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…and airfields were quickly filled with fire and smoke, as bombs still fell from the sky. A witness that survived: James Anderson, a hospital corpsman watched from another ship as the Arizona was bombed “I saw that bomb go down through what looked like a stack…

…turned to President Kennedy , and said “you can’t say Dallas doesn’t love you”.(Moore NP) Then the gunshot fired that woke up the world. At 12:30 P.M., on November 22, 1963, shots rang out in Dealey Plaza. To some of the witnesses on the scene…

…. The most vital symbol in the story is fire. The fire symbolizes the father's anger and, his lack of respect for other peoples property. The story uses the symbolism of fire in two ways. The story begins and ends with the burning down of a barn. When Abner…

…The world is full of powerful forces. There are forces that effect the entire society and there are forces that only effect a select part of it. One of the most powerful forces of nature is fire. Fire is constantly present in today's society…

…"Fahrenheit 451", by Ray Bradbury, is a book based on the future. It takes place in a totalitarian society where books and intellectualism are outlawed. Firemen who no longer need to put out fires in this futuristic society, now have the job of burning…

…in Columbia on February 16. Great controversary arose as the city was burned to the ground. The Confederates claimed that Sherman’s men had set the fires “deliberately, systematically, and atrociously”. Sherman claimed that the fires were already burning when…

…. Captain Beatty Beatty is the well-read captain of Montag's new-age fire department. Conversely, Beatty despises books and the people who harbor them and is deceitfully perceptive. Clarisse McClellan Clarisse is an extremely happy seventeen-year-old…

…skin. <Tab/>They usually live in old wooden houses with untidy yards. <Tab/>They are poor and have a simple life with no complicated ideals. <Tab/>They have a special accent…

…the country. As the first group of Arabs and hostages walked to the jet, shots rang out. It is unclear whether West German sharpshooters or Arab commandos opened fire first. Whichever side opened fire first, when West German sharpshooters fired or fired back…

…leaders again. The main character, Guy Montag represents Bradbury in the novel, and is employed with the government as a firefighter. Ironically in these days, houses were fire proof, and the firemen were employed to light books on fire. In the novel, one…