Texian Army Essays

When you hear “Remember the Alamo” you always think of that pivotal moment in the Texas Revolution. The drawing the line in the dirt story that Travis “drew” for those to either stay and fight or go as they chose. Well, this is about the women that decided to stay after that line was drawn. There is a lot of controversy on who were the actual survivors of the Alamo. As history is told after the battle of the Alamo, General Santa Anna spared the women, children and Travis’ slave named Joe. Of the

system in which every adult, or every male adult, in a country has to spend a period of time in the army, navy, or air force.” The

In Graham Greene’s “The Quiet American,” how does he compare War with Relationships? In the novel, “The Quiet American,” Greene portrays the plot whilst using common war elements like colonialism and plastic explosives to decisively display the relationships between the story’s characters. In particular, with Fowler and Pyle. Three main elements are what drives these two characters apart over time, in the novel; their Colonialist views, Pyle’s lies about plastics and their shared love with Phuong

Literature review of “The Things they Carried” and “The White Heron.” The Things They Carried This is a collection of stories given by different narrators about their times and experiences as members of a platoon group of soldiers during the Vietnam War. There are at least three main narrators of the stories in the book, the author Tim O’Brien, Mitchell Sanders and Bob Kiley. The stories capture real life events of happenings on the battlefield and beyond but the author intentionally opts to portray

Avygayle Titco English V01B Professor Carlander 02/07/18 Losing a Grip on Life Tim O’Brien’s short story, The Things They Carried, isn’t just any typical war story. He views the perspective of a soldiers eye and the intangible and tangible items they carry along the journey. Through the use of depicted details, it helps the readers feel like they are part of the battlefield. We feel like we’ve known these characters by the way O’Brien describes them with the personal items they carry

The war novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque depicts one protagonist, Paul, as he undergoes a psychological transformation. Paul plays a role as a soldier fighting in World War I. His experiences during the war are not episodes the average person would simply experience. Alternatively, his experiences allow him to develop into a more sophisticated individual. Remarque illustrates these metamorphic experiences to expose his theme of the loss of not only people’s lives but also

Benefits in Joining Military Some people think that joining the military endangers the life and safety of the new servicemen due to exposure in war zones and battlegrounds when they are deployed overseas in cases of wars and military conflicts. This issue began after the second world war and again after the Vietnam war and most currently after the 2 Iraq wars. The above previous wars resulted in so many horrible deaths, casualties and injuries that destroyed the lives of so many families and left

Soldiers train rigorously, preparing for the departure of war. They sacrifice all that they have to fight for their country. As they return after the war, they are left with painful experiences and traumatizing memories, suffering from their inevitable conditions. However, the spouse, families and children back at home are suffering even more than soldiers. The war is something no one wants to go through. Soldiers train to fight for their country and for their very lives. In doing so, the

In the novel, The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, innocent, farm boy Henry Fleming, is so intrigued by the Civil War that he enlists in the Union army against the advice of his mother. Henry enters the unnamed battle enthusiastic; however, his mother’s warnings about the dangers and wildness of war prove true. Overwhelmed by the intimidating battle environment, he flees from the regiment, a cowardly decision that would haunt him throughout the novel. Henry tries to compensate for his poor

I believe that the actions of Captain Madwell in the short story “The Coup de Grace” were justified in the incident with Sergeant Halcrow. The soldier was mortally injured and it was going to impossible to save him. The story tells the reader that the soldier Sergeant Halcrow had been attacked by boars while he laid in agony. This shows to me that the wounded soldier has had a horrible day and ultimately he’s really just waiting for his death. Captain Madwell being the good friend he was, didn’t

During the Vietnam war soldiers took many sacrifices, including leaving their families and being outkast’s in society. But during the war they made really good friendships. The Vietnam war made people lose their lives, friends, and families. Many people didn 't support the war so they protested, and when the soldiers came back from war they were treated like outcasts. In the novel “The Things They Carried,” by Tim O’Brien, the book shows the themes friendship and sacrifice through key details like

Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried is a collection of essays, all centered on anecdotes of American soldiers during the Vietnam War. The seemingly straightforward recollections slowly reveal dense layers of personal and metaphorical meanings upon closer inspection, with the exploration of the characters’ emotions and the underlying motif of love creating the opportunity to trace how war changes a person in the realm of his emotions. The Vietnam warfare acts as a catalyst for all of the unsettling

War stories portray many themes in order to strengthen the idea of the story and the Horrors of War are not only one of the themes, but also one of the most important themes to a story of such value. The Horrors of War are shown and portrayed in many forms of literature, such as poetry and the poem by Siegfried Sassoon titled The Dug-Out, short stories like In The Field written by Tim O’Brien, and Erich Maria Remarque’s book All Quiet on The Western Front. Each form of literature symbolizes the theme

Yossarian: The Real Anti-hero Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 is a 1961 best-selling novel (Encyclopedia) about war and how the soldiers in the camp survive and deal with the difficulties of war. Catch-22 represents what people in World War II went through and what soldiers had to do to defend their country in war. Joseph Heller wrote this novel for people who lived through World War II to prove to the soldiers that he knew what they went through and try put a funny twist on it for readers to enjoy (Kabourek)

As once said, “Congratulations, you have survived the war. Now live with the trauma.” When it comes to revolutions, wars, battles, or any sort of conflict can affect many people in many different ways. For author, Bei Dao, he was traumatized, in one way or another, and used writing as a way to cope. Bei Dao was grew up in the midst of the Communist Revolution and witnessed the worst excesses of the Culture Revolution. The Culture Revolution lasted from 1966 to 1976, and was a movement that tried

Obedience at My Lai War is never a pleasant event. However, there are times during war when something truly tragic and miserable happens. This was the case for the My Lai massacre during the Vietnam War. A platoon called Charlie Company in Vietnam was getting attacked by guerrilla booby traps and snipers in the area (Kelman & Hamilton, 1989). They started getting frustrated from an enemy they couldn't see or fight. On March 16, 1968, the platoon was given orders from Lieutenant Colonel Barker to

Webb’s “Depth of Knowledge” Levels Homework #18: DOK Level 1 – Question: Who were the Spartans? The Spartans were basically the soldiers of the Ancient Greek city-state, Sparta. The Spartans devoted all their time to the military, partaking in military training, hunting and war battles. They lived a frugal lifestyle and without any luxuries. They were taught to be brave and courageous at a very young age, soon evolving into soldiers for the military. DOK Level 2 – Question: Summarize how Spartans

After experiencing the violence of war, it is difficult for a soldier to readjust back into society causing alienation and a strain to return home both physically and emotionally. In Hemingway’s short story, “Soldier’s Home” the main character Harold Krebs lies, is incapable of love and he struggles to readapt to his family and community. Eventually, he will accept the idea that he can never really go home. Oklahoma is Krebs’ home, a place untouched by the effects of war. Krebs will experience a

In the story “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemmingway, there is an apparent power imbalance between the two main characters. The man in the story is either referred to as the American or the man, while the woman is referred to as the girl. When referring to someone as “the man” Hemingway is implying that he is an adult. While the word “girl” implies that she is a child. This is evidence that the girl is younger than the man or is seen as more immature which results in the man having a significant

Discrimination Present in Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck was born at the beginning of the twentieth century and experienced the turning point of many eras that are evidenced throughout his writings. Steinbeck lived through the strong economic years during World War I, the dirt poor years of the Great Depression, and even saw the beginnings of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s; all of his dreams for these decades are evidenced in his works, more specifically, Of Mice and Men. Of Mice and Men