Opium Wars

Brownmillers theory of rape and sexual violence is accurate, where evidence in war as well as male habits in the military, provide an understanding of why rape occurs. Rape is looked at and defined, thus providing an accepting concept behind why rape is wrong and what exactly it is. Brownmiller goes beyond basic theorizing and analyzes rape in the context of multiple wars. By linking numerous trends and connecting it to her basic theory she is able to provide support to her argument. Her theory…

Miles beyond from the village, regions away. A fierce battle rages between two great armies uder the light of dawn. For many years has this quarrel faced a stalemate, in the end, the casualties are always immense, lives are are lost, and souls are left roaming the land of their demise. The lord of the kingdom Kordan. Philippe Salazar ,leads the offensive with his army through the barrage of boulders engulfed by flames, hailing from the sky. His banner represented by an eagle holding a cross…

Siege of Calais: Review The Siege of Calais play that was performed at GIHS in the PAC. The performers used costumes to represent the people of France and England in the Siege of Calais. The English are running out of food because the French are cutting off their supply routes. The English the surrender to get their supply routes back. The French want 6 hostages, all men, with white shirts and rope around their necks to arrive by sunset the English then send 5 men and 1 boy, all of them having a…

However, when Tim O’Brien allows his readers to get a glimpse into the lives of these men whom we gaze upon with great revere, crippling fear and paranoia gnaws at the mind of these men as they trudge through the battlefields. The main reason for war is a contradiction in itself; a gruesome fight which results in the death of many and and the main goal is to restore…

Old Major is one of the characters who play their roles as masters possessing great rhetorical skills. Old Major narrates: “‘Now, comrades, what is the nature of this life of ours? Let us face it: our live are miserable, laborious, and short’…All men are enemies. All animals are comrades.” (6-14). In the opening of the novel, Old Major gives a passionate speech about the animal’s miserable living conditions, and how they should fight back. This sparks a rebellion. Propaganda is one powerful…

Urban Violence in the Middle East In “Urban Life and Questions of Violence” Nelida Fuccaro writes “Writing about violence with an awareness of its embeddedness in a specific historical place purges it of the priomordialist and primitive aura that has surrounded it—an aura that has long tarnished our understanding of the Middle East” . Fuccaro argues that violence is not innate to a region. This assumption has tainted people’s perception of the modern Middle East. Through the book Violence and…

Jeff Lucey, was a USMC truck driver who was deployed to Iraq. According to his family members when Jeff came home everything appeared to be normal and even went back to school. His mother Joyce, said it wasn’t until a couple months after his homecoming that Jeff started to isolate himself more and he began drinking heavely, even showing up to his sisters graduation incoherent. In Joyces words, “he was falling apart before our eyes. I just didn’t know how to help”. Jeff did seek help at the VA…

“We’ve been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It’s been over 200 children so far. These are war crimes.” (Gavin) Princeton professor Cornel West says during the Smiley & West radio show. Drone strikes have been an area of controversy, but the topic is usually under the radar in the typical American’s life. This tale of immoral or moral goes further than whether droning people is evil or not. Drones kill hundreds of innocent people,…

Hypothetical scenario; someone becomes the new President of the United States and they have an opportunity to inflict some violence by shooting missiles at a country which would result in many casualties, but would also end many severe conflicts. Would they do it? Most people would say yes if it meant benefiting themselves, while others have a different point of view. This social justice paper will be offering a different perspective on violence and how there could possibly be an alternative.…

distraught , and depression infiltrated their minds due to the war. However, Phineas' mood never altered. Even after is leg is broken he is…