Trench

A Legend worth Living Of the many prominent English writers in recent history, one that certainly stands out is John Ronald Reuel Tolkien. A specialist in Old and Middle English at the University of Oxford, Tolkien is remembered as professor, scholar, and storyteller (Doughan). Particularly, his series The Hobbit, as well as its sequel, The Lord of the Rings, earned him great fame and success. Honored by many and loved by literally millions, Tolkien’s work is often considered the greatest of…

inspired his men to fight, win battles they normally would not and perform better than they ever would. When the Trojans manage to push the Greeks back to their makeshift fortress hector charges towards the trench “rallying cohorts” (XII. 58). He inspires the other solders to also cross the trench and push the Greeks back to their ships. Even after receiving a terrible omen about the battle Hector still manages to inspire his troops to keep fighting. After a decisive defeat in battle Hector…

Section One-Site Study on the Australian War Memorial a) While fighting at Gallipoli in 1915 C.E.W Bean had an idea to build a memorial to commemorate the sacrifice of the Australian people. In 1917, he obtained permission to build a nation war memorial. On ANZAC day, 1929 a stone was laid for the foundation of the Australian War Memorial. Due to the Depression and WWI, the building was delayed. The Australian War Memorial was then officially opened the 11th November 1941. Bean’s idea was b)…

be recognised as an unavailing and indiscriminate killing of British soldiers. The battle itself was one of, if not the largest battle in World War I, and consequently one of the bloodiest battles in humanity, which epitomised the futile nature of trench warfare .The Battle of Somme, in many regards, was a military catastrophe of unprecedented proportions, as a result flaws in many aspects of the British offensive plan, with some preordained miscalculations, as well as some unforeseeable…

carry out a subsoil investigation? Where foundation loads are small, for example a bungalow which is approximately 35kNm2 and the nature of the subsoil is well known already then I generally sufficient to dig out the foundation trench and examine the exposed subsoil in the trench. The Building Control Officer will visit the site and confirm that the subsoil is capable of supporting the loads of the building. However when the building loads are greater and there is no available evidence or…

“I’m not on the white man’s side, or the black man’s side. I’m on God’s side.” Bob Marley was an extraordinary man that will always be remembered in many ways. He grew up in the ghetto and instead of staying, he emerged from it and made a man of himself. Even though he was not always accepted because of his drug use, Bob Marley went on to become a legendary reggae musician. Born on February 6, 1945 in St. Ann Parish, Jamaica, Bob Marley didn’t have much. He grew up in rural village known as…

Shells were whizzing and thoughts were racing as a tired looking soldier hopped down into a deep trench and let his feet sink into the Earth, breathing a sigh of relief to have been given just a few more hours of life. Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front was one of the first novels to capture the brutality of modern war through the experiences of German soldier Paul Bäumer and the men in his company. By retelling the events of World War I, Remarque expresses the idea that…

their car as she kept mumbling on about how her medicine wasn’t done correctly. There was a breeze of wind that gusted into the car just as they closed the doors with a thump… …”thump went the door of Detective Mitty’s car as the breeze went up his trench coat. He adjusted his hat and turned on his flashlight just as he heard a woman scream out in fear. “Let’s get this done,” thought Mitty as he speed walked toward the old abandoned house, clutching his flashlight with one hand and lightly…

history. It altered the fortunes of the war and the course of the 20th century — and not necessarily for the better. Its entry most likely foreclosed the possibility of a negotiated peace among belligerent powers that were exhausted from years mired in trench warfare.…

connection to humans. With much evidence, this could be true, evidence from the Banpo Village from between 4500 and 3750 BCE shows that China was very advanced and sophisticated. It had 45 houses with the floors sunk into the ground for stability, a trench for protection, and manmade caves for storage. The artifacts and design of the village say that it was highly advanced for its…