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of “it,” but never points out what exactly “it” entails, and supplies only the metaphors as clues (Moore 5). Nevertheless, when the lines receive a deeper analysis, one finds Moore’s metaphors all describe and symbolize very specific moments in time just before an altercation occurs. “It” withstands as a buffer for the beauty one can find in the present while anticipating the future (Moore 5). In retrospect of public opinion, one reporter, Lucy Davies of BBC, critiques “Glitter In The Air [as] a…

John Steinbeck was a member of two intelligence organizations that were the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The director asked Steinbeck to write a work of propaganda against the Nazi aggression in Europe. As a result, Steinbeck wrote The Moon is Down. This book argued the need for people to stand up against the Nazi invaders and to not surrender and appease them. Many people throughout Europe were able to read this book including people who receive smuggled copies of this…

Zanello Writ 102 Sec 004 Instructor John Herold Just War Final Draft 21 October 2015 An Analysis of Modern Wars and the Just War Concept The concept of just war in Western Cultures goes back to thinkers like Thomas, Cicero, and Augustine. The main goal of the principles embraced in this theory was to provide fair causes to go to war and its prosecution, and not to let people be fooled by false ideals of glory. Some concepts like “proportionality”, “just cause”, and “weapons used in war must…

thinking and debating the age-old question “Is war ever justified?” or “Can a war truly be Just?” We all know wars are terrible and cause many deaths and problems, I also understand war is and should always be the last and final option to try in any situation. In this Essay, I will be presenting some facts and reasons to why war can be justified and what it takes to make a war just. I will be referring the Just war theory frequently and this theory refers so some basic guide lines to when war…

Lady Gaga shocked the nation when she presented herself at the MTV Music Awards wearing a dress made out of flank steak. The dress has a popular label “the meat dress.” The meat dress took people by storm many outraged, and interpretations were farfetched from what Gaga intended. I will be exploring a relationship between Gaga’s iconic meat dress photograph and a larger public culture. By emphasizing on the iconic aspects of this photo, significance, purpose, and various impacts it had to the…

In most cases, the colonizers just arbitrarily declare their “legitimacy” to govern the colony and maintain this “legitimacy” through the use of military terror, just as Frantz Fanon depicted in the Wretched of the Earth “[the colonized and the colonizer’s ] first confrontation is colored by violence and their cohabitation … continued at the point…

than another human’s. Additionally, not only are those in combat killing the opponent’s troops, but innocent bystanders are also harmed and often killed (Watson). It is immoral for someone not wanting to be entangled in the war to loose their life just for happening to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Today, there are many more lives being lost than in past wars due to breakthroughs in technology that are leading to more powerful and destructive weapons. For example, in the American…

Assess the Athenians’ argument and actions from the standpoint of pacifism and just war theory. Which position do you find most compelling, and why? Just War theory portrays a practical look at the morality of war in comparison to pacifism, allowing the opportunity to form international procedures and protocol in an attempt to control conflict. During The Peloponnesian War the Athenians offered a valid and in-depth argument on their views of justice in war, over time this has developed into…

right to go to war, just conduct in War (Jus in Bello) and Justice after war (Jus post bellum). Under these guidelines, a state can practically conduct whether they are going to war for the right reasons, as well as reasons that benefit both sides, and that is not inherently set out for the wrong intentions. As for the Syrian Civil War, the just war theory provides a framework that narrowly defines it as not a just war. I will explain…

Although so much has changed and improved in rape culture, there is still so much growing that still needs to occur. Far too often, the victim blames his or herself. Regardless of the amount of clothing they were wearing, or if they were voluntarily on a date with the person, or if they were drunk, it is never the victim’s fault. This was very hard for me to understand, and over the past two years, my mind has been flooded with many contradictory thoughts. Was I raped? Of course not. You…