Texian Army

Decent Essays
Improved Essays
Superior Essays
Great Essays
Brilliant Essays
    Page 11 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Improved Essays

    I was stood behind at war zone hospital to help since there was to many soilder not many red cross nurse. They kept coming within seconds and running out of room in hospital. I looked into their eyes and saw they were not their and they looked so tired like they were not this world and in next world. I tried talking to soldier and he randomly laughing at me . I asked doctor and he said, “ He has shell shock and many other have shell shock it mental disorder they have symptoms include following…

    • 345 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    The Lions of Al-Rassan is an alternative fiction novel written by author Guy Gavriel Kay. It tells the tale involving the meshing together of three different religions, the Asharites in the South, Jaddites in the North, and the wandering Kindath. By looking at one specific Jaddite, Alvar de Pellino, one can see how Guy Gavriel Kay’s novel Lions of Al-Rassan suggests that the collision of cultures can open up a character’s vision to the faults of their own self, including their ideals and beliefs…

    • 1494 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Soldiers Heart and Red Badge Courage are about to different soldiers Charley is a farm boy from Minnesota and Henry a boy from New York, their stories are equal in many ways. Their experiences are not identical, Charley and Henry both fight in war and get incapacitated in different ways and their results are not equal. Both of the northern soldiers are new to battle and have not experienced war yet. The soldiers in both stories have anticipation about the war, they overcome their fear and become…

    • 456 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    In What It Is Like To Go To War, Karl Marlantes tried to build common ground with his audience in his, “lying” chapter by having the audience mentally place themselves in the Vietnam War. “Assume you’re a decent soldier like me…You know there’s a bunch of lying bastards the other guys, who will do anything to get ahead and who aren’t decent at all.” By trying to appeal to the emotions of the reader, Marlantes has the reader contemplate the morality of lying. By placing themselves in the…

    • 291 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A veteran is a brave, loyal, strong, smart, compassionate, hero, patriotic, team player and never gives up. The well known Luis Daniel, an American military veteran who fought against the Iraq war from 2011 to 2013 possessed very brave qualities. He married at the age of 17 years old after he dropped from school and at the age of 20 years, he joined Marine Corps. He worked in the Marine Corps in Pendleton, California in Iraq as a Sergeant. He has become physically disabled because of defending…

    • 600 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Comparing and Contrasting War Experiences Many soldiers experience things that they will never forget. There are several contrasts between the two war books. The Red Badge of Courage gave less information about the ending than A Soldier’s Heart. There are also several comparisons between the books. Soldiers go through overwhelming thoughts, and feelings during the war, as shown in these books. The Main Characters of the books are Charlie, A Soldier’s Heart and Henry, The Red Badge of Courage…

    • 375 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Essay On Anzac Legend

    • 553 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Anzac Legend has been part of the Australian value since the landing in Gallipoli on April 25th 1915, often described as what it 'means to be Australian'. To this day, it is central to Australian identity, being our nation’s first military involvement. Despite our military defeat, Gallipoli was the triumph of Australian spirit. It is the symbol of courage, of respect and mateship, which were the characteristics the soldiers were said to have possessed. However, as today marks the centenary…

    • 553 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    Analysis Of Andha Yug

    • 1687 Words
    • 7 Pages

    AKSHAYA CHOUDHARY 1036 SECTION B, III YEAR ENGLISH Andha Yug and Modern War Theory Introduction Andha Yug by Dharamvir Bharati is most commonly read as contemplation on the partition of the Indian subcontinent, and the reworking of the final day of the battle between the Kauravas and the Pandavas is also interpreted as an allegory of the war between two modern political states. Rightly so, the play could be taken as an allegory for the war between two technologically modern states, consequences…

    • 1687 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Theme Of Trust And Guilt

    • 968 Words
    • 4 Pages

    Trust turned into Guilt The Vietnam War, November 1st 1955 to April 30 1975, twenty years of war, twenty years of changing young men's lives for the worst. Tim O’Brien, the author and narrator of the novel The Things They Carried depicts the tragic experiences he endured while in the Vietnam War. He was a young college educated man who was drafted into the war, along the way he got close to many soldiers in his platoon, gaining support and trust. Having these relationships helped him get…

    • 968 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    The Sniper And War Is Kind

    • 2390 Words
    • 10 Pages

    Although the only thing war is capable of doing is determining who is left instead of who is right; it changes people to the worst, which the texts “The Sniper” and “War is Kind” are all about. The short story “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty is about a man who has the position of a sniper in the war. He risks taking a cigarette, and is spotted by an enemy sniper. After the shooting they did, the Republican sniper finally manages to kill the other sniper and instantly regrets it. The story…

    • 2390 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Page 1 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 50