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    Which effected them for the rest of their lives. Paul's experience in war is similar to someone spending time in jail. You will have a feeling of dissatisfaction when you come home. Paul was young and knew nothing but despair, death and fear. Paul is sadden that the country that lost generation is now mentally and physically crippled, wasted and used up (Napierkowski). Soldiers even  experience pain from killing their opposition. The movie , Quiet on the western

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    stupid move, such as throwing something (or something like that) and then everybody starts to beat each other up! Well that’s what happened with World War 1. There was a lot of tension in between Austria-Hungry, Germany, Italy and Britain, France, Russia. But then someone had to shoot the Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his rich wife. That, my friend, is when the stick broke. In 1913, the World War 1 was declared a war! Austria-Hungry was furious that their

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    main Character Paul Going on about food and the rations and how not many men that fought returned to the front. The cook is kind of grumpy in my eyes as he is seems against giving the soldiers who returned from the french front a feast Even though the cook was reluctant though the men managed to convince him and have a feast and a half. Paul is very excited because food is somewhat hard to come by in the war and even if you can get some it is not very high quality. Although Paul is stoked to be

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    was written in 1848. This meant that there were not many people who had access to the document. It wasn’t until 1871, when the Paris Commune occurred, that the Communist Manifesto began to have a huge impact on the working class all over the world.[i] The Paris Commune, which was the insurrection of Paris against the French government, resurrected the idea of communism that had been banished for good just a few years after the Manifesto’s publishing. It created widespread interest

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    atomic bomb against Japan due to the fact that they are our enemy, saving American lives is the first priority, and the atomic bomb will ultimately prevent Russia from gaining control of Asia. Truman’s primary goal as the President of the United States was to first and foremost save the lives of numerous Americans. As stated in Document I, “Truman believed it was his duty as president to use every weapon available to save American lives.” He’s willing to take any action in order to better protect

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    alliances: Britain, France, and Russia (known as the Allies) and Germany and Austria-Hungary (known as the Central Powers). The alliance systems took effect when Serbian terrorist, Gavrilo Princip, assassinated Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary. Soon, almost all European countries were engulfed in what would be the most devastating war of that time. Erich Maria Remarque expertly displays the realities of the Great War through the eyes of a young German soldier named Paul Bäumer in his novel, All Quiet

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    with no possible agreement in sight. I stand with the argument that reform is necessary and should indeed take place. Throughout the rest of my essay, I am going to lay down major criticisms towards the Security Council that has called for its reform. Following that I will provide the different kinds of proposals that have been put forward and taken up the UN. Along with arguments for Security Council reform, comes major obstacles and towards the end of this paper I will discuss the challenges faced

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    World War 1 Outline

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    1. World War I: Who? – Two major alliances were formed, known as the Allies (France, Great Britain, and Russia) and the Central Powers (Germany, Austria-Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire) When? – WWI lasted from 1914 to 1918 What? First, Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia, then German who was an ally of Austria-Hungary declared war in Russia and France, and then Great Britain declared war on Germany. Where? – Europe, Africa, Middle East, Pacific islands, China Why? - WWI happened because Archduke

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    battle in World War I, and it reports their hardships mentally, religiously, and physically. The novel is told from the point of view of one staggeringly perceptive youthful warrior, Paul Bäumer, who uncovered subtle elements of life on the Western Front. Creator Erich Maria Remarque himself had battled on the Western Front when he was eighteen years of age, and he endured a few wounds. The repulsions of what he saw as an officer stayed with him. This book was situated in World War I, where numerous

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    “I think it [war] is more of a kind of fever. No one in particular wants it, and then all at once there it is. We didn’t want the war, the others say the same thing- and yet half the world is in it all the same. (206)” Erich Remarque describes how war is an odd sort of happening through Albert Kropp, one of the most intelligent young men of Paul Bäumer’s company. Remarque, himself a German World War 1 veteran, uses the characters of Paul’s company to channel his frustrations from his experiences

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