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. ...
Henry met the tattered soldier in the camp for wounded soldiers. ... He left the tattered soldier and tried to blend in with the other wounded soldiers. After the tattered soldier and Henry had witnessed the tall soldier's death, they went walking on through the fields. ... Good-bye,- (Crane 48). ... He felt no remorse for leaving the tattered soldier to die. ...
The tells the story of Henry Fleming, (usually referred to as "the youth" in the book), a young union soldier, who is faced with the realities of war, a war in the mind of the young soldier who must choose whether to be a brave fighting soldier or whether to just run away from the fighting in order to save his life. Through the experiences that Henry witnesses and also through the experiences of his fellow soldiers, Henry learns when faced with life and death situations that he too can become a man of courage and strength like many other soldiers. ... The book would be good because it rela...
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...
The soldiers are described as having "dark uniforms [ ] coated with dust", the beauty of a little meadow is scarred by "the grey form of a house half torn to pieces", and the cannons make "red streaks as rounds as a log" in the sky. ... It's about a man, Fred Collins, who's a soldier in a conflict between two unknown powers. ... The bucket soon is spilled by his fellow soldiers. ... You read all this and it makes you think that there are good things in war, heroic things in war. That war isn't all that terrible, and that this story could have a good ending. ...
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. ...
Most of people even think that's not a good idea. ... That's why it's not right and you should never even think about cloning human kind because god could do batter than that so why you want to step in good work. ... For example like Aldous Huxley describe here in the "Brave New World Scenario", that when any government that could clone would certainly get more fighting power out of high-tech weapons of destructions than even the most muscular and obedient soldier clones (Rottenberg224). So by looking at Huxley sentence you can see what is he mean by that and its true that w...
What makes Homer such a remarkable leader is his, 'ability to put himself into the minds of the soldiers, to think their thoughts and see through their eyes'. ... An example of this was the scene between her and the soldiers when she used her quick thinking to set fire to a lawnmower. 'The mower became an exploding bomb,' and ended up killing two soldiers and seriously injuring the other one. Ellie would have never done this in the past, but was forced to kill the soldiers in order for her and her friends to survive. ... She begins to think about her life before the war...
I do serve others, as the profile stated, being a soldier; you have to be a server at time as well as a leader at others. I am truly dedicated and loyal in all I do, from my job to my family, and when someone notices that I am doing a good job, and compliments me, it makes my day and makes me feel good about myself. ...
There are so many different ways to use science in both good and bad it is sometimes hard to tell the difference between them both. ... In the book a scientist named Frank Hoenikker is asked to develop a substance to make marsh land become hard, to allow soldiers to cross it easier. ... This is one good example of how science can be dangerous. ... I think Vonnegut uses science as a good example but I think that he is telling us how dumb we, as humans, can be sometimes. ... The book was pretty good; overall it was pretty exciting and kept you wondering what was going to happen next. ...
Theirs things going on in the world that are a lot worse than a murder in Edmonton, and if you think that person is sick for killing one other human being, George Bush has probably killed hundreds, maybe even thousands, and I"m not talking about the Iraqi soldiers, I"m talking about the innocent women and children who were merely in the wrong place at the wrong time, because Bush thought that maybe there might be a chance that sadam was going to use biological weapons on the United States. ... The worst part of the entire war situation must have been the reaction from the American people to AN...
I read a story about the legendary Greek soldier Alexander. During his campaign in India his soldiers caught ten monks for agitating the people against him. ... The great scientists, writers, soldiers, and philosophers who died many years ago are still remembered by the people of their time and who came after them as well. ... The greatness of life is that as a human being we all possess a common thing and that is mind which leads to thinking and acquiring knowledge and this knowledge creates desire that leads us some of us to do good things and bad things as well. ...
For example, in war, soldiers are caught up in constant chaos and upheaval that they do not have time to process the things they have done. ... A good leader creates an environment that is mutually beneficial for the worker and the company or team....
The next point is forming in his mind that you have to be a soldier so you will not have to feel the hurt of death. ... It was not good at all looking over your shoulders every day, watching the door to hear if someone would come knocking to take a vehicle away. ... Also keeping yourself in good health to avoid high blood pressure is another strategy to living a peaceful life. ...
Paul Herrick is a philosophy instructor at Shoreline Community College which takes a stand that critical thinking has to involve self-examination with a clear truth and honest self-examination because without it our critical thinking gets diluted with believing in something that we hope is true or want it to be true or on what feels good or on what pumps up the ego and validates their self-image. ... ", "What is the highest good?... They are basically robots or soldiers following orders without question. ...
This is remarkable for the son of a soldier to make such a choice - even renouncing his inheritance - and pursue only intellectual advancement. ... With standing all adversity Abelard proves himself definitely a true individual Through good times and bad, that is maybe his only constant. ...
A good example is "The Chimney Sweeper" and how it shows the terrible use of children for labor at that time in that particular culture. ... Alfred Lord Tennyson's work talked of a war and the British soldiers that lost their lives fighting. ...
A good amount of people thought it was symbolic of the mind jumping from thought to thought. ... A handful of the girls in the class were disturbed by how Sandburg failed to recognize women in his plea for not just soldiers but the "real huskies- of the world to be memorialized. ...
