At that time Americans had enormous pride and confidence in going to war. ... At the beginning of the Vietnam War, the atmosphere was like Kipling's colonial wars. ... Lieutenant Bradley called Vietnam the "splendid little war." ... The men in the military along with Caputo were drawn to war (71). ... At the end of May, Caputo was ordered to report back to Regimental Headquarters Company as an administrative officer. ...

• Word Count: 2231
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Former slaves after the Civil War were in the same situation, only in a different line of work. ... Other former slaves were less fortunate, and were not awarded land after the Civil War. ... Treatment of the Slovakian immigrants in Out of This Furnace was similar to the treatment of blacks post Civil War, but to a lesser extreme. ... Mike did not let the company tell him who to vote for, but also did not tell the company for fear of being fired. Dobie, on the other hand, voted for whom he pleased, was openly a member of the non-company union, and risked his job in order to testify in front of...

• Word Count: 1427
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

" "Fly Away Peter" charts Jim's loss of innocence as he confronts the brutality of war and the truth about human nature." ... He learns all of this, and more, when he leaves his comfort zone and witnesses first hand the atrocities of war. ... The hellish conditions of war evidently bring out the worst in human nature, even in a mild, reflective person like Jim. ... In the midst of the fighting, "a month after they came over, a Saturday in February," Jim is "first touched" by the war. During "a long afternoon unloading ammunition-boxes," the men in "D company" learn the cruel lesso...

• Word Count: 1373
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

It was not gas, not bullets, not even war itself, but racism that took millions of lives. ... But that was not the case in the aftermath of world war one. ... It forced the dismissal of individuals who belong to these races from position of public employment, included all positions in radio broadcasting, educational institutions, orchestras, theater companies, and museums. ... Of cause, the persecution of the Jews and Gypsies was not the first time that a race as a whole became the victim of war, and surely it will not be the last one, because racism still exists today. ...

• Word Count: 1319
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was struck on the head by a soldier, and his company thought he was shot in the head. ... I went to war." ... I feel that he acted more courageous by going to the war, even when he was afraid to, and wished to get away from it. I feel it was more courageous of him to fight in the war, because he did not believe in it. I know that many people would say that he should have stood up for what he believed in, and not gone to war, but I do not agree. ...

• Word Count: 1458
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Theodore Sr. was a partner in the firm Roosevelt and Son, an old importing company. ... were shaken by the onset of civil war. War between the North and South erupted was declared on April 12, 1861. The Civil War, or War of Northern Aggression, (depending on what side of the Mason-Dixon line you were raised), brought discourse in the Roosevelt home. ...

• Word Count: 2441
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School