Flags of Our Fathers

feels new joy and happiness, and after facing hunger and death while trying to escape she grows stronger and courageous. Sookan changes by the first time she feels inner peace, and the little Buddha inside her. "as grandfather enveloped his hands in ours I felt a strange sensation. I felt a quiet but peaceful little Buddha crept inside me." (Choi 41) This moment changed Sookan to find inner peace in hard situations. Another way Sookan changes is she has lived in a world her whole life with…

Woodrow Wilson said in one of his speeches that “the American revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.” (wilson) I believe this to be accurate. The American revolution was a era of conflicts and bouts for our freedom. It first started with the built-up tensions amid Great Britain and the colonies. Then arose the fights. The initial battle was the battle of Lexington and Concord which started on April 19th, 1775. Formerly, just a couple months later George…

accept us. In the articles "Texas vs Johnson" by William J. Brennan, "American Flag Stands for Tolerance" by Ronald J. Allen, and the trailer "My so called enemy" all of them explain how we accept each other and our opinions. These articles and trailers will explain how we as human beings must be willing to accept people and give opinions that are different from ourselves . To begin with, in the article "American Flag Stands For Tolerance" by Ronald J. Allen, the author stated that "In a…

Another important aspect of the movies to discuss is whether the films accurately depict true stories and events as well as historically accurate characters. To begin, of the two films Windtalkers is the one that strays the farthest from the trust. In fact, the only truly historically accurate portion of the movie is that the code talkers were real people who played an enormous role in battles like Iwo Jima and World War II. Other than this, the characters of Windtalkers, including Yahzee and…

Originally written as a salute to the American flag, the Pledge of Allegiance has been recited by millions of schoolchildren every morning since its debut during the 1892 Columbus Day Celebration. The revised oath is viewed as a patriotic representation of America’s virtues. Above all national symbols, nothing has provoked as much controversy as the issue on the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools. Beginning in the early 2000s, there has been an increase in schools…

death, during the funeral Nick, a close friend of Gatsby, thinks to himself “Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter—tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther. . . . So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past”(Fitzgerald 180). Gatsby had achieved great success in his life but only one thing really mattered to him, Daisy. He chased his dream until the…

In the self-portrait, she’s holding the mexican flag and the american flag is covered in smog. In the poem, she says how in mexico they would speak spanish in an mexican restaurant, but in america they would speak english and spanish. Her perspective on her culture was deeply rooted into her mexican cultural identity…

believed that I can do anything I want, say anything I want, and become anything I want to become. I now have the courage to express who I am, because of Veterans, our founding fathers, and ancestors. This is possible today. As Pauline Hanson once said “To survive in peace and harmony, united, and strong, we must have one people, one nation, one flag so hold up the red, white, and blue. We are the American dream.” One of my many Gifts to unwrap is Veterans.Veterans are the soldiers that work on…

sizes and yet our models are stick thin. And there are songs to diss the skinny people, but why are we fighting? I’m sure my friends are American, but being 6’ 1” and being 125, isn’t overweight, it’s being scary thin, and being 5’ 2” and being 134 is normal. But why can’t they be an American? Right, because they don’t fit in the twinkie eating, bon bon loving, apple pie making ideas. American. To me American is just another label. Plagued with stereotypes around us, it’s in our blood to make…

concept. Expressing acceptance towards someone can affect them in several positive or negative ways. Bullied by Bill Brummel is a documentary about a man who was bullied in school for being openly gay. “American Flag Stands for Tolerance” is about a court verdict dealing with burning the American Flag. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story about a town that holds an annual lottery with a very strange outcome. The authors and directors of these selections have all represented people…