Shawna Hulen Professor McLeod English 104 Term2003C 6 July 2003 Analysis and Evaluation of "Soldiers Home" Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" presents the inner conflicts of morals and views of life one man faces after enlisting in the Marines and going to war: Krebs went to war from a Methodist college in Kansas. ... "I"ll try to be a good boy for you"(583). ... The author suggests that Krebs lead the interesting life of a soldier on deployment. ... Hemmingway's tone in "Soldier's Home" is melancholy and depressing. ... Any veteran can argue that war changes...

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Children take the place of adult soldiers killed in war. ... They become child soldiers when they are separated from their families. ... After war, the general health of the children declines, since they do not have good nutrition, clean water and access to healthcare. ... Learning enables the children to use knowledge for positive good and helps them to transform from the violent children they were taught to be during the wars (Every surviving war child has two stories: one from the war and one from its aftermath). ... As a whole, the effects of war on child soldiers are longstanding. ...

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Soldiers that fight for our country sadly are not noticed by some of the people who live outside of the war. ... " Many people might think that soldiers who come back are rich, but it does not work that way. ... As time goes on, soldiers begin to live their live by losing interest and hope in the world. ... Being financially abused and having disorders are standards on why an old soldier suffers. ... Soldiers need to be taught how to make good financial decisions if they get a job so they will not fall back into the homeless category. ...

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"Steel My Soldiers" Hearts" Col. ... Soldiers had difficulty telling the "good guys from the bad guys" (p. 16). ... The soldiers also distrusted the ARVN soldiers, not sure who was truly a soldier and who may be a Viet Cong. ... The battle resulted with forty enemy dead and fifty American soldiers were wounded or killed (p. 170). ... The book would make a good learning tool for someone going into military leadership. ...

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Memories can be good and bad, sad and happy. ... The code of a soldier in training was silence because silence is what kept a soldier safe. ... A soldier always watched the back door, waiting for this moment. ... On command, every soldier dropped their gear simultaneously into a separate formation. ... We were soldiers now, given the right to return home from what we volunteered to do. ...

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"Soldier's Home" is a prime example of this art of echo and indirection. ... An incestuous relationship between brother and sister is suggested in Hemingway's later, posthumously published work "The Last Good Country" and its related manuscripts. But here, in "Soldier's Home," there is no hint of incest. The brother-sister relationship remains a simple form of love in "Soldier's Home. ... Ernest Hemingway has abundantly used symbolism and ironies throughout "Soldier's home". ...

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Some times Stuart screened the movements of the infantry from the Union soldiers. ... Jeb Stuart was also a good leader of men; a quality each successful and admired general has. ... His string of victories boosted the morale of his soldiers greatly. ... General Lee shared such a bond with the soldiers that none of the others did. He would occasionally converse with common soldiers and remarkably would admit his defeats gracefully. ...

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Ernest Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" is a story of a soldier who returns from World War I as a transformed person. ... Vaguely nauseated, he plays the role of a child again, calling her mummy and trying to be a good boy for her (125). ... It would lead to complications, whether good or bad, and taking the risk just wasn't worth anything. As Imamura comments," Krebs does not want to be disturbed; it is good enough for him simply to look at the girls on the street. ... All the other former soldiers have already found a fitting and suitable place for themselves in the...

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AAlexander was as much a soldier as a commander, seeking for himself the rich trophy of killing the king.A Page 42. ... A This victory, however, the King owed more to his own heroism than to good luck: it was his courage not the location as before, that won the day.@ Page 90. ... People believe that Alexander is a good excellent leader but good leaders don=t kill people when they disagree with him, for example his best friend didn=t say that he was a good king. ...

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I felt the American's were portrayed as both good and evil. ... Although, we as the audience did not get a good sense of how the Vietnamese Soldiers communicated, Stone, demonstrated how ingenious they really were and how they moved throughout the jungle of Cambodia. 5. ... The line between good and evil was blurred or non-existent in this film. ... It showed both the good and evil of the US soldiers, which gave a more realistic account of what took place. 9. Oliver Stone has demonstrated an account, which does show both the good and evil of the American Soldiers. ...

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The great Mahatma Gandhi once said, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.... This is a good example of nationalism because the Serbs want to express pride in their culture and return to the rule under their natives, and join fellow Serbians. ... Many soldiers wanted to express their nationalism in any way possible. ... Another negative impact on soldiers during the war was symptoms of PTSD. ... The Countries that fought in World War I thought they were fighting for their own good throughout the war. ...

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He is the main character or central figure in the story of "The Good Earth". ... O-lan was a good worker and so was kept as a kitchen slave. ... He eventually becomes a soldier and when last heard of becomes a high ranking revolutionary officer. ... This daughter reflects a good side of Wang. ... The uncle's family, with a bandit father and dissolute soldier son is another example of the uprooted, warlike events that disturb the peace of Wang and his family. ...

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Before that time, many soldiers and innocent citizens of Northern Ireland lost their lives. ... The Irish Republic Army killed a British soldier, creating a substantial amount of tension between the two countries (De Breadun). ... Sadly, it was not enough to end all disputes for good. ... The Good Friday Agreement was known as a birth for Ireland (De Breadun). ... The Good Friday Agreement brought the diplomacy needed to the country. ...

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If you have all of those things then it is safe to say that you have a good plan. ... At the NCO academy, I am a small group leader, which instructs soldiers to become NCOs. ... For example, if a soldier is a strong visual learner but has good listening skills, that soldier may want to use those secondary auditory skills to boost the visual modality for even better learning. ... One way we are trying to ensure that ethics and values play a key role in our planning process is screening our soldiers to ensure that we are getting quality soldiers whose values and ethics cannot be questioned. ...

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Catch-22 shows how the individual soldier loses his uniqueness. ... One time, a soldier steals a lifer raft supplies and trades them. At one time during the novel, the army actually provides prostitutes for the soldiers, this shows the corruption of what is "good and just-, like what they are supposed to be fighting for. ... Each soldier is unique. ... He shows us that war is pretty much pointless, and nothing good ever comes out of it. ...

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At one point mid-film, he even argues that there aren't any good Black quarterbacks. ... Russell also does a good directorial job of showing that even though Ice Cube's character is "part of the team-, he is still distanced from the other White soldiers. ... Yes, racial slurs and innuendoes are made in the movie, but a closer look parallels the soldiers to mass society, and the Iraqi soldiers to mass media. ... After the skirmish is over, the soldiers agree to escort the Arabs to safety. ... We have seen biased soldiers become culturally literate. ...

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Slowly, American soldiers along with South Korean soldiers were forced backwards, further and further into South Korea. ... These crimes shocked UN soldiers, realizing that the N. ... Sightings of Chinese soldiers became more and more frequent, and Chinese POWs were taken. ... Conditions were harsh with windchill down to -40 degrees, and their lack of good clothes caused morale to sink lower and lower. ... Inspired by his victory, Mao decides to take offensive and push all western forces out of Korea for good. ...

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In the scenes concerning the paper there is much discussion about what the journalists have to set their goals for, that is providing stories that make the Americans look good. ... So Kubrick does a good job of attempting to explain the decrease in basic moral values caused by war through situations like prostitution. Kubrick attempts to analyze soldier behaviour and psychology further by depicting realistic occurrences of savagery and cruelty towards enemy soldiers. ... One of the soldiers requests a picture of him and his friend to be put in the paper. ... He was widely known for strippi...

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Unfortunately for the families of over 64,000 soldiers, it wasn't. ... Westmoreland, a tall, rugged man from South Carolina, was know for his enthusiasm, and for always having good news from the front lines. ... The VC were ruthless soldiers, who, even though sometimes poorly trained, fought with as much drive and enthusiasm as the best trained soldiers in the world. ... These and other fighting techniques such as strapping explosives to kids and having them run up to soldiers, were a few of the toils U.S. soldiers had to deal with. ... In fact, more U.S. soldiers were killed from booby t...

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Remarque is accurately able to portray the many stresses soldiers go through because he was actually a soldier himself, and was wounded in World War 1. ... After the war the soldiers usually never recovered from the war. ... The story is told by Paul Baumer, a German soldier during World War I. ... Good leaders act in the best interest of their people and I believe that we are fortunate to have great leaders who keep all of our freedoms as their first priority. Without good leaders ...

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It's hard to keep a good poise of yourself when you have civilians harassing you verbally and using obscene gestures. ... Health conditions are another big factor while sending these soldiers out to Iraq. ... One of the major reasons why the soldiers tend to get sick is because of all the doses they receive at one time and that's one way they lose a war easily by having soldiers sick. ... One thing soldiers barely see in the field is a fresh meal. ... Sometimes there might a lack of water and that plays a major role for these soldiers. ...

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A good example of people expressing such feelings is the conflict with the Westboro Baptist church protest. ... The two weeds could easily be the sinful and thieves hidden in the middle of the church, and we think the wheat are the good people. ... It's also more than being a good person and claiming that we have a good heart. ... As a soldier in the United States Army I feel that churches have given soldiers the same welcome that they have received after returning from Vietnam. Soldiers have been through so much fighting for the freedoms of these people of the United States. ...

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Gandhi once commented, "I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary, the evil it does is permanent.... When looking closely at the events of World War I, it becomes clear that the soldiers support Gandhi's argument about violence. Prior to the war, soldiers and countries believed that entering the war was a good idea based on nationalism through propaganda and peer pressure, but both in the short and long term, the actual consequences include not only the loss of innocence of the soldiers but also the catalyst that propelled the nations into th...

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Remarque was a soldier during the first World War and actually had a stint on the front at one time. ... This is a very common misconception that Remarque attempts to rid the reader of very early when in the first chapter, Pauls good friend Kemmerich has his leg amputated from a bullet and then dies a painfully slow death with Paul at his side. ... The War has made the soldiers seem to not care when they see other soldiers limbs shot off, half-bodies lying around right next to them, an occurrence that would make any normal human cringe at the sight of it. ... Also, the gear that the soldier...

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Essay: Hadrian was a good Emperor- Discuss Hadrian ruled as emperor from 117 to 138, what is mostly recorded as glorious years, to debate whether "Hadrian was a good emperor" to Rome would mean to look at his achievements and how they could compare to those achieved by emperors before him. ... Hadrian was emperor for twenty-one years and when most of his decisions were successful, politically and socially, every "good" emperor makes mistakes. ... Already, Hadrian had the age maturity; education and good reputation that Rome needed to positively welcome a new emperor. ... It was built to...

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