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    Salinger was a writer during World War and so war has a very big effects on his stories. Reader can see the theme of war in all of his stories. All of them were happening during war or after it. All the characters lost something or someone in war and now they’re looking for that lost thing in kids or the kids remind them of themselves. So “At the first glance, Nine Stories seems to deal mostly with children and adolescents.” (Alsen 87) Three stories that war had a very big effect on it are” A…

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    As you ask for a glass of water, you have no hesitation to drink it. The water is guaranteed to be clean. When you hear of a recent outbreak of disease, you breathe calmly. Disease prevention is easily accessible. The United States, within its glass bubble, consists of sanitary water accommodations and medical assistance, which is available for most citizens. Additionally, the United States is consistently looking for more ways to improve. One may ask, what is outside of the glass bubble?…

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    The Catcher in the Rye, this story is about a man named Seymour Glass who is a war veteran suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Seymour finds his innocence in a young girl named Sybil Carpenter while spending a moment with her on the beach and then takes his own life shortly after parting due to a reminiscence of his bad memories in the war. Alike Holden from The Catcher in the Rye, Seymour Glass and his wife, Muriel Glass, are both individuals that keep their feelings inside in order…

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    Personal Narrative Essay

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    Anticipated, I disembarked from the airplane as soon as I saw bloody dead bodies lying down on the dry, cracking floor from my clear glass window. From its appearance, the country seemed deserted, looking as if it was abandoned for the past hundred years. As I continued my walk in the airport, waiting for my administration work to be finished, I looked out the big glass window, observing local citizens who are suffering from the deserted environment, malnutrition, deaths, poverty, depression.…

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    the difference between what the Coke brand was first made to the Coke brand of today? From the webpage The Invention of Coca Cola Vanessa said, “Coca-Cola was invented by a pharmacist named John Pemberton in 1866. He fought in the Civil War, and at the end of the war he decided he wanted to invent something that would bring him commercial success. He invented many drugs, but none of them ever made any money. So, after a move to Atlanta, Pemberton decided to try his hand in the beverage…

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    topic that we could write an argumentative essay about. This paper explains an uncommon form of discrimination, also known as the glass ceiling. The glass ceiling is a barrier to blocks women from getting promoted in the business world. First, the paper is explaining telling you how the glass ceiling is discrimination, and how it affects women. Secondly, it shows what the glass ceiling is effecting large corporation. Next, the paper explains how you can end this form of discrimination in the…

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    that time. Pemberton sold the recipe 1887 for 2300 American dollars to Asa Griggs Candler. In 1895 Coca-Cola was available everywhere in the states. But it was in World War 2 the breakthrough came in when Coca-Cola was representing the United States as a national drink.The Year 1915 The Coca-Cola Company where looking for a glass design that would distinguish it from other beverage bottles. They said and I quote ” A bottle which a person could recognize even if they felt in the dark, and so…

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    Hitler Gender Roles

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    Following the immense political gains for the rights of women in many countries around the world by 1920, the world was left with the question: what next? Would more, social, rights be granted? Should they be? In the late 1920’s and 1930’s these questions were addressed in the rhetoric of writers as well as prominent political figures. Two separate stances when answering these questions have been exhibited in the works of influential figures at this time. The first, given by Virginia Woolf in…

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    Death In Gaz Film Analysis

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    he was killed while filming in Gaza. In this paper, I will discuss how my socialization here in America is both similar and different to Ahmed’s socialization while living in Gaza during this conflict. I will use the sociological concepts of looking-glass self, role-models, significant others, primary groups and reference groups in my paper to analyze these similarities and differences. In the study of sociology, socialization is defined as the “life-long social experience by which people…

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    Athens. Everyone loved her food and they often complimented her on the bread she made. She was married to a man named Acacius. Acacius had been gifted by Ares and was given great battle skills and courage. He had been called to fight in the Trojan War. After ten years, he had finally returned. When he arrived, everyone was proud of him and excited about his return. Everyone except Chira. She was glad to see him at first. Then as they went around town, he was getting more and more popular.…

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