Many heroes rose to the top during the era of World War II, two such heroes waged an epic battle both directly and indirectly against each other during this time frame. These two soldiers were considered by many to be the best of the best for each side of the struggle; one the son of an ordinary Pro...

The two stories, "Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway and "How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O'Brien, have two different writing styles that impact the reader in different ways. The main focus of this essay is to compare and contrast the writing styles of the two ...

Is the age of Beowulf a distant mirror image of our own age, or is the society of Beowulf simply a sample of pure fiction? Numerous aspects of Beowulf's society could be symbolically observed and compared to those aspects of the our own society. A few of these comparing aspects within Beowulf and ...

I am sure that everyone can agree that war is a terrible thing. Even so, wars are very complex and interesting. There are many facets that one can explore about wars. For instance, one is the similarities and differences of the causes of World War I and World War II.. Another interesting thing t...

Purpose The purpose of this discussion is to compare and contrast the values and assumptions of both Charles Murray and Lawrence Mead vis-a-vis Michael Harrington and William J. Wilson, specifically addressing poverty programs and the reasons for their failure during the 1960's and 1970's. Similarly...

Layton's poem "Rhine Boat Trip" illustrates the time of horror during which the Holocaust was taking place. Any of what is told in the poem can be seen from the Rhine because of the borders it keeps. The Rhine is a river that flows from the North Sea to Switzerland, but a vast major...

In Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut incorporated many places and time frames. Earth and Tralfamadore are the two main places and also contain many differences. Earth symbolizes reality in many senses, while Tralfamadore symbolizes fantasy. Unlike Earth, Tralfamadore is a utopian society, while ...

American Gothic Vs Fall PlowingAmerican Gothic and Fall Plowing were painted in the early 1930s by Grant Wood. Both paintings have many similarities and differences. American Gothic and Fall Plowing offer a discrete description of rural life with contrasting point of views. I beleive that American...

Introduction The film, Joy Luck Club, was produced in 1993 by editing the bestseller novel, Joy Luck Club. It presents the stories of four Chinese-immigrant women and their American-born daughters. Each of the four Chinese women has her own view of the world based on her experiences in China and wa...

The two poems 'Charge of the Light Brigade' by Lord Alfred Tennyson and 'Dulce et Decorum Est' by Wilfred Owen, both deal with the subject of war. The writers of these poems themselves had very different experiences with war. Alfred Tennyson had heard of the charge made by the light brigade and had ...

Imagine that you and family lives in Washington D.C. and out of nowhere you heard an air raid siren. Before you can even have time to think you see a flash coming out the sky, then ten milliseconds later the deafening roar of a sonic boom. After that all you feel is intense heat and see fire all a...

HOLOCAUST AND RWANDA GENOCIDThe Similarities and DifferencesBoth Jewish people and Rwandan Tutsi minority suffered heart-breaking losses in their population and culture during the twentieth century. But these genocides came as a result of events that occurred earlier in history. As I compare these ...

Chris Offutt's Broken Style In his memoir No Heroes, Chris Offutt attempts to integrate the story of his return to his birthplace of Kentucky with the story of his in-law's time in Nazi concentration camps. At first glance this looks like a highly difficult task to follow through on, ...

The story this book review is about is a novel titled Lord of the Flies. The author, William Golding, is worthy of being put forth because it can be argued that his life and beliefs are his main motivation for writing the book. He was an intellectual man, and I state this because he studied at Oxfor...

When the human mind sees the world falling apart and the greatest of threats looming on the horizon, they begin searching for someone to place their trust in. They want someone who can give them answers, someone who can direct their fear and anger in to sometimes but not always irrational zeal. Thro...

Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Review James W. Loewen is an educator who went to college at Carleton University and furthered his education receiving his PhD in sociology at Harvard University. He began his teaching career at Tougaloo University in Mississippi, but would move on to the Universi...

While looking for two designs to examine for this final paper, I came upon the New York Worlds Fair Poster designed by Joseph Binder and a poster entitled Victory 1945 by Shigeo Fukuda. In looking at both of these designs and comparing and contrasting them, I wish to show just how significantly larg...

The Power of Ambiguity and Personification in "At the Bomb Testing Site"In his poem "At the Bomb Testing Site," William Stafford presents a contemptuous view of nuclear warfare as seen through the eyes of a lizard. Through the personification of the lizard and his environment, he conveys the fear of...

ISRAELI HISTORYThe country of Israel became a nation in 1312 B.C.E.. Since the Jewish conquest in 1272 B.C.E., the Jews have had dominion over the land for one thousand years with a continuous presence in the land for the past 3,300 years. The land of Jerusalem is of great importance to the Israel...

Women Take ChargeWorld War II was a time for many changes to take place in the United States and many other countries across the world. The changes varied from devastating to beneficial in some places, but a revival of spirit seemed to sweep across America. Women especially experienced this reviva...

hIROSHIMA PROThe dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945 was a verydevastating period in time. It changed many lives of civilians and families. All thoughmany people died and suffered because of the bomb, I believe that it was necessary. Inother word I am considered to be "PRO"...

The First World War was an event that brought to many people, pain, sorrow and bitterness. Accounts of the war shows that no other war challenged existing conventions, morals and ideals in the same way as did World War. Many people touched by the terrror of the war have written pieces of literature ...