Warrior

Lisa McGirr’s book Suburban Warriors: The origins of the New American Right, published in 2001, examines the history of the conservative grassroots movement in Orange County, California during the 1960s and 1970s. With a “bottom up” lens, McGirr focused on ordinary people behind the grass-roots conservatism rather than the intellectual and political leaders. Historian Richard Hofstadter believed right-wing activists acted purely on their “psychological distress” rather than being motivated by a…

The Nova episode, “Cancer Warrior” follows the cancer Research of Dr. Judah Folkman, and his lab’s crowning achievement, defining the role of angiogenesis in tumors. Over the years that Dr. Folkman’s lab worked on the angiogenesis project they made many breakthroughs, albeit over a long period of time. Dr. Folkman was the son of an Ohio Rabbi, but instead of going into the family business he chose to practice medicine. After graduating from medical school Dr. Folkman was drafted into the United…

on the other side of the bush addressed me. He was looking for a fight. I wasn't sure if I could do it. I had proved myself to be of no use in battle, but I longed to try again. The sound of his voice, dripping with the valiancy of a practiced warrior, invigorated me. I wanted to be honorable, I wanted to be strong, I wanted to be more than the weak little girl I was on the inside. My gaze slipped between the leaves of the bush, eyeing the stallion that had issued the challenge. He was…

Maxine Hong Kingston shows that one can form an identity through silence in The Woman Warrior; Kingston develops this theme through different stories her mother tells her. Throughout The Woman Warrior, Kingston slowly finds her own identity by examining heavily weighted talk-stories, stories containing the mores and values of society through many generations. These stories are relayed to Kingston through her mother, Brave Orchid. Convinced by her mother’s stories, Kingston grew up believing, “we…

"Examples of conflict litter the pages of our history". Warrior Nations : The United States and Indian Peoples by Roger L. Nichols is a book that sheds light on a fraction of the conflicts and hostilities that America as a country has participated in. However I believe that the book is incredibly important due to the fact that if focuses on conflicts that are not talked about in the same sense as say the World Wars. That is what I believe to be Nichols's reasoning/thesis in writing the book he…

“You must be tired,” he said. “Being a warrior is an awfully fine and noble profession, but I’m sure it’s wearisome. Now boys, go straight down the hall, grab a chair, and put your feet up. Relax.” Two seconds later, we were wedged deep in a lumpy sofa in his sitting room. The only light was a roaring hearth fire that threw our quivering shadows against the wall. Tattered tales were piled high in corners. There was a clock hanging over the mantel, boxes of knickknacks stacked on shelves, and…

In The Woman Warrior, Kingston illustrates Moon Orchid's submissiveness and helplessness towards her husband in order to show the male dominance aspect of the Chinese culture and how this differs from the American culture. Brave Orchid leaves for America thirty years before Moon Orchid herself moved there. Her husband never sends for Moon Orchid to come join him in the new country, instead chooses to forget about her and marry another woman. Moon Orchid's sister, Brave Orchid, saves money to…

It is not surprising that there are differences between the biblical tribes and Greek warriors when it comes to how they live their life and show respect and honor; after all they lived in a different time period and in separate parts of the world. In the Book of Joshua, deceit is shown in both good and bad forms when Rahab, the prostitute, helps protect the messengers from not being killed by lying to the King of Jericho. Being a prostitute is considered unholy so Rahab is showing that she can…

For centuries, confining women to the private sphere was one of the main methods powerful men used to avoid dealing with their fear of women; it's still happening in some parts of the world. In the west, that just doesn't work anymore. Women are much more visible, and so is the negative response towards more women on the screen. While men in society are traditionally seen as humorous, women are traditionally not seen as funny . Especially in a big-budget film like the new Ghostbusters, whose…

Fear, screams, and nightmares are what haunt military members after war. It’s called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Eight percent of Americans have it, which results in twenty-four and a half million people. The Warriors is a play about PTSD by William P. Bradford and was performed at Trinity high school. The production was a reflection on PTSD combined with a plot line to make an interesting twist on a play. Coupled with the controversial topic is a spectacular set, amazing actors, and…