Post-structuralism

There are several legends or just stories regarding monsters that we have known since we were children and they have frightened us since we were young into our early teenage years. But if we really think about it, what might these monsters represent or why do we even have monsters. Authors attempted to look into the world of monsters more and attempt to identify more of what the monsters could symbolize or what they can represent regarding us, humankind. In other words, the authors explain their…

fictional character, is not the only one that suffers from PTSD. According to the Department of Veteran’s Affairs (in Nebraska) thirty percent of men and women who were in a warzone have PTSD, specifically more than half of male Vietnam vets have PTSD. Post-traumatic stress disorder isn’t necessarily tied with war, but severe traumatic cases such as rape, sexual assault or childhood abuse/neglect also can result in an individual having…

war. There are those who survived these wars but came back, sometimes sent back, home with not physical injuries but with emotional and mental ones. These psychological injuries were called many things in the past but as time passed, it was called Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD. Some of the symptoms of PTSD can include anxiety, depression, isolation, disassociation, loss of appetite, and irregular sleep schedules. In the HBO documentary…

nose, Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of true, wise friend called Piggy” (Golding 202). What Ralph and the rest of the boys had witness and endured on the island will surely leave some post-traumatic stress on them as they had to go through a lot of trauma when surviving. How Ralph began to think at the end of the Golding’s Lord of the Flies novel can show how much trauma and stress the last few ending days was for him before he and…

In “Buried Above The Ground,” three individuals from different backgrounds, ethnicities, and geographical locations develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). A common misconception about PTSD is that it afflicts only war veterans; however, in this documentary the exact opposite is analyzed through the lens of not only a war veteran, but also a survivor of domestic violence and another individual who survived a natural disaster. Although the symptoms manifest themselves differently in each…

probably for a better result. The events need not be always the happy moments of the life. The events may relate to a severe traumatic event happened in one’s life. The person should write at a stretch continuously for four days without regard to spelling or grammar or proper sentence construction. The emphasis is made on this point as when people start to take care of the superficial aspects like grammar or spelling they tend to become cautious and it blocks the free passage of emotions out of…

character of a nurse is just as important as the knowledge she possesses. The impact of traumatic events on nurses is a far bigger problem then what people say about it. Some nurses become affected by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) very early in their careers even after being a nurse for a few years. Post Traumatic Syndrome, a common term used mostly around military personnel but, PTSD has become a bigger problem in the last decade in the medical field. Especially with nurses, doctors,…

In the article, “Afghan War Veteran." written by David P. Straub, the article states that returning United States Soldiers are suffering from PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder while fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq and they are not getting the help they need. America launched Operation Enduring Freedom a month after the September 11th terrorist attack to overthrow the Taliban regime and destroy terrorist infrastructure in Afghanistan. For about two years only about 15,000–20,000 military…

Sniper Analysis In the midst of war, a soldier may find the right thing to do lying somewhere between life and death. In the midst of war, a soldier’s duty is to protect his country at any cost. Instinct takes over and erases the sense of morals a soldier has, as it is simply kill, or be killed. The short story, “The Sniper”, by Liam O’Flaherty, depicts the conflict of a Republican sniper caught in the separation of his country during the Irish civil war. O’Flaherty sets the story in the…

Mrs. Gallos English 3 Tyler Lingerfelt 6 April 2017 Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans Veterans are viewed as strong, smart, courageous, and heroes consequently, veterans do so much for the citizens of the United States, but not enough is done in return for their fighting to protect America. They go through so much trauma from the wars overseas, it isn’t shocking if they come home with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. It doesn’t mean that they are crippled it just means that their mind is…