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    Doppelgänger Essay

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    Doppelgänger is used intensively in German film of the early 20th century to represent cinematic themes throughout particular movies, usually in the form of reflection, shadows and impersonation of different characters. In the cases of The Student of Prague and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, this cinematic technique is used throughout these films to link two or more images of the main character to illustrate a larger idea of film making history in Germany. In The Student of Prague, doppelgänger…

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    to be a participant in the war. One of the propaganda posters made in Germany has a snake with eight arrows and the number eight, entangling the snake. We can presume that the snake is the Alliances and the eight symbolizes the war bond that the Germans were merchandising at that time. You can see that the arrows are piercing the serpent, which symbolizes that the money that is put in the war bond will support the army of Germany to annihilate their opponent. Other posters such as the Australia…

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    Development Of Germany: Once achieved the unification of the German state, was significantly boosted the process of industrialization. Germany became the first European power of the century, with a need to control more colonies to deposit their production. This was only possible by force of arms. An Organization…

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    Germany Traditions

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    Germany: A Land of Tradition and Contrasts Organization and discipline are evident in everyday life for Germans. Public transportation operates like clockwork; traffic lights are synchronized, even retail stores are subject to Ladenschlussgesetz (store-closing law) (Somers 20). Everything done in German lives is done with order and efficiency. While we consider the German people in this light, they give us the impression of drones, adamant about following rules and regulations, and striving for…

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    With their new found productive skills, they started to invent. A German man, by the name of Johannes Gutenberg, invented the printing press. The German goldsmith's fifteenth century commitment to the innovation of technology was revolutionary. This empowered books to be made in mass productions and allowed fast distribution of learning all through Europe. Nonetheless…

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    privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured.” The war lasted only another year and a half, but in that time, an astounding 117,000 American soldiers were killed and 202,000 wounded. Still, most Americans know little about why the United States fought in World War I, or why it mattered. The “Great War” that tore apart Europe and the Middle East and took the lives of over 17 million people worldwide lacks…

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    spanning the two war fronts. On the 6th of April, 1917, the United States declared war upon Germany, being, until that point, neutral. The declaration was on the grounds that Germany had violated its neutrality by attacking American international shipping convoys, resulting in American citizen deaths. Later on in December, the United States declared war on Austria-Hungary, entering the war as an ally to the Triple…

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    The fact that Americans are only limited to learning English as the common language directly affects my personal life as well as my professional future due to my native tongue being Spanish. My mother was the one who originally taught me English, as well as my grandfather who was a U.S. Marine and would always speak English to all of my family. My mother was an English teacher so that facilitated my learning experience as well as fixing accent and grammatical errors. Coming to America I…

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    World War I: Beginning and Variables Conductive to War “Why are we even here?” I bet this was a common question amongst many soldiers during World War I. As John Dillard has said in his lectures, “People were dragged into this war kicking and screaming.” World War I was the result of many events and variables. Starting with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie and continuing to be a world-wide war, many variables contributed to this war environment. World War I…

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    that such horrors ever happening again. The First World War has many consequences: France recovers the Alsace-Lorraine, lost in 1871; but the war cost him many men and its territory is partly destroyed; Germany exchange policy regime (after the German revolution of 1918) and became a republic; the tanks were used, as well as aircraft, for military purposes; the Austro-Hungarian Empire was divided into two countries: Austria and Hungary; other parts of its territory will be used to form new…

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