Battle of the Bulge

“I really wonder what gives us the right to wreck this poor planet of ours” (biography.com) sums up the satirical ideas of renowned author, Kurt Vonnegut. Kurt Vonnegut was a very popular writer who excelled in writing about the stupidity and ignorance of mankind. His extremely fortunate life played an influential role in developing his writing style. Eventually, Kurt Vonnegut became one of the most eminent satirical writers of his time and was quite perceptible in two of his works, “Harrison…

Kurt Vonnegut was working on his famous Dresden war book ever since the second world war ended. The concept was simple: to write what he remembered about Dresden, and become wealthy. However, he found very little to say about Dresden, and after 23 years, he continued to talk about the book he was writing, as there was just as little to say 23 years later. He went to visit an old friend from the war, and the friend, O’Hare, had nothing to say that could help. Vonnegut finally came to the…

The casualties in this war resulted in over 60 million allies dead while approximately 12 million axis dead (World, 2016). It is estimated that a total of 1.5 million children were killed in the Holocaust (World, 2016). The Battle of the Bulge was the largest and deadliest battle for the United States during WW II with approximately 80,000 American deaths. The amount of American lives that were lost caused major families to go into depression. Additionally to the amount of Americans dying, the…

J.D Salinger’s classic novel, Catcher in the Rye, tells the tale of narrator Holden Caulfield (PBS, 2011). It is clear throughout the novel that Holden’s life parallels much of Salinger’s background, leaving readers to consider the likely possibility that Salinger based his main character in the novel off of himself. For example, both Salinger and Caulfield were sent away to private boarding schools at a young age by their wealthy parents from New York (PBS, 2011). Throughout the novel,…

It was one of the most notable days throughout all of World War Two. Setting the stage for the Allied push to end the war once and for all. By 1943, the balance of World War Two was shifting toward the side of the allies. They had won crucial battles in Africa, driving out the Nazi occupiers. Also. Benito Mussolini, the dictator of the Axis power of Italy had been overthrown and killed on April 28th, 1945. The…

former soldier who fought in the war. Vonnegut sorts out the rhetorical devices proper such as repetition, hyperboles, metaphors and other rhetorical devices to help give a better understanding of what Billy goes through after fighting in The Battle of Bulge. For instance, Vonnegut exploits the unintelligible phrase “and so it goes” through the story to demonstrate how time was immaterial during the war and how death after death nothing seemed to change. This phrase is said in the novel…

view (‘the freaks’)” (334). Society claims that if a woman is to be considered beautiful, acceptable, she must be slender and toned; firmness is the real goal, and in order “to achieve such results…a violent assault on the enemy is usually required; bulges must be ‘attacked’ and ‘destroyed,’ fat ‘burned,’ and stomachs (or more disgustedly, ‘guts’) must be ‘busted’ and ‘eliminated’” (Bordo 337). This assault on unsightly imperfects is a social assault on women in an attempt at, like the…

of easy Company perform admirably and supremely through every grim task given to them. Stephen Ambrose accounts the heroic tale of the paratroopers from Easy Company beginning with their time training in Toccoa with Sobels to D-Day, Holland, Battle of the Bulge, the failure of operation Market Garden, and to the end of the war by taking Hitler’s Eagles nest. The men of Easy Company exceed all expectation put on them with all while forming an unbreakable bond. Band of Brothers is a book that…

by the name of Martin Luther King Jr. saw what was happening in America and decided to make a change. King dedicated his life to changing the way people of color were being viewed by society. He wanted freedom for for all and he fought an endless battle so that we could be where we are today. His speeches, marches and actions became turning points in the Civil Right Movement such as his iconic and historic “I Have A Dream” speech . The “I Have A Dream” speech called for an end to racism and the…

Introduction Conflicts with equality are happening constantly in the United States of America. In the short story, “Harrison Bergeron,” written by Kurt Vonnegut Jr., has taken equality to the extreme. In the story, it hints at the reader what can happen in the future if the wrong person gets in charge of the government. With the influence of media, Vonnegut expresses his responses about equality and individual freedom when “everyone is equal in every which way” in “Harrison Bergeron.”…