Something like the story this atrocity needs to be told and by design it is the Medias job to inform the public. ... If the ratings are good when you report on how well the war effort is going then you probably aren't going to go out of your way to tell the American people that we are over in Vietnam killing innocent people. ... While most Americans were lead to believe that they were being shown the true horrors of war, what they were really seeing was a very watered down version of the real story. Neither the media nor the government really wanted the true horrors of war to be shown...

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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien showed how the soldiers looked to each other for comfort in the traumatic situations they had to face in the war and used humor as a way to cope. ... In the beginning of this short story, Timhead shoots and kills a 12 year old boy during a firefight. ... I'll tell everyone I did it"(34). ... The Things They Carried showed how the soldiers looked to each other for comfort in the traumatic situations they had to face in the war and used humor as a way to cope. ... Killens, Joe faces trauma when he has to leave his family behind and uses humor...

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During a break at work, Elton tells Bobby about the joys of a family and reveals that Rayette might be pregnant. Angered by the news and theidea of being tied down, Bobby swears off his friendship with Elton and tells his boss he is quitting his job. ... Palm goes on about how filthy everything and everybody is. ... When Bobby tries to order toast, the waitress tells him that he cannot have toast with his order because they don't allow substitutions. ... When he still cannot get his toast, he violently clears the table in frustration and tells the woman that she cannot hold the chicken sa...

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One thing that the media can do is show certain sides of a story without showing the other. ... The Vietnam War was also another event that shaped the way Americans viewed war and how they viewed the rest of the world. ... Seriously, this was a horrible thing to tell people because it was not true. ... From the Vietnam War being the first televised war, to the United States spy plane being *censored* down over China, the media is a big influence on how we view the world. The media with its powers also can sway the audience that is watching it very easily because can show just one side of t...

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Is War Necessary? ... This movie tells the story of a reluctant hero, Benjamin Martin, who enters the war after his family, becomes endangered by the British. ... It was the British who instigated and prolonged the war. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... Based on an inspiring true story, The Lost Battalion recreates the life and death action of the first Great War, however seems to focus on death and negativity. ...

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I believe that there is no true version of reality but several versions of reality. ... They both think they're correct, for who is to tell them no? ... There was not one clear story for why we went to war, everyone did know what started the flame was the destruction of the twin towers. ... It all just depends on what you believe is true. The history taught to us in school cannot be trusted because it does not explain both sides to the story on how the United States got to be where it is today. ...

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Contemporary Navajo singer Andrew Natonabah, for example speaks of how "the stories, the songs, and the prayers come together to form a literature," (Ruoff 2). ... These stories told Natives how to live their daily life and how to treat others. The parents play a major part in Native American writing, showed in the poem "A story of How a Wall Stand", written by Simon Ortiz... " He tells me those things ," (Niatum 140). ... One example is the narrative of Black Elk called Wasichus in the Hills; it tells the story of a Sioux holly man (Riley 97-106). ...

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In the novel Ceremony, Silko displayed how the identities of Native Americans who participated in World War II, fighting for the U.S., shifted from the time they were enlisted to their homecoming and how the assimilation and integration of Native Americans and whites had also influenced their changes in identity. In this passage, protagonist Tayo tells about how Native Americans were identified by the outside world while they were enlisted and in active duty, "White women never looked at me until I put on that uniform, and then by God I was a U.S. ... After the war, in Ceremony, Silko in...

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It was the first war televised, making people more aware of what was happening overseas. ... Never in history has so much power been used so ineffectively as in the war in Vietnam. ... With the Cold War, the United States had promised to keep communism from spreading. ... The bigger issue was the Cold War. The Vietnam conflict only became a larger issue when a civil war broke out in Laos, We needed to find out how serious this problem was so we sent vice president Johnson to Vietnam to assess the issue. ...

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Aside from man fighting for freedom or beliefs, the question is whether one person can make a difference using words instead of wars. ... Though the stories are both similar, they have their differences in how they changed the world. ... It was mentioned whether a person could make a difference by using words other than war. It was proved that this statement it true from all the information that has been covered. I said that both stories had similarities and differences in some of the categories I listed. ...

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The book itself examines over 10 American history books and reveals every flaw, fabrication, and "sugar coated " story in each book. ... With all the other types of knowledge there is, why do most American educational programs urge students to study history when more than half of it is not even true? ... Loewen also writes about how history books don't talk about how our founding fathers Thomas Jefferson and George Washington were slave owners themselves. ... We are aware about the wars but are never given the reasons as to why we are in the war in the first place. ... Loewen also talks...

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When Gordon first arrived at Pine View was when his story really began. ... After he finished his performance in front of the villagers, they all started to tell him stories about how their old mailmen used to be. When Gordon tells them that he just found the postman's things, they all decide, unknowingly to Gordon, that he became a postman. ... When Gordon finally decided to give in to his conscience, that was when Gordon finally became a true hero. ... If I were a survivor of the war, I know that I would want someone to provide hope for me and the rest of the people. ...

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So many things happen throughout the Holocaust that many believe that it's not true or just don't even know what had happened. ... It took Art many visits with his father to get the complete story. ... Art Spiegelman not only tells the story of his father's life, but he draws you in and brings you into the story, as if you could feel the exact same pains and sorrows as those unfortunate souls did in the Holocaust. ... Stories heard through the grapevine, traveled back to parts of Europe, telling the horror stories of those who died in the death camps. ... Ironic how it se...

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He does this by relating the story told to him by his senior uncle of the history of Tahuantinsuyu (as the Incan empire was called). ... They ˜mourned the death of their kings, their government in peace and war and the laws they ordained so greatly to the advantage of their vassals.' ... Once successful in war, the Inca would send people to help in the reconstruction of their homes and improvement in the form of roads, highways, aqueducts, irrigation systems, canals and terraces. ... It is true that Quechua speaking people practiced sodomy, cannibalism and human sacrifice but it wo...

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Some questions we must ask then are: "How do reporters go about reporting the details of the war responsibly?... In regards to the information which the government provides (such as reasons for going to war, Sadam's military capabilities, and developments during the war), the issues of "How do reporters determine if this information is credible?... Deciding on what to report and how to report it poses an ethical dilemma for journalists covering the war. ... "Back in 1962, Lyndon Johnson went on TV to tell the nation that North Vietnamese gunboats had launched unprovoked attacks on two l...

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Richards relates the story of how, when she was young, she always said she wanted to talk to God. ... 38 This clearly illustrates how instinctive and deeply entrenched was this desire for the supernatural. ... Hale arrives, it is quickly determined that "Tituba knows how to speak to the dead,"40 and that more went on than simply dancing. ... Hale, who forces confessions out of her as if he wants them to be true. ... She is also another unnatural link to this story. ...

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This was true for the three minority groups in the late 1800's-women, Native Americans, and emancipated slaves. ... "How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? ... Native Americans in the 1800's wanted peace and preservation, but instead they got war. ... In the short story, "A Pair of Silk Stockings", "Little" Mrs. Sommers does everything for her family, yet one day when she finds fifteen dollars, she tells no one and spends it on herself. ...

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This statement proves how the U.S. uses the war as a justification for wide spread destruction and repression. ... Kerry says that he feels ashamed to have fought in the Vietnam War because of how negatively received war veterans are by the people of our country. He talks about how they were testified to war crimes committed in Southeast Asia and were honorably discharged. He tells how these crimes were committed on a day to day basis and officers at all levels of command new that this was going on. Horrible stories were told about how they had personally raped, cut off ears, heads, limbs, b...

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With the narrative style of a novel rather than a historical record, Demos tells the story of Eunice Williams, a captured daughter of honored minister John Williams, to turn the worlds of master and captive upside down. ... Demos raises the Native Americans from the heathen status by giving them human qualities, not just focusing on the violence of war-party raids. ... Both believed they knew the only true way to salvation and both undermined each other at every turn. ... He gains a great celebrity among New Englanders after the publishing of his narrative and cannot understand how to react...

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Memories of the Alhambra The novel, Memories of the Alhambra, by Nash Candelaria tells the story of a man's search for the roots of his heritage. The novel takes place some time shortly after World War II. ... telligence being the true power, his school career blossomed. ... Another example from the book of how discrimination against a minority living in a majority culture is how Theresa was fired form her domestic housework for the wealthy Anglos. ... This symbolizes how different the hierarchy status between Anglos and Mexican is. ...

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Giovanni's Room was a partially autobiographical story of his homosexuality. ... In 1961, Baldwin received true recognition for his literary skills. ... Charlie was based on the true story of a racial murder occurrence in Mississippi in 1955. ... First, in 1968, he published Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone as a bitter account of American racism. ... This is not true. ...

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She then asks how you are doing. ... My grandmother then asks me well, how, I can help. I said well tell me about grandma Easter which is her mother who is deceased. ... But according my mother and grandmother's information and reading the history on how the Willis family arrived in American it could all match up and be true. ... He plays a big role in the latter part of my life story. ...

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Given this groundwork, it is apparent that memory can have a paramount and considerable effect on how events, stories, information and more importantly, history is written and passed on from generation to generation. The main issue that arises is how this memory is preserved and exchanged over time as bits and pieces may be lost, misinterpreted, hidden or even altered along the way. The story of the internment of Japanese-Americans in the United States during World War II is an example of a memory and piece of history that has been effectively preserved and subsequently, transferred from gen...

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The United States had moved from World War II and was beginning to rebuild a sense of "Americana." ... Being a product of the 80's, I cannot tell you what life was like during these times. ... This, in fact is how my sister looks at her car. ... Now, is that necessarily true? ... So, as long as this stays true, music and our lifestyles will always have a common bond. ...

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Thesis The University of Notre Dame establishes its strong roots within American history through its significant influences on America and how it has developed a mystique. ... The University of Notre Dame establishes its strong roots within American history through its significant influences on America and how it has developed a mystique. ... He tells them in order to attain the land; Rev. ... You have to believe that the merest rocks of the place tell a story. ... Robert Griffin expresses the true beauty of the University, he describes the mystique and how Notre Dame in unique. ...

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