Combat boot

Kurt Schlichter had actually taken the time to research the brony fandom, he would of [sic] found that there is a surprising number of military bronies that have served in Afghanistan, Iraq, or both (such as myself). I wonder how the knowledge that combat veterans are also among the brony fandom would affect his opinion on the matter. This soldier does the raise the question of how much gender plays a role in perceptions about these two seemingly independent lifestyles. Even as Schlicter voices…

what they had to experience. Published in 1990 by Tim O’Brien The Things They Carried is regarded as a fictional work based on the personal experiences of American soldiers who encounter the horrific trauma both emotionally and psychologically of combat during the Vietnam War. The burdens the men carry with them throughout the 30-year war were unbearable and those who were lucky enough to survive the guilt and grief would stay within them forever. Tim O’Brien goes into great detail about the…

atom in my body is telling me to run, but a part of me just has to know if there is any chance that Evan is alive. Before I can listen to the smarter part of my conscience, I move towards the bakery’s door. I thank my lucky stars that I am wearing combat boots, otherwise the glass would ruin my shoes for sure. I try to be as silent as possible, but the door opens with a loud creak. I risk a peek inside, and notice that the room is completely empty. Large cobwebs stretch across the lengths of the…

Over the past 70 years the “promise of airpower” to allows nations to wage war more quickly, more cheaply, and more humanely has not been fulfilled. Moreover, example of Vietnam War shows that there are many limitations for airpower and proper use of this power is extremely complicated to be effective like promised. Even more, winning series of battles and even overthrowing the enemy does not mean winning the war. Clausewitz wrote in his book “On War” that war is merely continuation of policy…

What A Soldier Carries Nowadays very few authors of fictional writings decide to use the mixture of fact and fiction in order to demonstrate the main ideas and themes of their writings. In the fictional novel The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien used the mixture of fact and fiction to demonstrate what the soldiers had to carry in and after the Vietnam War, and how these things affected their actions. The Things They Carried is a two hundred thirty three page novel that…

Shakespeare’s Ideas of Identity William Shakespeare questions identity throughout his works, but this theme is especially apparent in Henry IV, Part 1. Typically, Shakespeare will have characters question themselves and their importance to show identity; however, he expands on this in several ways in this play. This struggle relates to the society that Shakespeare was accustomed to, yet this struggle is still faced today. Identity is something that people still struggle with because of the…

courage and bravery shown than the actions of the Marines during such a time of need. “I enlisted in the Marine Corps on 3 December 1942 at Marion...But prompted by a deep feeling of uneasiness that the war might end before I could get overseas into combat, I wanted to enlist in the Marine Corp as soon as possible.” (With the Old Breed Chapter 1paragraph 1 page 5). These are the brave words from Sledgehammer, the main character. Sledgehammer, amongst multiple individuals in his class, had the…

efforts with limited US involvement. He also says that Obama has taken a less aggressive tone on ISIS because they do not pose a serious external threat to the United States so the response will be measured accordingly, such as not putting American boots on the ground fighting ISIS. While this has caused some backlash from the media and congress, Obama thinks it the long run this will be more successful. Both Bush and Obama did agree with the fact that the global war on terror needed to end,…

Chen explains that “the subsequent death of Ted Lavender jolts him into awareness, forcing the realization that the romantic fantasies produced by an exilic consciousness longing to return home to America are unable to meet the exigencies of combat experience in Vietnam.” (Chen 86). Chen is helping the reader to see that due to Lavender’s death, Lieutenant Cross comes to realize that it is time for him to grow up and stop thinking about Martha and to start focusing on the war and…

product of the Western civilization’s belittlement of Native American beliefs. The insensitivity and disgusting brutality of Emo is evident even in his youth. As a teenager, he “went into the old man’s field to look at the melons... and brought his boot down hard on the center of the melon” (56). This needless destruction and the immediate trampling of the “tiny black ants” shows Emo’s disregard of life. Native American culture, however, prizes every life form no matter how…