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…I read “Star Wars: Dark Force Rising.” It’s by Timothy Zahn and published by Bantam Books in June 1992. This book is the sequel to “Heir to the Empire.” Only one month separates these two books in time. After the battle at Sluis Van, a shipyard…

…“In Literature, evil often triumphs but never conquers.” This quote means that sometimes evil has the tendency to overcome us but the good always prevails. I agree with this quote in terms of the character Jerry in the novel the Chocolate War…

…China's formerly favorable balance of trade. In the spring of 1839 Chinese authorities at Canton confiscated and burned the opium. In response, the British occupied positions around Canton. In the war that followed, the Chinese could not match…

…Army, from the commander in chief to the lower officers had subscribed to the traditional European method that relied on fear to achieve discipline. This method of fear was probably not essential, and had little if any effect in the early days of the war…

…“The broken globe” by Henry Kreisel tells the story of a father and a son torn apart by their differing views of the world. Another story which I feel parallels this story in certain aspects is the 1977 classic “Star Wars” by George Lucas. In Star Wars…

…The Treaty of Versailles of 1919 was the peace treaty that put an official end to World War I. The treaty required that Germany accept responsibility for the war and was thus obliged to pay large amounts of compensation (known as war reparations). Like…

…at first it began as a religious war but as it progressed it became more political. The importance of religion was secondary to the dynasties will to control certain areas of Europe. When the Peace of Augsburg was signed in 1555, it settled the disputes between…

…Theme The theme in A Separate Peace is that people create enemies in their mind for themselves to destroy, but once the enemy is lost so is the victor. While World War II lingers on in the background of most of the students minds, the war in Gene's…

…The Trojan War took place in approximately the 13th century. The ancient Greeks defeated the City of Troy. The Trojan War started after an incident at the wedding feast of Peleus, the king of Thessaly, and Thetis, a sea goddess. All the gods…

…The Persian Wars A long time ago Croesus the king of Lydia took over the Greek colonies on the east coast of Asia Minor (Turkey). Croesus was a kind and fair ruler so the Greeks did not really mind. But around 546 BC King…