Within the “The Story of an Eyewitness” by Jack London he uses vivid language to describe the San Francisco Earthquake. As he tells the report about the earthquake, he uses descriptive words to explain the damages to the city. For example the smoke was able to be seen from hundred miles away. London also describes how all of the people within the city were dealing with the tragedy, I quote, “not one person who was in slightest degree panic stricken”. He also gives an estimate of how much…
“No Easy Day” by Mark Owen and Kevin Maurer is the story of Mark Owen’s career as a member of the Navy’s elite unit known as SEAL Team Six. Owen tells of the challenges he faced as a candidate for SEAL Team Six. He met the basic requirements for this candidacy. He had been a Navy SEAL for several years and had been deployed on two missions. SEAL Team Six had been established in the early 1980s to handle difficult missions including hostage rescue and infiltrating into enemy territory. It had…
September 11, 2001 is a day everyone will remember as a tragic day. Terrorists hijacked two jetliners and crashed them into both World Trade Center Towers. People were shocked that such an event happened, while others were worried about family and friends, and others were just wondering what happened. The government issued orders and when those orders weren’t met the U.S. and other allied forces performed airstrikes on the Al-Qaeda forces. The bombing of Taliban civilians was extremely…
Two Violent Attacker The Olympic Bombing was done by Erik Rudolph on July 27,1996 he blow it up with a 40 pound bag full of shrapnel and a pipe bomb he also bomb a Gay Club,Abortion Clinic.The Other terrorist in 1978 did something like Erik and his name was Ted Kaczynski.Kaczynski would send bombs to specific people at universities like professors,he also bombed United Airlines president. These terrorists were different in some ways and similar in others.Eric Rudolph and Ted Kaczynaski were…
The death of Osama Bin Laden was very popular all around the world. Some may think “he deserved to die” while many of his followers in Islam think that his death was unjust. On May 2, 2011 Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S special forces during an early morning( CNN 1). Laden was very powerful in his own ways. He killed people just to get his point across about economical power. He was the founder of Qa’eda and led many of his civilians to justice. While many people agreed on his death he still…
The 9/11 Commission was created in 2002 at the request of the Congress and the US President, George W. Bush, and it was formed by 5 Republican and 5 Democrat representatives. The first aim of the Commission was to present a full account of the circumstances of the 9/11, including preparedness of the attack and the immediate response of the emergency services, agencies involved and the Government. This document was finished and published in August 2004. The Report is divided in four sections:…
In 2011, an insurrection initiated a civil war against Syrian president, al-Assad. This war is getting worse by the minute; many countries are involved. ISIS rose to power, Russia is supporting al-Assad, The United States is supporting the rebels, as are many countries, which has arose the question: “Should refugees be allowed into countries?” Refugees should be deterred; they provoke social apprehension, they weaken the economy, and they surface concern regarding terrorism and crime.…
Pigeon Forge Fires One November day two young juveniles set the beautiful mountains of Pigeon Forge on fire. Burning thousand of acres, homes of animals and human. The fire put a lot of pollution into the air killing many animals and even some human. It was the largest fire they have had in the past one hundred years changed life all over the world. There was schools closing, places evacuated, and roads being closed off. Shelters was being opened for families that homes burned and have nowhere…
Bowling alone by Robert Putnam is primarily summarized as our disengagement from the involvement in our communities. Putnam describes to the reader a decline in the civic engagement initially through our politics, particularly in the decline in “turnout [of] national elections over the last three decades,” “attendance [of] a public meeting on town or school affairs,” and “attending a political rally or speech, serving on a committee of some local organization, and working for a political party.”…
One of the biggest impacts on the U.S was the 9/11 attack in 2001 and it was something like out of a movie. The attack to most people was unbelievable because they couldn’t believe that, that was really happening before their eyes. Most of the men and women and children who saw this event unfold were shocked and horrified because america was hit hard. The people who saw this were affected by such an act that came from terrorists and this was not gonna stand. The 9/11 attack was a sight that no…