A Family at War

Rohan Gajjar First year seminar Fall’17 Summer Read Paper “It’s What I Do-A photographer’s life of love and war” by Lynsey Addario is well written and briefly describes not just her life but also the life of the other photographers, journalists, the writers, the local interpreters, the militants and the victims of the war. She briefly describes how she was treated in a male dominant society in the middle east where the women are not allowed to work and they needed to be accompanied by their…

winner of the Vietnam War memorial contest. Brent Ashabranner wrote “Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin”, which is about the Vietnam War memorial contest. The author, Ashabranner chose “Always to Remember” for the first part of the title so that we would always remember the war and the soldiers who fought and died. “The Vision of Maya Ying Lin” was chosen for the second part of the title because her idea for the memorial was a winning idea. The Vietnam War caused many riots…

Before the eruption of World War I women held a routine of roles in family life. As many never grasp the importance of women during this time, women served as the most valuable assets during the war . working as class women(teachers), an on farms or as household servants. The expansion of women’s literacy allowed some women to enter careers which had previously been declared male profession , but only those careers that were reckon suitable, such as teaching, nursing and household servants.…

pages long. The Sniper and its theme of “war reduce human beings to mere objects” really made me think about my relationship with my family and what my ancestors might have gone through to make this country, The United States, the great place to live that I can live in today. During the time of this tale, there is a civil war going on in Dublin Ireland. This is the war that the two brothers are fighting in. The brothers are on two opposing sides of the war, one brother would have been on the…

A stolen childhood The meaning of war in the dictionary is “A military conflict between two nations or parties”, but in A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah war is not just a conflict between two nations or parties but it’s a conflict between death, revenge, and survival. Ishmael Beah is a victim of war that took place in Sierra Leone. His lieutenant easily turns him into a ruthless killing machine. The Lieutenant use a false promise to avenge the death of his…

Not only were the soldiers not received warmly, but they were expected to return to their everyday lives, as if they hadn’t just endured months of war and culture shock. There was no government support for them, no debrief, no time to decompress. Unlike World War II, where soldiers came back by boat and had weeks to work through the trauma they had experienced, GIs from Vietnam were back in America within a day or two. “Not uncommonly, a soldier...[will] travel fifteen hours...arrive on a base…

“Gone with the wind” and the American Civil War are a movie and a historical event which complements each other effectively. I was expecting a great analysis, however as I was reading through the paragraph composition, I found was quite confused in the flow of his paragraph. The sentences seemed fragmented and were not complete. For example, “Rhett now in jail with his foreign bank accounts all blocked, her attempt to get his money has been in vain.” This does not constitute a proper sentence;…

States is losing the ‘war’ at home they are able to promote and maintain ultra-conservative notions of sexuality, family structure, and reproductive laws by promoting these ideals overseas, which in turn garners them support from the international community at home. This ultra-conservative notion can thus be seen to have an effect on abortion policies because negative public opinion is created by the promotion of sexuality, family structure, and tradition female roles in the family. Although the…

old subject. Literally meaning Our Mothers, Our Fathers, marketed as Generation War outside of Germany, was a very controversial series when it came out in Europe. Generation War is a phenomenal series because it has great acting, a thought provoking story with grueling decisions, and shows the Axis side of World War 2. A German made Hollywood grade film marketed and made for the generation that served during World War 2. The movie shows the more human side of the Wehrmacht. Spoken Primarily in…

Winston Churchill gave a lecture about the big changes of world and he pointed mostly World War I and the industrial sector with collectivization. Also, he illustrated his prediction for the future wars. According to Winston Churchill, the modern world is based on collectivization unlike before that every one followed the old business family. Churchill mentions that instead of individual works, and family business that were leaded directly by individual persons, a collectivized work gives…