As the ship approaches orbit above the battle zone, Jeff prepares for his first drop. He checks his Orbital Drop Shock Trooper (ODST) Battle Armor, brand new and not a single dent or battle scar. He holsters his silenced M6S pistol and readies his silenced M7S submachine gun. Around him the rest of his squad prepares for battle as they always have. The Sergeant comes over the intercom, “Drop in five.” All of the ODSTs head to their respective Single Occupant Exoatmospheric Insertion Vehicle or SOEIV for short. Jeff climbs in his SOEIV and does a quick systems check as the sergeant approaches his own pod and yells “Helljumpers! How do we enter battle!?” All of the ODSTs answer in unison “Feet first into hell!” Good o’ motto, Jeff thinks, considering what they do. Even though he is a little freaked out by the unknown, Jeff has been looking forward to this moment since he was in basic training. “Drop in 30 seconds.” Jeff hears through his radio. As all of the SOEIV hatches close and the pods swing out ready to drop, he does his final checks frantically trying to make sure that everything goes right; he does not want to die. “5… 4… 3… 2... 1… Drop!”
Jeff has run all the simulations but nothing is like the real thing. He hears all the other pods release one by one; as he gets a sudden heat flash and feels a slight tingle go down his spine, his own pod plummets. His heart starts thumping in his head as his stomach enters his throat. Right after the initial drop it is incredibly peaceful for a short time, the beautiful, starry sky of the endless space before him, visible only though the small viewing window in front of him, and hearing nothing but his own breathing. He thinks back to his childhood, jumping off the high cliffs near his h...
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...diamond saw blade rip through his side as he crumbles to the floor. All he can hear is his own breathing and heartbeat as bullets zip over his head and rip through the Sangheili’s shield and shred his armor. The Sangheili then drops to one knee and gets demolished by gunfire until he falls onto his back. All Jeff can think about is his family that all got vaporized when his home planet got glassed by the Covenant while he was in basic training. All he can feel is his whole body seems like it’s on fire. His sergeant then kneels over him without his helmet, but Jeff can’t make out the words he is saying. One of the other squad members pulls Jeff’s helmet off for him, while the rest of his squad is around him trying to comfort him until the medic arrives. Jeff manages to reach up to his own neck to pull off his dog tags and grab his sergeant’s hand. And then… darkness.
Joel pleads for help, making sure to tell the soldier that he thinks Sarah’s leg is broken. After the soldier radios in, asking for advice, it is heavily implied that the soldier is ordered by ear to shoot them. After slight hesitation, the soldier lifts his rifle and fires at the two. Joel practically flies in the opposite direction of the soldier for cover, only causing him and Sarah to stumble and fall down a small hill. The soldier hastily follows them and aims his gun directly at Joel’s head. Joel begs for his life and is saved when the soldier is shot and falls over. Just as Joel picks his head up and looks, the camera also pans left to reveal Tommy, with Joel’s revolver in hand. Immediately after, Joel hears crying and jumps to Sarah’s side who he notices was shot and is excessively bleeding from her abdomen. Joel tries to comfort her and applies pressure to her wound in an attempt to save her life, but in response are only heart-breaking shrieks and cries from Sarah, who is clasping onto her dad, until the cries finally stop and she dies in his arms. Joel breaks down hysterically crying, shaking, and tightly hugging his daughter as beautiful yet dark instrumental music begins to chime in in the background up until the screen cuts to the title of the game, The Last of Us, followed by the opening
Critique of “First Flight” The “First Flight” is an excellent short story that made pathos for the reader to portray in the life of an everyman who has to deal with exclusion and people’s bad choices. Gregory is an 18 year old who just wants to be sociable but everyone just shuts him out and doesn’t pay attention to him. He stops in a train station to warm up and is ridiculed on a false accusation of stealing a pilot uniform. W.D Valgardson perfectly shows both of the main themes.
...lling. Spencer fought as crazy. When the fight starts calming down and the enemies were retreating, Spencer and the boys heard a young boy screaming “Schaefer”. They boys just wanted to finish him right now. But Spencer went down and looked at him. The boy was bleeding from his leg. So Spencer dragged him up to the hilltop. The next thing that spencer saw was a bright flash, and then he had problems breathing. He could hear the voices fading away. Spencer was trying to call for help but he felt to much pain in his chest. He was thinking about his dad and how sorry he was to make the decision to go to war.
I joined the army to avenge the deaths of my family and to survive, but I’ve come to learn that if I am going to take revenge, in that process I will kill another person whose family will want revenge..” (199). At the UN, he speaks with many children who had parallel encounters in their own countries. Beah apprehends that he is not alone. After years of observing and instigating futile deaths, Beah finally values his own life. Nonetheless, while for the most part the tone was uplifting there were still reminders that Beah’s past will continue to haunt his present and future. Beah remains having nightmares and flashbacks. In addition, he does not completely open up to his family about what he had encountered and endured. Beah says, “They wanted to know about me, and I wasn’t ready to tell them.” (184). No matter how much support he may have, it does not erase the ghastly actions he has witnessed and endured and this confirms he is still fighting inner demons. This shows the effect the war has on people and Beah was trying to bring awareness to that by his
BANG, BOOM, BLAM,TAT-A-TAT, TAT. My ears are assaulted with noise, my eyes witness squirting blood a soldier is shot. I observe soldiers blown away by bombs. I see blood that saturates an infantry man. I view maimed men and observe limbs with fragmented bone. I witness militia dead on the ground. I listen to screams, grunts and gurgling blood in a man's windpipe. WHOOSH, flame throwers make a path with flames blazing burning men instantaneously. My eyes reveal the emotion that rips through my heart, tears drip down my cheek. I turn my head. I cannot watch a soldier cradle his buddy as he dies.
...o the students who are in SEAL training, but have not yet completed all 3 phases). The twenty or so men who graduate with stern faces and hardened bodies, show little resemblance to the wide eyed kids who arrived on the quarter-deck six and half months earlier to set sail on the journey of a lifetime. The moment of reflection and rest is short lived though. For now it is off to jump school, then assigned to a Seal team on the East or West Coast. Once on the Seal Team, it becomes clear that training has just begun. From now on they must prove worthy of wearing the coveted “Trident” Naval Warfare emblem. Once at Jump School these determined men will now start learning the proper techniques of jumping out of a perfectly good plane. This is known as Post BUD/s training. This is a thirty-week course that teaches you everything you need to know about war combat, and jumping techniques.
During the establishment of the film Jeffries clearly possesses the power in the relationship, with Lisa submitting to his needs and demands. The power begins to shift during the middle of the file as Lisa implements her ‘sex appeal’ and demonstrates her intelligence in an attempt to seduce Jeffries. Finally, when Lisa shows her sudden burst of bravery and adventure, Jeffries’ admiration for her grows and she becomes possessive the power within their relationship. At the beginning of the film Jeffries is represented as a caged lion, with a fierce personality, he is trapped as the result of a photography accident, which has left him with one leg in a plaster cast. At the end of the film, Jeffries had two plaster casts due to a further accident perpetrated by the murderer, suggesting now that he is more seriously involved with Lisa perhaps he has become even more trapped. This shift of power is confirmed when Lisa switches the travel book she is reading while Jeffries is awake to a fashion magazine which insinuates that she has the power and has him wrapped around her
After the death of one of the members, guilt becomes one of the heaviest burdens. Now the memory of the fallen becomes the black cloud that follows the soldiers has they make their journey. O’Brien makes the connection between himself and the death of the fallen soldier. Particularly with trauma, (Liu 2013) contends that wounds of the mind are best understood through metaphors and other literary alliterations. The death of this character symbolizes the death of every solider in Vietnam War, all were a friend, a member of a platoon and a death that haunted their comrades long after they were gone. Some of this symbolism represents guilt no matter the circumstances the soldiers find fault in their actions. Whether or not they had anything to do with the incident the event replays in their mind. How the things the fallen carried became his identity. His clothes and poncho became his shroud and his helmet his
beginning of the novel, Jeff had percieved war to be short and sweet. He desperately wanted
... is given insight into this stark reality as a soldier looks directly into the camera and says, “We're not ready for this.”
“We are under attack!” Jimmy, our patrol man, yells leaping for the trench. A bullet pierces his skull before hits the ground leaving his body lifeless and bloody at my feet.
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Accounting is the pillar of every company to measure its growth, loss, revenue , capital, its really specify the real terms in foam of figures and sometimes in tables, in accounting there are certain rules are obtained to make more accuracy while playing with figures.
My internal organs thumped against my chest as I dragged my bag along the carpet floor and into the corridor. As I walked into the long hall, I glanced up and noticed the sign telling me I could get on. My entire body could barely hold itself together with the anticipation of the monumental, dream-come-true event about to take place. I said to myself, "I'll soon be in the air." I slowed my pace to further enjoy what was happening. Swarms of people walked around me as I treasured knowing that one of my lifetime goals was now inevitably going to occur. The excitement and adrenaline running through my veins could have killed a horse.
When I was seven years old I went on my very first holiday abroad, to