Oppression during modern America is something that is inevitably present throughout the lives of American inhabitants. The United States is not close, whatsoever, to being classified as a virtuous nation. We as a nation oppress not only the poor, but also the weak, the homeless, and strangers, but many people do not realize how frequent it occurs in everyday life. Furthermore, most Americans are unaware to the oppression we cause in other countries, especially to the underprivileged nations with our trade, free enterprise, and wealthy lifestyles. In comparison, I noticed that there was an overall oppression problem throughout every reading, even though they may be different examples of oppression. From the book “Arc of Justice” written
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Sledge composes a personal description of marine battle operations during World War II and what exactly occurred in his book titled “With the Old Breed.” The book strategically begins with Sledge's training while in the marines and allows the audience to visualize his training throughout boot camp and marine school. Sledge consistently looks back on his days in war and places a deliberate emphasis on the mental and moral corruption of warfare and the oppression it brought to the troops and the world. He specifically features the process and moments that occurred the the troops that slowly stripped away not only their humanity, but also their compassion towards people. Sledge used the description of such instances that permanently changed the soldiers overseas to show to the readers how incomprehensible the images and situations actually are to those who have never served in combat and/or never seen such sights. Sledge descriptively demonstrates the struggle the soldiers endured physically while living on a battle field and the devastating effects of such surroundings caused constant fear, fatigue, and filth. Sledge spoke in a harsh tone about how vicious the Japanese soldiers were during the war, and of the animosity both sides felt towards one
Sledge composes a personal description of marine battle operations during World War II and what exactly occurred in his book titled “With the Old Breed.” The book strategically begins with Sledge's training while in the marines and allows the audience to visualize his training throughout boot camp and marine school. Sledge consistently looks back on his days in war and places a deliberate emphasis on the mental and moral corruption of warfare and the oppression it brought to the troops and the world. He specifically features the process and moments that occurred the the troops that slowly stripped away not only their humanity, but also their compassion towards people. Sledge used the description of such instances that permanently changed the soldiers overseas to show to the readers how incomprehensible the images and situations actually are to those who have never served in combat and/or never seen such sights. Sledge descriptively demonstrates the struggle the soldiers endured physically while living on a battle field and the devastating effects of such surroundings caused constant fear, fatigue, and filth. Sledge spoke in a harsh tone about how vicious the Japanese soldiers were during the war, and of the animosity both sides felt towards one