War is a human activity that has been around since the dawn of time. One of the most memorable and long-standing conflicts in which the United States involvement has played a huge role was the Vietnam War. Tim O’Brien, author of the novel “The Things They Carried”, makes a statement about the war: “There were […]
Have you ever wondered that the World War II and the Holocaust were very important part in history. About seventy years ago World War II started and it was a very hard time for everyone. Over the us there are many historical events like Pearl Harbor, WWII Museum, and a WWII National park. In most […]
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Get startedJuly 28, 1914, the Great War began. Whether one thinks that the rivalry or the break of trust between two nations were the real cause of the First World War. Historians all over the world believe that there are four main reasons as to why the Great War came to be; militarism, imperialism, nationalism and […]
The First World War ended with the treaty of Versailles June 28th 1919. Germany came out as a “loser” who was held responsible for starting the war. The treaty also required demilitarization of Rhineland. Germany also lost some territories. They were also required to pay extensive reparations of the damage caused by the war. In […]
Whenever conflict arises the initial reaction from most people would be whether or not it was preventable. People can invent many concepts on how a war could have been prevented, but at the end of the day these issues still appear and remain unsolved. Moreover, when conflict continually occurs and history continues to repeat itself […]
Angola, although abundant in wealthy resources, still faces a lack of development. It may seem that the dependency theory could be a factor in this, however, civil war has been the leading cause of the prevention of successful development. After their secession from Portugal, the fight for power over the country turned into a civil […]
Many people believe the Cold War was an actual “war” however, this war was an event that included a sequence of divergent competitions. The Cold War was caused by several events, which took place at the Yalta conference. This conference lead to the Cold War by allowing the Soviet Union to have control over the […]
War has plagued humanity since the beginning of history. Nobody enjoys war, but people have fought others for centuries to defend and hold onto their beliefs. What this shows is that human nature is naturally conducive to war and conflict. As humans are prone to the wills of their environment, they have consistently been forced […]
When I was thinking about doing the book review, I was torn between D-Day and the moon landing. Both incidents are Iconic American resilience, leadership, and tactics. I eventually chose the D-day for my paper because doomsday could be traced as one of the most significant events that turned the tide in favor of the […]
The second world war is one of the biggest wars in modern history in which many events caused the infamous war. World war 2 started on September 1st, 1939 when Britain and France declared war on Germany. Germany broke the treaty of Versailles which lead to the war being declared. The league of nations also […]
Europe avoided major wars in the 100 years before World War 1 began. In the 1800’s, the force of nationalism swept across the continent that helped bring about the Great War. Nationalism was the belief that loyalty to a person’s nation and its political and economic goals comes before any other public loyalty.. Nationalism led […]
About 620,000 soldiers died from battle, accident, hunger, and illness during the Civil War. The issue comes from the 1889 survey of the struggle executed by William F. Fox and Thomas Leonard Liver more. Both forces fought for their state. Breckenridge won these slave holding states, with the example of Tennessee, VA and KY in […]
Introduction Chinese who live in Canada have been through several injustices and restrictions to participate in the Canadian army. But, the Chinese Canadians offered unpaid help to serve in both the first and the second war. Those who participated in the army were offered full citizenship rights and the head tax was removed. The Chinese […]
Adolf Hitler, born in Austria, denounced his Austrian citizenship and later became a German politician. He started his political journey in 1919 after he joined the German Workers party. The party then came to be commonly known as National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) or Nazi Party which was started after world war one period. […]
Harriet Tubman was one of the greatest known African Americans. She was a slave that escaped slavery in 1849. Soon after she escaped she joined the underground railroad and helped many slaves escape slavery also. Background Harriet Tubman was born around 1820 on a slavery plantation in Dorchester County, Maryland. Tubman had between eight and […]
Have you ever read about the Holocaust that happened during World War 2? Anne Frank and her family went into hiding after the invasion of German police in their town. Anne Frank is remembered for her background, her diary she wrote while in hiding and her impact on the world. On June 12, 1929, Anne […]
The author of this novel, O’Brien recounts his experiences from the Vietnam war. Joining the war was a battle in itself for O’Brien, after receiving his draft notice in June of 1968, he almost fled out of the strong desire not to enlist. O’Brien describes himself as ‘too good for this war, too smart, too […]
In the novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien tells the story of a group of soldiers in the Vietnam war who, as a band of brothers, went through so much together. This story details the struggles and internal battles that these men had to deal with during their time in Vietnam and even after […]
Award winning and best seller novel, The Things They Carried, changed the ways many viewed the Vietnam war of 1955. Throughout the novel, Tim O’Brien works to seamlessly blur the lines dividing reality and fiction. To achieve this, he uses strong figurative language and concrete facts to engage the readers attention. The main way he […]
Prompt 1: What They Carried. What I do. “The Things They Carried” represents more than their tangible belongings. It also reflects upon the weight they bare, for example their trauma. The item first listed was another example: the weight of the war. I was most surprised by the fact that Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried pictures […]
‘The Things They Carried’ is a story that presents various accounts of painful experiences and traumatic events of the soldiers who fought in the Vietnam War. The author explores the great use of literary devices in explaining the occurrence of every event. In a well-developed piece that uses imagery, metaphors, reality, and fiction, O’Brien represents […]
In his book, Tim O’Brien aims to shed light on misconceptions and truths of war by thoroughly describing the thoughts and feelings of a soldier in the Vietnam War. He includes the steps and paths taken to become a soldier and also the detailed descriptions of war stories and their effects on individual men. Through […]
World War 2 was the bloodiest war in modern war history, many people fought and died for what they believed in. Many men, women, and children were captured, forced to work, and even murdered. One of these children was named Anne Frank, and she gave voice to many of the innocent people killed in World […]
Anne Frank was a German Jewish girl. Her full name was Annelies Marie Frank. Anne was just her nickname. Anne was born on June 12, 1929.She sadly died on March 1945.She was 15 when she died. Anne Frank was a good person. The last time she was seen in school was in 1940 two years […]
The year was 1942, a young girl along with her family and friends were hiding in a secret place called an annex for two years. That Young Girl’s Name Was Anne Frank. It was not her alone that made her famous but it was what she left behind in her diary. She wrote passages about […]
After Ishmael is captured by the military he is controlled to be a soldier. The military takes away all his cloth and stuff and gives him a uniform. Ishmael is heart broken when the pants that the cassettes were in are destroyed. Ishmael explains in the book “I ran toward the fire, but the cassettes […]
Nigeria the terrorist group boko haram recruited 2,000 child soldiers in 2016. Somalia round 150 children were reportedly abducted for recruitment. South sudan estimated 17,000 children since 2013. Syrian more than half of children recruited in cases verified by UNICEF in 2015 were under 15. Yemen there have been nearly 1,500 cases of child recruitment […]
Boom! One minute you’re perfectly fine sitting on the couch the next moment you’re reliving your most traumatic experience. PTSD can make you relive dreadful experiences and imagine strange events. In Slaughterhouse five the main character Billy Pilgrim suffers from an unpleasant case of PTSD. Slaughterhouse-five reflects PTSD’s frightful effects in unfortunate soldiers exposed to […]
Kurt Vonnegut’s novel Slaughterhouse-Five Show postmodernism by doing this, particularly planning sporadic structures in which the narratives are told, just as setting a contention of thoughts between the peruser or watcher. The work distinctly questions what the primary hero is confronting, doing, and thinking; this strategy prompts a conceptualization that scopes a long ways past […]
Slaughterhouse-five is the story of Billy Pilgrim, a World War Two prisoner who suffers the bombing of Dresden. Billy is later on abducted by aliens and taken on a time travel where he sees his own past, present, and future. The story leads you on a wild journey in which Billy becomes unstuck in time. […]
