Stalin was resolved to achieve his vision of a perfect communist society without regards to its cost in human lives. ... In reality, life within the camp was not so different from the life outside and the readers can clearly see the parallel demonstrated by the author. ... As a result of inhumane conditions, and lack of any hope for improvement, the inmates don't value their lives. ... Life in the Soviet Union was always terrorizing. ... In fact, many political convicts willingly take their own lives, failing to see a reason for their existence. ...

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In his later life, Steinbeck married three times. ... He experienced numerous movements in his life. ... He tells the story of their lives, which is a background to his job during college as a laborer (Hughes 78). ... It was a direct book from his life. ... Steinbeck found happiness while he watched sadness kill and destroy the people and lives around him. ...

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Can states be relied upon to protect the life and dignity of individuals during times of war? States cannot be relied upon to protect the life and dignity of individuals during times of war. ... This paper will proceed by first defining the concept of an armed conflict, and its impact on the life of civilians in our modern times. ... This proves that states cannot be relied upon to protect the life and dignity of individuals during times of war. ... This indicates how states are not reliable in protecting their citizens' lives when it comes to maintaining the power of their governments. ...

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These boys would sacrifice their lives blindly for the war effort. ... Billy, however, lives his life differently from the rest of us. While we go throughout life chronologically, he slips in and out of periods of his life, in and out of time and lives in that moment. ... When humans look at another's life, they do not focus on death but on how they lived their lives as a whole. Trafamadorians view life similarly. ...

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Smoke builds up the way lives build up. ... As the smoke gathered enough nutrients to build a huge fire, humans in their search have come to a tremendous obstacle that creates a fire within their lives, a fire that can make or break their lives. ... The era of fire is the harmonious existence of life and death: death for the destruction it has put upon the lives of people falling in the abyss of torment and the country of Germany in its turmoil. ... Individual lives are now in tranquil for they understand the way of life. ... Germany, never forgetting their past, live their lives with vigilanc...

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The War destroyed the long-established concepts they'd always modeled their lives on " loyalty, honor, and integrity. Without these beliefs, the men and women affected by the war began to rely on irrelevant and escapist activities to fill the void left by the beliefs that had previously given their lives meaning. Their lives become seemingly aimless, without a belief in any solid notion or a psychological or moral purpose. ... It numbs Jake and his friends to a bitter realization that their lives now lack purpose. ... The only thing accomplished by their drinking and dancing is a ...

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The two wars have changed our life because now we know how to hide, trap, surprise our enemy, and we know tactics to be successful over our enemy. I understand that we lost many lives in the Vietnam and Korean wars, but we also saved a lot. We saved many lives because we learned how to be smart as defenders of a belief. ... The Vietnam and Korean War has changed our life because throughout the lectures in class I learned that since then we are more cautious about getting involved in a war. ... ceful way of life. ...

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It did not merely allow the reader to "read" about the lives of World War II Veterans', but to experience them chapter by chapter. ... Broderick also helped fellow blind veterans by speaking about his life. ... Brokaw's work embodies the lives of World War II Veterans and their struggles to maintain the American way of life. ... This excerpt illustrates, that for many Americans, the only choice they had to better their lives was to go to war. ... Although silently she cried for the lives she couldn't save, her unit alone treated 77,025 patients. ...

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Life among the big cities of Europe was much different then we know them as today. ... While the poor people were struggling to survive each day, the rich were left to live their lives of luxury. ... The combination of the two must have been utterly repulsive, much to the contrary of the lives of luxury the rich were living. ... I feel that there was a hung unconscious disregard for human life. ... Furthermore, he indirectly killed masses of people by his neglect for human life. ...

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The end of the story shows how the lives of the 6 characters 40 years later are. How this tragedy continues to be a massive part of their lives, affecting them in daily life, both positively and negatively, and even so, how their attitude remains positive. 2) The story mentions how the US never previously mentioned anything about this attack to the people of Hiroshima, and this leads me to ask, why did the US do this? ... She then later recovers and lives comfortably. ... She holds no resentment towards the Americans, and continues with her life as well as she can. ... I like how Hersey fo...

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But I lived most of my life in Marceline, Missouri. ... The way I choose how to live my life is my decision and nobody else's. ... Us as free people should not have every aspect of our lives dictated for us. ... If The Communist Party were in control then every single American are technically being told how to live their lives, sort of like pets. ... But overall McCarthyism was terrible and my life is better without it....

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Again Ross's sensitivity wins the battle, and even though it is strictly condemned, Ross puts his own life on the line to save those of the horses. ... When this occoured, everything good in the Ross's lives seemed to be in permanent disorder. ... Birth I can give you - but life I cannot. ... Back then Ross would have no idea of the impact that failure would play in his life. At the end of the book, when fire is threatening the lives of over a hundred horses, Robert takes it upon himself to set them free and save their lives, something that under any other circumstance would have mad...

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We are writing this letter to inform you of some facts about the war that you might have not understood the last minutes of your life. ... Over 350 aircrafts were destroyed and lost nearly 1,177 lives when the battleship, USS Arizona, was bombed and sunk. ... Death is a part of life and it is the one thing you are guaranteed on your time on earth. ... And that one thing we must all sacrifice is our lives. ... Are our lives and the lives of our neighboring countries so much less important than taking over a country, or gaining some oil and steel, or being the most powerful nation in the worl...

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It was necessary that we have Japan's unconditional surrender, keep Russia out of East Asia and cut down on the cost of lives, Japanese and American. ... It was absolutely essential that the loss of American lives be decreased. ... The president, Harry Truman, was also advised of the horrendous cost of human life a normal invasion of Japan would require. ... It was estimated that it would cost 250,000 American lives and millions of Japanese lives to take Japan by invasion. ... The atomic bomb created a horrific death toll, in the end it saved lives, American and Japanese. ...

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The atomic bombs was evidently the best solution the United States had in their hands that would save the life of thousands of American soldiers. ... Many might have said Japan was near surrender and if the United States would have just waited a little longer they would have spared the lives of many civilians. ... Without it there was no way of ending this war which meant many lives would have been taken away either way. ... Although it may have been unethical to kill innocent lives of citizens that had nothing to do with the war, the atomic bombs lead Japan to surrender which speared the live...

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This touching novel tells the stark truth about all war, that it is senseless and a waste of so many lives, not only the ones fighting the war, but those left behind at home. ... The destructiveness of war is evident not only on the individual human lives and property, but also on the delicate human spirit. The destructive power is so great that even the basic differences between life and death become blurred. ... Paul and his fellow comrades find themselves less and less able to return to civilian life while friends continue to die all around them. ... "By the time Kat dies, Paul&#x...

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In today's world, human life is associated with a several types of technology. ... Today people cannot imagine the life without technology. ... Video games not only influenced my life but also my friends' lives. ... Besides computers and video games, mobile phones also change and influence people's lives. ... Technology not only affected and changed my life but also the lives of other people and the whole world itself. ...

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Oskar Schindler Many great things have happened in the course of ones life that will define the round sphere of reality that the person has placed on each person. ... They were taken to concentration camps were their lives ended. ... Before World War II, Schindler accomplished practically nothing in his life and little can be said about his actions afterward. ... At a time of little hope and tremendous suffering in the lives of millions of Jews, one man, an alleged enemy, risked his life and the lives of over eleven hundred people for an unknown reason. ...

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In Siegfried Sassoon's "Base Details," the speaker, a young ordinary soldier, says that his life would be so much different if he was an older officer. ... As a British soldier in World War I, Sassoon well understood the military life. Raised in the carefree, luxurious life of the British upper classes, Sassoon was at first a strong believer of war; however, his attitude completely changed as he became angered by those who profited at the expense of others. ... According to the speaker, these comments indicate that the officers do not seem concerned at all about any loss of sol...

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Now imagine the same man saving thousands of innocent lives. Imagine a man who was once known as selfish, risking his own life to save others. ... Clearly, Oskar Schindler had a very positive impact on the Holocaust because he saved more than 1000 lives during World War 2 by risking his own life and losing all his money. ... It says that Oskar was a future business man and when he became one he saved lives. ... So therefore he did not have a problem with Jews in his younger life, so he didn't have a problem helping them later on. ...

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As he runs towards the woodland, fellow soldiers scream and fall as their life is cut short by an enemy bullet. Just as he steps past the last sand on the beach, a shot rings out, he falls to the ground, and his life is over. ... Millions of Americans would have lost their lives on the beaches hoping to make a difference in the war to end it soon. ... One reason dropping the bomb on Hiroshima was important is because it saved millions of American and Japanese lives. ... In Japanese culture, it is more of an honor to give your life for your country and emperor, then to surrender to defeat. ...

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They go to training for a few weeks and live life on the front they soon realize it is not all it was supposed to be. They go through things such as losing lives to losing legs. Life on the western front was not all they thought it would be. ... The after math of the war is just as bad as during the war because they still think about it every waking moment of their lives. ... The boots show the insignificance of a lost life. ...

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The setting of Slaughterhouse-Five is wide-ranged, each place having a significant effect on Vonnegut's story through the life of Billy Pilgrim. ... Ilium, New York is the fictional town in New York where Billy Pilgrim is born in 1922 and where he lives most of his life. ... It is here in Billy's hometown Ilium that he lives what seems a normal life. ...

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Due to the role of education in the Japanese" lives, they believed that their country was correct in fighting in the war and gave their full support. ... Those that fought in battle never feared about losing their lives. ... This shows the appreciation the public felt for those who gave their lives in battle. Not only were some Japanese willing to give their lives for their country, some were more than happy to die during battle. One soldier explains that he "was full of ardor to abandon [his] life for the sake of the nation. ...

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World War I and Canada World War I, a terrifying ordeal that robbed 25 million humans of their lives, began on August 3, 1914. ... The loss of these lives is one that could never been replaced. ... Individuals who are opposed to Canadian involvement in both World Wars place the value of life above freedom, rights, and inhumanity to man. ...

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