Post-War

“Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war has actually began. What is it that the men wish?... is life so dear or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? I know not what course others may take; but for me, give me liberty, or give me death!”. George Washington and his troops had withdrawn from Boston and retreated from New York City. They arrived to Valley Forge in 1777, after George Washington had failed to stop the British when General Howe…

characterisation of Jim and Ashley, to present the different experiences war for each individual. He uses omniscient narration to highlight the class difference between Ashley and Jim, in their first meeting as “one was mounted and the other had his two feet set firmly on the earth.” Positioned on horseback, Malouf highlights the status difference between Ashley and Jim. This is also shown when Ashley is given a higher position in war because of his family wealth, “Ashley Crowther knew these…

your life. Lots of kids has been pressured to become child soldiers and not have the same privilege to live the child's life like others. They become child soldiers as young as the age of 8years old and are separated from their family members to go to war and the possibility of not talking to them for awhile. Child soldier began in 1998. Since 2001, the participation of child soldiers has been reported in 21 on-going or recent armed conflicts in almost every region of the world. Children usually…

When you think of the treatment of children you normally don’t think of child soldiers. Though you will not see child soldiers that much in the U.S. unless you count the few 17 year olds in the military or the gang members under the age of 18, because of this some of you wouldn’t even know what a child soldier is. Like the name suggests child soldiers are children under the age of 18 that willingly or are forced to join military organizations. The only option for these child soldiers is to do…

Would you like your child to join the army whether he or she wanted to or not? The worst is not only that, they make them do things you’ve never imagined your kids would be doing. Nobody wants that. Now why should kids be forced to join the army if that’s not their dream. Let them choose whatever they would like to be in life. Why should kids at a young age be forced to join the army if that is not what they have been looking forward too. Some people may not agree with me, but I have many…

In the novel “A Separate Peace” Gene is both the narrator and the protagonist. In this novel Gene tells the story from his perspective. Gene isn't a really nice person he doesn't have any really good qualities. He’s kind of crazy and he's very paranoid. He's also not a very good friend. At one point Gene admires Phineas who happens to be his roommate and self proclaimed best friend. Gene has to work hard for everything and one of the many reasons he's jealous of Finny is because he's great at…

violence and fighting and how people force others to fight the battles we ourselves don’t want to fight. In the Iliad Book 1, translated by Robert Fagles, there are several accounts of fighting and violence. Here, the Trojans and Achaeans are at war, Agamemnon and Achilles are fighting over whether or not to return the two captured women back to their families in exchange for an end to the plague that is killing so many of their men. With so much fighting taking place between the Gods and…

Throughout his article, Joshua Sinai provides us with several examples of the types of warfare terrorist generally employ to achieve their objectives. These examples included conventional low impact, conventional high impact, and lastly cyber warfare (Sinai, 2007). Within CHI there is several different categories of attacks. The categories’ within CHI include chemical, biological, radiological, and lastly nuclear. Regardless of what device is used and by what means they are used, Sinai explains…

Literary Analysis: Battle Royal Ralph Ellison's short story, Battle Royal, is mostly a portrayal of the African American battle for equity and personality. The storyteller of the story is an above normal youth of the African American people group [Goldstein-Shirlet, 1999]. He is given a chance to give a discourse to a portion of the more prestigious white people. His desires of being gotten in a positive and typical environment are definitely dashed when he is confronted with the seriousness of…

in War In this panel from Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, Marji is at a party with her friends having a great time not aware of what is happening out on the front lines to child soldiers. Growing up in a time of war can affect children’s views on what’s right or wrong through the government's actions. On page 102, Satrapi depicts child soldiers dying on the front lines with keys around their necks. The government gave these children keys saying that if they were lucky enough to die in war…