A Family at War

that tells us the life of Harold Krebs, a young man who went to war, but also where we are going to learn about patterns, behaviors, we are shown the characteristics of a small community, what the environment is like, the aspirations that the people of that community have and what life is like for Americans. This action was in Oklahoma, USA in 1919, this was in the 1920s. As this story says, Krebs returned to Oklahoma years after the war ended, as the passage says: “When Krebs returned to his…

“ Farewell to Manzanar ” After the disastrous event known as Pearl Harbour, many Japanese families were suspected of being accomplices and, because of that, they were proclaimed to be ‘enemy aliens’ by all the other American citizens. In the novel, “Farewell to Manzanar”, the authors, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston and James D. Houston, portray the damaging influences of World War II and its consequences by discussing and comparing Jeanne’s life before and after the internment camps. Many Japanese…

written by Ishmael Beah, are both stories telling one of many otherwise overlooked tragedies of war. Those who are not forced to fight never see the true horror of the war. Many think of war as something heroic and honorable, and focus on the idea that it is bringing justice and fighting for one’s country. They only see the patriotism fighting. However, people lack the understanding of the horrors that war brings. In All Quiet on the Western Front, even the German head-master has no idea. He…

War often causes people to have to flee their country, leading to the separation of families and destruction of the life they once knew. For example, the refugee crises in the Middle East has caused thousands of refugees to flee from their countries in an attempt to find a more peaceful, fulfilling life elsewhere. All around them, their friends and families are becoming a number to the growing statistics of deaths. To escape the violence, many Syrians are migrating to neighboring countries to…

“The term ‘Wars of the Roses’ is the traditional title given to a complex and protracted, but not continuous, conflict among the political elite in England in the second half of the fifteenth century.” The Wars of the Roses was a series of civil wars in England between King Henry VI, Edward IV, and Ricard III. The first of the civil wars began in 1455 and ended in 1485. These wars were more destructive to England than the 100 Year War, which were fought earlier in the century. The Wars of…

nature of the First World War using a first person view of the character, Paul Bäumer, from the German army inside the war. Remarque uses language and stylistic features to convey the physical and psychological destructiveness of the war to convey the brutal nature of the warfare that created a lost generation whose innocence was stolen too young and their lives destroyed. A main concept illustrated in the novel by Remarque, is the horror and destructiveness of the war, which is explained…

When a soldier returns home from war, there is a very low chance of that soldier adapting back into their life, returning it to the way it was before they enlisted and left for war. The question of whether dying in battle would be easier than going home with PTSD and other issues has been asked many times. When a soldier returns home after the war, they have plenty of scars that run deeper than the surface of their body. “Dying is a very simple thing. I've looked at death and really I know. If I…

Korea and World War II sparked the economy and helped make the American Dream a reality during the 1950s. They had tired of war and life in the military and were ready to settle down, start a family, and enjoy the rest of their lives. The GI Bill helped soldiers achieve their dream of going to college, buying a home, starting a business, and achieving their American Dream. That dream was to get home ownership, and an opportunity to start their own family.…

Never to be Forgotten and America and the holocaust are two pieces of work that deal with families and their hardships and losses during the war. Never to be Forgotten is the story of Beatrice Muchman and her family. Beatrice tells the story from her point-of-view as a Jewish child in a Nazi-occupied Belgium. America and the holocaust was a documentary about Kurt Klein and his family during the holocaust. There are many simliarities and differences between these two incredible stories of the…

unjustly detained in our country.”(Document 4) The Taliban leaders did not listen to the United States, as of a result President Bush issued a “war of terror”. This is when President Bush made his first mistake he tried to negotiate with the Taliban leaders who didn't listen, and he immediately wanted to start war with the Taliban regime instead of compromising. The war of terror later on had negative effects; the United States successfully succeed in eliminating the leader of Al-Qaeda but the…