AK-47

Water is a very pure substance. However, one drop of poison will pollute the water and make it undrinkable. Likewise, the idea of Communism is pure, egalitarian, and brilliant- everyone gets what they need and performs their fair share of work, and no one is superior to another. Unfortunately, the greed of the human race corrupts this dreamer 's utopia when people get paid the same no matter how hard they work. Like a drop of poison, corruption spreads throughout every heart, even to leaders in…

1.How does Laila’s life in Murree contrast with her life in Kabul? Laila 's life in Murree is much better than her life in Kabul. She is safer due to the fact that Rasheed is no longer abusing her or her children and is now in the hands Tariq. In Kabul she was forced to things she wasn 't comfortable doing and forced her to keep herself shut. In Pakistan she has the freedom to do things she couldn 't do while she was in Kabul. 2.Is Laila’s expectation that Zalmai will learn to accept his…

4 Fighting for the Youth All around the world there has been violent fighting. Now, commanders have gone to a new type of soldier, child soldiers. The issue of child soldiers being given amnesty goes all the way back to World War 1, “Nearly every country involved in these wars made use of child soldiers” (Child soldiers in History). Now child soldiers are being used all around the world, mostly in Africa. These child soldiers should be given amnesty because they were abducted, drugged, and…

The United States Constitution has been in place for two hundred twenty-eight years. The basis of our society’s laws has revolved around our Constitution, and is used to give equal rights to all United States citizens. The question I am imposing is; is the Constitutional Government too outdated to take care of our large and ever-growing society? People are always debating about how to carry out the laws enforced by the Constitution and still keep our society intact. Many things in the…

“We The People” The first words of the Preamble to the United States Constitution, the document that this country is based on. Most Americas could recite the Preamble, but when it comes to the rest of the Constitution, they are clueless. The Second Amendment clearly gives the people the right to bear arms as it says, “A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of the Free State, their right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.” The Second Amendment is one…

Film makers continue to misrepresent African-Americans in movies depicting them as characters, such as the brash women, domestic workers, thugs, and the “magical negro”. The brash African American women is depicted as being rude and having an attitude towards people in her immediate surroundings. The brash women are depicted as being loud mouth and not caring for what other people might think of her. These images are bad for people who do not live near an African-American community could…

In our life, everyone carries different kinds of baggage which have different emotions, guilt, religion, pictures and also some special as well as sad memory. In the novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien describes American soldiers who bear to take a physical and mental pain during the Vietnam war. Some soldiers have to carry emotional baggage after someone’s loss and some soldiers carry pictures of their loved ones, family or friends who die during the war. They also take different types…

With the introduction of lightweight weaponry like the AK-47 and M-16, child soldiers have begun to play a more critical role in active role in wars (Bellamy, 1996). Child soldiers may be forced or voluntarily participators in a conflict; whoever they may not understand what it is exactly they are fighting for…

If I Die In A Combat Zone by Tim O’Brien If I Die In A Combat Zone is a memoir that depicts the horrors of Vietnam through the eyes of Tim O’Brien. Tim’s story is not told in chronological order, but his life before, during, and after the war are all depicted by the end of the book. Although the book is brief, it shows the development of Tim as he is forced to participate in a war that he disagrees with in its entirety. Although he originally plots to abandon the Army, he believes that doing…

What might a person carry throughout their daily routine? A woman may carry her purse and a man may carry his wallet and phone. These objects are physical items which a person can carry, however, one may not think of the emotional or psychological burdens a person carries throughout their daily life. The stress of paying the bills is what someone can figuratively carry. So as the day goes by, in the back of their head they are thinking of the long hours they need to work in order to pay their…