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In 1941 World War 2 was in full speed. The Nazi’s we 're expanding into Europe and The USSR. At the other side of the world The Japanese were stretching their territories throughout Asia. The United States, led by Franklin Roosevelt, decided to embargo Japan in order to slow down their expansion. This would lead Japan to attack our military base, PearlHarbor. The day that would "live in Infamy." A day after the attack, FDR made a speech to congress. His speech used Repetition & Parallelism,…

you learn a different type of format altogether. I graduated high school in 2011 so I never really had to use APA or even basic writing format after my senior paper. In the Military, administrative school taught me the basics in Military writing, Navel Format, Standard Business Letter, and writing Orders. It is those military writing skills and knowledge that I use on a daily basis. Coming into Writing 101 I expected to relearn much of what I learned in high school…

In Toni Morrison’s novel, Song of Solomon, the theme of flowers is significant for the female characters. Ruth Dead identifies herself as “small’ like flowers and her daughters, Lena and Corinthians identify with artificial rose petals. Many people assume that flowers are beautiful, delicate and need love and care in order to grow. In the novel, these characteristics of flowers are used to identify gender norms for women because flowers represent femininity. Morrison uses flowers to symbolize…

“The world is changing and you’re only just becoming accustomed to it. You’re changing, I suppose.”--- Sara Sheridan, sheridan is a scottish writer who works in a various of genres. Her quote indicate that people would be unconsciously affected by their experience and the environment around them. It provides a good explanation for the characteristic changing of Macbeth in shakespeare's play “Macbeth”.Macbeth goes through drastic changes throughout the play. His various bizarre experience changes…

Founded by Prophet Muhammad around 610 A.D., Islam is the world’s second largest religion after Christianity with more than one billion followers. Though it originated in Arabia, the teachings have dispersed all over the world from Pakistan to Egypt and many more continents. The main components of Islam are the five pillars. Through the five obligations or pillars of faith, Muslims learn how to heighten their overall well-being. The first pillar of Islam is the profession of faith, which in…

Don’t you Cringe, my Boy “Good morning James”, Venessa would enthusiastically great me every morning when she passed by my office door. Venessa was something to see. She stood an intimidating 6’9’’ while I was only 5’5’’. I always thought that I could dare this lofty devil; either tiptoe and reach her space (mark you she was worth the trouble) or bring her down(what are cranes for any way?). We used to call tall women devils as we thought they were a deadly devious and scheming lot. But wait a…

which symbolizes the creative power of the sun. Brahma was actually born with five heads but was cut by Shiva so now he had four heads, four faces, and four arms. Brahma was born without a mother. He came from the lotus which came out from Vishnu’s navel at the beginning of the universe. Vishnu, the Preserver, who incarnates for the protection of dharma and destruction of evil. Vishnu holds the highest status among the three. Vishnu is typically a four armed male which indicates his all…

One of the contributing contextual factors that led to the first crusade was the advance of various Islamic people into European territory, leaving them with feelings of vulnerability. By the end of the 11th-century the forces of Islam had captured 2/3 of the Christian world. However, nothing was done against the powers of Islam for a very long time. It was not until Emperor Alexius asked Pope Urban II to help recover the Byzantine territory. Urban had considerable reasons to help Alexius, but…

Sea, and dispatched a substantial number of troops to the Balkans ().” These aggressive acts concerned the Turkish government who reached out to the United States for support against Soviet invasion. The United States happily obliged, and sent a navel fleet to the area. In addition, both the United States and Great Britain sent notes to the Soviet Union reaffirming their support for turkey. Armed by this support, turkey flat out rejected the Soviet Union’s request. And the Soviet Union…

The process of discovering the ideological foundations of power systems in the world is profoundly linked to how gaining such knowledge is a product of transformation in both individuals and groups. This is evident in Guevara’s The Motorcycle Diaries (2004) and Becker’s tragicomic film Goodbye Lenin! (2003) where both protagonists and their environments undergo a process of political-self reflection. As Guevara encounters Latin American poverty he embraces communism and similarly, the…