When We Were Very Young

The Life of Christopher Robin "But father, I really wanna go to the zoo!" I whined. "No, Christopher Robin, we can't. I'm working today," father evenly stated. He always did that. I hated it when we were stuck at home. I said, "You're always working father. I never get to go to the zoo and see Winnie and Pooh." I complained. "It's just not fair father! Why do we always have to stay at home and do nothing? I hate it, I hate it, I hate --" "Now Christopher Robin, you are making me very angry. We will go to the zoo tomorrow young man." "But --" I started again. "No buts, understood? We will go tomorrow and if you have a problem with that you can go to your room," he screamed. "Fine!" I screamed. I stormed upstairs, sprinted to my room,…

Just CLICKBAIT Winnie the Pooh was and still is a popular fictional character that starred in numerous short stories. The stories are usually seen as a cute children’s stories about a boy’s imagination, but when digging deeper, there are several topics that the author tackles. In A. A. Milne’s collection of stories “Winnie the Pooh,” there is a correlation between its characters and societal institutions such as entertainment and manufacturing. Tigger is a prime example of the entertainment…

Careful analysis of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and Harold Moore’s and Joseph Galloway’s “We Were Soldiers Once… And Young” reveals two markedly different portrayals of the United States’ army during the Vietnam War. This change mirrors the dwindling optimism of the American people from Moore and Galloway’s account of the 1965 Battle of la Drang and O’Brien’s more comprehensive account of the later stages of the war and post-war period. While O’Brien, Moore, and Galloway all served…

We Were Soldiers One… And Young is a thrilling novel the recounts the First and Second Battalions of 7th Cavalry Regimen during the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley. The events in the book are told by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore the commander of the battalion and Joseph L. Galloway a war journalist. Moore is in charge of two battalions that are some of the first to incorporate helicopters into their tactics. They go into Vietnam under manned due to expiring enlistments; they had to fight a true…

The movie We Were Soldiers is based on the Battle of Drang in November 1965. The United States Army 1st Battalion specifically, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division was in charge of Lt. Col. Moore who from the beginning demonstrated his leadership among his soldiers. From the moment Lt. Col. Moore began training its soldiers acted in such a way that he could win the confidence of his soldiers while serving as motivation for them. Before leaving American soil he promised…

In the movie “We Were Solders” directed by Randall Wallace is a must watch film. The film is about the Vietnam War, mainly the first battle against the Americans and the Vietnam army. The majority of the movie took place in a football sized battle field that is where the American army was fighting against the Vietnam army. The Americans were outnumbered greatly it was about 400 Americans against 2000 Vietnamese soldiers. Then again the whole movie is not just about war it shows how it affects…

Jamaica, Queens, New York. Nicki Minaj gained public attention after her releasing of three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. She later signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment in 2009. In 2010, Nicki Minaj released Pink Friday and it reached number one on the US Billboard 200. Everyone may think Nicki Minaj is the most weird, non-humble person ever. I truly believe Nicki Minaj is the Queen of rap because she’s an outstanding rapper, she stands for all women across the world, and…

between 2007 and 2009. Currently, she is signed to Young Money Entertainment Records. With that said, highlighted below are some of the interesting facts about Nicki Minaj…

Young people and civil rights I speak to you today about the second civil rights movement is happening.Police have been killing young African American men and women for no reason other than that they are black, so they must be bad? That is completely false African Americans are equal to Caucasian people the biggest difference is our skin is darker. At the front line of a new movement against racism are young African Americans. With this information I know that the second civil rights movement…

When we think of major music events that are viewed by many young adults, the MTV Video Music Awards comes to mind. But who could have imagined that in 2013 roughly 10.1 million people would tune in the watch the “public sexual blossoming of Miley Cyrus”. (Deadline, 2013) “About five million of these viewer ages ranged from 12 to 34” which is a time when many people are still forming their identity. (Deadline, 2013) This was not the only shocking display from a female artist. Singers Lady Gaga…