The Faceless

The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien explores the experiences of a platoon from the Vietnam war in a series of short stories. The stories go deeper than the events of the war, they show the moral dilemmas soldiers face everyday in the battlefield. Tim O’Brien served in the Vietnam war, but these stories are not based off of his experience, although it plays a role in his storytelling. Most of the short stories are written in first person from the perspective of Tim O’Brien, a fictional…

In any case, avoiding the beggar was the dumbest decision the man could have made. The beggar undoubtedly noticed the man’s behavior and probably felt lonely and abandoned because of it. More so than he usually does, that is. The indifference of man, which he so easily brushed aside for the sake of his own convenience, could very well end up costing the beggar his eternal salvation. Etymologically, the word means "no difference". A strange and unatural state in which the lines blur between…

Faceless Guys could 've been any guy, my observations tended to get the head and eye roll from my elders. My compromise would be: "If all Guys replicated The Wicker Man (1973) I could at least claim they put some effort into it!" The 'tut, tut ' response…

How is the futility and hypocrisy of war and bureaucracy explored by Joseph Heller and Francis Ford Coppola in Catch-22 and Apocalypse Now respectively? Catch-22 authored by Joseph Heller and Apocalypse Now directed by Francis Ford Coppola are critically considered two of the finest examples of contemporary anti-war literature and cinema, despite neither being explicitly against the concept of combat as such, but rather, both opposing the bureaucratic absurdity that war inevitably entails.…

In Batman: Ego, written by Darywn Cooke in 2000, a new category of villain fills the role left by the classic super villain. The new villain found within modern comics drastically differs from the villain found in Silver Age comics. This change in villain can be seen in other works besides the Batman comics. Ana G. Gal talks about the characterization of the hero and villain in Stoker’s Dracula in her essay “The Social Modes of Heroization and Vilification in Stoker 's Dracula, a Graphic Novel…

indeed become decreasingly significant with regard to his own life. The vast majority of the world’s population is subject to governments, corporations, and media over which it has no influence, and will likely continue to slowly be consumed by these faceless institutions until personage and rights are no more. Though the totalitarianism satirized in Huxley’s fictional World State provides the supposed benefits of utter intranational equality and social…

terrorist attacks conducted on September 11, 2001 (regularly referenced as 9/11), grievously effected the lives of countless Americans, and forever changed the course of the nation’s history. The once seemingly impervious nation became defenseless, as a faceless enemy emerged, converting large passenger jets into offensive weapons. The unanticipated siege resulted in the death of approximately 2,977 Americans, with another 6,000 wounded. The horrendous event highlighted significance of…

Military science fiction has grown up over the years. Gone are the days when a simple plot would suffice. Readers demanded more of an intricate story, something they can proverbially sink their teeth into. They do not want something that could be read in hours. Because of this demand, story plots are more complex today than in earlier years. In the stories presented this semester, storylines varied, but there was always once central theme: survival. Characters were built up more to accommodate…

Summary The film entitled “Deadly Deception: General Electric, Nuclear Weapons, & Our Environment” is the documentary film that both horrifies and enlightens the unaware public to the policies and misconduct of General Electric. It spans the spectrum of conversation dealing with GE’s production of nuclear weapons and materials versus its appearance of “Bringing good things to life”. The audience gets exposed to GE’s employees who were adversely and negatively impacted by its nuclear program,…

What do successful managers do differently? Leadership skills are mandatory for managers today. You then realize that not everyone that ended up in a managerial position gets their leadership skills activated. While successful managers are born, successful managers are also made. This happens whenever managers in need of improvement find tips on how it can be duplicated on themselves. - Bring out the best in their people Most of the successful managers help get everyone’s talents to the…