... the anti-hero due to their similarity with ordinary people. The postmodern era gave birth to a number of fictional characters. The Gilded Age produced the infamous Jay Gatsby of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Gatsby grew up in poverty, and through organized crime, he was able to emerge as a mysterious yet influential character. He devotes himself to a woman, Daisy, who would never ... love him, is obsessed with being rich, and builds his life based on a series of lies. Nonetheless, Jay Gatsby is passionate and optimistic, which is something the reader can relate to. Another ex...

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... situation in Germany became more and more desperate, people were more and more ready to listen to the ideas of Hitler. When the great depression struck, many Germans accepted his explanation that it was a Jewish-Communist plot. He had hatred towards Jews and thought them responsible for signing the Treaty of Versailles. He also blamed the communists because he completely hated ... ed. The Infancy of Nazism. New York: New Viewpoint, 1976. Grobman, Gary M. Adolf Hitler. . 29 April 2003. Hitler, Adolf. Mein Kampf. New York: Reynal & Hitchcock, 1939. NiemÖller, Martin. Quotes. . 29 April 2...

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... bomb as being "the master card" of diplomacy toward Russia. Gary Alperovitz's final argument lies in the lack of the support for the bomb after the war. He quotes multiple high ranking officers discussing their sentiments about the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Many believe that the bombs were unnecessary and that the United States most likely over looked ... . The Japanese had no intentions of backing down and a Soviet invasion would only empower them. Alperovitz's second argument lies in the regrets of World War II military leaders. The author quotes Dwight Eisenhower as saying,"...

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... War II had ended. The most important chapter to this study is the final one in which Browning attempts to explain the motivation of ordinary citizens to become killers. Browning's explanation is moving, however, it is unconvincing. Browning offers that "wartime brutalization, racism, segmentation, and routinization of the task obedience to orders, deference to authority, ideological indoctrination, and ... conformity" have been used in the past as explanation for the behavior of Germans during the Holocaust. He argues instead "these factors are applicable in varying degrees, but none wi...

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... . The period I took is important because it explains various activities that took place in the early 20th century. The activities include; first explanation of particular policies that United States used in dealing with Europe after World War I (McMahon, 1981). Explanation of how Japanese, German, and Italian aggression acts took the world to World War II. The period has also helped people in ... ...

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... a full historical perspective. Eisenhower's diary is not merely a notebook with bullets and notes jotted down in passing. These entries are in paragraph form, with formal writing containing great detail and explanation. Eisenhower thoroughly goes through each step in his thought process, even though he does not necessarily have to. For example, he includes the United States' reason to go into Korea ... "only to repel aggression, and not to re-unite Korea by force " (p. 6). He continues, giving the overall ideology behind US intervention. As President, he must know the explanation for US...

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... period in German history is an object of academic historical enquiry and detailed scholarly research. It is also a live and painful issue for thousands of Germans and other Europeans, the explanation of why they have no relatives or children." (Michael Burleigh (ed.), Confronting the Nazi Past, Collins & Brown 1996). While all history is contemporary history, in the sense that it is ... , the flair for grasping opportunities, the boldness in using them". But he also gives another answer - the nationalist, authoritarian and militarist traditions of Germany. Other historians are dissatisfi...

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... metaphors and similes. The simile "like a devil's sick of sin" is used yet the exact meaning is not clear. One explanation might be that Owen used this comparison to describe the actual face of the boy as he was dying. Another explanation is that he might have used the word "sin" to describe war and the deaths it causes, or that he ... ...

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... the atomic bomb, he stood his ground in the decision he made, he didn't try to push it onto someone else to better his popularity with the people as he quotes, "Let there be no mistake about it. I regarded the bomb as a military weapon and never had any doubt about it being used," (https://history.state.gov). Truman had ... ...

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... ending the war that was going on between us and Japan, but I feel as though, I would've never worked at the plant if I knew what I was helping to construct. Berger quotes many of the accounts he found powerful in the text Unforgettable Fire. The most powerful one, I believe is "A woman who looked like an expectant mother, was dead. At her side ... ...

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... and everything" "(Hansen 63). These people against their will were forced to abandon everything from their hard earned businesses, valuable belongings and their home. From a Japanese American woman's perspective she quotes, "we stood helplessly when people, who we thought were our friends, came by and said, 'I'll give you $2 for your stove, $1.50 for your fridge'" "(Hansen 63). These items that ... ...

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... learns and adopts the Tralfamadorian concept of time, that all moments end themselves repeatedly. One critic, Tim Hildebrand agrees that Billy has turned to the comforting Tralfamadorian time notion and quotes Billy's experience on the alien planet to support his argument (130-131). Billy says (in the novel) "The most important thing I learned on Tralfamadore was that when a person dies he ... ...

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... the people themselves in what they do, but rather the way they go about doing them, that is so erroneous. In Marion Pritchard's personal documentation script Reflections on Rescue, she quotes from the account entitled Faith after the Holocaust written by Eliezer Berkovits. "A Jew: "All we want of Christians is that they keep their hands off us and our children." This ... ...

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... historians and government officials argue against these charges by insisting that the attack was indeed a surprise due to a failure of American intelligence and ineffectiveness of the naval high command. Stinnett quotes historian Stephen E. Ambrose who claimed that the real problem was that American intelligence was terrible. According to Ambrose, the navy had not yet broken the Japanese naval codes, and the ... ...

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... . No other Prime Minister has had to ever put a Cabinet together as quickly as he and Churchill needed the House's cooperation to do what he was determined to do. 3. Broad quotes James Maxton, as he talks about Churchill after his speech, "It was written in the book of fate, say, perhaps, on the battlefield of Blenheim, the he would one day ... ...

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... to pull Germany from the depression and turn it in to a world superpower that almost won world war two. However they did not achieve the goal that they set out. Quotes 1. Mason, K J,Republic to Reich (pg132) 2. Mason, K J,Republic to Reich (pg133) 3. http://www.kdhs.org.uk/history/as/as_unit3/youth.htm References http://www.malton.n-yorks.sch.uk/MSWeb/HistoryZone ... ...

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... . No other Prime Minister has had to ever put a Cabinet together as quickly as he and Churchill needed the House's cooperation to do what he was determined to do. 3. Broad quotes James Maxton, as he talks about Churchill after his speech, "It was written in the book of fate, say, perhaps, on the battlefield of Blenheim, the he would one day ... ...

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... sleep until dawn. He tells himself, "it is probably only insomnia."" "Many must have it."" Critics usually describe Hemingway's style as simple, and journalistic. Kenneth S. Lynn of The New Republic quotes "The very tension and terseness of Hemingway's intimidating style provided the shock that a new era needed. The mastery over experience that this style seemed to display turned Hemingway's "objective' and ... ...

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... in a dozen years ago, as the people of North Vietnam lived in five years ago, and as the people of Iraq lived in only yesterday- (9). He then begins to use quotes from Lenin to only further his theories. In 1924, Lenin explained his theory of how Communism will take over the world. "First, we take Eastern Europe. Next, the masses of ... ...

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... . First, it is presented in a reader friendly chronological order for easy access to particular areas. Second, it is filled with links to further readings. Finally, the book includes several direct quotes and writings from Tito. The book also includes a bibliography with valid sources. The author, Ruth Schiffman, is also credible. She has taught history and written several other informative books. Tito ... ...

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... as much as he relives his moments of happiness. Perhaps Vonnegut is using this as a sort of motivation for people not to act atrociously. Before chapter one even begins, Vonnegut quotes the Christmas carol Away in a Manger. The cattle are lowing, The baby awakes. But the little Lord Jesus No crying He makes. Even before the reader is introduced to any ... ...

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... wrote a book, named the "Mein Kamph," or "My Struggle." The sole purpose of this book was to spread his vision of extermination of the Jewish community. He used many powerful quotes in making his point clear: "If we pass all the causes of the German collapse in review, the ultimate and most decisive remains the failure to recognize the racial problem ... ...

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... and the eastern region. Nowadays, the radioactivity is so miniscule that it is difficult to distinguish from trace amounts of radioactivity caused by atmospheric atomic-bomb tests. In reading many quotes by bomb survivors and leaders in the Japanese government, I came to the conclusion that they had a lack of respect of for the United States. It wasn't just from the bombing ... ...

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... to control the country. General Macarthur should be one of them. Innocence of General Macarthur left a quote "Old Soldiers never die .they just fade away" One of the most famous quotes in Korea, and Truman was the guy who actually chose Korea to be divided countries. Macarthur sought to expand the war Mainland China and ignored Truman's orders to use only ... ...

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... marriage, Agnes leaves because of his physical abuse, although this is quite a "real" part of the story, it's still was not explored in any great depth. One of my favorite quotes of the novel is definitely his closing one: "It was summer night: laughter fell softly: it was the sort of night that if you wasn't making love to a women you ... ...

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