about Witold Pilecki and how he was a hero? Well you probably haven’t. But if you have, what i am going to tell you will hopefully answer that question. First of all, Witold Pilecki was born May 13 1901. He was born in the Olonets. He was a Polish army officer and a intelligence agent during world war II. So why is Witold Pilecki a hero. One of the few reasons Witold Pilecki is a hero is that he gathered intel on the enemy. One way Witold gathered evidence is “During World War II, he volunteered
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intact. Without the army or people willing to volunteer to fight, our country would no longer be free. Our country without the military could be invaded by Russia, North Korea, Iraq, or any any other country that would take away our freedom. Being able to get a good education, having freedom of speech, having a job that you get paid for, or just being able to relax when you want, could all be taken away if it was not for the army. I think more people should support the army and what they
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War can be devastating and dangerous, but yet millions of people fight for the simple right of peace and freedom There have been many wars throughout American history, but this was the very first where the entire production industry changed drastically. For the first time in history, all women were working the jobs that men could not longer do because of the call of duty to serve their nation. The quote “War can both imprison the soul and liberate it.” explains how war can both have positive and
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In TTTC, Tim O’Brien has his characters constantly questioning their morality. In the historical fiction novel, The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, the main character Tim, is morally wrong in his decision of joining the war because his reasons for leaving depend on others and go against his beliefs. The main character in TTTC ends up in a moral split and chooses the wrong path for himself because his choice is dependent on others. Tim gets a draft for the Vietnam War and realizes he has two
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Starting off, Tim O’Brien conveys how society’s view on masculinity plays an important part in creating guilt for soldiers in the Vietnam War. In “The Man I Killed”, Tim O’Brien kills a Vietnam Soldier for the first time. Although he is terrified by this horrific event, the other men in his platoon share opposing thoughts. Azar congratulates him and says in a joking manner,” On the dead test, this particular individual gets an A-plus,” (O’Brien, 126). In addition, Kiowa adds on by saying, “Nothing
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The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, is a short story written and based on his own experiences and trials that he faced in the Vietnam war. Many people remain skeptical about the authenticity of the story, as the short passage does contain horrid details that make people question if this drama should be considered a documentary rather than a novel. While writing this short story, Tim O’Brien did in fact mean to portray his work as a fictional story while at the same time continue to use detailed
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The Vietnam war created immense changes across all lives. Whether people changed or their surrounding all components were affected by the brutal war. Not only soldiers changed, lost their innocence, or forgotten their home, over time, all people experienced these events. In Tim O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, the women represent innocence, home and change. Women display these components before, during, and after the war. All of their connections to the war or men reflect upon their actions
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I pick up the old crisp photograph lying on my desk. This 74 year old piece of paper was well taken care of. The photo accommodates the aroma that all antiques have . I say that it's the smell of old. An unknown face smiles back at me from the photo. He wears a black sheepskin jacket with a big white wool collar, and underneath he wears a nicely pressed summer tan uniform with small golden painted sterling silver wings pinned to the collars. He wears his cap tilted to the side to show his smoothly
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I’ve been in the trenches of the battle of the Somme for a few weeks now, and I can safely say, the conditions have not improved since I’ve been stationed here. We have steadily, for two weeks been trying to push into no-mans land, without success. It seems every time one of our men pushes out of the trench, he falls back in without life. I’m worried one day that the soldier who falls back into the trench next will be myself. It is certainly not an easy life living in these trenches. We typically
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Every servicemen that fought had a different experience that affected them differently. Some learned to deal with it while other's did not. They did the job that they were sent there to do and sometimes it had went against their beliefs. Whenever the veterans came home they were still trying to deal with the events that had happened overseas and the American people had treated them as if our soldier's had done something wrong. What the American people did ranged from 'spitting' on them, throwing
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