Flags of Our Fathers

the towns head white citizens to get ahead in a largely white society. He tries to accomplish this goal after listening to what his grandfather told him just before he died. On his grandfather 's deathbed, his grandfather told his father to "keep up the good fight". "Our life is a war and I have been a traitor all my born days” (). Overall, his grandfather was telling him to accept the white people’s way of life in order to get ahead. His parents tell him to forget what his grandfather said.…

Dennison) was born 12/15/1963 to Phillip Gary Dennison and Frances Irene (AKA Rice) Dennison at Staunton Hospital in Staunton, Illinois. Vicky grew up in Granite City, Illinois. Vicky's parents were married almost 53 years in December 29. Vicky’s father died on December 9, 2015. Her mother is still living and resides in Highland, Illinois. Vicky had a wonderful relationship with her with both parents. She stated she loved them very much. When Vicky was disciplined she said her parents would…

Back in 1979 the author Leon F. Litwack published a book about slavery called Been in Storm So Long. This book included a poem in one of the chapters by the name Slaves No More, throughout this book he stated that there was an existent difference between the North and the South slavery trades and he also argued that the civil war brought slavery to an end. Africans were not subject to English common law, they were workers that had absolutely no rights and they were abused from the moment they…

It is evident that the newly coronated Macbeth had already become slightly paranoid. In Act I, Scene III, the witches mention that Banquo will father a line of kings, though he himself will not be one. Since Macbeth had just killed King Duncan and now sits on the throne, it does make some sense that he would be afraid that someone new will become king the same way he did. However, it is clearly…

himself as “father” who care and protect his Indian “children”. The president argued that the Natives couldn’t survive and succeed while living in white society and his justification was to civilize the…

The Big Bad Monster The beast was vicious. He came out of the shadows to reveal his hideous face, He had large red eyes and demonic horns on his head . He snout looked like the one of a giant bull . His entire face was covered in thick black scales when he opened his mouth it revealed several rows of large pincer of teeth. His body was bulbous and his horns sticking out randomly from his scaly skin. His devilish eyes pierced through my soul from the crack in my closet door. I would often put…

Funeral Customs Human beings are scared of the unknown. We also don’t like to get out of our comfort zone or learn a religion that we do not practice. Those are normal traits for a human being. Here at Shipman Funeral Home we serve families no matter what the level of discomfort or disbelief we may have towards a person’s religion or beliefs. Today at the funeral home we had a family walk in and ask for our services, we later learned this family was Catholic. Jason Shipman the funeral director…

circumstances to help understand the issue or problem and interpret it in a moral context. Some examples of understanding the situation from our everyday lives are things like gun control and the sides of argument about guns, immigration with looking at the perspectives of people coming into the country and the people who oppose people immigrating into the US , and our economic statues and understanding those higher and lower of us. Understanding the definition of the situation and all the it…

In the play American Century by Murphy Guyer, we find a woman waiting on her husband Tom to return from war. Upon his return while they’re reuniting, they are interrupted by a stranger, Tommy, who claims to be their son. Although at first Tom doesn’t believe him and thinks it’s a scam, the woman name Margaret knew the entire time because of motherly instincts. He goes on to tell them about the future and how he got back by taking drugs because he is a schizophrenic. He then continues to describe…

She died while she was acting out one of her Civil War adventures on stage. She is now buried there in Spring Grove Cemetery. She ended the show with “one God, one flag, one people - forever!” Courage is viewed by God as the ability to do something brave out of motivation of the heart. God uses courage in people to spread the gospel to others or being brave to do it not fearing to spread the gospel. In Deuteronomy…