It is almost universally understood that the winners of war often write history. With this concept comes the acceptance that history can and is construed in a way that benefits the winner and can hide the truth. In George Robert Elford’s book, Devil’s Guard, Elford accounts for the perspective of a former Waffen SS officer who joined the French Foreign Legion upon the conclusion of World War 2. Throughout this story, many obstacles, adventures, and morals are explored that communicate various perceptions on what war (particularly the war in Vietnam during the French occupation) was like. The book conveys various arguments such as the exploration of unconventional warfare and the struggle of decisive action when the chain of command has
Have you ever gone above and beyond to make yourself proud?Well in the book Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac you read about a navajo marine and his time in war. His name is Ned he was first sent to a boarding school for navajos and then he signed up to fight in war. In the book it tells about the many mixed emotions Ned has about being a marine. Ned wanted to be a marine for a while. He realized he wanted to be in the marines during boarding school.
WW2 by:Jarron Herlan Jack is a 21 year boy who wants to go to the army to help people that need help with an promblem. His parents wants him to go and help people. Jack and his friend named Jake went to go sign up for the army. When Jack and Jake were signing up for the U.S army the Nazi came to take all the jews to Germany to use them as workers and slaves. Jack’s parent are jewish.so the mian German solider told all the jews to give up their money.
In “How to Tell a True War Story”, the main theme is how to tell whether a war story is true or made-up. The author explores the conflict within reality and fiction by arguing that true war stories are hard to believe. In O’Brien’s view, he points out that “A thing may happen and be a total lie; another thing may not happen and be truer than the truth. ”(p.80). Moreover, to make his point, the author spins between facts and fiction causing difficulty for the readers to believe if those stories actually happened or
In life, people find different ways to cope with their issues. This is the case in “Vaclav and Lena” by Hayley Tanner, where the main characters Vaclav and Lena face many obstacles, but use their imaginations to help them deal with the struggles they face in reality. This relates to the quote “Imagination is the one weapon in the in the war against reality” by Jules de Gautier, because Vaclav and Lena use their imaginations and dreams of better things to come, to ignore the problems they currently face. Vaclav and Lena use their imaginations and dreams of the future to forget about their issues momentarily, and to be able to postpone dealing with them.
In the poem “Guests”, a possible denotation from the title is that a group of people come to the life of Billie Jo for a short time. The poem itself is about a man sheltering his family in the school due the dust storms. Examples of sound devices and figurative language are numerous in the poem. Assonance can be found when it is written “They’d cleaned the room first, and arranged it, making a private place for themselves.” The words “Making a private place”, both use the a sound.
I would join Robert Townsend. I would become a spy. ”(147) This act of bravery relates to Emily Geiger, a young girl who volunteered to go 100 miles by horse to deliver
And in the end, really, there’s nothing much to say about a true war story, except maybe ‘Oh’” (77). We can never assume the truth in a war story. The only way to discover the truth hidden behind the lies is to pull away the many layers or in this case the stories that make up a war
Monopolies in the 1900’s had immense powers in the market, and were able to have complete control because they had such power. A monopoly is the “exclusive control of commodity, market or means of production” where the “power is concentrated in the hands of a select few” (Beattie). While monopolies do get jobs done and inquire a large amount of money, their success it at the expense of the people and the power they have obtained is abused. They started off liked by small businesses because it helped with shipping costs, but eventually monopolies became too powerful. They are more hurtful to the public than helpful, and the benefits they gain from being a monopoly hurts the public, making them a collective dilemma.
Throughout the American civil war spies played a crucial role in aiding their sides war effort. Spying was an incredibly risky occupation during the war and warranted the use of highly extreme caution. But with the risk of espionage came the greater rewards of treasured top secret enemy information. Enemy intelligence seized from the enemy changed how the war was fought and delivered huge advantages to the side that had an espionage program put in place. Through coded messages, intercepted enemy plans, assassinations of head officials and general reconnaissance the use of spies gave huge advantages to the sides that used them.
Espionage, the use of spies and spying to gain inside information, is often referred to the second oldest occupation. The act of spying is an ancient form of using deception, lies, special tools and misdirection. Today, it is evident we continue to use this craft which has evolved overtime, especially in governments for the benefit of one's own country. Where has espionage been a key success for a county before? When the Patriots were fighting for their freedom from Britain during the American Revolution from 1765-1783 and won.
My understanding of World War II has changed greatly, I have come to learn that we were not as innocent as we say we were. We were biased in many ways, we indirectly invoked our involvement in the war. We studied World War I, and at the time, I thought that the espionage act was unconstitutional. I now think that is was a necessary evil after seeing the separation on the home front. In World War II we were more united and separated than ever before.
In the convoluted world of espionage, truth and justice are unattainable ideals. Truth and justice are objectively and universally unattainable because they are heavily influenced by the Moral Relativism, Betrayal and Deceit and The conflict between the Personal and Professional context if the individual and are therefore subjective ideals. In espionage the ultimate conflicts manifest itself the individual 's inner right the wrong is plotted against the right and wrong of the mission. The quality or state of being truthful in the world of espionage has become an immense dilemma due to the complication of untrustworthy society of espionage. The conflict between personal life and professional life is that there can never be balanced between the
Telling a true war story can be hard to do, because soldiers are tempted to change some traumatic aspects to make the story easier to comprehend, and not so traumatic for the listener. For the readers who prefer the brutal and gruesome stories,
5 Free Historical Fiction eBooks Inspired By Real People or Events (666 Words) Historical fiction offers a great way for authors to transport readers to settings that they might recognize from history, but can then also view in a brand new way. Using a historical setting for a fictional narrative or real historical figures as characters in a fictional tale is something that has been irresistible for both authors and readers for many years and it is a trend that shows no signs of slowing down. Here are just five free ebooks that features fictional tales that were inspired by real historical events or people. 1. The Last Days of Pompeii by Edward Bulwer-Lytton (http://manybooks.net/titles/bulwerlyetext98tldop10.html)
