Booby trap

theme that is much more explicitly discussed in Renegade Dreams. The gang’s own foundational belief that the unity of the gang depends on the obligation to repay every debt with violence is another “wire” that traps people in a cage of violence. Frye claims that one caught in this “booby trap” of obstacles, “You can’t win. You are caught in a bind, caught between systematically related pressures” (Frye 3). This entraps them within a never-ending cycle of violence. Teenagers like Marcus who have…

Even a simple thing as a window reels him through the time he spent tied down in an enemy trap. Rambo spent three years in Vietnam so he was looking forward to coming home, but like most other Vietnam vets, he was not welcomed as a hero as he had imagined but rather as a coward and a baby-killer. Rambo, though a fictional character, is not the…

The Monster Whitetail “Tackle him Scott, tackle him!” I yelled at the top of my lungs. I wasn’t about to let the biggest moonshine bust in Franklin County get away, let alone the state of West Virginia. Scott was running as fast as he could, huffing and puffing. I was right behind Scott, and right before I was able the pull my taser out. Scott had that stinky backwoods bastard on the ground. Scott was hooting and hollering, “Did you see that? He got dropped like a ten pound sack of bricks.” I…

“What you wish for?” asks Eric, “to make it with Andy.” Smirks Troy as he throws a penny down the well. Suddenly the coin flies back up the well and into the air. “Hey! Who’s down there?” yells Troy. A huge response from many voices emerges from the well. “That sounds like Andy!” laughs Jeb. After a heated argument, the boys agree to bring down the bucket to lift them to safety, Troy, Eric and Jeb decide to slide down the well and meet the goonies at the bottom. Once the boys get down, the…

The countries of Egypt and Greece are very different and similar in many ways. Their geography, culture and government are some of the examples. The rulers of Egypt and Greece would be given a proper funeral. Both would pray to a large amount of gods and goddess. They would do this so they could go to the afterlife. Both Egypt and Greece would also tell great stories about the gods and how they became to be. Egypt and Greece are similar with many things,but different in many ways. The…

How and why did the US forces change as a result of the Vietnam War? The Vietnam War started in 1955 and finished in 1975. Over this time, the US army changed dramatically, mainly because the troops lost hope that the US would win soon. It changed in terms of composition, morale, motivation, recreation, equipment used and quality of soldiers. In this essay, I will go into detail about how and why the US forces changed in terms of the motivation, composition and morale. I will conclude at the…

Social hierarchies have existed just as long as people have. They will continue to exist until an apocalypse, a rapture, or anything in between proceeds to destroy the earth as it is known. It is a pity that those at the bottom of the pyramid tend to not have control over their situations but rather are at the bottom of the social hierarchy due to unfair prejudiced attitudes. During the Depression Era, the setting of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, people were shown severe discrimination by…

The Civil War was one of the most iconic and deadly wars in American history. With the advancement of technology championed from the Industrial Revolution that improved communications, transport, and the lethality of weapons, war took on a whole new dangerous territory that earned it the title as being the first modern war. It was the turning point between the limited combat strategies of the past and the full mobilization of the future, exercising full frontal strategies that would exacerbate…

States supported South Vietnam and were in the process of fighting North Vietnam because of their communistic viewpoints. The fighting had been different than any other war, the Viet Cong's fighting style consisted of sneaky sniper attacks and booby traps. Their fighting style had aggravated the United States soldiers and they soon became frustrated. The Charlie Company, although never before in combat, specifically had suffered losses right before the assignment in My Lai. Their training prior…

this idea and backed South Vietnam for democracy. Communist rebels who lived in the South, who called themselves Viet Cong, used the hit and run tactic and their knowledge of the jungle they lived in. The North helped these rebels set mines and booby traps, and create networks of secret supply routes. America didn’t perform to well in protecting South Vietnam. The Americans alienated the people they were suppose to be saving as they chased their enemy. They burned villages they suspected of…