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** Sticking with WWII, the legendary "Dunkirk spirit" (volunteer rescuers) or "spirit of the Blitz" (Londoners) is an example of this trope. |
** Sticking with WWII, the legendary "Dunkirk spirit" (volunteer rescuers) or "spirit of the Blitz" (Londoners) is an example of this trope. |
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* Hell, take just about any war, disaster, or atrocity in history. Chances are, you'll find at least one shining example of humanity in the midst of it all, alongside with the exact opposite. |
* Hell, take just about any war, disaster, or atrocity in history. Chances are, you'll find at least one shining example of humanity in the midst of it all, alongside with the exact opposite. |
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* In real life it is a [[Zig-Zagging Trope|zig-zag.]] An apocalypse (or a local disaster that might as well be the Apocalypse within it's own jurisdiction), brings out the most wicked in people as well as the most noble. Sometimes both within the same person. History shows plenty of examples of awe-inspiring saintliness coexisting besides the greatest of depravity. What is really true is that disasters bring out extremes in people. |
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