Flags of Our Fathers

Ch.1 Finally, it’s Friday. That means two days of freedom from the demons of Dieruff high school. I honestly can’t wait to get into bed which is scary because i’m always dying to get out that hell hole I call home. Normally on Friday’s nights, I could count on mom and dad being out having their precious date night, but that hasn 't happened for a couple years since we’ve moved to Asheville. Tonight the house will either be dead silent or so loud with their screaming that you’d think we were…

His depiction of the savages also reflects European ideology, as they perceive the natives as inhuman and hierarchically inferior. Vespucci emphasizes the natives’ barbarism, stating, “…they themselves wonder why we do not eat our enemies and do not use as food their flesh which they say is most savory” (35). However, Jan Van der Straet strategically places the feast in the background of the image in order to appear less daunting compared to the allure of the bounty of the land…

getting moved to a new camp. However you end everyone else knows you are probably about to be executed, everything you just went through was for nothing; But then you hear a plane and look up, you see an enemy plane and a U.S. plane fly by with the flags of one another’s country trailing behind their planes. Everyone goes wild and scream battle cries that could be heard overseas, the war is over! You get to go home! You meet your family at the airport and everyone is glad to see you as tears and…

also known as the U.S medley that consists of 5 songs for each branch of the military. This would be the U.S Coast Guard, U.S Air Force, U.S Navy, U.S Marine Corps, and the U.S Army. Each one of these branches are extremely important for defending our country's freedom. And each one of these branches has their special and unique song. The Coasts Guards song is “Semper Paratus” which is also their motto. “Semper Paratus” is a Latin phrase which is translated into “always ready” or “always…

made it their task to convert the natives to Catholicism. The conquering soldiers physically torn at the Natives while, at the same time, the priests harmed the natives spiritually. The importance of history is that we can learn from the past to aid our future. In other words, does the blindness of Spanish culture while regarding the Natives justify the physical, social and religious destruction they caused to the Natives? Considering the educational resources, sense of morality, and religious…

Introduction I had the pleasure of going to a Jamaican restaurant for a celebration. As I walked in, I was greeted with warm smiles and the pleasant aroma of Jamaican food. Everyone appeared to be happy, as this was a celebration. One of my closest friends is Jamaican, and being around her and her family, really inspired me to learn more about their culture. As I scanned the restaurant, I noticed that the décor had a very tropical theme. I took it upon myself to pay another visit to Irie Palace…

world, but I'm not laughing. Just like us, our elders were once young. They have memories of different fads, their first job, their first love, mistakes they've made, things they've discovered...my point is, they have stories to tell…

The movie This is England talks about England in the 1980s, and about dealing with outside influences such as racism and xenophobia, of mass unemployment and the fall out of the Falklands War. It talks a lot about the skinhead culture that was popular during this time and how it was to be a skinhead. This essay is going to talk about these things and also about what the similarities that can be found between 1980s England and Sweden today. It's also going to be talking about the main…

African-Americans in the United States of America. Both Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Kendrick Lamar and N.W.A express their disfavor towards the justice system through their music. Police brutality persists against blacks today this includes: mothers, daughters, fathers, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles, sisters, grandmothers, and grandfathers; most unarmed. In 2015, statistics show unarmed African-Americans versus armed whites were five…

Psychological trauma is not a tangible damage, it is a damage of the mind, and one that can persist throughout short to extended periods of time. Trauma can affect at different levels, at an individual of course, but also at a widespread socio-cultural one, a trauma that resides in the collective consciousness of a people, as exemplified by the effects on the Irish people due to the great famine. Significant trauma can cause a great degree of mental anguish, distress, fear and general hardship…