The 1950s are characterized as a decade marked by the Cold War and social conformity. ... Returning war veterans were encouraged to marry. Society now advocated women to leave their war time factory jobs for domesticity. ... With the Cold War and atomic age in full force, the family provided stability in unstable world. ... The nuclear family calmed fears regarding the Cold War while simultaneously fought against Communism and the Russian threat. ...
A cold breeze, warm sunshine and the sound of tweeting bird, a comfort the sniper had missed greatly. ... How could he possibly tell his mother that he had killed his brother in cold blood? ... The war had not changed her...not yet. ... He spoke of the war, the heat, the sound, the terror; his mother listened anxiously on the edge of her seat. ... His mother broke down into tears she had lost a great deal due to the war but this, this was inconceivable. ...
Benjamin Martin knew the horrors of war and was a great warrior in the French and Indian war. ... He realized the pointlessness of war and though he wanted independence, the loss of his family was not worth it. ... Gabriel searched for adventure and fought with passion as did other young colonists, not even the cold winters and lack of supplies would break his fervor for independence. This is why the colonists made it through and won the war. The other theme that Benjamin Martin brought up about the war for independence was one of apprehensiveness. ...
He tells his son that "You got to learn to stick to your own blood or you ain't going to have any blood to stick to you" yet at the same time, he seems to treat his family coldly and harshly. ... Colonel's seemingly conflicting feelings for his father are somewhat rooted in what he has heard of his father's past and his experiences during the war and the fire he insisted on each night was "some deep mainspring of his father's being as the one weapon for the preservation of integrity" and described his father's movements, as an "absolutely undeviating course". ...
The Sandbox Short Summary Mommy and Daddy decide to bring Granny to a beach for vacation. Granny was slowly dying. Mommy is a very disrespectful character and she does not care about Granny. As the story unfolds, it was shown that Daddy has no control over the relationship. This is proven by several...
Every year my family members usually come home together to have new year dinner. Especially last year, we celebrated for one family member (my brother) who just came to US from VN. Normally, after my father's statement, everybody started eating, talking and giving to each other all the best wishes f...
My maternal grandfather on my mother's side (Papa) was a war veteran, and my grandmother a nurse. ... There was this distance, or coldness about her, which I understood only when I became older and learned of her own upbringing. ...
Hero Standing on a blood-soaked carpet we look on. We look on to hope, victory and peace. And we see it shining in the distant end of a rainbow. All around us are bleak but we are strong. Our country needed us and we have not failed them. We have eradicated future terror. Today they will ...
