After Louis’s father saw him come home regularly with bruises, his father decided to teach him how to defend himself. Then the problem quickly turned from him getting bullied, to him doing the bullying. This was only the start of Louis’ rebellious streak. Louis’s ethnicity played probably the biggest role in his rebellion. “In Torrance in the early 1920’s, Italians were held in such disdain that when the Zamperinis arrived, the neighbors petitioned the city council to keep them out” (Hillenbrand 8).
In another case, Paul is seen trying to save the life of an enemy that he has stabbed, he fails but his efforts shouldn’t be forgotten. His friends refer to him as a hero, and he neglects this title and all the medals. Paul doesn’t like war and what it represents, to him, war is the real evil. The government forcing people into war, without giving them a choice is evil War can easily turn any person into a hero. Corporal Himmelstoss was an average polite postman before being drafted into World War I, not soon after he became a bully.
I] A) The historical shaping of Mussolini’s ideas Benito Mussolini was born in 1883 in the small town of Dova di Predappio. His father was a socialist and had a lot of influence on Mussolini’s early thinking. From a young age he was introduced to the principles of military authoritarianism, Italian nationalism and the overthrowing of liberal democracy and capitalism. After his military service he wrote for many socialist newspapers and became one of the most prominent socialist figures in the country. It is important to note that Mussolini also advocated ideas of anti-egalitarianism and elitism, making him a very peculiar socialist.
The setting, being during World War II, also plays a roll in how the characters think and react. In the end, the war really impacted the boys at Devon and taught a very valuable lesson that you’ll always be fighting a war. We all have to deal with betrayal in life and there’s nothing we can do about it. Most of the betrayal happening is
He has the same situation like James, his parents divorced, he like to fight with other people to get their respect, never one to be left alone and he about drop out of high school, but I told him to continue study in high school so he can get a better life. Finally, he made it and his father is very proud of him. Sometimes, in life there will be a person that make you have more motivates. For example, the motorcycle boy is James’s brother and he also is a hero in James’s heart. Motorcycle boy is the one who got James’s back when James in trouble, he helps him out and he is the only one beside with James.
He had incredible ideas of massive change for world peace and he found the conclusion of “The war to end all wars,” to be the best time to introduce his ideas and attempt to make the world safe for democracy. Wilson’s crusade for making the world safe for democracy led America to support the US’s entrance into the war. It was also seen by many Americans that France and Britain were fighting good fight against evil and America felt that they should be assisting, if not fighting that evil along side France and Britain. The desire to implement his ideas in the world influenced his decision to enter America into the Great War. When the war finally ended, many of his 14 points were rejected because of France and Britain’s need for revenge.
The protagonist of the story is Adam Trask. In the beginning when he was a young teenager, John Steinbeck described him as obedient and non-violent. 3. An important intellectual conflict in the book is between Adam and his brother Charles when they are teenagers. Charles was always fighting him, mainly out of jealousy, and purposely tried to beat him to death at one point.
He hates his brother because he’s annoying and always getting into his business. He thinks his father spoils him at that also bugs him. Tristan also believes he like doing drugs because they are fun not because he’s escaping. He doesn’t understand what the big deal is it’s his life and body he should be able to do what he wants with it. Todd Donley- Father (Enabler): Todd is 39-year-old caucasian man.
Even though Schindler was a German, he was very fond of his Jew workers. In order to save his Jew friends, which he referred to as “my children” he had to bribe the SS. He continuously paid the Nazis large sums of money so that his Jews could have better water food among other things; he did this gladly with no complain whatsoever about his workers. “I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.”- Oskar Schindler. What he meant in this was that he
Growth of support for facism was a reason for Mussolinis appointment as Prime Minister,however there were many other reasons for Mussolinis appointment as PM, but growth of support was very important for him. The war and the mutilated victory, had an affect on Mussolinis appointment as PM. The main reason wad that the nationalists were bitterly disappointed that italy didn’t make any gains during the war. The nationalists claimed that Italy had been betrayed by the Liberal government, this shows that the nationalists might have wanted to overthrow the Liberal government and therefore supported Mussolini before he was appointed. This links into the title point that Mussolini had a wide support base and that it was growing.