A Family at War

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    The bloodiest war in American history was a result of seemingly irreconcilable differences and a challenge over slavery that had defined the country since its founding. A conflict over the power of the national government to regulate slavery resulted in unprecedented violence and the death of hundreds of thousands. As proven through the development of culture following the war, the immediate deep wounds and destruction that resulted of Civil War violence was forgotten over the years, and America…

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    World War 1 is a very prominent war in our history. Many countries fought in this war and many people didn’t finish it. Many different things impacted on the people not fighting in the war and the people fighting in the war. World War 1 had united many countries and families together but also at the same time many of them were separated. World War 1 was a global war that took place in Europe. The war began on 28th July 1914 and ended on the 11th November 1918. More than 70 million military…

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    Gender And Gender Roles

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    responsible taking care of the family financially and economically. Men did not do household chores and spent most part of the day outside of the house, men were the breadwinners for their family. They felt the need to be “strong” and refrained from displaying emotions. To prepare for, and during the war, women were brought into the factories including the war material factories. Prior to that, the majority of the women were dependents on their fathers or husbands to support the family. Women…

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    In D.W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation the utilization of parallel-editing and mise-en-scene portrays how sectionalism led to opposing views that caused turmoil everywhere in the nation, not only on the battlefield. The sectional views that led to war are seen in how the Southern view of this film clearly views the blacks as stereotypes in which it victimizes the whites during the Restoration period. The scene of the black legislature session shows both blacks and whites, blacks who have less…

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    As said above Pericles does an excellent job. He’s always saying the words nation and Athenian; these words bring the nation together and bring out their pride and loyalty for the war. Lincoln does a favorable job at this too. Lincoln also uses words and terms to unite the country in the time of war. Probably one of the famous lines in his speech, “and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth,” is very strong in the way of uniting the…

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    The Red Convertible

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    brother Henry. The two brothers buy a red convertible car on their way to Winnipeg and take off driving the whole summer. After they return home, Henry deploys to the Vietnam war and his life changes hereafter. When he returns home after three years, Lyman finds Henry all changed. He has even forgotten to laugh. The effects of war have damaged him from inside. Lyman desperately tries to help his brother; he even destroys their convertible. Henry becomes a little bit of himself and starts…

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    American Literature. He was an American author who wrote notable works in the realist tradition, The Red Badge of Courage in 1895. The Red Badge of Courage is a war novel taking place during the American Civil War where Henry Fleming, a young private from the Union Army, derived from the field of battling. Even though Crane was born after the war was going on, the novel is known of its realism. It was one of his well-known pieces of work. The Red Badge of Courage was unique in style and…

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    He was an Athenian historian and general. His History of the Peloponnesian War recounts the fifthcentury BC war between Sparta and Athens until the year 411 BC. Thucydides has been dubbed the father of "scientific history" by those who accept his claims to have applied strict standards of impartiality and evidence-gathering and analysis of cause and effect, without reference to intervention by the deities, as outlined in his introduction to his work. He also has been called the father of the…

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    Love and War One might ask what is love without war, but the answer will always be the same, there is no such thing. Love and war are two factors in life that are simply always together and are inextricable. That being said, the original play of Romeo and Juliet is a perfect example of love and war showcasing it throughout. However, love and war have also shown up in more recent situations, such as in the book The 5th wave . With the characters, Cassie and Evan also fall in love, but having…

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    influence on World War II for the right cause of humanity, democracy, justice and fight against Fascism, Nazism and japan to help the allied group. Not only Nepal was involved in World War II Nepal was also involved in world war I , during World War I Nepal helped The Great Britain helped allies against German group. Having Helped in world war I and world war II Nepal faced various bad as well as good impact on politics, social and economy of the country. The impact of World War II in Nepal…

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