Trendy The concept of war is frightening and fascinating at the same time. It allows an individual to find where they fit in and how everyone else relates as well. The need to go out to war reaches us via propaganda. A solution should be found, but violence is difficult to substitute. Identity ...

War In both Saving Private Ryan and The Thin Red Line, a recurring theme appeared to be the impact of war on the common soldier. Through a variety of different scenarios, the viewer is exposed to the daily hardships that one must endure while in battle. The soldiers are continuously walking a ...

It is my intent to analyze Disabled by Wilfred Owen, the majority of which focused on a soldier's present condition rather than the past; the part that did focus on the past were more pessimistic that this portion. The poem seemed realistic and personal as it portrayed an image of one man'...

In the autobiography, A Rumor of War, Philip Caputo talks about his experience in the Vietnam War. From the starting of the book he tells us why he joined the marines till the day he was relived from duty. A Rumor of War is a story of the war and how it changes men. When Caputo entered the war wi...

Courage In War Courage in war is a very difficult phrase to attach a simple definition to. As far as I am concerned, it describes an emotion or feeling of fear and bravery in the mind, heart and soul of soldiers. Many opinions exist on what courage in war really is. In the following, I will att...

Americans visit the movies everyday in search of a couple hours filled with mind blowing entertainment. Is it the digitally re-mastered sound, the out-of-this-world special effects, or tear jerker dramas? New movies are released every week, but what movies are the top grossing movies of all ti...

Virtual War by Gloria Skurzynski, who lives in Salt Lake City, was copyright February 1999. It is a book of the science fiction genre. It is based in the future around 2053. By now the earth's population is only around 2 million because of disease, chemical and nuclear war-fare have mad...

If a war veteran was asked about his standpoint on war, he would probably say that war is hell. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front , Eric Remarque paints the reader an amazingly realistic image of the suffering of war. War is Hell for Paul because all of his friends die, he is...

WAR PHOTOGRAPHER By Carol Ann Duffy The poem is called war photographer by carol Ann Duffy. The poem is about a photographer developing his photos in a darkroom after returning from a war zone. Carol Duffy's purpose to this poem is to make us think about the things that we think aren&apo...

The Impact of War in All Quiet on the Western Front.The major theme of the novel dwells on the waste and emptiness of war. Thousands of lives are lost just because a few men in authority want more land and more power. Ordinary people, with valuable aspirations and dreams, are being pulled into the b...

A Game of WarIn most wars, once a person is shot they are hurt, or even killed. These days people are experiencing war without getting hurt or killed. They do this by participating in the game of paintball. Anyone one young or old can wear armor, carry a gun, and fight a make believe war. The object...

War and Change Billy Bishop goes to war is an excellent play about the way war changes a person. In this play there are many ways in which Billy Bishop changes over the 1st World War. Some notable one's are the way he became more focused on domination and getting to fight and to be number o...

Guns, bombs, camouflage, soldiers, tanks, blood, guts, glory. These are just a few of the many things related to war. War is such a small word, but can mean such big things. When I think of war I think of someone from a family setting off to a foreign country leaving all loved ones at home to fight ...

War Torn Dad There he stood, tall and handsome among the war torn airfield. How proud he was to be an American. His face was worn and tired, as if he had aged over ten years. His jagged uniform had been neatly washed and pressed, although it had been tattered and torn by the many hazards of war. ...

War And Ones Self In Louise Erdrich's short story, "The Red Convertible", she demonstrates how going to war has an effect on ones self. The main character, Lyman, has a younger brother named Henry who went off to war. When Henry came home after serving in the war, he was a changed...

The very well-known Rosie the Riveter or "We Can Do It" poster was designed by J. Howard Miller during World War II. He was working for Westinghouse and his job was to produce posters for the War Production Co-Ordinance Committee. After many of the men left to serve in the war, the government funded...

With over 60,000 Canadians who died fighting in the war, the price of the war was devastating to our country. What started in the war resulted in us getting independence and sovereignty in Canada. With many strained relations during the war, was the outcome worth it? Things such as racism and discri...

Throughout history, songs and music have been especially popular in time of war and crisis. One reason for this is because it can help people to be in high spirits for a short period of time, even though there is death and illness all around them. During World War Two, the song "Lili Marlene" became...

The post war era following the Second World War in American history was a time of great growth and development of American ideas, society and culture. Suburban life has been created and flourishing. American developers returning home from the war held the mentality that we conquered the threat of ...

Throughout history, songs and music have been especially popular in time of war and crisis. One reason for this is because it can help people to be in high spirits for a short period of time, even though there is death and illness all around them. During World War Two, the song "Lili Marlene" became...

How I Interpret A True War StoryThe theme to Tim O'Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story" is that no war story holds absolute truth though told to be true, for there is no point to the Vietnam War and thus no point to a story of the Vietnam War. You cannot help but come to this conclusion through th...

ABDUCTED BY VIETNAM It has been estimated that over 2 million people died in the Vietnam War, and an additional 3.6 million were wounded. These staggering numbers give some example of the terrible bloodshed each individual soldier either witnessed or participated in on a daily basis. The Things ...

Taking Sides: Slavery as a Cause of the Civil War The cause of the Civil War has long been debated. Many historians believe the cause to be psychological, economic, political or social. As they argue over these elements, many arguments rise from one sole issue. This core issue is slavery. Slave...

Should the government silence dissent when it is at war? That is the question I am to write upon. No, I don't think that the government should silence dissent at any time. I think it is most important not to silence dissent especially in the time our country is at war. I think wars should...

Dehumanization is, as defined by the American Heritage College Dictionary, the deprivation of human qualities such as compassion. In the film Apocalypse Now, dehumanization is shown to the fullest extent in many such cases. Whether it was the killing of an innocent civilian, the bombing of a peace...