Hostage

to Iran, and the greatest of these motivations was a new hostage crisis2. In the mid-1980’s, Hezbollah, an Islamic extremist group backed by the Khomeini regime, took several American hostages. Certain members of the Reagan administration believed that working with moderates in Iran’s government would result in the release of the hostages and the restoration of Shah-era relations. Ending only on Reagan’s Inauguration Day, the Iranian Hostage Crisis likely had a great impact on President Reagan,…

the atrocities committed by American troops and instead portrayed it as if Americans had suffered equally as much. Americans, especially politicians, used this idea to heal the self-image of America. In my opinion, many Americans used the Tehran hostage crisis, being the first widely publicized conflict following the Vietnam War, as a way to go back to the idea of America as the victim of wrongful doing. The media’s constant coverage and portrayal also played into this as it whipped up intense…

individual, have the positive right to be saved. In matters such as this, it is morally wrong for anyone to “originate a fatal course”, but allowing “one to run its course” is acceptable. The judge not accusing an innocent person and letting the five hostages be potentially killed is letting them die even though they themselves had done nothing. The five individuals were going to be killed not at the hands of the judge but by the mob, so by interfering the judge would be imposing a negative…

terrorist who was part of the organization responsible for keeping the hostages trapped in the vice president’s house. Carmen’s character is complex from the beginning of the story as she was considered to be a boy in the beginning of the days the hostage situation was happening. Carmen’s relevancy in the story is important because results from the end of the story stem specifically from her and her relationships she formed with the hostages around her. Despite her shy nature and being a…

patient. John is now left with two options: leave his son to rest in peace or take action against the hospital to assure they put his son on the transplant list and do his surgery free of charge. He decides to hold patients in the emergency room as hostages. I believe that it is nowhere near ethical for hospitals to turn patients away if they do not have proper medical insurance to cover the required price. A person does not just decide whether they are able to pay for a surgery. If the…

Clay Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay. He was the first of two sons. His father was a sign painter and his mother was a cleaning lady (“Muhammad Ali Biography”). Muhammad Ali may be best known for his boxing titles, but it is his trying to free American hostages, establishing the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center, and standing up for his beliefs that make him a modern day hero. In 1990, Muhammad met the Iraqi…

passengers on board. The purpose of the hijacking was the members of the Hezbollah was demanding the release of Shi’ite Muslims that were in custody of Israeli government officials. All passengers on board were unharmed and released during the two-week hostage period, unfortunately there was one casualty on board that was murdered by the hijackers. After watching a short documentary, it turned out that were 6 U.S. Navy personnel on board the flight TWA 847. Not only was Robert Stethem the only…

opera, which is very popular in the early nineteenth century. The style is known for its lyricism and vocal virtuosity. The reason I state the origin and explanation of this operatic term is that although this book is mainly about a seemly horrible hostage incident, the structure of story’s drama, which is the dramatic interaction and relationship…

characters are constantly transforming and view their lives in meaningful and unique ways. Gen Watanabe is one of the characters who see things in a new perspective. Watanabe has a pivotal role in the novel, acting as the translator between the hostages and captors as there is a language barrier between both parties. His fluency in languages gives him leverage, as his…

to guide them away from the negative situations and make them feel at ease and get the help they need. There is a behavior change stairway model that should be followed in order to get an individual away from self-harm or harming others, such as hostages. They need to know they are being listened to,…