Battle of Midway

Rhetoric permeates our lives through everyday television, messages, advertisements, politics as well as speeches whether we realize it or not. A well-known speech, The Gettysburg Address, fuses many distinctive types of rhetoric such as diction, syntax, rhetorical devices along with the rhetorical triangle into a brief yet compelling speech with a lasting impact on the nation. The speech barely took one minute to deliver with only two hundred and sixty seven words, however Lincoln’s rhetoric…

During this part of Black Hawk Down, the rangers and the D-Boys are still trying to get to the second crashed black hawk in Mogadishu, Somalia. They have lost their humvee convoy and are traveling on foot to the destination to try to get the survivors. They are being pinned down because of how many Somali militia soldiers there are and how they are all over the place. The Sammies are shooting in every direction at them and there is close to no cover for the running American soldiers. This…

A Memorable Experience The central idea of the passage “A Memorable Experience” is that the 150th Gettysburg Anniversary National Civil War Reenactment was popular and dramatic. The author conveyed this by using words like “memorable, dramatic, and enthusiasm”. The author also wrote about some of the activities that took place in the 150th Gettysburg Anniversary National Civil War Reenactment and how the people reacted to these activities. The text structure is chronological, and the author…

The Battle of Gettysburg is remembered as one of the bloodiest battle in American History and cost almost 50,000 lives. The Union came out as the victors, yet as Lincoln stood before the crowd at Gettysburg no one rejoiced over this turning point in the war. Grief filled the nation and nationalism decreased as the war dragged on. Abraham Lincoln appeals to war patriotism and inspires his audience by highlighting the beliefs of the nation and the work that needs to be completed by the living in…

In his play, “Persians,” Aeschylus depicts the Persian defeat at the Battle of Salamis as a result of the Persians’ confidence in their own numbers that caused them to underestimate the Greeks and their military skills and the hubris of Xerxes that arises from viewing himself equal to a god, which contributes to the Persian god bringing about the downfall of the army at the Battle of Salamis. Herodotus also shows the superiority of Persian military numbers and how the overconfidence in those…

The Battle of the Alamo The battle of the Alamo occurred during a period when the Republic of Texas faced a bleak and uncertain future known as the Texas Revolution. American colonists were allowed to settle in Texas at the time under the New Mexican emperor Agustin de Iturbide. On 23, 1836, General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began the 13 day siege of the Alamo. A moment in history that turned a ruined Spanish mission in downtown San Antonio, into a shrine. There were several events leading…

The Texas Revolution was much more than a battle between two groups. It was a conflict of American pride and belief over Mexican nationalism. The Mexican government declined to give the American immigrants rights and did not believe that the immigrants could retaliate. Mexico was a relatively new…

The article “Gettysburg In The Civil War” was about the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee’s first journey failed, then in June 1863 he tried again by marching north to Pennsylvania. Lee’s campaign was going well. Hooker had proposed to attack Richmond but was rejected in Washington. Hooker was then replaced by General George Meade. Stuart decided to ride around the Union Army to gather troop information. Stuarts costly decision took longer than expected, so Lee had to go without knowing where the Union…

Hell’s Angels: The True Story of the 303rd Bomb Group in World War II by Jay A. Stout is a revealing insight into the lives of the pilots in the air force at the time of the United States’ entry into WWII. The book primarily concerns itself with telling the history and activity of the 303rd bomb group, providing a detailed description of events and personnel in chronological order starting at the group’s inception. Stout wrote the book because he was a pilot himself and because he wanted to show…

climate events of the battle. He described his experiences in a lengthy letter to his brother and still to this day is the most descriptive and eloquent battle narratives ever written (NPS). The walk toward the Battle of Gettysburg started in June 1863. General Robert E. Lee’s soldiers crossed the Potomac River in Virginia and began to make their way toward the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania (The Gettysburg Foundation). This epic battle was three days long and resulted in a retreat to…