Medal of Honor

The Unfair Awards System during Iraq and Afghanistan SGM Roslyn D. Mason United States Sergeants Major Academy Sergeants Major Course (SMC) CL43B SGM JOHN A. KOLODGY October 10, 2016 Having been involved in both Iraq and Afghanistan wars the one consistent thing that I have noticed was a high distribution of awards to officers and senior enlisted whom did not deserve them. At first when reading the citations of extreme heroism, working above and beyond duties, and rank. One would come…

Dystopian novels and series is the type of fiction that interests many readers today, such as The Giver, by Lois Lowry. In this story, Jonas, the protagonist and narrator, is living in an orderly community in the future that runs on a strict set of rules. The book was published in 1993, and like any great book a film adaptation was filmed, and released about a year ago. Like any book and its film adaptation, there are some differences. In The Giver, some major differences included the age of…

Thoughtfully selected books make wonderful gifts that can be enjoyed time after time and shared with family and friends. Contenders for 2015 book awards are ideal choices. This year’s winners and finalists include excellent selections for the fiction lover. Among them is the recipient of the Man Booker Prize, A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James. Inspired by the 1976 invasion of the home of singer Bob Marley, James creates multiple voices to give life to a forceful novel that…

Think about how different our world would be if people picked who we married, who our kids would be, and what our jobs would be at the age of twelve. The Giver is a story about an old man who is the receiver of the community's memories, Jonas finds out about the dangerous truths about his community's secret past. Now that he has the knowledge, Jonas realizes that he must escape from their world to protect himself and those he loves. Lois Lowry wrote The Giver because she wanted her audience to…

The Giver was written by Lois Lowry and was originally published in 1993. The book follows the story of a twelve year old boy named Jonas who lives in a dystopian world, in a place called ‘The Community’. I enjoyed reading this because there was a strong hidden message that carried on throughout the book. As a whole it was intriguing, but I found it slightly confusing because some details didn’t seem to have much of a connection to the overall story. The story takes place in ‘The Community”,…

The Giver Paragraph The novel, The Giver, shows a community with pros and cons. This essay will explain three pros and three cons. The three pros about the community are there is no war, the temperature is controlled to the perfect climate, and the community leaders give the residents everything essential to living for free. The three cons are there are no feelings, the community is built on lies, and the community makes all of your decisions and you don’t get to choose anything. The first pro…

“There could be love. . .” The Giver by Lois Lowry is great book where it shows what love is. This book is science fiction, which means it takes place in the future that’s fiction. In this book Jonas, the receiver in training, is graduating after his twelves to his future life and job. He is scared to what kind of job he might get, or if he will like it or not. Jonas then gets selected as the receiver in training. In this job Jonas’s will be receiving all the past memories of his community for…

Avoiding Dystopia According to the American Library Association, over 11,300 books have been challenged since the origin of banned books began 33 years ago. Parents most often challenge these books rather than organizations, teachers or religious groups, and the majority of books banned are within schools and their libraries.When books are banned, it reveals a disapproval of the censors to look at the world with open eyes, to close their eyes just like they closed the banned books. Prohibiting…

Argument Rough Draft Jonas is one of the main characters in the book the giver, but is his assignment a punishment or a honor? Jonas’s assignment as the next receiver of memory is a punishment rather than an honor. Jonas’s is seperate from his friends and age group, he is lonely.The receiver of Memory and Jonas had and has gone through lots of pain. Jonas even with honor and respect is still separate from people in the community. Jonas’s is seperate from his friends and age group, he is…

Holes Have you ever been accused of something that you didn’t do? Well, the book Holes by Louis Sachar is about a young boy named Stanley who ended up being in the wrong place at the wrong time and got accused of something that he didn’t do.The main idea of Holes is about growing up because Stanley shows that he can take responsibility, he has youth, and Zero starts his learning. “I stole it from your truck”(Sachar, page 86). That’s what Stanley said after he got caught with Mr.Sir’s bag of…