The Faceless

War is truly a traumatic experience that no one who’s involved can truly get over. War forces you to see all the gruesome and negative things you never thought you would experience. Tim O’Brien is a prime example of just how much war can put you through and how it changes you as a person. Tim was just in need of venting and expression and so he embodied all of his horrific and flabbergasting experiences in a novel known as “The Things They Carried” along with various soldiers he met along the…

People have migrated from one place to another with different purposes. Some of them were prompted by longing for better living conditions while some by political or geographical reasons. Migration continues today too. The impact of the new environment on the migrants has been diverse. The arrival of a new community evoked diverse response from the native people too. The immigrants who moved away from their home environment could not create a space for themselves in the new nation they adopted.…

The movie 300 depicts the legend of the 300 Spartans who were able to hold off the Persian infantry at Thermopylae. Their stand gave more time for the Greeks to develop further plans and evacuate. The movie is able to follow the journey of the Spartan soldiers as described by many historians, while still adding “Hollywood touches” to make the movie more successful. The movie 300 is able to give a fairly accurate account of what happened during the Persian invasion of Greece and the stand of the…

Throughout time access to information has been controlled by many different organisations. This controlling of information can sometimes be used for ulterior motives, which members of society may not be aware of. This fear of manipulation is displayed throughout many forms of text, from different time periods. By analysing George Orwell’s 1984, Arthur Miller’s The Crucible, Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism and Fifteen Minutes of Shame I have been able to compare…

1. If you were colonist, would you be a loyalist, a Patriot or undecided? Why? Having all your aspects of your daily life control by a central faceless government seem like an easy way to avoid conflict. Do all people want to be told what to do and be stuck in an endless spiral of a broken system? That is why I side with the Patriot. The freedom to be yourself and govern yourself without the fear of silver spoon king’s army forcing the people with taxes and laws from thousands of miles away.…

number of years. All over Africa where countries are involved in armed conflict and war we have one underlying factor, namely all the countries are rich in mineral wealth, namely gold, diamonds and or oil. According to tribal elders, unscrupulous "faceless" men fuel most of the wars, so that they can stake a claim on the rich mineral resources while the country is in a state of…

In Lady Lazarus quite a few literary devices are used. One of the devices used, that stood out to me was imagery. Imagery is visually descriptive or figurative language. Throughout the poem, Plath used imagery to set the tone of the poem and to make the meaning of the poem stronger. I believe she wanted the tone of the poem to be glum, and depressing and there are many instances in where she uses imagery to get that point across. I think the meaning of the poem is that it is about death or…

"STOP!" A figure appeared in a brilliant flash of light, my finger hovering above the Enter key. "I...AM FROM THE FUTURE!" There was an awkward pause as I waited in confusion for the time-traveler to continue. "And...?" I inquired. Gasping, the man (I think) said "Sorry...time-traveling...is...exhausting!" He was larger man, with an unkempt beard and a soot-covered lab coat. He pulled his dark goggles up to rest on his balding forehead. Blinking several times, he repeated "I...am from the…

Do you think that Perry, Peewee, and their fellow squad members from the book Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers are heroes? They have been fighting in the Vietnam War against the Congs in the late 60’s early 70’s. They are known as the Alpha Company. The conflict is that they are fighting against the congs, and trying to survive long enough to go home back to their families. Perry, Peewee, and their fellow squad members should be considered heros. The Characters Perry, Peewee, and their fellow…

It was April 4th, and as I looked into the blinding lights over my head, I anxiously waited for the anesthetics to take hold of me. The sooner I’m knocked out, the sooner I’ll wake up, and the sooner I can get out of here. I blinked and realized that the masked men above me had begun to spin in and out of eyesight, so I allowed the drugs to sweep me away as I tried to hold on to the vision of friends, and track meets, and the sweet sixteen soon to come. I vaguely wondered if my sisters had…