The Soldier and the Stone" War. ... The majority of the story centers on all the things carried by soldiers during everyday combat; the stone itself isn't emphasized as much. ... A shore is a place were land and sea meet, and where soldiers leave their homes and loved ones behind (separated). ... I perceive the high tide to represent the highest burden of a soldier: burdens that finally bring composure. ... Near the end of the story, we read, "(Jimmy) would dispose of his good-luck pebble. ...

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Also once when soldiers were on the stage background was again blue but the front lights of the stage colored soldiers in red, showing us that they are good and that the people in their background who were leading them are actually bad. This way lightening effects of blue and red showed me that soldiers were good guys and mostly innocent for things that happened, and that the blamed or a bad was a US government. ... Sounds that were following soldiers were scary, and always when hearing those kinds of sounds I was expecting soldiers to come on stage and background to change in blue. ... Amer...

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The effect of the war on the soldier is very obvious when the new soldier come after all of the deaths. ... I think this book was a very good idea. ... I thought that when a soldier died his fellow soldiers grieved for him but in this story that is not really the case. This book educates the public and also is a good plot line so it is easy to read. ... Other than that I thought this book was very good. ...

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Bresson once said that taking good pictures is pure luck although intuitively he knows how its sits. He also said that you only have to look top get good photographs but no one does. ... Although the bullet caps in the image suggest of a confrontation with the enemy resulting to have shots fired at both sides unfortunately the soldier pictured resulted to the soldier's death. ... The use of indoor light highlighted on the soldier created the isolation, emphasizing on the soldier. ... The clothing of the soldier killed on the hillside indicates a working class background. ...

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The soldiers often fought for long periods of time and that would tire them out completely "To hide all day, and then work all night Till there is no sense to time". ... The message that the author was sending was that war was a good thing. It was telling the soldiers that if they came to fight in the war their loved ones would be proud knowing that they are half way across the world battling. ... The poets may have been in the war prior to writing these poems therefore knew what kind of conditions were out there for the soldiers. With so many soldiers dying I"m sure no poet would think of war...

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barked by most level-headed, right-thinking soldiers. ... Meanwhile, we checked ourselves and the soldiers next to us. ... Mark Cook, a signal soldier from Fort Bragg. ... Everything that we learned worked; like the instructor said, "just keep your knees and feet together and you'll be good to go." "I can't really describe what it was like, but it was really good. ...

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The soldier in the story is the first example of existentialism. ... What he does know is that there is something missing, something in his life to feel good about. The absence of this good feeling is why he joined the service. ... He sees it in the soldier as well as the old man. He realizes the soldier will still feel the same or even worse after it is over. ...

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Henry and his friends, Jim Conklin(the tall soldier) and Wilson(the loud soldier), join the regiment in a long march to the front. ... Jim's response is that the troop is new, but that they would all put up a good fight. ... Henry wanders around and finds a column of wounded soldiers. ... He wonders around and another soldier helps him find his regiment. ... He is regarded as a brave soldier and is revered by his comrades. ...

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A French soldier jumped in, and Paul stabbed him instinctively. ... But it was too late; the French soldier was dying. In order to lighten the guilt, Paul told the French soldier he would tell his family what was happened on him. ... This indicated that the victims of the war are not the countries, not the leaders of the war, but the soldiers and only the soldiers in the war. ... He felt sorry for every soldier in the war, he knew the reason why they became enemies was because their different nationalities, he had very good relationships with his friends, when his friends wounded, he console...

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The vision of the dying solider was especially hard to forget he suddenly remember the soldier's mother and he also remembered her address. He decided to pay her a visit to see if the soldier's story was true. ... After emphasizing to Simon that her son was a "good boy." ... He also remained silent when he met the soldier's mother because he did not want to break her vision of her son being a good boy. ...

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Sam is an American soldier in the Revolutionary War. ... He used to have the job Tim has, but he was stopped every 5 minutes because British soldiers thought he was up to something or hiding something. ... A good friend of his is a girl named Betsy Read. ... Tim's ambivalence between his father's loyalty to the English crown and his brother's soldier patriotism is reflected in the shifting loyalties of his home town. ... If you like a good action packed, thrilling, exciting book then I suggest you read My Brother Sam is Dead....

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It has good guys versus bad guys, where most disputes are resolved by using physical force. ... Spielberg has masterfully recreated the bondage between the soldiers in the squad. ... Good fight scenes and big explosions are imperative. ... In the movie, a soldier is picking up his severed arm, wondering off in shock. Another soldier, a young boy, is lying on the ground with his belly wide open, holding his silver cross. ...

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The author gave a good example of a dream like situation when the rope on Payten Farquhar was hanging from broke, also the noose on his neck loosened up. the reason why this seems dream like is because almost all the soldiers are careful and will check the rope for any flaws. ... Another example of how the story expressed a dream like event was when Payten Farquhar saw a company of men in silhouette cut outs, and the soldiers eye shining gray shot at Payten Farquhar and missed. Now this is a good dream like situtation that the author wrote because you cannot see people in silhouette and only s...

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Arrow shows she is 'different' from the other soldiers when she describes, "I'm not going to kill an unarmed civilian" (224). ... When Arrow rebels, she can be killed, which shows how true she is to her beliefs and how she is distinctive in this war from other soldiers. ... This is shown when she talks about the crimes the people on the hills have done which gives her tons of hate "Pulls the trigger because the soldiers have robbed her and almost everyone else in the city of this gift" (12), this links to the themes of survival/ hope and hate. ... The peopl...

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A True Vet It isn't hard to explain why Odysseus is such a good character. ... Homer knew what it felt like to go through war because his description of Odysseus is very good. According to Edwin Burgess article Odysseus in Vietnam "Odysseus shows many post war stress symptoms, just as a real soldier would." ... (Homer 495) This example of Odysseus outburst of emotions and criminal act is how I can imagine some of the soldiers coming home felt like doing. ... Odysseus like every single soldier in Vietnam wanted nothing more then to be home. ...

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Even though Macbeth was a strong soldier, it wasn't enough to stand up to Lady Macbeth's forceful rhetoric. ... Even after Macbeth murders the king, Lady Macbeth has to go back to the scene of the crime as if the murder was not good enough for her. ... The honor of being a noble soldier wasn't good enough for Macbeth but the pressure to kill Duncan and be crowned Thane of Cordor caused a sense isolation and dissatisfaction which ultimately brought upon the downfall of both Macbeth himself and his wife. ...

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This prejudice could have ended in a terrible mistake and could have taken this mans life or at least a good portion of it Even Babe had prejudice in it. ... Time after time they have to get under their table and hide in the basement until the soldiers leave. ... The soldiers didn't care. ... Only sometimes can it be overcome with good. ...

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The Macbeths' relationship mirrors their political power in many ways, and with any good marriage or kingship, you need to have trust. ... This mirrors his political power as Macbeth was a brave soldier for whom his counterparts would die, but once again the witches changed that, as he killed Duncan to make the prophecies come true. Macbeth became King but trust was lost, and his fellow soldiers became suspicious of him, even his fellow commander Banquo feared, "Thou play'dst most foully for't" (III,i,3). ... Macbeth began as a brave and respected soldier who could bar...

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Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart. Even as the Nazi soldiers took us away I thought to myself wondering, why. ... I get cross, then sad, and finally end up turning my heart inside out, the bad part on the outside and the good part on the inside, and keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if . . . if only there were no other people in the world. ...

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The image created by Cranes words is powerful, it shows the reader that war is like a blood thirsty animal, blotted and overflowing with blood, waiting for any and every soldier to be delivered to its grips by Death. ... The trouble that Henry sees is almost immediately displayed to the reader when Henry attempts to stop a fleeing soldier and receives his Red Badge of Courage. ... The reader is shown how Henry crumbles from the blow of the fleeing soldier's rifle. ... The youth has indeed been transformed from the dreamer who found good in all to one who knows death is never far behind. C...

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To Bomb After reading the different excerpts in our packet I believe I can safely make the argument that dropping the atomic bomb was a good decision. The dropping of the bomb has many underlying factors that support that it was a good decision and many that support that it was a bad decision. The first factor that led me to believe that it was a good decision was that Americans believed that the Japanese would never have surrendered. ... Also the Japanese were cruel towards the American soldiers of war and it was time to teach them a lesson. ... The dropping of the bomb has many unde...

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One ant named Z trades places with a soldier ant to see princess Bala at the parade. ... Z showed great leadership by cooperating with the antz and coming up with a good plan to lead them to the top. ...

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Little Hope How did we loose the good that was given to us? ... When one of his men are scared for their lives, Whit assure them that they are going a good thing, defending their country. ... The boys were so frighten by the beast on the mountain, so Simon thought that it would be a good idea to face it head on. ... When both of the good men died it worsened and became harder then it became better. The army soldier came to save the boys from the island and relived them from living on their own and the war was over. ...

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The opening scene where it shows soldiers fighting on the front lines was done very well. During one point in the opening scene they had the strobe lights flickering on and off while the soldiers were fighting to give a slow motion effect. ... They did a very good job with their facial expressions, body movements, and language because I believe that's one of the hardest roles to play in Macbeth. ...

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They could have showed the soldiers as men from the military coming back from war. This would have also been very good because the women were dressed in the long skirts and long sleeved sweaters of the 50s and would've blended fine. ... But three outstanding performances go to in order of the good, better, and best. ... And suave is what makes a good villain, a trait in which the hero does not possess. ... I was really happy about this play and I think that our productions are really underrated because with that good of a performance we should have jam packed shows every night. ...

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