Irvin McDowell

were so naïve in regards to the effects a battle would bring, to the point that “innumerable civilians…followed the Union Army…to watch what everyone thought would be the climactic battle of a short rebellion”, disregarding the consequences the battle will have on them being so close to the battlefield. There was also the belief that the war would be over quick, one of the biggest issues leading to the loss of the battle was that, even though the Union volunteers surpassed the amount requested by the President, the vast majority of the volunteers were untrained on military tactics. General Irvin McDowell was the Commander for the Union Army while General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was the Commander for the Confederate Army. Gen. McDowell’s confidence in the Union Army was not strong, he requested more time to train the volunteers but it was denied by the President; Gen. McDowell knew there would be some challenges for having untrained Soldiers going to battle in a short period of time. The leadership of Gen. Beauregard’s Confederate Army was better prepared and by having a victory at Fort Sumter, it also boosted their confidence to conduct a straight attack at the Union capital in Washington D.C. The Confederated used tactics that surprised the Union Army, such as the first time in American history that “Soldiers were moved to the battlefield by rail,” the result was not only a hasty advance to the battlefield by reducing significantly the time it would have taken…

On Wednesday, 09/07/2016, at approximately 1030 hours, I, Deputy Stacy Stark #1815 was dispatched to speak with a victim of a domestic battery at the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The victim’s name was Brittany M. Hawthorne (F/W, DOB: 12/27/1984). The domestic battery occurred at 173 Mc Dowell Rd. Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois. Hawthorne reported the domestic battery occurred over a course of 4 days. The incident started on Saturday, 09/03/2016. The suspect, Donald J. Moutria…

A Clockwork Orange is a controversial work in which the setting is in a futuristic society in which, political powers have subsided and lawlessness, violence, and youth gangs terrorize the people. Free will is the cost that Alex De Large must pay in a society that is so dominated by violence. Anthony Burgess, in his novel A Clockwork Orange, contends that unless man freely chooses to reject the attraction of violence, rehabilitation and conditioning only works if man's free will is destroyed. At…

I've had this character since March 2009. She has gone through many changes since the days of Myspace from being the daughter of Kadaj and Yuna to the character she is today. My former Final Fantasy friends shall always be near my heart and can never be replaced as mains. Till this day I share a close friendship with most of them, and even though they are retired we talk often in text. I miss them but it's time to move on, and return as Nightmare SOLDIER. Like I said above, my character has…

A Clockwork Orange is one of the most controversial works of fiction ever created. Upon its original 1963 release it was regarded as overly violent and disturbing. The film adaptation, released in 1972 and directed by Stanley Kubrick, garnered an even larger reputation and was banned entirely in the United Kingdom. Even though both the book and the movie are seen as disturbing in the eyes of the public, they vary slightly in interesting and relevant ways. The movie and the book versions of A…

In Act 2 Scene 3 of William Shakespeare’s play Othello, we hear a soliloquy of Iago. Soliloquies are essential in a play as it is the only time the actor is able to explain their thought process to the audience. In typical soliloquies, the character is not acting for someone else. The character, in essence, is able to portray his/her true self. Through Iago’s soliloquy, the audience is able to hear his malicious intentions. The audience is introduced to his evil mind though his appalling tone,…

Speech #1 Edward R. Murrow, a CBS reporter and war correspondent delivered a report from Buchenwald, Germany on April 16, 1945. He delivered this dialect upon seeing the atrocities committed by the Germans towards the Jews. He addresses the American people, describing the scene he had witnessed at this labor camp, which he found the scene to be so unbelievable that he is rendered speechless many times through out his speech. Murrow’s outrage is so apparent through-out his account, that it is…

Prepare an analysis of Clockwork Orange by identifying how theoretical concepts of crime causation and criminal behavior. This film, to some, is very troubling as the depictions of some behaviors and activities are graphic. The film may be offensive but it must be viewed from an academic perspective. The reality is that there are people who engage in these behaviors on a regular basis and become a part of the everyday professional involvement of criminal justice practitioners. To ignore that…

- Irvin D. Yalom (2008) Staring at the sun: overcoming the terror of death is a book that is written by Irvin D. Yalom (2008), who is an existential psychiatrist and an emeritus faculty of Stanford University. Over the past decades, Yalom has impacted the field of existential psychology remarkably, and his ideas contribute to existential psychotherapy as well. In this book, Yalom fully addresses how to overcome one’s inner terror of death by telling multiple affecting stories of his own and…

Love 's Executioner and Creatures of a Day, by Dr. Irvin D. Yalom, are two riveting and insightful compilations of Dr. Yaloms ' life work as a Psychotherapist. Both are composed of various tales that shed some light on some of humanities greatest struggles, and Yaloms ' journey to guide his patients through the darkest times in their lives. Through these two writings, Dr. Yalom, is able to depict not just the development of his characters, but reveal his own growth and development as a…