The Sniper
Men were brutally being pushed on to the boats. The generals were
beating them, because they wouldn't move. They were to scared to fight
against the well armoured Germans. The raging voices of the Generals
was under-heard due to the screaming of the frightened soldiers. As
the boats set off the horrified soldiers looked back to see the former
corpses of there fellow comrades murdered buy their own generals! The
generals kept shooting in the air to try and stop the traitors from
swimming away. But it didn't stop them. The desperate men jumped off
the boats. As soon as this happened the generals were ordering there
sergeants to kill the traitors. No one blamed them they were only
going to die sooner or later from the German or Russian bullets. The
roaring of the machine guns was nothing compared to the screaming of
the drowning and screaming soldiers in the water. Seconds later they
were forgotten, as the German spit-fire planes flew above, they
released a deathful spray of bullets. The men in the boats crouched
fearfully for there lives, as the bullets pierced the cloth like cover
of the boat, the men could sense if they were going to die or not. The
punching bullets sent the men that had been shot, screaming in fear to
the ground in pain than they could ever imagine. The blood of the
dieing soldiers squirted out in deep red fountains and puddles,
dripping down from the bodies of the dead. The generals leaned out of
the boat firing at the planes. The men that were left alive just
stared at the bodies of the dead, as they knew that soon it would be
their time to experience what it would be like to be dead.
As the boats landed the generals were using the butts of their guns to
force the shaking men out of the boats. The men were split up in to
pairs one given a rifle and the other extra rounds. As they were sent
to die the generals were shouting
On the second day, the captain was feverishly searching at the crack of dawn for the whale that managed to evade them the previous day. Once they spotted him after firing rifles into the air, they hastily lowered boats into the water and headed after him again. They saw lines attached to him from previous days, and when Moby Dick wrecked one of their boats he dragged Parsee, one of the crew
All power all lights were lost forward. The fact that the [torpedo] hits were there, at least we think they were up forward, are borne out by the fact we have almost no Marines who were reported in that section of the ship. We have not a single steward's mate and their compartment was up there and we have very few officers that were in their rooms at the time of the explosion. So we believe all of those people were killed almost instantly.
One of the first rifles was the Kentucky Riflemen on May 12 1700. It was used by the
After the tragic events of 9/11 attacks in the United States, there has been over a hundred terrorism-themed films such as Black Hawk Down and American Sniper that portrays a generalization of Muslims with violence, uncivilized, and is described as crude villains (Aguayo, 2009). This has unfortunately affected the way the American public view the Muslims negatively, which in turn leads to discrimination, prejudice, and irrational fear of Muslims (Islamophobia). The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) stated that the American Sniper film has caused a significant rise in violent hate and racist threat targeting the Arab and Muslim-American communities due to the promulgation of anti-Muslim propaganda and bigotry (Khalek, 2015).
Some of the captain?s crew began to regret their situation and even the captain had some anxious thoughts. They realized that it could be a dead end. They were uncertain where to go and of their situation. Suddenly, they noticed something was passing by them at a distance of half a mile. ? We perceived a low carriage, fixed on a sledge and drawn by dogs, passing towards the north.?
American Sniper is an action movie based on one of the greatest snipers in history and what he experienced through his days as a Navy Seal. It was directed by Clint Eastwood, he also was one of the producers. The movie was released on December 25, 2014. American Sniper was written by Jason Hall. The protagonist of the movie is Chris Kyle who is played by Bradley Cooper. Chris Kyle lives in Texas and really would like to be a cowboy. But he changes his mind and decides to go to the SEALS to become a sniper. The movie takes place in Texas and in Iraq.
In the story “The Rifle” that took place in 1786 there was a gunsmith named Cornish McManus. He built a rifle that had the best accuracy and finish of all time. But a problem came up; he had a new wife to care for and had to sell the rifle. He sold it to a man named John Byam. He is a patriot fighting for independence in the Revolutionary war.
...heir boat. Ishmael and the rest of the crew see Ahab’s private whaleboat crew for the first time. We learn that Ahab’s harpooner is named Fedallah. The ship’s crew believe that Ahab’s crew are devils, and are hesitant to chase the whale, until Stubb points out that even devils can kill whales. As the whaleboat crews race toward the whale a storm sets in. Queequeg spears the whale and the whale tosses their whale boat. As the whaleboat crew swims back to their boat the line is lost. the crew is stranded. As morning breaks the whaleboat is almost run over by the Pequod, but they all jump out. The rest of the crew pull them onto the Pequod.
There are four men stranded on a boat who are introduced in the beginning of the story. The cook, the oiler, the correspondent, and the captain are all on a boat that "a man ought to have a bath tub larger than" (360). As the men fight the crest of each wave they encounter, it is obvious that this is a desperate situation. Showing their powerlessness the narrator describes a group of birds as sitting ."..comfortably in groups, and they were envied by some in the dinghy, for the wrath of the sea was no more to them than it was to a covey of prairie chickens a thousand miles inland" (363). Even though the men are in grave danger, the sun rises and sets and a shark even swims by but seems to have no need for the men in the boat. The men even believe that the waves are harsh on them and want to capsize the boat. The narrator explains that "[the waves were] nervously anxious to do something effective in the way of swamping boats" (361). Even though it is obvious that the ocean always has waves, it is hard fo...
worth of cash. He emptied the cash into his bag and began to make his
When we look at the experiences of the men one can start to notice some key points of notice that are pointed out. One of these experiences is that the men were
When discussing this, Herzler says, “The discomfiting thing about nature is that though we can address it, our messages can only come back stamped ‘return to sender’” (251). No matter how much the men in the boat try to make sense of what is happening to them, they cannot find the being or force behind it. Fortunately for the men in the boat, they find another way to cope with the traumatic and difficult situation that they are in, which is by developing a strong bond of friendship.
In the story "The Open Boat," by Stephen Crane, Crane uses many literary techniques to convey the stories overall theme. The story is centered on four men: a cook, a correspondent, Billie, an oiler who is the only character named in the story, and a captain. They are stranded in a lifeboat in stormy seas just off the coast of Florida, just after their ship has sunk. Although they can eventually see the shore, the waves are so big that it is too dangerous to try to take the boat in to land. Instead, the men are forced to take the boat further out to sea, where the waves are not quite as big and dangerous. They spend the night in the lifeboat and take turns rowing and then resting. In the morning, the men are weak and exhausted. The captain decides that they must try to take the lifeboat as close to shore as possible and then be ready to swim when the surf inevitably turns the boat over and throws the men into the cold sea. As they get closer to land a big wave comes and all the men are thrown into the sea. The lifeboat turns over and the four men must swim into shore. There are rescuers waiting on shore who help the men out of the water. Strangely, as the cook, captain and correspondent reach the shore safely and are helped out of the water, they discover that, somehow, the oiler has drowned after being smashed in the surf by a huge wave. (255-270) “The Open Boat’s” main theme deals with a character’s seemingly insignificant life struggle against nature’s indifference. Crane expresses this theme through a suspenseful tone, creative point of view, and a mix of irony.
He lifted his rifle and took it apart. Placing it in the pocket of his