Paddy field

Vietnam Era It was 1967 in Lafayette, Indiana; Donna Hollis had just graduated high school. Donna had just married Robert Lancaster and changed her name to Donna Lancaster. She was only focused on her wedding, not worrying about the things going on around the world. That was until the draft. During the time they were getting married, the Vietnam War was occurring. The United States was fighting with North Vietnam in Vietnam. The Cold War had been going on since the end of World War II.…

Summary & Analysis of "Shooting an Elephant" Shooting an Elephant, by George Orwell, is a complex piece of literature. The writing revolved around British imperialism and a British officer, Orwell, shooting an elephant (Orwell). The physical shooting of the elephant intertwined with British imperialism metaphorically (Orwell). Shooting an Elephant is a descriptive and intelligent piece of work, one that should be given more light to it. To begin, Geroge Orwell introduced himself as a British…

comfort; and come back wealthier to topple down the balanced ecosystem of its landscape at the cost of the poor and the marginalized. The natural environment of Kerala is fabulous with “innumerable canals, water drains, ponds, water springs, wells, paddy fields brimming with water, and slushy marshes” (Joseph 33). Their greedy, foxy eyes are on these natural…

Chapter Seven “The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes” #14. Gladwell uses plane crashes as an example for why communication is so important. On page 184, Gladwell says, “The kinds of errors that cause plane crashes are invariably errors of teamwork and communication.” This philosophy applies not only to plane crashes, but also to school projects, or relationships, or even something as small as playing a board game with a group of friends. In situations where people are expected to work together and…

Global warming: A threat to life Planet earth is facing a serious crisis in the form of global warming. Citizens of earth no matter wherever they are living, all are equally affected. Global warming is showing its “Ecosigns” (Achenback and Heidi 1) such as changing monsoon pattern, expanding arid regions, fluctuating seasons, decreasing fresh water, and rising sea levels. The world is often divided about the reasons of global warming, as some believes that it is a publicity stunt (Horgan),…

the past century, creating havoc among many island nations such as the Maldives. Achenback and Heide narrates the story of a widow named Nuzahan Bibi in Bangladesh who makes her living by cultivating rice in paddy fields, but now in jeopardy due to rise in sea level that swallowed her paddy fields (2). Since from the industrial revolution, “we have already pumped out enough volume of greenhouse gases to warm the planet for many decades to come” says Achenback and Heidi (2). Therefore, the…

the window, the wind blowing in his face, playing with the fur on his chest. Some remnants of sensations tantalised his mind for a few seconds. He closed his eyes and obliterated the feelings from psyche. Chalia gazed at his beloved land, the paddy fields, the green tea plantations,…

quote Owen is creating an image of this man coming at him suffering over and over in his dreams. In the novel The things they Carried by author Tim O’Brien, he uses imagery by saying “they used his pancho to wrap him up, then to carry him across the paddy, then to lift him into the chopper that took him away”. He is creating an image in the readers heads of the men carrying a man away…

it became the measure for an individual’s worth, it became almost obligatory for rice farmers to constantly improve their yields by becoming more logical. However, tending to rice paddies is not an easy task, it involves constant attention and modifications in order to produce more rice. The act of tending to rice paddies was not considered to be slave work but meaningful work. The difference brought out the mentality that hard work leads to success, an attitude instilled in Asian cultures. This…

On December 14, 1945, Paul VanSteenbergen, my uncle, boarded a troop carrying liberty ship. He went inside and placed his standard issue backpack on his cot and then returned to the top deck to wave goodbye to his family and friends, who were waiting in the wooden pier below. Men leaned over railings, climbed on lifeboats, and perched midway up the masts to catch a last glimpse of their families. Now, at age eighty­nine he retells the story in his Guilford home. He verbalizes how he managed…