Alex lay frozen stiff in bed listening to the horrible sounds coming from the ocean. Exactly a year ago something disastrous happened; he and his Mum were fishing out on the ocean when suddenly out of nowhere‚ fog started enclosing his Mum from every direction suffocating her until all of a sudden... she disappeared into thin air. ***** A dark haunting shadow suddenly flew across the window distracting Alex from his train of
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The Fog of War is a movie about the life of Robert S. McNamara‚ the former Secretary of Defense. The movie has actual footage and has an interview with Robert McNamara by the director. Having McNamara to tell the story of his experiences Of the wars from his perspective‚ The director also divides the film into eleven lessons that are taken right from McNamara’s life. Out of all of Mcnamara’s lessons there are three that I believe to be more important than the others. In the first lesson “Empathize
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Walking Along a Familiar Path In Errol Morris’ documentary Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara‚ we follow the life and times of former United States Secretary of Defense‚ Robert McNamara. The insightful piece follows his life from birth during World War I‚ his success at college‚ cunning business career at Ford Motor Company‚ to his involvement in World War II and his controversial political career during the Kennedy and Johnson presidential terms. Morris highlights
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In the documentary Fog of War‚ former Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara names eleven lessons he feels he has learned about war during the course of his life. They all come with a certain amount of merit‚ but the three that stand out the most are Lesson #1: empathize with your enemy‚ Lesson #4: maximize efficiency‚ and Lesson #9: in order to do good‚ you may have to engage in evil. Overall‚ these lessons are the most difficult to both execute in war and explain to the American public while simultaneously
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“Gretchen remained crouched on the floor‚ frozen in place‚ as though the slightest movement might upset her brother. Don’t move‚ don’t move‚ she repeated in her head‚ and then he reached for her.” In the book Prisoner of Night and Fog‚by Anne Blankman‚ It takes place in the 1930s Munich‚Germany. In the story‚ Gretchen‚a girl at about the age of 17 lives in a boarding house with her mother and brother in the 1930s She has been a loyal National Socialist (A.K.A. Nazi) for her whole life but‚ after
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Pesticide Poisoning in Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is a country slightly larger than Montana and is located in the southern end of Africa between South Africa and Zambia. According to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)‚ it has a tropical climate with a population density that consists of 12‚619‚600 people (Central Intelligence Agency‚ 2012). Also‚ the birth rate in Zimbabwe is 32.19 for every 1‚000 people in the population‚ and the death rate is 12.38 for every 1‚000 people in the population. Additionally
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The Fog of War Analysis Nearly 160 million people were killed during the 20th century‚ and film maker Errol Morris wished to show the reason for this in documentary form. He interviewed former US secretary of Defense Arnold McNamara and the two discussed and analyzed some defining moments in US history‚ thus "The Fog of War" was made. The movie was set up in 11 lessons. However‚ I only found three to be completely reasonable. The first lesson that is highlighted in Morris’ film is that
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When watching The Fog of War the first thing I noticed as primary sources were the actual recordings of the conversations between McNamara and former Presidents‚ Kennedy and Johnson. In addition‚ his testimony of his accounts of his actions at those times would be considered primary sources‚ since it’s a first person report. Similar uses of primary sources were found in The Unknown Known‚ first person reports of situations that Rumsfeld participated in; however one difference was the use of memos
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In the short story "The Fog Horn" by Ray Bradbury the theme "loneliness can be taken for granted" is best shown through the actions of McDunn and the creature in the sea. McDunn describes living at the lighthouse as a "lonely life"‚ but it seems he doesn’t mind being alone. McDunn seems to find comfort in the loneliness of the empty sea and the "mysteries" of it. As well‚ he describes the sound of the fog horn as "a big lonely animal crying in the night". Later McDunn explains to Johnny how once
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house next to him. One night they decide to go look around in the house to count the boxes left. While they are away‚ Mina has a strange encounter with “fog‚ which had evidently grown thicker and poured into the room” (Stoker 161). Mina believes that this is just a product of her overactive imagination‚ but we the reader know that this is Dracula‚ and he came to visit her. Also‚ while Dracula is fleeing to his castle‚ he surrounds the boat that his box is traveling in with fog. Dr. Steward‚ Dr. Van
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