After the War

Life The definition of a hero is someone who risks their life for what they believe in. Whether it be for a good cause or a bad one, if they fight for their opinion, there is a piece of heroism in them. The epics, The Odyssey and The Iliad have heroic villains and good heroes who do the right thing. Men or women, children or old people, there is a hero in every story who makes a person think about their actions. In The Iliad, there are many possible heroes. Agamemnon, the leader of the Achaean

Intro Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and is often extended to refer to the clock or the clock tower as well. It is the largest four-faced chiming clock and the third-tallest free-standing clock tower in the world. The clock first ticked on 31 May 1859. The Tower : A clock tower was built at Westminster in 1288, with the fine-money of Ralph Hengham, Chief Justice of the King's Bench. The present tower was raised

THE CHARACTERS Juliet Ashton Juliet is the main character of the The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, the one whose point on view on the other characters is the most given and whose point of view we hence adopt. She is 32 years old; she has curly chestnut hair and hazel eyes. She is slim but not very tall (To Isola, 20th April, p.103). She lives in Chelsea, London artistic and literary district (cf. pp. 14-15 and p. 103 for physical description). She wrote humorous columns for

THE WORLD OUTSIDE Adam Hochschild (New York, 1942) is an American writer. He is one of the founders of the journal Mother Jones. After he worked as a student in South Africa, he becomes sensitive to the injustices of racism and began to engage in politics. He joined the civil rights movement, he showed against the war in Vietnam and he found a job as a journalist at Ramparts. In his text “The World Outside”, Adam Hochschild tells what he saw and what he experienced in the United States. He denounced

A century of history for real recognition for co-operatives in France The pioneers of co-operative system were the “fruitières”, cheese dairies, in Jura. Breeders didn’t have enough milk to do one tomme cheese of Comté, they needed 500L of milk just for one. So all brought to the “fruitière” to do one big cheese and after they shared this according to their contribution. This system has worked since XIIIth century. But the real beginning of co-operatives take roots in XVIIIth and XIXth century

introduction I chose the road 66 as symbol of USA because it's certainly the most popular road of USA ,it's cross 8 states it's long of 2448 miles(4000 km),moreover it's the 1rst road in tar who cross all of the continent ,furthermore this road is mythical because it's use in lot of movies,book and paint. it's begin is in the illonois and finish in california. b)c) the road 66 start from chicago and arrive in santa monica near of los angeles .it cross from East to West the Untited States of America

Discuss the complex treatment of identity and exile in Les Rendez-vous d’Anna and Histoires d’Amerique Both films highlight the themes of identity and exile but in different ways and to different degrees. Nomadism is a recurring theme throughout both films and is of primary importance in pointing to the challenges facing individuals both in exile and in search of identity. Another central element in the two films which ties to problems of exile and identity is the depiction of Jews and the Diaspora

Cameroon Geography of Cameroon Cameroon is a central western Africa country, bordering the Gulf of Guinea, between Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria. It is slightly larger than California: 475 440 km2. Its capital is Yaoundé but the largest city is Douala with approximately 2 millions inhabitants. The main rivers are the Benue, Nyong, and Sanaga. Its climate varies with terrain, from tropical along coast to semiarid and hot in north. It is composed of wet and forested coastal plain in

Introduction The Coke is a famous soft drink created in 1886 by John Pemberton. Today the Coke is one of the USA’s symbol and it is drunk by a lot of people all over the world. Every day, 300 millions litters of Coke are being drunk in the world. Creation The first version of Coke was invented 8th may in 1886 by the pharmacist John Smith Pemberton. He was living in Atlanta in the South of the USA. He liked to test medical formulas, and one afternoon he was searching a remedy for headaches

author and religious leader who founded the Church of Scientology. After establishing a career as a writer of pulp fiction, becoming best known for his science fiction and fantasy stories, he developed a self-help system called Dianetics which was first published in 1950. He subsequently developed his ideas into a wide-ranging set of doctrines and rituals as part of a new religious movement that he called Scientology. His writings became the guiding texts for the Church of Scientology and a number of