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The Things They Carried, was written by Tim O’Brien. Tim was part of the Vietnam war. In this novel, Tim describes all the horrible things that happened in the war. From describing what everyone carried, to watching friend die, Tim listed it all. Once, O’Brien received his draft notice, he became extremely scared. He knew he was not ready and probably would never be. During his time in college, O’Brien took a stand against war and now he is getting drafted into it. “After college, I began…

for desertion and endangering of troops. His defense lawyers say that he does not deserve to be punished for it because no troops were killed specifically looking for him and it is partially the army?s fault for enlisting him knowing he had an ?adjustment disorder with depression.? On the other hand, Army prosecutor, Maj. Margaret Kurz, described how bad and tiring it was for the soldiers looking for him. She mentioned how they had barely enough food…

began to take shape George Washington stressed the need of a standing formal army, going against the principles of Whig ideology. Many people were willing to participate in the standing army at the beginning of the war, but as it progressed the enthusiasm began to fade. After the Battle of Saratoga and addition of the allies, enlistments dropped. General Washington’s goal was to lead the nation with a large standing army, and without growth this goal could not be met. At the time congress…

“I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its stupidity (War/Defense).” Wars bring devastation to humanity while bringing out hidden qualities of character. War is necessary due to its ability to keep a check on societal values. The drastic effects of war on an individual are shown through the movies Saving Private Ryan by Steven Spielberg and Hacksaw Ridge by Mel Gibson. Spielberg and Gibson focus on the reality of war rather than a Hollywood…

“War is cruelty. There is no use trying to reform it. The crueler it is, the sooner it will be over.” This is a quote from William Tecumseh Sherman,civil war soldier, that flew through the ranks and became general. A general of war, stating that war is cruel nothing else. William experiencing war must have experienced PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder . If war was cruel in the civil war, the past wars have been doing some work on our loyal soldiers. Take the example of the Vietnam war…

After the Vietnam War many former-soldiers came back from combat with stories that would bewilder the psyche of any common citizen. These stories highlight the extreme difference between the lives of a soldier both at home, and in the horrific situations of a field of combat. In Tim O’ Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried accurately conveys the removal that former soldiers felt by being ripped away from home by explaining with exquisite word choice and diction, the fear and horror that young…

of protective force for the Knights, the second group of fighters. The Foot soldiers were usually poor people whom were forced to fight in the certain battle by their masters or lords. However, Knights had to be wealthy to gain the position in the army. A Knight had to know how to…

Since the beginning of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, many service men and women come home and “return with a war that keeps haunting their dreams, their memories, and their behavior." Marguerite Guzman Bouvard convinces the reader that service men and women are tormented by the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and return home with invisible wounds caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which affect their ability to reintegrate with their previous lives. She states society fears some…

Soldier’s Dilemma Elsa Saarinen 15D “A prisoner of war is accused for stealing food. A soldier is ordered to shoot the accused by his superior officer. The soldier is not willing, because it is against the Geneva treaty. The officer threatens to kill all ten prisoners if the soldier refuses.” According to virtue ethics, most people have good traits. Aristotle identifies these virtues as 18 different virtues that are divided into 2 groups: moral and intellectual virtues. These include,…

goes to the war and fights in the battle. These stories have a lot of contrasts, but have a whole heap of comparisons. There are several contrasts in this story, here they are. Henry (Red Badge of Courage) is excited whenever he signed up for the army, he is then turned into a coward whenever the war actually starts. Charlie (Soldier’s Heart) is extremely excited about going into war, he signed up to do his…