“According to an article by Tom Ford in the Minneapolis-St Paul star Tribune wherein he cited two experts on trends in military service, only 30 percent of the 535 members of Congress have a military background”. (5) This quote from paragraph 5 gives us information on how not a lot of families have to suffer the exact pain that all military parents have to endure. “Hillary Clinton often said that she looked to Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt as role models. But there’ no evidence Senator Clinton is “very much upset” by the fact that her service-age daughter did not volunteer to fight in the war that Senator Clinton voted for”.…
Awards of Guilt It’s the late 1910’s, a nurse for a hospital that treats WW1 soldiers was recently assigned to a new patient and her first shift begins tonight. She prepares like she would for any other patient, then enters the room for the first time. When she enters, she stands in the doorway unable to move, too shocked by the sight she has come across. Laying in the bed, where a man was supposed to be, was a distorted figure.…
While America has always claimed to be the “land of opportunity”, it has also remained a society in which gender and race determines opportunities. In Unequal Freedom, Glenn explores inequality in the U.S. through citizenship and labor. She uses three non-white groups in three settings: the south, the southwest, and Hawaii to explain her analysis of interactions among race and gender relations. The struggles of minority groups to received economic freedom and full political rights has always been problematic. This book seeks to identify the challenges of the oppressed, while discretely acknowledging the abusing tactics of the oppressor.…
When people are concerned about others to risk their lives for us it shows that they care about others than themselves. For example, the military that go head first into action to protect us and the country that we live in. Another example are the doctors that try to cure diseases, but at the same time they risk their own health and sometimes their own lives to cure the sick people. The military risk their lives every day for our sake one of the perfect examples that I know is sargant Ridges what happen was that it was during WWII…
Human sacrifice is perhaps one of the most significant themes in the primary source of Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s The History of the Conquest of New Spain. In his volume of Castillo’s eyewitness account, Davíd Carrasco writes two interpretive essays entitled “The Exaggerations of Human Sacrifice” and “Human Sacrifice/Debt Payments from the Aztec Point of View.” As the name suggests, “The Exaggerations of Human Sacrifice” aims to dispute the misrepresentations in Díaz del Castillo’s reports and the bona fide extent in which human violence in the Aztec society was executed. “Human Sacrifice/Debt Payments from the Aztec Point of View” details the Aztecs’ perspective on the ritual killings. Carrasco reasonably argues that the ritual killings of…
To me Veteran’s Day is an important holiday celebrated across our nation. It’s a day to honor military veterans who served in the United States armed forces. Veterans Day is a reminder of those who sacrificed themselves for our country and other countries around the world that aren’t strong enough to protect themselves. I have an uncle who has gone to Iraq several times while serving our country. He has made many sacrifices and so has his family.…
This way of thinking also raises the soldier up to a higher level of respect. Their humanity is in the forefront of in calling it a moral injury and we in turn, have to look at our responsibility in asking them to go to war and ‘defend’ our so-called ‘rights’, to the minerals, oil and to defining the rights of other people in their countries. We as a society need to look at what we have become as a nation, that treats it’s military like a police force, but one that meets the wants of the governments American ideals and consumerism of the people. We are not defending our country when we go off to war, we are not being threatened; we are projecting our idea of what the world should be and how it should operate onto other countries, we are protecting a way of life that we have become accustomed to, at the cost of others’ lives and…
“The Tyranny of Choice” is written by Barry Schwartz. The author argued that having too many choices will only cause negative effect and decrease in well-being. He compared modern universities with shopping mall because they both have many choices for the “customers”. He said these variety of choices appeared because Americans like to have more choice to exercise their freedom of choice. However, from the evidence he provided, it shows that people are experiencing decrease of well-being when they have more choice.…
In the slave narrative, Running a Thousand Miles for Freedom completely diminishes the poorly exaggerated stereotype of a black person as shown in the documentary Ethnic Notions, which was widely believed amongst the masses. William and Ellen Craft ultimately used the societies naiveté to their advantage as they made their great escape unscathed. Their journey from Georgia, a principal slave state is a remarkable tale that encompasses loyalty, courage, love, and wit unparalleled to what may have been expected from a slave. William Craft effectively played his role as an obedient slave towards “his master” while escaping the atrocious life of a slave. Ellen Craft expertly mirrored that in which enslaved her playing a vital role in their escape.…
Altercating vile villains to protect people can deteriorate the body, while reconciling decisions to execute in terms of following personal desires can debilitate the mind. In both instances, a sacrifice must be made, whether physically or psychologically. Green Lantern and Matched promulgate this message through their protagonists. Motivated by a sense of hope and a willingness to risk, Hal Jordan and Cassia Reyes demonstrate that a sacrifice as simple as giving up individual comfort must be made in the service of greater good.…
America is a place where people came for new beginnings and a brighter future. It is a place where there is freedom and patriotism. The America I believe in has its flaws, but in most ways, I think we should have much thanks. Sometimes you do not know how much you have until you lose it.…
Both books Nothing but Freedom by Eric Foner and Standing at Armageddon by Nell Irvin Painter both represent many aspects of history throughout their books. As well as exploring the events that have happened, they also exhibit many issues along with each area of history. Both of these together make these books valuable sources of information. Throughout the novel Nothing but Freedom by Eric Foner, Foner explores the major outcomes that the South of the United States experienced through the emancipation of slaves.…
They adapt to every occasion. Military spouses raise offspring by themselves, keep their home from falling apart, support the military member spouse while deployed, and provide support newly wives, that face the same challenges. All these they do with joy, courage, and dedication. These heroes never stop and they never…
Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World - Society of Imprisonment True Freedom is having the right to act, speak and think whatever one wants without any hesitation or restriction. Imprison [im-priz-uh n] to confine in or as if in a prison (dictionary, 2018) Why is it so important that freedom is achieved? The motto that shapes the World State is “Community, Identity, Stability” (p.1). The motto tricks the citizens into thinking that they have achieved the utmost freedom and are content with the way they live their lives.…
Introduction Those who serve in our military are special individuals who can lead people into accomplishing the mission using McGregor’s Y Theory approach or his X Theory when it is time go into combat. These elite members have key characteristics instilled in them early in their careers that the private sector does not require. Being in the military means giving up some of your freedoms for the better good of others. Those who go through basic military training are torn down and then rebuilt and molded to represent the branch of service for which they represent.…