Booby trap

rifle with a high-capacity drum-style clip, a shotgun and two handguns. (Esposito, Date, Thomas & Ferran) In relation to the rational thinking process haven took place, Holmes' apartment, just five miles from the theater, was rigged with explosive booby-traps and if officers had rush in, would have increased the death toll for that unforgettable…

Military power restriction with the innovation of nuclear weapon the Clausewitz concept of “absolute war” is finally achievable. This will generate fear and will restraint powerful states from using maximum power to prevail. Thus the victory as a proper outcome to be expected of the use of American arms was intractable for the duration of the cold war, for in very good part, for the reason of the sensible fear of the escalation to nuclear holocaust. So, the only kind of conflict that the United…

In Hiroshima, John Hersey focuses on the survivors of the atomic bomb that is dropped on the city of Hiroshima at the end of World War II. Instead of focusing on one individual, Hersey decides to report on six that survive the blast, including the immediate aftermath of the bomb being dropped. The survivors come from many different walks of life and are all affected by the coming of the nuclear age. Mrs. Hatsayo Nakamura was a widow raising three young children. Dr. Terufumi Sasaki was a young…

Education and learning is often associated with institutionalised frames such as schools. There are many debates regarding whether the traditional school curriculum with its standard formats of textbook learning is the most inspiring and productive way for young people to learn. Coventry’s Belgrade Theatre created the Theatre in Education (TiE) movement in 1965, as an ‘educational outreach using theatrical performance and drama workshops to explore issues of cultural, social, political and moral…

Self-neglect isn’t the syndrome many twenty somethings learn about after they’ve stayed up too late, too many nights in a row or when they’ve consumed too much alcohol in one sitting, or even when they ate all that food at McDonalds at three in the morning. In fact, most people self-neglect in one way or another, whether they smoke cigarettes, eat unhealthy foods, text while driving, fail to visit the doctor regularly, drive while under the influence, along with many other behaviors one may…

As we turn on the news or look in the newspapers, the same few topics are always at the forefront attempting to grab our attention. One of these attention-grabbing topics is gun control. Unfortunately, in todays society, violence and mass murder run rampant in our streets, our businesses, religious institutions, and our schools. When a shooting occurs, political influencers and the media are quick to accuse and throw shade at the second amendment which allows people to bear arms. As one of the…

The US Should Not Have Released a Draft for the Vietnam War In the early 19th century, the height of European imperialism, France conquered Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, creating the French colony of Indochina. Vietnam was divided into three parts: Annam, Tonkin and Cochinchina. The French maintained colonial rule over the area until WWII when the area was occupied by the Japanese. At the end of the war, the communist-led Vietnam declared itself independent. The French, wanting their colony back,…

War is an undeniable fact of life. Assuming that there are humans, there is going to be war. In past times, for a man to go to war, it was believed to be romantic and heroic. However, these ideas have faded and vanished through the entire course of the 20th century. War tends to be horrific, like a terrible nightmare, and could very easily break the human spirit, which is not fragile. War is a reminder to the general public that in spite of how heroic they make dying in battle seem, in spite of…

The Vietnam War The Vietnam war was the first war that the United States of America lost. This war was one of the bloodiest that the United States had fought since the civil war. A total of around fifty-eight thousand Americans were killed, three hundred fifty thousand were wounded, and two thousand were captured as Prisoners of War. The Vietnam War was utterly devastating for our troops and potentially for our country. Robert J.McMahon states in his book, Major Problems in the History of the…

Yo-Yo Knots In the novel The Things They Carried, written by Tim O’Brien there are many different rituals of war and symbols of rituals that are portrayed throughout the story. While many rituals and superstitions are apparent throughout the novel, the ones that will be discussed in this paper will be focused on Mitchell Sanders and his yo-yo. Mitchell Sanders is a steady character throughout the novel and while his yo-yo is only mentioned in one chapter, it can relate to many different stories…