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    Child soldiers should be prosecuted for the crimes that they have committed. Child soldiers are, kids that soldiers in a country's military. And have committed many crimes and should be prosecuted for what they have done. Child soldiers should be prosecuted because they have committed the most brutal wartime acts. Such as rape and mass killings of innocent people. Also the story “child soldier on trial at guantanamo” a kid named khadr fifteen at the time. Committed five charges, including the…

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    off to war and did not come back. He became Rat Kiley, a man who would shoot through his own foot to escape the war (223). “They were kids; they just didn’t know. A nature hike, they thought, not even a war…” (69) Only nineteen years old, and Kiley loses his best friend to a rigged 105 round. Before that point, he and Curt Lemon saw it as an adventure, playing around with smoke grenades, laughing, telling jokes. Then Lemon dies, out of nowhere, and Kiley is forced to face the facts of war. His…

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    were drugged, forced, and brainwashed. When these child soldiers were young as 10 they were taken from their families. They were forced to fight or they would be killed or torchered to if they didn't fight for them.these Kids were forced into the war by the people who kidnapped them. They were threatening these Kids to fight. Such as saying that they would kill them or torched them. So these Kids did the smart thing and said they would fight so they had a chance to live.…

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    Social turmoil throughout the late twentieth century fueled theoretical perspectives of conflict theorists. Essentially, conflict theory focuses on the various struggles between individuals and groups as a product of power variation (Lilly, Cullen, & Ball, 2015). While conflict theorists maintain individualized beliefs about crime, there is a centralized theme in that capitalism is a significant motivator of criminal behavior. Prior to the popularity of conflict theories, Marx and Engels…

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    to Devon, telling Finny and Brinker that Leper has gone crazy; this causes Brinker to go on about how Devon has already lost Finny and Leper, two potential soldiers, though not even Finny having the ability to calm Gene’s mind, now only denying the war…

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    wish for. The novel The Wars, by Timothy Findley, shows that when an individual gets faced with an adverse situation of hardship it allows them to change their identity making them become someone they did not imagine becoming, leading to the consequence of…(fill in after)… Robert faced many changes throughout the novel. Before the war he cared for Rowena, after a tragic event he started to become a soldier and was sent off for training. After being shipped off to the war Robert started to become…

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    Who was Responsible for the Death of Finny Imagine having a best friend who’s life and future was ruined because of you. This is similar to what happened to Gene and Finny in, “A Separate Peace,” by John Knowles, but others were also involved. Finny’s life, in fact, was lost during an accident in this novel when he fell down stairs. The incident can be traced back when the super suicide society would jump off the tree limb over the summer. This tragic accident can be blamed on Gene since he…

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    While western civilization saw much in terms of military and warfare throughout the ages, the fall of the Roman Empire owed much of its occurrence on military expenditure and warfare. The fall of the Roman Empire in Module 6 shows the damaging impact that warfare can bring to an empire as great and influential as the Roman Empire. Beginning with the Visigoths’ rebellion against the Empire, the Roman Emperor, Theodosius the Great, permitted Visigothic soldiers to serve in the Roman army. However,…

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    Boy Soldiers: Throughout history children have been forced to fight in some of the worlds worst wars. Men often using young boy because they are"strong and healthy" allowing better advantages against their appoints. Along with their physical benefits kids at a young age can be easily manipulated, either through promises such as family and physical object or the more popular aspect of "recruitment" was driving fear into the young children. Often threatening their lives. These tactics and the…

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    The main character is Henry Fleming. He is a young man who believes he is ready to fight in the war. “He had, of course, dreamed of battles all his life--of vague and bloody conflicts that had thrilled him with their sweep and fire. In visions he had seen himself in many struggles.”(pg. 3) He has an immature notion that fighting in a war would be exciting. It is not until he is in the thick of the war does he realize the true meaning of courage and how he must earn it. You do not start with…

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