In chapter 9 of the novel, “Soldier Boys” by David Richards, Lashbrooke had called in a photographer, to take a picture of the first prisoner of war. Tom was called as he had a part in finding the prisoner and so was Lashbrooke as he was the “on site commander”. However, Corporal Snell and Sergeant Major weren’t invited, making Tom suspicious if they knew what was going on. Then, Capitan Lashbrooke sent Luc, alone down to Captain Fraser who was in the tent. Luc walks briskly past the Duty Officer’s tent towards where Marie was staying.
In 1983 a war began between northern and southern Sudan and about 2 million civilians were killed and more than 4 million people were forced to flee their homes, those people were called the Lost Boys of Sudan and were fleeing violence and afraid of being forced into. The Lost Boys of Sudan had to walk great distances with limited resources and by the time they all reached a refugee camp in Kenya only about 10,000 out of the original 26,000 survived. In the historical fiction book, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park a Lost Boy named Salva is trying to survive and find his family throughout his journey through rough terrain. Throughout the story, Salva was very brave, determined, and mature and those three things made it possible for Salva
People are put in life-or-death situations all the time, whether they choose to be or not. Some people choose to go war, knowing that they are risking their lives. Others do not know that they are getting into life-or-death situations, maybe if they get stuck in a large storm that was not expected. Regardless, people are often put in life-or-death situations. In these situations, because need to take actions and make hard choices.
Narrative stories utilizing ethos and pathos are essential for nonprofit organizations that are trying to gain a greater awareness. This essay will provide two examples of nonprofit organizations that directly use narratives, ethos, & pathos, and then explain the subsequent effects of using emotional appeals. The first example this essay will use is The Lost Boys Center for Leadership Development. The Lost Boys is a nonprofit that originally worked with refugees from Sudan to help them settle into their new lives in America. Currently, their purpose is to “work with individuals from the Sudanese community to develop the skills and knowledge necessary to become empowered global leaders who support South Sudan” (The Lost Boys Mission Statement,
The Lost Boys of Sudan is a name they gave to a group of refugees who escaped Sudan because of the civil war that was occurring. In order to reach Kakuma in Kenya, they had walked more than a thousand miles. Their trip started in Sudan then they started walking to Ethiopia. However, they had to go back and head to refugee camps in Kenya instead. They had faced several challenges when they were walking.
What do you thing about our generation? Do you think men are lazy? Do you think women have more support from their parents and schools? It is true that more women are graduating in the college. There are so many questions come up in our mind when we hear that more women are graduating in the college.
“In 1991, war in Ethiopia sent the young refugees fleeing again and approximately a year later they began trickling into northern Kenya. Some 10,000 boys, between the ages of eight and 18, eventually made it to the Kakuma refugee camp—a sprawling, parched settlement of mud huts where they would live for the next eight years under the care of refugee relief organizations like the IRC.” (http://www.rescue.org/blog/lost-boys-sudan) The Lost Boys of Sudan were young refugees who had to flee their towns because of war. Salva, the main character in Linda Sue Park’s
First, the text mentions that around 17,000 young Sudanese boys fled from Sudan after being separated from their families when a civil war began, and survived a total of a 1,000-mile journey. The Lost Boys traveled a long, challenging route to safety.
Actually, the boy were worried that if soldiers came, they would make them fight or would just bomb them by plane. The older boys had to carry the younger children or the sick. Even the small boys needed to do a job to ensure the group safety and life. Dangers were wild animals, poisonous berries and other deadly food, and bomber planes. Even with all of these problems, the group made it to Kenya with less than 300 deaths.
In the novel ‘Boy Overboard’ by Morris Gleitzman, when you get to be in perspective of Jamal, a young boy living in Afghanistan and the issues he faces as he struggles to get to Australia. In the beginning of the novel, Jamal meets a tank which leads him to think about this ancestors, "I remember what mum told me about her ancestors. Fierce, brave desert warriors, tall and proud in the saddles of their mighty Arab steeds. She also told me about dad 's ancestors, honest hard-working bakers, baking bread so that those fierce warriors had something to mop up their gravy." He says.
The following quote shows what people had to do just to help themselves and other loved ones. “I tried to run to her, but the dog wouldn’t let me go, and then the dog was gone and a boot came swinging and I was kicked so hard I popped off the ground. When I landed, a club pounded my shoulders and I was kicked again and the Jackboot was dragging me by the hair and there was laughing and clacking of Jackdog teeth. The Jackboot flung me against a wall.
Other times, the younger boys sat by rocks weeping and telling us that the rocks were their dead families. Then there were those instances when we would ambush the staff members, tie them up, and interrogate them about the whereabouts of their squad, where they got their supplies of arms and ammunition, drugs, and food” (175). The trauma from the war sticks with the boys and causes them to have an altered perspective on their
Foods such as donuts, meat, and bread lead to curiosity for the Lost Boys because they never had those food options for them in Africa.
In Linda Sue Park’s novel A Long Walk to Water, demonstrates one of many true stories of many a Lost Boy. Salva an eleven year old had to flee from his village all alone because his village was attacked due to the Second Sudanese War that began in 1983. When Salva was at school and his village was being attacked,he was told not to go home, but into the bush,that's where his whole journey began. Salva had to show confidence, determination,and perseverance in order to survive in a difficult environment.
During the high Renaissance society looks at artists with exaltation. By the time the high Renaissance came around many artists had become very famous and successful for creating genius level masterpieces that inspire wonder in their audiences. Compared to society looking at artists as laborers during the Medieval Era, during the High Renaissance artists are viewed as master craftsmen and geniuses for their work with perspective, space and depth, the human form, and creating realistic illusions. Reason being during the high Renaissance artists work showed masterful understanding of the workings of the human body, muscles, facial expressions, and anatomy, as well as a masterful understanding of realistic perspective, atmospheric, linear, 2
