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- 2541: The Story of Sweetheart of the Song of Tra Bong: The Use of Setting
- ... irrelevant. Upon the second and third times through, however, his role as the storyteller stands out. It becomes more evident that he holds Mary Anne with the highest regard. He romanticizes her relationship with the war. He is so amazed with the fact that a girl can be seduced by the lure of the wilderness that he begins to talk about her with the listeners as if she were the attractive ... Mary Anne finally shed the illusions of grandeur from home and decided she wanted to be a woman of the bush. It all starts with natural curiosity. Mary Anne wants to understand the ways of war. She wants to understand it's people. However, she inexplicably finds herself out on ambush with the Green Berets. "The Endorphins start to flow, and the adrenaline, and you hold your breath and creep quietly ... that say "Organized society is bad. Self dependency is good. One should live within the wilderness. One should wear a necklace of tongues." Being set in Vietnam, such a recognizable word, one so synonymous with war, the irony of the situation leaps off the pages. Here is a man who has been in-country for a decent amount of time. By bringing his girlfriend over, he is bringing into the ...
- 2542: Charles M. Manson
- ... influence was so great that his followers were willing to kill for him at his smallest whim. Charles Manson was very paranoid and was under the influnce that there was to be an upcoming race war. He called this race war Helter Skelter. Charles M. Manson was born in Cincinnati on November 11, 1934. His mother Kathleen Maddox, a teenage prostitute, his father was a man remembered as Colonel Scott. In order to give her bastard ... convinced that the black man would revolt and oppress the white man in the way that the whites had previously oppressed the blacks. He believed that this revolt would lead into an all out race war that he called Helter Skelter. Manson was under the impression that after the race war happened that only he, his family, and anyone else that escaped to the desert would survive. Believing this, Manson ...
- 2543: Army Ants
- Army Ants Contemporary Science Topics A quote made by Lewis Thomas, "Ants are so much like human beings as to be an embarrassment. They farm fungus, raise aphids as livestock, launch armies into war, use chemical sprays to alarm and confuse enemies, and exchange information ceaselessly. They do everything but watch television." I am going to focus this report on the part of the quote, "..launch armies into war..," which sets a metaphor of ants and our armies in today's society. Ants have many tactics, so to speak, that are similar to the way our armies have when going to war. Ants have many different roles in their society. One of the main roles that army ants or soldier ants have is that they forage in masses for food. These masses of ants travel together ...
- 2544: Rock And Roll 2
- ... of the revival, the famous, unforgettable 1960's were there. For the next two decades, the United States did mot know what it was about to go though. It was going to go through drugs, war, and heartache. What helped this time of suffering, the rock. The youth looked to the music. It was not just in America, rock had gone worldwide. People had turned to the music because it made ... With the heavy use with drugs, rockers started to change their music. Hardrock was musicians getting high on stage. This music was always trying to speak out against the major issues of the 60's: war, youth, drugs, and freelove. Rockers such as "The Mamas and Papas," "Neil Young," and "Peter, Paul, and Mary" were big anti-war buffs. The Vietnam War took a great toll on the 1960's. At all the sit-ins, pickets, and all there was, was the music. People always rocked out. Big groups that had their ...
- 2545: Amelia Earhart 20hrs. 40 Min
- ... days, and then goes on to give a detailed story of her flight across the Atlantic. 20 hrs. 40 min. opens with Amelia Earhart as a nurses aid in Toronto, Canada. Canada had been at war for 4 years and Amelia saw that there was war work that she could do. The devastation of war affected her whole outlook on life. Planes were a part of war, and this is where Amelia was first introduced to aviation. She believed that the inevitability of flying was one of the few ...
- 2546: A Separate Peace: Changes
- ... him or was saying about him as long as he was having a good time. Gene, one of his friends, talks about how the snow began to take possession of everything at Devon like the war took possession everything in the world. Leper Lepellier didnt suspect this. It was not in fact evident to anyone at first. But Leper stands out for me as the person who was most often ... have a few good friends. He knew how to listen; this is a trait that is admirable about Leper. Not everyone is a listener. After hearing the two sides of Leper, the one before the war and the one after the war, there was a definite change that took place. Leper always had a one track mind and usually it was about what he wanted. But, before the war he would have never made it evident, ...
- 2547: The Yugoslavian Conflict
- The Yugoslavian Conflict Yugoslavia is a country burdened by feuding sides in a war that cannot soon be resolved. The United Nations are attempting to help the situation, but until the people of Yugoslavia can come to an agreement continued warfare and heartache is inevitable. The problems in Yugoslavia ... the idea of a single Serbo-Croatian language. However both the Serbians and the Croatians challenged this idea and went through great pains to identify vocabulary that would highlight the differences rather than the similarities. War finally broke out in Yugoslavia on June 25 1991, when Slovenia and Croatia proclaimed their independence and sovereignty, suspending the constitution of Yugoslavia and federal legislation on their territories. The first thing that Slovenian state ... they were hoping to draw the JNA into offensive action and gain political, material, and military support from the outside. This plan worked and Croatia did win its independence. The last and perhaps most famous war in Yugoslavia that needs to be discussed is the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The war in Bosnia and Herzegovina like all the conflicts in Yugoslavia was a result of aggressive and uncompromising political ...
- 2548: Theory Of Holden Essay
- ... or what to do. So he asks various people where the ducks in Manhattan go when the lake freezes over, in search of a response that might subconsciously answer his question in life. 2. World War II shook up people s beliefs in their country and the way that they lived. So after WWII people are scrambling around trying to find their own identity or even make it up. This setting ... or what to do. So he asks various people where the ducks in Manhattan go when the lake freezes over, in search of a response that might subconsciously answer his question in life. 2. World War II shook up people s beliefs in their country and the way that they lived. So after WWII people are scrambling around trying to find their own identity or even make it up. This setting ... or what to do. So he asks various people where the ducks in Manhattan go when the lake freezes over, in search of a response that might subconsciously answer his question in life. 2. World War II shook up people s beliefs in their country and the way that they lived. So after WWII people are scrambling around trying to find their own identity or even make it up. This ...
- 2549: Chemical Warfare
- Chemical warfare is war fought with chemicals. The development of chemical weapons and defenses against these weapons are usually considered together in military training. These weapons can be designed to kill large numbers of people, disable them for a ... colorless, odorless, and tasteless. They can cause death really fast if a person inhales them or if they are splashed on bare skin. Chemical agents have not been used a lot in warfare since World War I ended in 1918. Other chemical agents do not cause death, but they could make a person unable to fight. Some of these are called blister agents, which cause big blisters on your skin. A blister agent called mustard gas caused a lot of deaths on both sides during World War I. Some other chemical agents can cause temporary blindness or mental confusion. But people still can defend themselves against all of these chemical agents. For example, gas masks, other protective coverings for the body, ...
- 2550: Britain And America Revolution
- ... in-hand to slowly erode away the binds that held America to its Mother Country. The traditional liberties of Britain and the newly established liberties of America were very different. After the French and Indian War, the colonies were heavily taxed to sow together the damaged British pocketbook. These economical problems and social distinctions needed to be mended simultaneously or the war could not be avoided. First, the traditional liberties of Britain were considerably different from the political and social origins of America. From the beginning, America developed different character than its Mother Country of Great Britain ... orders did not give them much to do so they also competed for jobs. The Quartering Act added even more tension between the Americans and their British mother . If the damage was repaired earlier than war may have been avoided but the course was set, it could not be turned. Parliamentary Acts, such as the Quartering Act, infringed on the rights of the Americans. Their traditional, English rights had been ...
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