rubbed off onto the Northern states, and was shown thoroughly throughout the Civil War, from their industrial background to their Prussian, Roman, and Napoleonic-like military tactics. (Such as leaving the commanding officer behind as the fighting army advances, keeping the soldiers elbow-to-elbow, etc.) They relied heavily on their industry to supply and feed troops, rebuild damaged cities, towns, and forts, and produce more jobs as the war progressed and the only people left to work were women
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Jimmy Cross is the lieutenant of the Alpha Company, and he is in charge of group of 30 soldiers. He knows what his objective is but he is uncertain about how to lead the group. He feels very guilty because he believes that his obsession with a girl named Martha caused the deaths of Ted Lavender and Kiowa. When Cross was a sophomore in college, he met the love of his life, Martha who never actually loved him back.When he went away to battle, he always thought about her, day and night, over and over
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The first reason on why war is never good is because of the effect it has on the participants and their families. When soldiers arrive from war they are not mentally stable and face difficulties when trying to participate in regular activities. Not to mention, they also suffer from physical problems such as asthma, tuberculosis and other complicated health problems. The main causes to these health problems are the dangerous chemicals that soldiers are exposed to when fighting in many wars. In addition
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Tango battle chants roared and interrupted bullets that flew across the battle plain. Unfortunately it seemed bullets didn't like to be interrupted, making them all the more angry and dangerous. I had sat there, on my butt with my back pressed against the concrete block that shielded me from death. Bullets grazed over my head, and occasionally an enemy would run towards me with the point of his musket ready to tear my brains out. One of those enemies laid right next to me, blood no longer gushing
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When you see a man or woman with a hat on that says OIF (Operation Iraqi Freedom), OEF (Operations Enduring Freedom), Desert Storm, or Vietnam veteran, you thank them for their service but you can’t even begin to understand the horror of the war that they have been through. They have seen their best friends die right in front of them or they have even had to take a life themselves and living with that everyday is the worst. The pain and agony of no one else knowing what they are going through day
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Courage only occurs when an action is consciously executed, involves a sacrifice, and is selfless. In The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, the protagonist Henry Fleming does not fight the final battle courageously. Henry fails to act out of conscious decision, show willingness to put himself at risk, and put his friend’s satisfaction over his own. Henry’s courage is only temporary, and is therefore not true courage. Henry Fleming’s actions do not display courage due to lack of conscious choice
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In the short story taken from the novel, The Things They Carried, Tim O’ Brien narrates a chilling excerpt taken from his past during the Vietnam War. Each soldier carries a mental and physical emotional burden as they struggle through the march. The main protagonist, Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, has to lead his men through a gruesome war and is forced to transition from his unrestricted past to a life as a soldier. O’Brien reinforces the destruction of young male innocence—especially in the case of
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cowardice. “ They carried their reputation. They carried the soldier's greatest fear, which is the fear of blushing… They died so not to die of embarrassment(20).” This quote states right away that holding a respected reputation has more weight in the army than staying alive. The fear of being
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The novel is about how the Vietnam War affected our soldiers. The Vietnam war is a key event that built the United States as we know it today. This was my second time reading this story and this time it impacted me on a higher level. The soldiers endured many hardships for us, citizens of the United States of America to be free. The gruesome imagery used in this story is just a small part of the horrors that they faced. Tim O’Brien illustrated the imagery of war from his personal first-hand view
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The Vietnam War of the 1970s brought about much controversy when the soldiers returned from war to being completely disrespected by protesting against them. Due to this the soldiers were mostly traumatized after the effects of war and some went as far as suicide due to the remorse. Of these many soldiers many came home with the vivid memories of war and went on to tell their friends and family of the experiences of war. One such soldier named Tim O’Brien returned from the war and began writing the
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