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    External Factors Analysis on Albert Camus’s Book The Stranger Albert Camus, in his book The Stranger (1942), demonstrates the fundamental properties of existentialism and the absurd. The ideology of existentialism truly began after World War II when most of America lost hope in a higher being due to the violence and corruption such as the horrors of the Holocaust. Also, the absurd referred by Camus is the conflict between the human tendency to seek inherent meaning in life and the human inability

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    Three Witches In Macbeth

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    was how Macbeth slew the traitors. 2nd Journal- As continuing, it was also discussed about how fearlessly Macbeth fought; splitted him open from his navel to his jawbone and stuck his head on the castle walls. It also resembled the how he fought the war, how he got praised by the king. 3rd Journal- As in Act 1 scene 3, it shows that the three witches gets together and starts

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    “Volunteers are not paid; not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.” - Sherry Anderson (Volunteering Quotes: Finest Quotes). On average, when people think about community service, they assume that volunteering is just ‘hours we need to be able to graduate’ and that is it. Community service is more than just hours; community service is based on the acts performed by someone with the purpose of helping or bringing benefits to his or her community. People frequently compare

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    The Underground War in Gaza by Joe Sacco

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    cultural media. These articles can be written in different forms such as of multiple paragraph, photos, and comics; such as the one that the New York Times newspaper releases from their journalist, Joe Sacco the author of the comic book “The Underground War in Gaza” on July 6, 2003. In his comic he exposes the conflicts between Israel and Palestine. Sacco then illustrates the attacks that are happening in Palestinian territories, where the Israeli army attempts to maintain control with the excuse of

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    Stereotypes In War Movies

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    about the glory of war; sparing no details about it's participants, depicting both them as villains and heroes in such a colorful comic book-esque way that I couldn't help but be captivated. I still remember siting down on the couch with him as he became enamored with the ideals of ''heroic duty'' and the concept of people banding together in order to fight for their fellow man, as mighty soldiers raced into battle across his 32 inch television screen. However, while watching war movies with my mother

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    The American Revolution: Sowing the Seeds for the Civil War The time of the American Revolution was the most critical period of time in all of American history. This was a period of time in which the foundation of our nation was set down: a strong foundation will lead us to greatness, a weak foundation will not. Along the path, if a part of the foundation crumbles or falls, it will take immense energy to fix it, and even if it heals, it heals with an ugly scar, a mark in our history. The mistakes

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    every event that happened throughout the 27 hour live broadcast. The Times appeals to ethos by being one of the biggest news sources to ever publish an article about the event. Additionally in “Man Takes First Steps on the Moon,” the article includes quotes from those who were a part of the moon landing to show their first hand experience. Aldrin, an astronaut states “We’ll get to the details of what’s around here. But it looks like a collection of every variety, shape, angularity, granularity; a collection

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    League of Nations Mandate In 1919, the victorious allied powers established the league of nations, after defeating the German, Austrian and Turkish empires in the First World War. The league's main goal was to promote international cooperation and to achieve peace and security. Mandates spread over the world were divided into categories, based on their political and economical development- groups A, B, and C. Former German territories in the pacific became class C mandates, as they were considered

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    use them to defend our very lives and the menace to our lives does not lie on the other side of a nomansland that was set apart without our consent it lies within our own boundaries here and now we have seen it and we know it.” (Trumbo, 242) This quote is from the very end of Dalton Trumbo’s Johnny Got His Gun, which is an antiwar novel about a man who was severely injured and has to live out the rest of his life in a hospital bed, unable to use any of his senses. He wants to be a constant reminder

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    “My god, what energy. You sound like General MacArthur” (Knowles 66). The historical allusion of the novel called A Separate Peace is when Finny compared Gene with General MacArthur. General MacArthur was a Five Star General and a Chief of Staff of the US Army during the World War II. Through his hard work, he managed to receive a Congressional Medal of Honor and be known as a very dedicated leader. Finny compares Gene with General MacArthur, because he looked like there was something important

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