Desperate Measures

increasingly belligerent, which led to Japan’s entrance into WWII. Ultimately, desperate measures were taken and imperial aggression revived samurai military traditions ("World War II (1939–1945)"). The value of death before dishonor and contempt for defeat motivated soldiers to ruthlessly defend Japan (Deal). During October of 1944 towards the closing stages of WWII, the Japanese launched suicide missions as a desperate measure, and a large majority of young men voluntarily joined in this piece…

Different Relationships, Different Cultures A famous African proverb once stated, “children are the reward of life”. This quote gives us a small example of how important not only fertility, but also relationships, have been within African culture. “The Rich People’s School” gives us a glimpse of the characteristics within traditional family relationships, how they have altered over a span of time in history, and what they have evolved into currently. The short story, “The Rich People’s School”…

The Welfare System Welfare is defined as the general well-being of an individual or group of individuals. The welfare system is a system that provides financial aid to people who cannot support themselves. The government deducts the money from the working class and gives it to those in need. It provides them with social security, food, rent, education and health care. This can be taken from tax or just deducted from your salary. There are different types of welfare systems: In the USA, the…

In the hot and scorching summer of 1922, the impossible love story between Daisy Buchanan and Jay Gatsby takes place. F. Scott Fitzgerald does a beautiful job of displaying the atrocious acts of the 20’s. The Great Gatsby captures it all from the sex, money, affairs, alcohol, and deaths. Through it all, Jay Gatsby was fighting for Daisy’s heart, though she was married to Tom Buchanan, it didn't seem to matter. Mr. Gatsby had a burning passion, fire and desire for Daisy. He didn't seem to…

People feared for their lives and how to live day to day, this type of mentality changes a person, becoming fearful, hopeless, and desperate. Having the communist to blame allowed for something to rally around and blame for the situation Germany was placed in. Instead of a search for common ground, classification began to classify the German society, Communist were seen as the lesser…

The majority of teenage girls in the 21st century will claim to anyone who will listen that they are someone’s biggest fan, a total fangirl. Usually, this group or person becomes their main obsession, and everything they do revolves around them. Fangirls truly believe that they are the person’s soul mate, even though the obsession may not know it. Contrary to popular belief, fangirls have actually been around for hundreds of years, including back in the Puritan times of 1692. One of the…

Owen also show irony in his poem by saying “you would not tell with such high zest/ to children ardent for some desperate [measures]” (25, 26). This is basically saying that the writers that isn’t against war is lying to kids to be in the military to be in war. The writer, Kevin Powers, show a lot of irony to the readers I bet. By example in the story The Yellow Birds states…

Giles, Proctor, and Rebecca. Abby, Proctor, and Parris are the main characters in The Crucible. Parris, Proctor, and Abby portray the theme that people will go through extreme measures to preserve their reputation. Firstly, Abby is one of the characters who portrays the theme that people will go through extreme measures to preserve the reputation. To start, Abby portrays the theme…

was rushed to the hospital because of it. Once in the emergency room the doctors were able to find out that the young girl was not actually pregnant. Because of the severity of the situation to this young girl she was forced to go to such extreme measures to stop the pregnancy (Grimes). Some of the things women would do to end the pregnancy was to not only stick coat hangers to tear the fetus out of them, but they would also shoot themselves in the stomach or hit themselves to kill the child…

and care what he said, care about him”(180). Dana has saved Rufus’ life multiple times, and this causes her to become a person that Rufus believes he can trust and rely on. Rufus’ attachment to Dana causes him to act impulsively and go through desperate measures to try and keep her with him: “‘You’re not leaving!’ he shouted. He sort of crouched around the gun, clearly on the verge of firing. ‘Damn you, you’re not leaving me’”(187). Rufus knows that Dana must return home, but he becomes angry at…