Conscientious objector

“Editha” by William Dean Howells is a historical fiction short story written to emphasize the romanticism the main character holds towards war. Young Editha Balcom is engaged to a conscientious objector, George Gearson, who aspires to be a pastor. However, with war on the horizon, she believes he should join in the war effort to bring honor to their country. Through much persistence on her part, she persuades George to join and he becomes a captain. To the despair of Editha, George dies in the…

National History Day project: Muhammed Ali & and his Worldwide Effect Almost everybody recognizes Muhammed Ali as one of the greatest boxers to ever live. To my surprise a numerous amount of people do not know the huge, worldwide effect Ali had in so many different areas. He fought for civil rights and provided hope for a countless number of African Americans in a time of distress. He also helped fight for religious freedoms in a time that only Christianity was embraced in the United States.…

Google Brain is a project that uses Tensor Flow to categorize shapes and images with captions. The process will provide people who use the Google Image search engine more of a decisive answer to their word, phrase, or question. Audio is another capability that has been programmed to recognize and respond appropriately. The audio software is in its infancy stage. Smart Reply is another project from the Google Brain which recommends quick responses to a person’s email in Gmail. Deep Learning is…

In the United States of America, our people have come a long way since our nation’s founding. Nevertheless, we have slowly but surely fought to get to where we are today. After years of civil rights’ movements and desegregation laws, our government has now legalized same-sex marriage. While a majority of the nation rejoices that all people can now have equal rights when it comes to this life decision, many are opposed to the new legislation. One citizen who has refused to acknowledge this change…

English Colonization and the Road to Revolution Introduction The peak of mercantilism, coupled with a population explosion of poor English people in the sixteenth century pushed England to seek an expansion of their natural settlements through colony acquisitions, in order to expand their markets, get more raw materials and precious minerals especially gold, seek an outlet for their blossoming population that was facing an economic recession already, and find new sea routes to the Indies…

Public education and homeschooling are two of the best-known techniques of getting a general education. What if there is objection to what is being taught in public education? Could a parent be considered a conscientious objector when it comes to state and federal rulings on their child’s education (Morrison, K. 2014)? Implementation of Common Core State Standards in American public schools is forcing parents to choose between public education and homeschooling. In order for a parent to make…

Jean Anouilh’s play Antigone is a tragedy inspired by Greek mythology and the play of the same name (Antigone, by Sophocles) from the fifth century B.C. The play Antigone tells the story of a brave girl (one of Oedipus’s daughters) who stands up against the law in order to honor her brother. The play had many important characters without which the meaning would be incomplete. However, there were many minor characters that completed the play and aided the reader’s understanding which leads us…

is not a volunteer army, so the Selective Service System sends out a draft notice to all eligible males between the ages of 18 and 26. There were many ways to get out of the draft like having a disability, having a health condition, being a conscientious objector, being a student or choosing to flee to Canada. What would the feelings be of a young man with a bright future who just received a notice? This is what the author Tim O’Brien went through in his autobiographical short story “On the…

Social conscience and seclusion became synonymous with each other during the Modern Era, for the purpose of communicating the growing concept of a need for change in the world. Thwarting the group mentality and proliferating alienation seemed to be the only way to do so, as seen in Basil Bunting’s beliefs. The impacts the Modern Era had on Bunting personally are manifested through the political, economical and social isolation during World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II,…

With new laws being enacted in the military and the ever present possibility of conflict, a relatively dormant topic has emerged, the Selective Service and the military draft. As with any emerging topic, differing opinions towards the issue have risen, Economists tend to argue that the agency “captures people who would prefer to be doing something else and forces them to bear the cost of national defense disproportionately by working for a submarket wage”(Applebaum), military officials lean…