horrible qualities of war. To...

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... hunters had stole Piggy's (one of the fire-watchers) glasses so that they may have a means of making a cooking fire. One of the more vicious hunters roles a boulder off of a cliff, crushing Piggy, and causing the death of yet another rational being. The story concludes with the hunters hunting Ralph (the head and last of the fire-watchers). After lighting half ... ...

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... and beat him to death. The next morning, Jack's tribe kidnaps the twins and attack Ralph and Piggy. A boy named Roger rolls a boulder down the mountain, which knocks Piggy off a cliff. Ralph manages to escape but he is left all by himself. He takes shelter in the forest until the tribe sets fire to the forest, forcing Ralph onto the beach ... ...

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... accidentally killed by Allied forces during the battle. Japanese women and children were hiding in caves all the time, for fear of being captured. Allied soldiers would climb up the cliff of the cave and lower barrels of gasoline, then shoot at it. It would explode and bury them to death. While both the Battle of Normandy and the Battle of ... ...

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... frozen in motion, and how they can be frozen in time by this photograph. The composition also brings us straight into the couple. The picture does not follow the rule of thirds; rather it positions the couple bulls-eye in the center. This immediately brings out attention to the couple ... play a small role in leading our eyes away from the couple and into this female pedestrian. There is also a slight use of framing in this picture. There is a space between the couple - merged with the female pedestrian - and the remaining pedestrians. This space frames the couple and also brings our ......

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... core, that we can understand our own limitations and even our own potential. Our vices can act as a tool to feed our creativity. Winston Churchill, known to enjoy the martini, notes that he got more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of him. It was alcohol that Churchill used to ignite social discourse and fuel his creativity. Much like ... is the perfect example. Too much can provoke violence, anger, immoral behavior which can not only to the detriment of yourself but also of others around you. As Samuel Butler notes, moderation and the careful analysis of timing, intentions an...

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... give it a very clean and organized. However, about halfway through the movement, it shifts into compound meter, and every so often the soloist will have three quarter notes, and there will be two dotted quarter notes in the same spot in the accompaniment. This hemiola pattern creates a more chaotic, unaligned feel, and completes a perfect metaphor for World War II: the precise duple ... ...

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... many soldiers, so many men in the war and felt that he was a murderer and was finally paying for it. Ishmael, trying to look for a story about the trial, finds notes that prove Kabuo Miyamoto was not guilty of the charge of the death of Carl Heine, " The freighter began its dogleg at 1:42. Carl Heine's watch stopped at 1:47." Since ... was to drink in the smell of her and to feel her hair in his hands." Ishmael still clings to his relationship he had with Hatsue, but turns in the notes anyways. Ishmael finds that Hatsue can never be his. Kabuo is found not guilty from all charges and Ha...

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... were doing, so that they could protect Britain. However, in the trenches he realized how horrific the war was and started to make notes about the conditions at first. Then later in a military hospital he edited and collected these notes into the poetry of Wifred Owen. 'Dulce et Decorum Est' is Latin for: It is sweet and fitting (to die for one ... ...

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... group and is going to speak about the event on television. This just shows how the same event can mean different things to different people. The picture shows me the power humans have and the respect we must show to each other in order to avoid an event similar to this or even worse ... helping people who were more badly injured. Although we are unsure of the catastrophes seen by Mariko after the bombing we can infer, due to the picture provided inside the story, that the scene in Hiroshima resembled the beaches of Normandy in the opening scene of "Saving Private Ryan". The photograph pr...

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... were unable to be found in the United States. So like the Japanese, they sent their pictures back home in hope of finding themselves a "picture bride". In order to find themselves picture brides, the Korean males sent home a picture of themselves, and through a matchmaker the pictures were shown to a number young women. If they liked what the saw, then they were to send ... a picture of themselves back and a match would be made. A total of 951 Koreans immigrated to America by way of these so-called "picture brides." Yet, like many of the instances, these men did not turn out to be who t...

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... , Wells uses imagery to evoke the fear and havoc "the other" is capable of creating. He describes the physical appearance of the extraterrestrial as "something resembling a little gray snake, about the thickness of a walking stick... wriggl[ing] in the air" (Wells 19). This deviation from what is expected causes much pandemonium as "a loud shriek [erupts] from ... ...

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... harbor, and how it affects society and justice as a whole. The novel begins with the introduction of a court room containing members of the local community. The room is cold and gray, which mirrors the reactions and feelings toward the entire situation of the murder of a fisherman that might have been done by a Japanese American. Just after World War Two, much of ... ...

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... left leads to a storeroom and the right hand door leads to the Secret Annexe. No one would ever guess that there would be so many rooms hidden behind that plain gray door. The door is concealed by a cupboard. It's dark, gloomy inside. It has lots of room, like Frank's family's room, Anne and Margot's room, a room containing wash basin and small ... ...

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... ." Each nation invested large amounts of money to the research and creation of better propaganda techniques, and in 1976, A.J. Russell categorized propaganda into three distinct categories; "White propaganda, the truth; gray, a composition of half-truths and distortions; or black, a pack of lies." All of these were employed during the cold war, as well as other times throughout history. Merriam-Webster defines ... ...

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... see figurative language, as she portrays the institution as a "no-mans-land, a world of wandering and being alone"; this reflects a place that only exists in the mind. Moreover she personifies "gray circling smoke" as "trapped and confused as the patients". Therefore from her description of the institution and her life, it is quite hectic. The extract ends in exclamations, as she ... ...

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... the primary destination, Kokura, the pilot couldn't see the city through the thick clouds. He decided to move on to the next target, Nagasaki. Nagasaki was also covered with think gray clouds. The pilot, Major Charles W. Sweeney, decided to just make a blind drop on the city. The bomb landed 1.5 miles away from the aim point. Nagasaki's hills protected most of the ... ...

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... stayed neutral, and many Americans hoped it would remain so. However, it soon became obvious this was not meant to be. In January of 1917, two British cryptographers -- Nigel de Gray and Reverand William Montgomery -- deciphered a telegram sent from German Foreign Minister Arthur Zimmermann to Count von Bernstoff, the German ambassador in Washington. The telegram had two purposes -- the first part ... ...

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... . The dresses that the women wore to the parties were beautiful and elegant and the body language from the people makes you wonder what was going on the time the picture was taken and I absolutely love that. Robert also shows the simplicity of life through his pictures of cafés. He's showing that it doesn't take a lot to be happy even ... they're gone. By having the couple be the main focus and then the background out of focus you can see that this could have been Robert's intention for the picture. Robert's philosophy came through in a quote from him, "The marvels of daily life are so ...

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