Women's Land Army

Women, like men, saw the Civil War as a chance of leaving home and seeking freedom, but for some women it was a little more personal. A woman’s brother or husband might join the army, and, wanting to be by their loved one, she would join with them. In the first chapter of the novel, “They Fought Like Demons,” DeAnne Blanton and Lauren Cook spoke about women on both the Confederate and Union sides during 1863. “An unnamed [Confederate…

For the first half of 2nd trimester, I experienced being a vietnam soldier in a simulation. We did this activity so we could experience what it 's like being a soldier during a time of war. During this simulation we went through different events that were similar to what the soldiers went through. We learned about the strategies that both offenses used and the brutality the american government used on the vietnamese. In this essay, I describe and compare the life of an actual soldier in combat…

War changes people. The Vietnam war changed many soldiers, families, and countries who were affected. This war was different from the other wars we had fought in the past. It was long and, it lasted years longer than they had expected. The war became increasingly unpopular at home in the United States. The Things They Carried is a historical fiction novel that follows Tim O’Brien, who is also the protagonist of the book- and his fellow soldiers in the Alpha Company during the Vietnam war. Tim…

Event Analysis of “PTSD Nation: Art and Poetry from Survivors of War, Gun Violence and Domestic Abuse” Art is an expression of feeling or thought, and to different people, meanings and functions of art will be different. According to the director of my college’s Art Department, “In the case of public art that was made for a specific site in the city, the artist may have been expected to design a piece that responded to the appearance, purpose, or history of that site” (Lecture). I think the…

Discussion The problem that the Brazilian Army is facing can bring serious problems for the formation and the training of the artillery Soldiers. The discussion about solutions goes through some alternatives to manage that situation or at least, finding a balance between Soldier’s preparation and resources management. One of the feasible alternatives to this problem would be increase the number of combined exercises among the artillery subsystems in order to save some resources. This way,…

burdens soldiers endure. The two main literary elements that develop this theme most clearly are his uses of character, and use of symbolism. In “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien narrates a story in first person about being drafted into the army and fighting in Vietnam. He tells us of a man who left a girl he loved. He tells us of all the physical items his squadron had to carry. He describes his everyday life as a soldier, and what seems tragic to us is just another thing that…

War changes a soldier’s perspective of life, whether it is an optimistic or pessimistic view. Some soldiers will enlist thinking that they are taking part in the war because of the nationalism and pride they have for their country. It encourages them to fight knowing that they are protecting the rights and freedom for the future generation. The soldiers often go to war with little to no knowledge of why the government incited the war. Most of the time, they fight knowing only the propaganda the…

I was stood behind at war zone hospital to help since there was to many soilder not many red cross nurse. They kept coming within seconds and running out of room in hospital. I looked into their eyes and saw they were not their and they looked so tired like they were not this world and in next world. I tried talking to soldier and he randomly laughing at me . I asked doctor and he said, “ He has shell shock and many other have shell shock it mental disorder they have symptoms include following…

The Lions of Al-Rassan is an alternative fiction novel written by author Guy Gavriel Kay. It tells the tale involving the meshing together of three different religions, the Asharites in the South, Jaddites in the North, and the wandering Kindath. By looking at one specific Jaddite, Alvar de Pellino, one can see how Guy Gavriel Kay’s novel Lions of Al-Rassan suggests that the collision of cultures can open up a character’s vision to the faults of their own self, including their ideals and beliefs…

Soldiers Heart and Red Badge Courage are about to different soldiers Charley is a farm boy from Minnesota and Henry a boy from New York, their stories are equal in many ways. Their experiences are not identical, Charley and Henry both fight in war and get incapacitated in different ways and their results are not equal. Both of the northern soldiers are new to battle and have not experienced war yet. The soldiers in both stories have anticipation about the war, they overcome their fear and become…