Letters Home
The vid screen is dark and ominous, as if it holds secrets that is not for the likes of men to know. John Poldeck, a middle aged, balding man of forty-eight steps forward toward screen and console to activate the beast, this oracle of silicon, plastic, and glass. Today John is hoping for word of his son Kirk, of whom nothing had been heard of since he left for UNDF Marine Corps training at Camp Lejune, South Carolina, a beacon for the phony tough and crazy brave looking for ill conceived adventure and glory.
At least that was John’s opinion on the matter. As a mid level market analyst for the transnational ABSCOM John was used to battles fought with market shares, balance sheets, and stock options. For the forty years since the birth of the revamped United Nations war and the conductors of war, the military, had been a dying business. John could still remember the eager look on Kirk’s face when his son had uttered words like, duty, honor, patriotism, words which seemed as alien to John as the worlds the UN exploratory fleet claimed to have found.
“For Christ’s sake John will you turn on the damn console? What the hell is wrong
with you today?”
John glanced at June, his wife of twenty years and counting. Her dark skinned face was a sharp contrast to his pale complexion, and anger, tinged with concern for her son, clouded and darkened her visage even more. He looked at his wife without comprehension.
“What?”
June sighed, and then in a kinder tone, “The console John. I know you’ve been angry ever since Kirk left for the Marines, hell you’ve been mad ever since he first brought up enlisting. A fool’s errand you called it. Perhaps you’re right. All I know is that he might have sent us a letter today.”
A fool’s errand. I remember when I said that John thought. That had been a nasty episode, one of many that had occurred during one of the endless fights he had had with Kirk over this business of enlisting. Try how he might he could never convince his son that business was where the opportunities were. Kirk had then coldly informed his father of his contempt for the Transnationals that now ran everything on Earth, including the UN, and his contempt for anybody connected to them.
the army act decisively if many of the men who should be soldiers decide to stay at home because they are scared? Those who claim that their religion stops them from fighting are in the wrong as well; I am a religious man, and God has said to me (and I believe him) that He agrees with our fighting the war; God is on our side! Lots of Love ------- END FIRST LETTER Dear Mum, I am writing this letter to you from one of the support trenches, about half a mile back from the front line
The relationship between the soldiers of the Vietnam War was different from the relationships with people from home. The soldiers felt as if they could not tell the whole truth about the war through their eyes to their loved ones at home. The soldiers that they were with all the time understood the pain and confusion each other felt, yet no one talked about it. War changed how people had relationships with others. War could bring people closer or tear them apart. The relationships between the
Walton's letters home. Walton listens to Victor's story from Victor, and Frankenstein listens to the monster's story. Each person has a message or warning that they need to relay to the other. They stress the importance that the other person listens as best as possible in order to understand the message they are trying to get across. Frankenstein emphasizes the importance of listening through a series of key characters. Mrs. Saville and the rest of society read Walton's letters which tell
novel, the screenplay eliminates most of these minute differences. For example, the letters in the beginning of the novel were depicted as high action scenes rather than in letter format. The introduction of the movie was my first difference listed. In the book, the captain of Frankenstein’s ship, R. Walton, wrote letters home to his sister about his voyage to the north pole. In the movie, it depicted these letters as action sequences happening in real time. A couple of in-depth differences in the
collapse, fully justified. Lady Macbeth’s role as a supporting wife at the start of the play exceeds the duties of a ‘normal’ wife. She is the ‘Eve’ to Macbeth’s ‘Adam’ and is tempted. Although Macbeth hints at the idea of taking the crown in his letter home, it is Lady Macbeth’s ruthless determination to make him king that persuaded him to murder Duncan. Did she do this in the interests of Macbeth or was it to fulfil her own ambition? I would argue that it was to fulfil her own ambition because she
Unfortunately, people in Hawaii were not warned; they were living their normal lives, doing things they were accustomed to doing such as going to parties, writing letters home, and just doing things that a man stationed in Hawaii would do. Many men wrote letters home to their girlfriend or parents or kept a journal. The following letter is an example. Doctor Paul E. Spangler wrote it: "With my Pearl Harbor plates on I had the right of way and I was out there in nothing flat. ...I hurried up to
Science at Harvard University. In 1900, Edward left Harvard to become the ordained minister of the South Congregational Church, in Boston. As a child, E.E. attended Cambridge public schools and lived during the summer with his family in their summer home in Silver Lake, New Hampshire. (Kennedy 8-9) E.E. loved his childhood in Cambridge so much that he was inspired to write disputably his most famous poem, "In Just-" (Lane pp. 26-27) Not so much in, "In Just-" but Cummings took his father's pastoral
island, swimming, fishing and going by boat. When Roald was four years old, his father died, so his mother had to organise the trip alone for herself and her six children. At school, he was always homesick. At St. Peter's Prep School, all the letters home were controlled by the headmaster, and afterwards at Repton Public School, he had to wear a horrible school uniform [with braces, waist coat, hat and lots of buttons, all black]. The younger boys were often punished by the headmaster and the older
album jacket, Serch sums up hip-hop in ‘89: “There was a time when nothing was more important than the New York Rap Scene.” It’s dilluted, but not divided.” To hip-hop afficionados, Serch’s quote sounds like the equivalent to a Vietnam soldier’s letter home. Obviously, the group saw the possibility of the hip-hop culture being tainted. Another good example of a group combatting the increase in commercial hip-hop was The Boot Camp Clik, consisting of Buckshot, Helter Skelter, Cocoa Brovaz, OGC, Illa
Task 5- I received a concise letter in the hand of a man wishing to sell his property, the estate of Bly, requesting a prompt sale, composed of a few words and requesting total confidentiality; which failed to express why this sale should be expedited, but I knew well not to ask. My curiosity was temporarily allayed when approaching this fine residence, as rays of warmth bathed my skin in a warm glow. The Gothic structure loomed ahead, its gloomy countenance dispelled my initial feelings of relaxation
The two writings, “A Letter Home” and “Waiting for Dan,” both reveal similarities and differences in how they view their American historical events. In “A Letter Home,” Kara, a student from Kent State University in Ohio writes a letter to her parents about a protest that took place at her campus during the Vietnam War. In “Waiting for Dan,” a wife is waiting for her husband to come home after an incident that occurred on the Freedom Ride during the American Civil Rights Movement. Through these two
circumstances have caused soldiers mental stress. Research shows the brutality that the soldiers of the Vietnam War went through, the novel Fallen Angels and the video series “Dear America: Letters Home” are very similar in this depiction, but also have slight differences. Fallen Angels and "Dear America: Letters Home" both focus on the Vietnam War and giving us a look into the life of a soldier. Fallen Angels is a novel that gives readers insight into the mind of a soldier.
Letters Written By Abigail Adams It’s highly important to acknowledge the fact that these special documents are letters. Written with the expectation of only being read between the privacy of a mother and son and husband and wife. They were written during the spark of Republican Motherhood, which is a term that refers to the late 18th century gender roles women took during the Revolutionary Period. Women had to become the educators. Abigail Adams, being a strong model of this “Republican Motherhood”
thousands of troops being sent to Vietnam. Another mutiny caused by the segregation of white and colored people. So many protests against certain decisions, but the authorities do not seem to care in both the short stories “A Letter Home” and “Waiting for Dan”. In “A Letter Home,” students protest against the United States troops invading Cambodia, and decide to make very rash decisions such as burning down buildings to prove their acrimony. In “Waiting for Dan,” a group of white and colored people
Letter Home From a Soldier in Vietnam Dear Mom, I am doing great. Well…When I say great, I mean I'm as good as you can be over here. This place is like a giant valley of death, that's keeps getting filled with more dead American soldiers every day. We keep asking ourselves the question, why are we here? Why are we dying for a cause that's got nothing to do with us? We just don't see the point in us being here any more. It's been 7 months since I saw you all now. I hope you are all