The Pentagon

instead of using a computer or calculator. We can notice right away the ironic tone of the story after reading a few lines and shows clearly the satire of it. It’s a little hilarious by reading and we can image the faces of all the commanders in the Pentagon of how amazed they are as watching Aub calculating on the paper. For the author's choice of concerns, the characters are the group of people with the highest position in the military system and a normal guy named Myron…

shattered Americas illusion of safety from this type of attack. With a tiny number of people, just 19, terrorists were able to commandeer 4 jet planes and use them as missiles, destroying both buildings of the World Trade Towers, as well as striking the Pentagon. Although there were 2,146 confirmed deaths of the buildings occupants, the devastation could have been much worse. At full capacity, there would have been 25,000 people trying to exit the burning buildings, trampling each other in…

and the love that lays down its life for a friend- even a friend whose name it never knew.” -George W. Bush on 9/11. September 1st, 2001. A day we will never forget. After four planes got hijacked, two hit the twin towers, the third one hit the pentagon, and the fourth one hit a field in Pennsylvania. Both twin towers fell to the ground in debris. New York was destroyed. People were in pure shocked all over the world. It took many years for people to get themselves back together. At 8:45 am,…

Feminine Fighters They are many gender stereotypes and gender roles. They started long ago and have been changing since, some more than others. Women have always been seen as “a good nurturant attendant” (539). Caring mothers and efficient hostesses. And men have been seen as the “strong caretakers”. As the centuries progress, both genders have been breaking out of these boundaries. Something that women have recently achieved that is describing them more as the “strong caretaker is that they…

The World Trade Center is a symbol of globalization, America’s economic power, and prosperity. The Pentagon, the headquarters for the U. S. Department of Defense, serves as a symbol of American military power. Al-Qaeda hoped that by attacking these symbols of American power that they would promote widespread fear throughout the country and severely weaken…

deeply respect you as a human being. Someday I'm going to make you Mrs. General Buck Turgidson." References to women in general are entirely that of objectification and recreation, as well. On the B-52, the pilot looks at a Playboy magazine. At the Pentagon, the Russian Ambassador gives the President the Russian Premier's private phone number and says, "...not only is the Premiere a man of the people, he is also a man, if you know what I mean." Later, when Dr. Strangelove shares his mineshaft…

Humans are all equal right? That is what most people say no discrimination, no difference in gender and men and women are not different then why do men have greater opportunities then women or as a matter of fact they cannot even try many things. Is it not laughable how hypocrite humans can be? The battle field a place filled with trauma, death, violence, blood, a place where you fight for what you believe up close and personal the great front lines. Then if that is the case then why do we never…

were hijacked. Two planes were flown into the world trade center. One was flown into the Pentagon. The last one was headed to an unknown location and ended up crashing in a field in Pennsylvania. On flight eleven which was one of the planes flown into the world trade center. The second plane flown into the world trade center had sixty-six people aboard. Flight seventy-seven which was flown into the pentagon had sixty-four people aboard. The plane flight ninety-three had forty-four people aboard…

Katherine Johnson, after getting her sums of the Red Stone correctly and doing the impressive math during her meeting with the Pentagon, gained respects from her director, Al Harrison, and envies from her other colleagues. Until her smartness helped John Glenn made it successfully to the space and to the Bahamas, her colleagues awed at her. At this point, it is clearly shown that…

Management of al-Qaeda beneath the guiding jihadist footsteps of Osama bin Laden has go on to spurring a fear of mapped all around the globe with its very existence. The Islamic extremist organization recognized as al-Qaeda and its leader pull together great efforts in the execution attacks on the United States of America thwarted by only the demise of their head, and yet it gradually rose in power from similar-minded individuals participating with them over the passage of time. It has…