A Family at War

the weapons he brandished as the god of war, his powers as the god of war, and his title allowed Ares to have a large family. First is the way he looked and the weapons he brandished and “in art,Ares is generally depicted wearing a spear and a helmet” but Ares personality is very different from his appearance, “Ares was most often characterized as a coward in spite of his connection to war”(Greek God of War, September 19 ,2014). Second his title as God of War and this job is much more than you…

Both Caroline Cowels and Sarah Morgan have reflected on a historical time when America was experiencing civil war in their books, Village life in America and A Confederate girl’s Diary respectively. While Sarah Morgan’s family was directly involved in the civil strife through Confederacy, Caroline had and the family had been keen followers of what is was happening in the political realms of America. It is quite amazing how these female individuals took interest in matters pertaining to politics…

World War I began on July 28th, 1914 and lasted until November 11th, 1918. Known as the “Great War” that “pitted the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire against the Allied forces of Great Britain, the United States, France, Russia, Italy, and Japan (World War I). This war introduced new modern warfare technology that resulted in an “unprecedented carnage and destruction, with more than 9 million Soldiers killed by the end of the war in November of 1918 (World War…

Troubles of War In the hardships of war, you must fight for what you believe is right or things will never change. In the book My Brother Sam is Dead, Tim and his family face many troubles with the ongoing war. The war is brutal and effects not only those fighting it, but those around it. Unfortunately the people must do desperate things in order to cope with their desperate situations. Sam and many others leave to go fight in this war when they do not realize how harsh war really is. War is…

War is war, that fact alone will never change. No matter how many people try to sugar coat the word, it always has the same ending. Only one winning side, broken families, broken homes and broken people. It’s become one of the most common subjects in the news and the only subject that is on practically everyone’s mind. With heroes on both sides with one goal it’s just another death game life has set up for us humans. Even though war can defeat tyranny, although that is very rare, no matter what…

classic husband and father with seven daughters, he is employed as a academic botanist and lived in a rather nice three story house up until the packistani civil war, though he does not get involved in the war because the packistani government sends him away to America to study New Englands fall leaves. While in America he runs into an indian family and having more or less the same region in common hes invited over to bond and share stories, And in the process ends up meeting lilia and her…

During a devastating civil war between RUF (Revolutionary United Front) and the government, many people had suffered and had great loses. In the book A Long Way Gone, written by Ishmael Beah, it demonstrates what happened in Sierra Leone when his nightmare because a reality. In the war, the government and RUF would recruit young boys to help fight in this civil war. Ishmael, a 12 year old boy who was a young soldier himself, paints a picture of himself and the effects the war has caused him. He…

society or country. During WWI Canada changed into an urban industrialized area. In the start of the war Canada’s economy was majorly rural, however through the war Canada’s economy urbanized. In 1914, agriculture and resource extraction of lumber and fish were a key component of the economy. Canada urbanized slowly before the war and once the war began the rate increased to keep up with the high demand of war materials. Factory workers making artillery, clothing, automobiles, steel and canned…

toughest things one can ask of a person, yet people enlist voluntarily. War is draining on every person that is involved, whether they are on sight or a family member praying that their loved one is safe. War is draining on every person that is involved, whether they are physically there or just a worried family member, praying for the safety of their loved one. Not only is war strenuous on people while they are gone, but during post war they uncover the same struggles and feelings faced while…

the Civil War knew it was momentous. People believed that the Civil War was almost a kind of a second American Revolution, or at least a culmination and reaffirmation of the first one. The Civil War pitted the Union against the Confederate States of America and resulted in the death of more than 620,000, with millions more injured. The incredible numbers of dead and wounded really changed Americas’ relationship with death itself. It changed soldiers and the family's perception of the war,…