...From the day we’re born up until the day we die we’re on a journey. It starts the moment we are conceived. Whether it’s emotional or physical does not matter, those two aspects may help the directions we take. It may not be evident to anyone, a silent battle being fought within our minds. Or it could be clear to everyone, like moving to a new place. Journeys take many forms. Good forms such as when we’re young and we learn to tie our shoelaces, a life skill that we end up dependant on. Or bad forms, somewhere along the lines we may fall ill to a life threatening disease like cancer. Sometimes our Journeys can cause us pain and heartbreak, but those are the things that help us make decisions and move forward, our journeys make us who we are. As soon as we are born we begin our journey. We’re thrust into life without knowing anything but are eventually taught the life skills we need. We are taught how to walk, talk and make the right choices, all very important aspects within our lives. In turn the skills we are taught help us move forward meaning we can learn new things. These new skills help shape the decisions we choose to make. If we didn’t have these skills moving forward would be difficult. Our physical journeys would be a struggle if we weren’t able to talk and our emotional ones would be unhappy if we weren’t able to communicate. In the film look both ways many of the characters are forced to make changes in their lives after going through different eye-opening experiences...
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...just a classic movie line (Silverman, (n.d.). This is napalm it has been used in several wars but the main ones are WW1, WW2, Korea, and Vietnam. Napalm comes from a powder mixed with gasoline in some forms. Napalm mostly uses a combination of gasoline and jet fuel. Dr. Louis F. Fieser helped make napalm what it is today by developing the powder to mix in with gasoline and jet fuel. Jet fuel was not used in WWI or WWII though to create the napalm used in that time period. He combined aluminum soap mixed, naphthenic acid from crude oil, and palmitic acid from coconut oil to make it thick and sticky like the napalm that is known today (Silverman,...
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...To this day the award winning photograph by Associated Press photographer, Nick Ut, is still one of the most iconic photos of war ever taken. Commonly referred to as the “Napalm Girl”, Ut truly captures the terror, and emotions in the citizens of Vietnam in this tragic time (see fig. 1). It shows how unfair, and damaging the war can be to our future, by allowing the general public recognize that innocent children are being harmed in a conflict they never would be involved in. Fig. 1: Napalm Girl, Nick Ut, 1972 At this time in 1972, the village of Trang Bang in Vietnam, was occupied by the Northern Vietnamese Army. A southern Vietnamese pilot mistook the Northern soldiers as the enemy. Then proceeded with a Napalm bomb strike on the village. Propaganda following the event, pointed the blame on the United States (US). Even though Vietnam was no longer occupied by the US military. (Gandhi, Lakshmi)...
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...Agent Orange and Napalm were types of gases used in Vietnam to cause a great deal of destruction. Agent orange was used as a powerful mixture of chemicals by the Us against Vietnam to eliminate the Vietnamese and the Viet Cong soldiers. The release of Agent Orange was codenamed Operation Ranch Hand.There were more than 19 million gallons used to overed a great amount of land over Vietnam. It caused many health issues to those who breathed in the gas, Americans and Vietnamese. Napalm was also used in the Vietnam war to stop the Vietnamese. Napalm was a mixture of plastic polystyrene, hydrocarbon benzene, and gasoline. Both of these very poisonous and caused a lot of damage during the Vietnam war. From 1961-1972 the U.S. wanted to do a wide-scale damage on the forests in Vietnam where all the Viet Cong and soldiers were to cause damage. For Agent Orange the U.S aircrafts used this to spray the area, affecting the forests and everything in it. Agent Orange had many herbicides in it and many other poisonous components in it, it was highly toxic having affected Vietnam’s crops and water sources so anyone eating or drinking water were affected by the poison. It had caused many health problems such as: muscular dysfunction, birth defects, nervous system disorders, etc. It...
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...He was responsible for “vietnamization, which is the policy of withdrawing troops and transferring the responsibility of war effort to the government of South Vietnam. Although he allowed illegal activity, such as the United States military crossing into Cambodia and Laos, he impacted the war positively for our history. He withdrew the US troops from the war, which allowed us to have no more casualties because of battle. Napalm was a chemical weapon used to destroy forestry in Vietnam. It caused death by burns to many citizens and soldiers in Vietnam. In a famous picture called Napalm Girl, a girl runs naked in the streets because even her clothing had been burned off due to the napalm. Even slight contact with napalm causes second degree burns that result in...
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...The vietcong would fight using guerilla warfare and the main way they would use it is by popping out of the jungle and opening fire on the unsuspecting troops. The Americans also had there own strategy for winning the war. One of their main tactics was operation rolling thunder. This is an all out almost non stop bombing of North Vietnam. Another thought of the U.S was if the jungle was gone they could fight the vietcong. Well they decided to clear the jungle by using napalm to burn the jungle. Napalm is basically liquid fire that they would drop out of planes onto the jungle. Another jungle clearing method was agent orange this was chemical gas almost like weed killer that would kill the jungle. Though not as outright deadly as napalm agent orange came with many health hazards down the...
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...They did a huge bombing campaign called operation rolling thunder. Operation thunder is a massive bombardment intended to put military pressure on Communist leaders in North Vietnam. They also used napalm and agent orange. Napalm is a flammable liquid used to destroy villages and dropped from planes to set fire to large areas. Agent orange is herbicides dispensed by riverboats and trucks and sprayed as part of operation ranch hand. They was both used to spot their enemies much easier, but viet cong hide under ground most of the time. Also viet cong did a lot of hit and runs at night. They also had landmines something the United States never seen...
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...Perhaps it’s a shocking one from Vietnam, of the girl charred by napalm crying as she flees down the street. It might be the old battered image of the Soviet Soldier raising his flag in the smoldering ruins of Berlin over the Reichstag, marking the end of the bloodiest conflict mankind has ever endeavored to pursue. Or maybe it’s the one of the care-worn woman from the great depression, a great sadness hiding behind her tired eyes as she cradles her children. You don’t remember any of those photo above because they were instructional, because the taught you something. Seeing the girl doesn’t inform you of the vast biological effects napalm has on the human body, it coats you in feeling of terror and disgust at such vile act. You may not remember the exact numerical value of the human cost of the second world war, but the poignant lone Soviet Soldier, wrists adorned with looted watches, imprints its sheer brutality upon you. The economic cost of the great depression falls aside, because nothing will ever resonate as strongly as the despair that reaches out of the frame and takes hold of...
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...BANKSY STREET ART BY: HANI MUAMMAR SAE Introduction Art is a great way for individuals to express themselves, many artworks can be deemed as controversial especially when artists produce their art in order to express their views, feelings or specific ideas linked to their political, social or economical surroundings. Such art could have significant effects which may influence the people who appreciate its core meaning and could link it to the status quo in any named community. Certain techniques, styles and structures are implemented by many famous artists in order to construct this art into a form that typifies them as artists and gives them their unique signature. (heghine666 2011) One specific artist has been largely famous for his controversial and unique forms of art, he is known by the alias “Banksy” who uses graffiti street art as a structure for his unique form of art. Banksy is arguably the most well-known street artist in the world. Some pieces of his urban graffiti art, with its distinctive stencil style, have been sold at auctions for remarkable amounts of money, but most importantly, he has inspired many people around the world for having pieces which touches upon sensitive and core social, political and economic situations in life that many people can easily relate to. His name, style, and brand of urban anti-war, anti-establishment, and rebellious art have earned him a place in the hearts of many who appreciates it. The two primary reasons that Banksy's...
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...hot topics on campus When the administration tried to control political activity at the University of California at Berkeley in the fall of 1964, the Free Speech Movement was formed The tactics the Berkeley students used at the time — sit-ins and taking over college buildings — became common forms of antiwar protest In the spring of 1965, SDS supported a nationwide campaign against the draft On campuses, demonstrations included draft card burnings, confrontations with military recruiters, and sit-ins to protest ROTC programs Off campus, antiwar protestors demonstrated at Army induction centers with picket lines and sit-ins. Companies that were closely involved with the war effort, such as Dow Chemical (which manufactured napalm), were targeted when they came to a university to recruit In...
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...Vietnam War Vietnam had been part of a French colony in Indochina. French Indochina was established when France took control of northern Vietnam following their victory over China.1 The northern part of Vietnam was controlled by Ho Chi Minh and his communist Viet Minh party.2 The Vietcong was a political organization and army in South Vietnam that fought the U.S and South Vietnamese governments during the Vietnam War. ith the W Cold War intensifying, the United States hardened its policies against any allies of the Soviet Union, and by 1955 Presidentwight D. Eisenhower D had pledged his firm support to Diem and South Vietnam.3 John F. Kennedy sent a group to south vietnam and advised a build up of American military. U.S politicians believed in the domino theory which is the belief that if one country fell to communism, its neighbours would follow.4 The U.S was depending on this theory and by the time the military grew. The U.S was trying to get rid of communism and with this the U.S and other countries took part in forming the SEATO ( Southeast Asia Treaty Organization). The purpose of SEATO was to prevent communism from gaining ground in the region.5 The USS Maddox was a destroyer ship and in August 1964, MADDOX was one of the leading actors in the Tonkin Incident that eventually lead to the Vietnam War.6 The Gulf of Tonkin Resolution was passed by congress to promote the maintenance of peace and security in southeast asia...
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...Faces of the Enemy: “Face of the Enemy is a documentary on how people and nations dehumanize their enemies to justify the inhumanity of war,” In Faces of the Enemy, Sam Keen has documentation what goes in the mind of the enemy and finds out why we have enemies, and why “we” dehumanize these enemies. The film discussed the sociological, psychological and political aspects of war as well as the strategies we use to dehumanize the enemy. The film also includes examples of propaganda-filled films and posters that were used during World War II and the Cold War. Keen wanted to figure out why individuals are enemies, so he looks into the mind of a murderer by the name of David Rice. He killed an innocent family and characterized them as his enemy because they were a suspected communist family. Rice saw himself as a soldier in a war against inhuman enemies and the only way to get rid of his enemy was to eliminate his enemy. Enemies come in many shapes and sizes but Rice's enemy was quite different. Rice's influence of propaganda led him into a world of no return. He killed an entire family that were innocent and normal people, but were faced with a horrible death. The film shows how one nation would totally dehumanize another nation with war propaganda. All of it would say how we are good, and they are evil, or we are the victims and they are the ones to blame. In one of the US Army films the message they say "Let's see what kind of people these Japanese really are. First, a typical...
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...physocactive agents these items have a high rate that it will cause instant death if not permanent disability or permanent eye sight. These chemicals cause a big impact on someone. Physoactive chemicals mainly attack the persons brain. It affects it by causing hallucination and dizziness. The effects of these physcoactive agents cause something similar to hallucinating drugs like marijuana or other stronger drugs. The disorientation of those chemicals may last days or hours if not the damage will be permanent. During the Vietnam War chemicals were used in airstrikes. The chemical was a jelly like substance created with a mixture of burnt tires and gasoline with a lit ignition of the chemical phosphorus. This chemical bomb was called napalm, napalm will spread all over the victim’s body and the more the victim struggled the quicker it will spread. Today’s use of chemicals are mainly used if protesting occurs. Some examples are in third world countries where there is only corruption in their government. Many civilians start rioting and boycotting. When these things occur the military responds by using RCA’s or Riot Control Agents. They use tearing gas or pepper spray to control large violent crowds. The tearing gas is a gas that makes people get teary eyes and skin irritation, and also causes sneezing. These substances also caused minor injuries on the victims. When the RCA's get the people they sometimes lose their vision for a while and also get deaf, when a gas bomb explodes...
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...barbaric in three main ways, in their way of warfare, how Genghis Khan controlled his army, and how they governed their empire. One way the Mongols were barbaric was the way in which they fought in warfare. When Genghis Khan first started conquering Asia, he was as brutal as ever. According to the article, The Mongols: How Barbaric Were the “Barbarians”?, some of the cities in China even said that the slaughter was so great that they saw “the streets of the Chinese capital were greasy with human fat and flesh.” This must mean that this specific battle brought death upon many of the people in China. Also, if the Mongols are in a battle in hopes of conquering the city and they end up failing, they use another method where they throw Greek fire (napalm) and use the...
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...The effects to the environment and humankind caused by war Cause and Effect Essay Professor Kelly Gehlhoff Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for English 112 English Composition Two Pueblo, Colorado May 2012 Abstract War causes devastating and often irreversible effects to both humans and the earth. Throughout history, armies have burned the enemy’s crops, rivers have been damed, and water supplies have been poisoned, all in the name of war. The consequences these wars have on humankind include death, injury, dislocation, and malnutrition, which falls hand and hand with the destruction of the environment. Warfare is a terrible thing, bombs destroy life, tanks and other military vehicles damage ecosystems beyond repair, battleships pollute the oceans, and chemical and nuclear weapons have the potential to end life on this planet. The effects to the environment and humankind caused by war In the recent past there have been tragic results of war on the environment and humans, from World War I to the present day Gulf Wars. The ultimate fear is that war will have taken such a toll on the Earth, its inhabitants, and its natural resources that there will not be a world left for humankind to live in. Armed forces destroy their own ecosystems, as well those of the enemy, to win wars. Forests may be stripped of all timber to eliminate hiding places and oil wells, fresh water, crops, land and the animals are ruined to...
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