Dirty War

In the story “The Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien, he writes about a war between Vietnam and the United States. He writes about what he experienced while he was fighting and the different people he met/ died. But in reality it is about the people the nations send to war, who are risking everything. Not the nations. The people that go to the war to fight for our country are very brave. Some of them risk EVERYTHING. They will leave their families, pets, and more behind when they don’t…

Research Paper : War on Terror After the 4 attacks on the United States on 9/11 at the specific locations at the World Trade Center, Pentagon , and Pennsylvania. We have been at war with the Middle East and trying to hold down their territory and stop terrorist attacks from occurring. The first group to be over there was the Central Intelligence Agency. The Department of Defense focused on Tora Bora , but they weren’t enough forces and Osama Bin Laden had escaped to Pakistan. They wanted to…

of the Vietnam War through fictional stories based on his own experiences. Often described as “metafiction,” O’Brien makes statements throughout his work about the construction of war stories and the role that truth plays within them. In the aptly named piece, “How to Tell a True War Story,” O’Brien details what he believes distinguishes a nonfiction war story from one that is “true.” A story must meet four criteria to qualify as a true war story by Tim O’Brien’s standards: A true war story…

Wilfred Owen’s Dulce Et Decorum Est from 1917 paints a gruesome picture of a gas attack during World War I. He begins with “bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through the sludge.” Owen is referring to the misery of trench warfare. He compares the soldiers to hags pointing out that there is nothing fabulous about being in the war. Soldiers in the Great War were constantly wet, filthy, and getting sick. He continues with “till on the haunting…

The outbreak of war often changes the mindset of individuals, generally affecting their lives negatively. During the Vietnam War, families both in the United States and in Vietnam were influenced by the conflict that was brought about during the war. Donnelly’s use of verisimilitude in the fictional film, A Soldier's Sweetheart, illustrates the transformation of Mary Anne Bell from a naive woman to an experienced barbaric soldier. When Mark Fossie was drafted as a medic to Vietnam, he was…

government intervenes in or starts a war. The Iraq war is a more recent war in which portrays a good example of American Exceptionalism. George W. Bush was the president at the time of the war. There were thoughts and threats that there were weapons of mass destruction over in Iraq. He used the concept in the aspect that the United States had the obligation to intervene to prevent massive amounts of death and to prevent terrorism. It was a long and painful war that did not end as expected. In…

One day, Mike found a dirty handkerchief in the gutter which gave him the idea to make an American flag. The POWs knew that any item beyond what they had been given as prisoners would result in a torture session, but that didn’t stop Mike. The rest of the POWs donated what little…

and fit for war. Napoleon hoped to use the hospitals in Smolensk. However, when he got there, he soon realized that they were already full and lacked the room for his men. This was the last straw for Napoleon as he decided to leave his men there and personally retreat back to France. Not long after Napoleon retreated to France, the Grande Armée stumbled back into France full of illness and despair. His largest army in human history had been defeated thoroughly. By the time the war was over…

their long robes trailing, would be too terrible/ If I hung back from the battle like a coward” (VI, 464-466). He cannot stand the view of his people in chains, which is why he fights so arduously against the Greeks. He perseveres throughout the war, although he knows his people are doomed. After hearing Andromache’s plea to stay within Troy, Hector demonstrates his utter and complete dedication to his family and…

Furthermore because of this unstoppable onslaught the Greeks were able to strengthen their foot hold on the city of Troy resulting in the end of the ten year bloodbath of a war. Achilles strength and skill was matched by no one, he killed everyman that withstood him and single handedly defeated an army by himself. To a nation of war hungry soldiers and generals, Achilles was what everyman and child strived to be on the battlefield for…