Gallic Wars

embodies his extreme disposition against war. Voltaire has always been a large proponent in the anti-war movements in eighteenth century England. His disposition against war is clearly displayed in his novel “Candide.” Voltaire utilizes the techniques of comparison, satire, imagery, and dichotomy to display the many idiosyncrasies and follies of war and through his attempts of displaying war he often also criticizes the human nature and nobility. Voltaire Satirizes war many times and many ways…

There are many similarities and differences between two paintings Liberty Lead the People by Eugene Delacroix and Execution of the Third of May by Francisco Goya . Both paintings are similar due to the fact that they depict the brutality of war. These paintings were also made during Napoleon's rule in the 1700’s. Liberty Lead the People was made to commemorate the French Revolution. The French Revolution began in the 1780’s and ended in the in the 1790’s. The Liberal Republicans were enraged by…

settle the unhappy French citizens who just got done revolting against the old system of government. Helping France in many ways came with a great amount of collateral damage and this was the reasoning for being accused of being a war criminal. Napoleon was not a vicious war criminal, but rather an enlightened leader of France. He was an enlightened leader for a few reasons; first, he created a system of law that encompassed many of the…

and inhumane events that took place in the Vietnam War. People involved in the war were having to fight in a completely foreign land. Being somewhere unknown and with a lack of leadership for a cause some did not fully believe in caused damage to soldiers mental health. In Vietnam soldiers involuntary lead under bad leadership, which added to O'Brien's hate of the Vietnam War. O’Brien shows readers the disturbing but very real situations of the war, some soldiers were treated poorly by…

Syrian Civil War has been a controversial issue for a while now. According to CNN Student News, the war has been going on for almost five years. The article, “Syria: The story of the conflict,” on www.bbc.com, states that more than 250,000 Syrians have been killed in the conflict, “which began with anti-government protests before escalating into a full scale war.” The story of the Syrian Civil War, starts from that point in time. After the protests intensified, and became a full blown civil war,…

Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in March of 2011, it has claimed nearly 470,000 lives, 12,000 or more were children (Sinha 1). Within a span of five years since the war began, nearly 3.7 million children have been born in Syria, meaning, 3.7 million children grew up only knowing war and violence (Rasha 1). They weren’t given the opportunity to a good life or a happy childhood. These children are starving and in dire need of outside help. They are going through and seeing things…

(Why Is American Sniper Banned?) The ALA bans books for bad language, sexual themes, and so much more. Some are reasonable and some are not. Religion is a big part of banning also, people go crazy over religious things too. The “American Sniper” is banned for many different reasons, mostly violence and foul language. Violence, foul language, and religious beliefs are the top reasons of banning this novel. Violence is the main reason for banning this book. “I pushed my finger against the trigger…

encountered anyone which shows that there was no point of trying to kill the sniper because it did not advance anybody. The man and woman who planned to kill the sniper did not affect the plot, their plan did not solve any of the problems causing the war. Violence is not the solution, it just causes more issues and chaos in the world.…

fighting in a war in which it was impossible to tell who the allies were and the enemies were. For many soldiers, a war like this was a reality and it was called the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was fought for 20 years from 1955 to 1975 between the Communist and Anti-communist forces to prevent the spread of communism. Since the war was not fought for land or religion, it was commonly thought as a waste of American lives. As a result of the lack of American support, soldier who fought in the…

In the book “War” by Sebastian Junger, people experienced combat for the first time in similar ways. When they got to the Korengal Valley many of the men like O'Byrne had never been shot at before. O’Byrne when he first got into a situation where he was being shot at “The first thing he did was stand up and look around -Pg 11”. He later says to Vandenberge “Fuck, I can't believe they just shot at me -Pg 11” because he was shocked that someone was actually shooting at him and trying to kill him.…