Peloponnesian War

Hundreds even thousands of vulnerable kids throughout the world are serving for the military to this day in 2018. Their childhood, as well as rights are taken away instantly when recruited into becoming a child soldier. These soldiers are being used for fighting, killing, and even sexual purposes. Young kids are being taken away from their families just to participate in these acts of violence. Although there are many organizations and programs reaching out trying to speak to the people and…

When the Towers Fell, We Took a Stand In a recent Ted talk presentation, executive director of the Albert Einstein Institution, Jamila Raqib, discusses how she knows the secret on how to resolve conflict in a non-violent technique. She goes on to state how there are over one hundred techniques of non-violent actions that can be taken to resolve harsh issues instead of using violence. Although I understand what she is saying and agree to a certain extent, I think living during the time of a…

have seen may wars waged. However, a vast amount of these wars have varying principles on which war had begun.War is defined as the state of armed conflict between different countries or different groups within a country ( Oxford Dictionary); Some debate on whether the root cause of warfare is deeper than just misconceptions, or the overall security of citizens. Experts as well as journalist have come to think of something much more complex. Could Religion be the cause of so many wars? Delving…

subsequent second. I am terrified to think that my time can come any second. War has been much worst than I could have ever imagined.The visibility on the battlefield is close to none. Dirt, gunpowder, blood, and ammunition flying in the air. When my ears are not ringing from all the detonations, I can hear gunshots, I can hear cannons being fired, but most terrifying of all, are the screams of pain coming from every direction. This is war at its finest or at least that's what I thought. A…

One of the major sources of conflict in society is the discrimination of lower status groups by the dominant groups. Differences are clearly observed between the rich and the poor, he physically attractive and the undesirable, and the dominant and the submissive. Inequality is especially prominent amount races and ethnicities (Byrne & Wong, 1962; Katz & Braly, 1935), gender (Gittell, 2011; Hoeber, 2007), and social class (Blader & Chen, 2012; Heaven, Greene, Stones, & Caputi, 2000). Conflicts…

Due to certain circumstances Henry is more able to develop close relationships than chay in Trouble by Gary D. Schmit. Henry is a boy from a small town whose world was rocked. His brother franklin just died after getting hit by a car. His sister Luisa, is a massive wreck who refuses to come out of her room. Sanborn his friend tries to help Henry get through this terrible time. Chay Chouan is accused for hitting Franklin with the car, but he is really covering for Louisa. Henry is more capable to…

thrusted into a war, he is forced to mature very rapidly. War changes the very nature of how these boys behave and think as they experience the true horrors of war. These rookies have to adapt and transform into an unfeeling killing machine, or have to deal with the something far worse than dying, guilt. The necessity of rapid maturation is a necessity for new soldiers during times of war. In Stephen Crane’s Red Badge of Courage, Henry Fleming, a new Yankee soldier, enters the war with dreams of…

courage and never giving up. The points of view and the mood work together to make up the story. In the first part of the story the reader connects to Joby feeling sorry and bad for him. They feel bad for him because they can tell he's scared of the war and he has “... only a drum, two sticks to beat it, and no shield.” (Drummer Boy line 40) Later in the story…

byproduct of the Cold War, much about the Salvadoran Civil War is unknown territory to the modern generation. Perpetrated by the Salvadoran Government, the massacre that occurred in El Mozote on December 11th, 1981 left more than five hundred civilians brutally killed. Mark Danner’s The Massacre at El Mozote, provides testimonies and reports of major news outlets which shows the hidden reality about how the United States supported the authoritative Salvadoran government during the Civil War in…

The Injustices of Uganda There are many Ugandan children who have experienced the horrible injustices as a child soldier. These soldiers were forced to kill, maim, slaughter, riot, kill civilians and even their own families. Children are being forced to be soldiers and if they don’t, they are killed. When the soldiers find a way to escape the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) they find there way back home but even that is hard because the leaders of the LRA would kill them. If they make it back to…