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Catcher In The Rye Holden Caulfield
764 wordsThe Catcher in the Rye, by JD Salinger, is a display of characters and incidents portrayed through the eyes of an adolescent. Holden Caulfield, the main character has been revealed in the first person view in a unique narrative of a teenage boy who forms a transition into adulthood. Holden perceives the world as an evil and corrupt place where there is no purity and that individuals in the world acquire a trait known as "phony. " Throughout the novel, Holden Caulfield refers to the conditions of...
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German Army Soviet Union
968 wordsAfter losses and failure of Operation Barbarossa, Hitler now had new objectives in the war. He planned to drive Soviet forces out of the Southern Steppes and the Caucasus region and taking over the abundant supply of natural mineral wealth, especially oil, which was a key ingredient for Germany's war machine. Another reason was that Axis forces could have direct access to the Middle East and be able to have the military capability for a final annihilating sweep Northward through Soviet forces in...
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World War Ii Hitler Felt
1,142 words... s prime minister, Can, that the military campaign in Greece would be a quick success. Germany was taken completely by surprise by Italy's actions, which she totally disapproved. Hitler had to switch tracks at this time. He had to postpone his final conflict of the war, Operation Barbosa, an attack on Russia and concentrate on the Mediterranean. Italy invaded Greece through Albania without a declaration of war. Without the knowledge of guerrilla warfare, Italy found itself retreating back int...
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First Aid Traffic Safety
922 wordsDriving an automobile is a risky and dangerous activity. Every day, tragic accidents make the headlines in newspapers and on the evening TV news. Driving is an essential part of day-to-day living for most people, and yet this ordinary means of getting from one place to another can be deadly. With so many people of all ages on the road, practicing traffic safety is a must. Among the most important steps to take for a safer driving experience are knowing the possible dangers associated with drivin...
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Terminally Ill Patients Rheumatoid Arthritis
1,373 wordsAt any one time, over 10, 000 patients in Canada are in a permanently vegetative State (Bender, 34). In addition, thousands of profoundly handicapped infants are born each year. As life- sustaining medical technology continues to improve and lengthen the process of dying, those numbers will steadily increase. This, along with several other factors, is why euthanasia should be legalized throughout Allowing doctors to administer a lethal dose is much more merciful to dying patients than allowing t...
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Female Desert Tortoise U S Department Tortoises
1,147 wordsVulnerable to the harsh desert conditions, the desert tortoise spends almost all of its time waiting out extreme temperatures in its underground burrow. There, this armored, terrestrial turtle conserves its energy and stays relatively cool during summer months, and relatively warm during winter months. This turtle, California's official state reptile, carries a high-domed tan to dark brown carapace (shell), which protects them from most predators. Yet even those shells are unable to shield the d...
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Iran Iraq War Iraq And Iran
1,070 words... it responded to Iranian attacks on its shipping by asking the superpowers for protection, the United States was eager to provide assistance and reassurance of its support. To restore its position in the Gulf, the United States agreed to re-flag and convoy Kuwaiti ships. Protection of the flow of oil was in any case still a paramount American interest, and President Reagan affirmed his commitment to safeguard Gulf exports. Along with the re-flagging, went a major American naval deployment to ...
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World Trade Center Religion Of Islam
1,295 wordsI am refuting my previous speech where I tried to persuade you that the United States didn't need to take military action against Iraq, because by doing so we would be imposing our value system upon them. I felt I needed to refute my previous speech, because It is important to understand the whole situation before drawing a conclusion. In 's speech he introduced the issue of terrorism. In his speech he argued that the Iraqi crisis wasn't about the United States trying to impose it's values upon ...
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Strindberg Miss Julie And Beckett Waiting For Godot
1,228 wordsThe motivations and behavior of key characters in Strindberg's Miss Julie and Beckett's Waiting for Godot will be analyzed according to Eric Berne's method of transactional analysis. Eric Berne deals with the psychology behind our transactions. Transactional analysis determines which ego state is implemented by the people interacting. There are three possibilities which are either parent, adult, or child. The key characters in Waiting for Godot are Vladimir and Estragon. Vladimir is the more int...
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Italian Immigrants Promised Land
619 wordsDuring World War Two Australians finally realised just how vulnerable they were to enemy attacks. The reality of this possibility hit home hard when the Japanese attacked Darwin and when Japanese midget subs penetrated Sydney harbour. We now realised that our island was not an impenetrable fortress. They government also realised that our country was dangerously under-populated. The fact was that we had too much space and only 7 million people living in it which once again made us very vulnerable...
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John The Baptist Dorian Gray
1,190 wordsGothic Literature was a natural progression from romanticism, which had existed in the 18 th Century. Initially, such a unique style of literature was met with a somewhat mixed response; although it was greeted with enthusiasm from members of the public, literary critics were much more dubious and sceptical. Gothic writing is a style of literature that relies upon the evocation of moods, feelings and imagery for impact. This style of writing was developed during an age of great scientific discov...
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Mrs Birling Eva Smith
1,009 words... ring to believe that a man has to "look after himself and his own. " Priestley partially shows his own voice by ridiculing Mr. Birling through showing the pompous man to be in basic error about so many things, such as the Titanic being unsinkable and war not breaking out. The audience would know that he is wrong, and that lends more credence to what Priestley is saying. Sheila and Eric learn from what the Inspector teaches them about responsibility. Sheila herself explains: "I remember what ...
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Salem Witchcraft Trials People Of Salem
1,147 wordster> Witchcraft, Insanity, and the Ten Signs of Decay Since there never was a spurned lover stirring things up in Salem Village, and there is no evidence from the time that Tituba practiced Caribbean black magic, yet these trials and executions actually still took place, how can you explain why they occurred? The Salem Witchcraft Trials began not as an act of revenge against an ex-lover, as they did in The Crucible, but as series of seemingly unlinked, complex events, which a paranoid ...
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Group Of Boys Blue Eyes
808 wordsThis is the supposed lost chapter, Chapter Thirteen, or William Golding's novel, Lord of the Flies... On deck of the cruiser, the officer split the boys up into several groups. He then led each group of boys to a cabin. Ralph hoped that he would not be in the same group as Jack or any of the other older boys. He was still a little weary of them. He was not completely certain if they still wanted to kill him. Ralph let out a sigh or relief when he realized he was going to bunk with two of the lit...
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Natural Born Killers Moral Panic
1,416 words... dia exposure. I feel that people panic and blame the media in order to find some way of justifying the behaviour of such people. People find it far less frightening to think that someone in society has committed a crime because of the influence of a 'video nasty', than to think that they did it because of the sort of person they are. "the moral panic about television violence may deflect attention away from other possible causes of social unrest K" (pg 14, The Media Studies Book- A Guide for...
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And Physician Assisted Suicide
849 wordsEuthanasia and Physician Assisted Suicide. Discussions about euthanasia often get mired in a mountain of emotional accusations, such as charges that the most vulnerable of humans are besieged by euthanasia practitioners and that families must fight anti-life assaults on their loved ones which threatens the lives of those who are medically vulnerable. In reality the basic question that should be posed by euthanasia and physician assisted suicide to any person should be, should a person who is ter...
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Race And Class Southern Blacks
950 wordsIn his 1988 film Mississippi Burning, Director Alan Parker sets out to corner the audience into an awareness of the segregation and bigotry in Americas south during the 1960 s. Ironically he attempts to achieve this by using cinematic methods that fall in line with exactly what his films central message is attacking; the ugly stereotyping of race and class. While the films message is as important in todays society, where segregation of race and class still occurs, the use of blatant misrepresent...
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Evil Begets Evil Needed When Times Change
998 wordsThe tale of Beowulf is one of constant transformation. Great warriors and leaders are turned into cowering peons. Faithful Christians convert to devil worship. Devout followers flee at the sight of trouble. Many peoples morals change quickly and drastically at the sight of change. Personal turmoil abounds with changing values brought about by changing times. People can remain content as long as nothing challenges them, however at the mere sight of change personal chaos abounds. One case of how c...
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Middle Class Families Accessed April
1,588 words... wages of individuals at the bottom while the wages are the top levels increase. (David W, 2005) Societies Most Vulnerable The most vulnerable in society are the children who in present times can be targeted by predatory elements and become runaways or face the danger of abductions etc. Thousands of children are each year abducted in connection with crimes and while a majority of children return, there is always the risk of hunger, sickness and sex abuse for those who do not come back. The in...
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Revolutionary Era John Adams
525 wordsJohn Adams was a realistic president. Adams was viewed by his peers as one of the most significant statesmen of the revolutionary era, but his status among the distinguished faded. What made Adams a prominent figure at first, later led to his demise as the second president. Above all John Adams was honest, he also had a sharp way with words. The two most important qualities that helped him through his four years were his caliber as a political thinker, and he pragmatic perspective on American fo...
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