John F. Kennedy
On November 22, 1963, while being driven through the streets of
Dallas, Texas, in his pen car, President John F. Kennedy was shot dead,
apparently by the lone gunman, Lee Harvey Oswald. The world had not only
lost a common man, but a great leader of men.
From his heroic actions in World War II to his presidency, makind
decisions to avert possible nuclear conflict with world superpowers, greatness
can be seen. Kennedy also found the time to author several best-selling
novels from his experiences. His symbolic figure represented all the charm,
vigor and optimism of youth as he led a nation into a new era of prosperity.
From his birth into the powerful and influential Kenndy clan, much was
to be expected of him. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in Brookline,
Massachuasetts. His father, Joe, Sr., was a successful businessman with
many political connections. Appointed by President Roosevelt, Joe Sr., was
given the chair of the Securities and Exchange Comminision and later the
prestigious position of United States ambassador to Great Britian. His
mother, Rose, was a loving housewife and took young John on frequent trips
around historic Boston learning about American revolutionary history. Both
parents impressed on their children that their country had been good to the
Kennedys. Whatever benefits the family received from the country they were
told, must be returned by preforming some service for the country. The
Kennedy clan included Joe, Jr., Bobby, Ted and their sisters, Eunice, Jean,
Patricia, Rosemary, and Kathleen. Joe, Jr., was a significant figure in yound
John’s like as he was the figure for most of John’s admiration. His older
brother was much bigger and stronger than John and took it upon himslef to
be John’s coach and protector. John’s childhood was full of sports, fun and
activity. This all ended when John grew old enough to leave for school.
At the age of 13, John left home to attend an away school for the first
time. Canterbury School, a boarding school in New Milford, Connecticut and
Choate Preparatory in Wallinford, Connecticut completed his elementary
education. John graduated in 1934 and was promised a trip to London as a
graduation gift. Soon after, John became ill with jaundice and would have to
go to the hospital. He spent the rest of the sumer trying to recover. He ...
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Kennedy was the first President to be born in the 20th Century and
was very much a man of his time. He was restless, seeking, with a thirst of
knowledge, and he had a feeling of deep commitment, not only to the people
of the United States, but to the peoples of the world. Many of the causes he
fouhgt for exist today because of what he did for the rights of minorities, the
poor, the very old and the very young. He never took anything for granted
adn worked for everything he owned. Perhaps Kennedy summed up his life
best in his own inaugural speech: “Ask not what your country can do for you,
but ask what you can do for your country.”
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Jim Marrs CROSSFIRE: THE PLOT THAT KILLED KENNEDY, New York: Carroll
& Graf Publishers, 1989.
James DiEugenio, DESTINY BETRAYED: JFK, CUBA, AND THE GARRISON
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As the novel opens, Gene Forrester returns to Devon, the New Hampshire boarding school he attended during World War II. Gene has not seen Devon for 15 years, and so he notices the ways in which the school has changed since he was a student there. Strangely, the school seems newer, but perhaps, he thinks, the buildings are just better taken care of now that the war is over.
The literary analysis essay for A Separate Peace entitled Chapter 7: After the Fall notes that Gene’s brawl with Cliff Quackenbush occurs for two reasons: the first reason being that Gene was fighting to defend Finny, and the second reason being that Quackenbush is the antithesis of Finny. Cliff Quackenbush calls Gene a “maimed son-of-a-bitch”, since Gene holds a position on the team that is usually reserved for physically disabled students, and Gene reacts by hitting him in the face (Knowles, 79). At first, Gene remarks that he didn’t know why he reacted this way, then he says, “it was almost as though I were maimed. Then the realization that there was someone who was flashed over me”, referring to Finny (Knowles, 79). Quackenbush is “the adult world of punitive authority personified”, his voice mature, his convictions militaristic (Chapter, 76). Quackenbush reminds Gene of the adult world and all of the things that Finny and Devon protected him from, such as war.
The role of Gene Forrester, the narrator of the novel, starts with the first line of the book. “I went back to the Devon School not long ago, and found it looking oldly newer than when I was a student there fifteen years before.” (9) The plot of A Separate Peace is him retelling those months at Devon, so his role began with him returning fifteen years later and seeing the school grounds, bringing back memories.
The development of the war occurs with the maturing of Gene and most of his fellow students. The negative diction associated with the war revealed how Gene feared and even hated just the idea of war. In the end, however, he realized his own involvement in the war included no real warfare. As the war continues, Gene gives up on childlike activities like games and instead joins the war efforts. Through the setting of the Devon School, Knowles shows how war can reach even the most sheltered places. War molds our youth and thus molds our
many problems faced by the nation during his time and set standards by which we still follow
World War II influenced the boys in the novel A Separate Peace, written by John Knowles, by making them grow and mature more quickly than they would have had there not been a war. The war makes some boys stronger and more ready for whatever life would bring, while in others it disables them to the point that they cannot handle the demands of life.
Finny is very charismatic, athletic, and everyone tends to love him, even the teachers. Finny wants to join the war and be part of what was going on. However, when Finny breaks his leg and becomes crippled, he is in denial about the war. He says that now he believes that the war is fake and that it’s just a huge scheme. Right before he was about have an operation for his broken leg, the second time, Finny confesses his actual reason for being in denial towards the war, he says, “‘I’ve been writing to the Army and the Navy and the Marines and the Canadians and everybody else all winter. Did you know that? No, you didn’t know that. I used the Post Office in town as my return address. They all gave me the same answer after they saw my medical report on me. The answer was no soap. We can’t use you. I also wrote to the Coast Guard, the merchant Marines, I also wrote to General de Gaulle personally, I also wrote Chiang Kai-shek, and I was about ready to write to somebody in Russia.’” (Knowles 181-182). “‘I’ll hate it everywhere if I’m not in this war! Why do you think I kept saying there wasn’t any war all wint...
Historical events can play an important role in a person's life. In A Separate Peace, the whole atmosphere at the Devon School changed as World War II progressed. The boys either eagerly awaited the draft, enlisted in the area of war they wanted, or did not want to go at all. The students at the school created new activities for enjoyment since the customary past times could not be played due to a lack of materials. When a friend "returns" from the war, the boys at Devon got a real sense of what the war was like. The boys learned that going to war was not all fun and games like they had anticipated. The influence World War II had on the characters in A Separate Peace and on life at the Devon School was clearly depicted through their actions and activities.
This time was dominated by extreme sternness and a strong belief in doing what is right. Knowles states, “If you broke the rules, then they broke you.” (Knowles, 1998, p. 65). This powerful quote is deep and symbolizes how unforgiving the world was during that time period. The author also states how much society was changing during the time of war and massive confusion. Knowles writes, “It’s like a test, isn’t it, and only the things and the people evolving the right way survive” (Knowles, 1998, p. 116). Gene is aware of the war and the changing society, but he is not fond of how it is changing everything that he knows. He eventually grows to resent the war and new society because it goes against everything that he knew. Knowles writes about how much the war is a subject of conflict for Gene many times throughout the novel, proving what a problem the changing society was for him.
War 2. It appears that his leadership helped to make the feeling of the country
gave America the reputation of freedom, he gave a backbone and a firm ground to
When Gene comes to terms with the accident causing Finny’s injury and leading to his death, Gene finds his separate peace. As Gene walks around the Devon School fifteen years after being a student, he says, “I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there” (204). Here Gene’s recognized confession demonstrates that he has removed himself from his innocence, thus allowing him to acknowledge accountability for Finny’s injury and reach his separate peace. Gene also takes away with him an understanding of how Finny never faces an enemy and completely loses his image of innocence. After his confession, Gene points out, “Only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone. Other people experienced this fearful shock somewhere, this sighting of the enemy, and so began an obsessive labor of defense, began to parry the menace they saw facing them by developing a particular frame of mind” (204). This valuable comprehension impacts Gene and his separate peace, because he knows one who has no hatred is not afraid of any enemy. Although symbolizing an image of peace, Finny finds his separate peace once he accepts the presences of the time period’s events, specifically World War II. At the hospital, Finny was looking over the things that Gene had packed in his suitcase, because he broke his leg once again. While doing so, Finny tells Gene, “I wish to God there wasn’t any war. . . I don’t know if I can take this with a war on. . . What good are you in a war with a busted leg!” (189-190). Continuing to look through his suitcase, Finny goes on to Gene and says, “I’ve been writing to the Army and the Navy and the Marines and the Canadians and everybody else all winter. . .They all gave me the same answer
Reaching epidemic proportions and spreading like a disease, prosecutorial misconduct has cut across geographic and socio-economic areas with the effect of infecting the criminal justice system (Lawless, 2008). Prosecutorial misconduct takes place when a prosecutor breaks the law or code of professional ethics during the prosecution stage. Legal and ethical violations can weaken the conformity to the law and rules that are to be followed within the criminal justice system (Cromwell, P. F., Dunham, R. G., & Palacios, W. R., 1997). In this paper, existing research focused on factors related to prosecutorial misconduct will be presented. This paper will also examine potential remedies that exist to confront prosecutorial misconduct.
And the way his legacy has made our people bring upon a powerful resource to make efforts to change our society throughout all races.
"Looking back now across fifteen years, I could see with great clarity the fear I had lived in, which must mean that in the interval I had succeeded in a very important undertaking: I must have made my escape from it" ( Knowles 5). In this novel A Separate Peace, using these words, John Knowles reveals the fear that haunts the students at Devon and when they proceeded with all their training for the war they mature into adults.