Gallic Wars

In the novel “A Separate Peace” Gene is both the narrator and the protagonist. In this novel Gene tells the story from his perspective. Gene isn't a really nice person he doesn't have any really good qualities. He’s kind of crazy and he's very paranoid. He's also not a very good friend. At one point Gene admires Phineas who happens to be his roommate and self proclaimed best friend. Gene has to work hard for everything and one of the many reasons he's jealous of Finny is because he's great at…

violence and fighting and how people force others to fight the battles we ourselves don’t want to fight. In the Iliad Book 1, translated by Robert Fagles, there are several accounts of fighting and violence. Here, the Trojans and Achaeans are at war, Agamemnon and Achilles are fighting over whether or not to return the two captured women back to their families in exchange for an end to the plague that is killing so many of their men. With so much fighting taking place between the Gods and…

Throughout his article, Joshua Sinai provides us with several examples of the types of warfare terrorist generally employ to achieve their objectives. These examples included conventional low impact, conventional high impact, and lastly cyber warfare (Sinai, 2007). Within CHI there is several different categories of attacks. The categories’ within CHI include chemical, biological, radiological, and lastly nuclear. Regardless of what device is used and by what means they are used, Sinai explains…

Literary Analysis: Battle Royal Ralph Ellison's short story, Battle Royal, is mostly a portrayal of the African American battle for equity and personality. The storyteller of the story is an above normal youth of the African American people group [Goldstein-Shirlet, 1999]. He is given a chance to give a discourse to a portion of the more prestigious white people. His desires of being gotten in a positive and typical environment are definitely dashed when he is confronted with the seriousness of…

in War In this panel from Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Marji is at a party with her friends having a great time not aware of what is happening out on the front lines to child soldiers. Growing up in a time of war can affect children’s views on what’s right or wrong through the government's actions. On page 102, Satrapi depicts child soldiers dying on the front lines with keys around their necks. The government gave these children keys saying that if they were lucky enough to die in war…

Notice that all of these countries are poor and falling apart at the seams, having barely any funding for their military. Many people would take advantage of this governmental confusion and use children as weapons of war, not thinking twice about the child’s life or their possibly future. This torture may seem medieval, but it is not. The subject of child soldiers is not old news. These kids are being used to this day for things like labor, sex, and, of course, as soldiers…

I sit with my back against the wall pretending to read and braid my hair. My parents are talking outside. I catch pieces of the conversation, they're talking about the war. Everyone is always talking about the war now. We're scared. We aren't prepared, the number of people in the army is low and dropping fast. We think they may start drafting soon. If they did they would choose the houses oldest son, and if there are no sons or the oldest son is still too young to fight, then the father will…

Set during the infamous World War II, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, unfolds into a story of a growing rivalry between two close friends. English Devon High School students, Gene Forrester and Phineas, are the best of friends, with the perfect balance of athletics and academics. However, Gene’s enmity towards Phineas drives him to have the ideal image of competing to become the top student at Devon. However, ultimately, when the two friends decide to jump off of a limb and into a river, Gene…

The title of my book is American Sniper. The main character is Chris Kyle. Chris grew up in Texas, lusting for a rodeo career since he first straddled a bull. He also worked as a cowboy on a friend's ranch for multiple years, while attending college. After his injuries cut that dream off, he turned to the military. Despite a setback du e to pins in his arm, he continued into BUDS training. After making it through intense and painful training and injuries, he becomes a SEAL. Just like in any…

suicide epidemic, which was featured on The Hill in early 2016, tackles the sensitive topic of veteran suicide. Westley is also the creator of War Virgin, a platform to inspire personal liberation and promote equality, and has been featured in numerous other publications such as NPR, The Washington Post, Military Times, and The Huffington Post. Using her Iraqi war experience for good, Westley is a role model…