Prisoners of war

Louie’s Most Important Character Traits Louie was always treated like an animal, caged up so that his dignity would be broken. In the hardest times, Louie would not give up but instead stand up to the POW guards. He was born in Torrance, California. Louie was impish, at a young age and he started to smoke and drink alcohol. He was a rebellious child growing up, which helped him survive many obstacles in the future. As Louie was growing up, he became a world class runner and even made it to the…

theorizes on what would occur if a prisoner chained in a cave, exposed only to shadows on a wall were to break free of his chains. Plato theorized that when the prisoner was exposed to what we consider the “real world” he would not believe what he sees; gradually the prisoner would adjust to this new reality and become enlightened with knowledge and understanding. When the prisoner brings his newfound knowledge back to the…

concentration camps was terrifying and draining emotionally and physically to the prisoners. The prisoners were always fearful of unnecessary beating and lashes from whips. The Nazi’s changed every person so that they could no longer feel or have emotions. The Nazi’s forced the prisoners to do unnecessary work in terrible conditions. Daily life in the Concentration Camps can be described as absolutely terrifying. The able-bodied prisoners worked in the slave labor complex. To start of the day…

The definition of perseverance, as defined by Dictionary.com, is “steady persistence in a course of action, a purpose, a state, etc., especially in spite of difficulties, obstacles, or discouragement.” Louie Zamperini in Unbroken had to persevere through things no one could dream of. His running career didn’t start out very well. His brother forced him to and Louie would quit the second he felt tired. Then he moved to an Indian reservation with a friend for a summer and he came back wanting to…

decently controversial concept is brought up in The Allegory… The cave prisoners were born believing all they see in front of them, the dancing shadows of people backlit by the fire behind them, are actually black beings moving along the cave wall in front of them. How is it possible they believe in such a reality as closed minded as this? Surely they would know better after one prisoner was freed and shown reality as non prisoners see, comes back and tells their story. Why don’t they believe…

German III 02 February 2016 The “Fritz Ritz”: Camp Hearne Prisoner of War camps are a ghastly thing to think about. When mentioned, the horrors of Soviet and Nazi camps rush to mind, thoughtless massacres done by underlings for the “greater good”. Camp Hearne, however, is different. A Prisoner of War, or POW, camp now located in Hearne, Texas, Camp Hearne kept around 48,000 Nazi soldiers. The first shipment arrived in 1943 with prisoners from Hitler’s Afrika Korps. Camp Hearne is now a museum,…

There is only a fire behind them to illuminate a wall like screen in front of them. Behind the wall are the puppeteers who have puppets and the prisoners hold artifacts. All the prisoners see are the shadows from the screen, so they are forced to believe that that is the reality of the world since they have not seen anything else different. Eventually one prisoner is set free to view the puppets and the fire. At first the light nearly blinds him, but after his eyes adjust he can now see clearly…

three prisoners who live in a world where they are chained in a cave. There are puppeteers who cast shadows onto the wall of the cave and the prisoners construct the shadows as reality.One out of the three prisoners breaks free and adventures the outsides of cave. After adapting to a lifestyle where you mainly see darkness; the prisoner is blinded by the sun and agitated about the outside world of the cave. The shadows that the puppeteers casted inside the cave seemed so real to the prisoner.…

"But I believe you've more information to share before we're truly done with you," The frowns on her guards' faces upset her. They must consider it foolish, what with the lengthy interrogation the prisoner had already gone through and to no avail. Worse yet, they could believe her to be favoring Meike simply due to their long-standing relationship, hesitating to execute an old friend and postponing it based on emotion. "You should be grateful for my…

went to the land of trolls. He gave his speech. “We will avenge my father and we will win the war!!!!!!” the soldiers/trolls cheered they were ready for battle. But Bobby wanted to wait until night so they can have a sneak attack. It’s 12:00pm are you guys ready to charge? Everyone said “CHARGE!!!” and they attacked the village they got John and took him to the castle of Bobby. They’re holding him as prisoner. Now Nate is thinking how will i save my father i don’t have an army the only thing I…