Lord's Resistance Army

When we as the reader read stories we wonder what the setting is like in the story. We want to know the location is like and also want to know what type of weather the main character has to deal with throughout the story. Also with the setting comes the time period that the story takes place. We notice in stories that the time period can really mean a lot in stories. This semester we have read a few stories where the setting was a main factor in the story. A story that I read so far where the…

brings light to the idea that the Army lost its way as a profession. The Army White Paper: The Profession of Arms discusses General Martin E. Dempsey’s viewpoint on the Army as a professional organization. The Army White Paper states, “In adapting to the demands of combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, as well as to the new strategic realities of the 21st Century, we have been so busy that we have not consistently thought through how these challenges have affected the Army as a Profession of Arms”1.…

members of my family that were in the military were my grandfather on my step-mother’s side, whom was in the Air Force, my father’s brother, whom was in the Navy, my step-brother, whom is in the Marines, and my uncle on my mother’s side, whom was in the Army. The main family member that influenced me to work with the military was my step-grandfather/grandfather. He fought in the Vietnam War and every year on the fourth of July him and my step-grandmother/grandfather would never shoot off…

When discussing leadership in various classes, it is always stated that people can be taught to be leaders. I have to disagree with this based on my own personal judgments and experience. People can be taught how to be leaders, but people cannot be taught to be leaders. Leadership is a trait that you either have inside of you or you don’t. However, everyone has the ability to lead and those who have the ability to lead have the responsibility to lead. Leadership is the backbone of the…

The Things They Carried is a novel written by Tim O’Brien that consists of multiple short stories that occurred around the time of the Vietnam War. The short stories within the book revolve around their struggles and hardships that Tim O’Brien’s platoon experienced during the war. In the book The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien tells stories of Martha, Mary Anne, and Linda in order to show how women were used as coping devices for soldiers during the war. Their stories as a whole help develop…

Septimius Severus, a Roman emperor, acted the part of both a fox and lion as Machiavelli puts it. In other words, he acted as a fierce, clever lion and a very cunning fox. This was illustrated when he was seeking to become emperor of Rome. Severus and his army moved to Rome after Julian was put to death and the Senate voted him emperor out of…

describes as “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Remarque, 1987, pg. 296). This is the main irony of the novel because he died one month before the peace treaty to end the war was signed. The years of war he struggled through were meaningless and in turn the Army made his life meaningless by describing the day he dies as “all quiet,” (Remarque, 1987, pg. 296). This, more than anything else, highlights the epitome of the war’s senselessness and the tragedy found…

Question: How does Clausewitz's paradoxical trinity explain the changes to the character of warfare from the methods used by Frederick the Great to those that followed in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries? I. Thesis: Clausewitz’s paradoxical trinity explains the changes to the character of warfare from the ‘political-ideological French Revolution ’ to the ‘military revolution of the Great War ’ by acknowledging the variable but compelling relationships between: instruments of…

During the final moments of William Faulkner’s short story Two Soldiers, it is easy to envision the young boy, 8 years and 10 months old, defiantly and passionately stand up to army men and high-ranking army officers demanding to see his newly enlisted older brother Pete. The young boy’s obstinate behavior is not surprising as it is consistent throughout his narration of the story. Aaron Schneider’s short film version of the Two Soldiers is consistent with the short story up until these final…

In “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner,” the usage of metaphors and imagery throughout Jarrell’s poem helps the reader understand the overall theme of how war can cause death and wreak havoc in a young person, how can be a struggle for the soldier’s family, and how disappointing it is when a man doesn’t reach his full potential in life because of being forced to go to war. Jarrell uses key words throughout his poem to show us how war can be a terrible thing, especially for the young people…