They had to fight against the notion that they made "poor combat soldiers" and "their presence in units would threaten morale and discipline" (2). ... Psychiatrists advised military officials how to "manage the homosexual dynamics of military life without eliminating homosexuals" (66) but military officials were still set on homosexuals not being mentally or physically able to serve in the armed forces. ... I did not have to deal with a psychiatric screening when I enlisted April 2, 2007. ... " (30), since I had joined during the "Don't Ask, Don...

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She owes them the very joy in their lives of which she stripped and with the lovers themselves dead, she has no other way to make amends for her mistake than document the survival of their love. 2. ... It was always an impossible task, and that was precisely the point" (350-351). ... How can one honestly justify giving birth to a story so inexperienced and unreal without at all crediting the reality from which it is based? How can one preserve that which is fake and not that which is true? ... The big question here: How can Briony truly ascend to atonement if the one that determines wh...

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