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Many countries entered the war since it was more beneficial for them to fight alongside their allies instead of single-handedly fighting enemy countries. Russia, being an ally of Serbia, and Germany, an ally of Austria-Hungary, are forced to join the war due to their alliances and treaties with the two countries. Their agreements allowed Serbia and Austria-Hungary to have more numbers, strength, and support to fight each other than without. As Germany advances to strike other countries, those…

without the fear of discrimination and/or authoritarian intervention (Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948). This right was violated during the Ferguson arrest, when peaceful protesting lead to authorities attacking groups with tear-gas, stun grenades and smoke bombs (Al Jazeera America). The Universal Declaration of Human Rights explicitly states that every human has entitlement to each freedom listed, without exceptions. The Ferguson authorities made an exception to this rule, and…

Ondaatje’s prevalent use of the skeleton imagery symbolizes the deaths of common people. Even though the Tamils and Sinhalese may have different ethnic, cultural and religious backgrounds, they are all human beings who are killing each other. While they may have different tenets and ideologies that make up their identities, they all share a country, they all breath the same air and they all are made up of a skeleton. The skeleton that receives the most attention throughout the novel is Sailor;…

Rwanda was a country divided between 1990 through 1995, for genocide was prepared and committed here in this small African country. It all started when in 1990, Belgium gave up control of the now diamond-less country, the only reason Belgium kept hold of this otherwise useless country. People were classified into 3 groups, 85% Hutu, 14% Tutsi, and then 1% Twa (http://www.unitedhumanrights.org/genocide/genocide_in_rwanda.htm). Hutus were the lowest class and watched as the Tutsis got all the…

simulator I was unable to hit the 250 meter target at center mass. At the end of the day the rest of the personal has received a “Go” and I’m the only one that is a “No Go” at all stations. The Drill Sergeant ordered me to shoot using my left hand and not my right hand at the shoot group station. It worked, I was able to achieve a tight shoot group; three separate shoots within the size of a quarter. Come qualify day out of about four hundred personal I shoot the highest and the only person to…

experienced. May 26, 1943 was the day I was recruited to the Jewish Combat Organization. A man named Mordecai Anielwicz recruited me to his group of rebellions to fight against the Nazis. Our group did not have much weapons besides pistols and homemade grenades. I never saw myself killing anyone in my lifetime the Warsaw ghetto was a battlefield between us Jews and those Nazis. In my mindset it was either me or them. The first day we ambushed the Germans. I was scared because I never…

In medieval literature there are many types of themes. Some of them are knightly behavior, role/responsibility of women, and the role of religion. One of the first things that is important in medieval literature is the knightly behavior. In just about everything we have read there has been some type of knightly behavior. In “Sir Gawain”, there was a great multitude of knightly behavior. Sir Gawain shows the most knightly behavior. He stood in for King Arthur to cut the Green Knight’s head…

Full Battle Analysis of the Conflict at Chipyong-Ni Throughout the history of the world, there have been conflicts between countries and their neighbors. Many of these conflicts have resulted in wars that have raged on across borders and homelands. Some of the most defining battles throughout our world history have taken place overseas in foreign land where the enemy has the supreme advantage. One of the most decisive and important battles in the worlds history was the Battle of Chipyong-Ni.…

Since the dawn of the cavemen, love has been severely misunderstood and underestimated, and many have been claimed by its powerful ability to control your feelings and actions. John Green, on the other hand, has his own interpretation of love. He illustrates this interpretation in his literary work The Fault in Our Stars through his character Hazel Grace, whose days of discovering how the universe works were brought to an abrupt halt when she was diagnosed with Stage IV Thyroid cancer. Since…

Losing someone that you know is ever easy, but losing a lover can tear you apart. The grief that Rat Kiley felt after his best friend, Curt Lemon, died drove him crazy. Everything from writing a “heartfelt” letter to Curt’s sister to abusing a baby buffalo. Grief is different for everyone, but what if Rat’s grief was so strong because he just lost his war lover? Although the secret war lover may be present in Tim O’Brien’s How to Tell a True War Story, masculinity and violence are also on almost…