He wakes from the dream with a convulsive shudder. Peering about the dim cargo hold looking for signs of the enemy. Hands scrabbling to find a weapon, any weapon. The deep growl of the engines shifts just then and various mechanical thumps and groans echo through the space. He sits up straighter, scrubbing his hand over his face in weary relief. It is the damnedest thing. This dream. This nightmare.
After a week of it, one quiet afternoon, he had finally wandered into the division shrinks' office. Twisting his cap in his hands, throat dry. She had smiled calmly at him and, astonishingly, listened to his story without interruption or disbelief. Set his mind at ease with some quiet unintelligible jargon that nevertheless set his mind at ease. Her calm demeanor more effective than her words. He had withstood the ribbing from his squad-mates enough to go back a couple of times (they all been in that office at one time or another after all) while still convalescing from the very real wound (and subsequent surgery) in his shoulder. The one that had been caused by shrapnel from a IED. An IED that had been buried in the roadside rubble in a flat sandy plain. Not a tree in sight, let alone a jungle. Nor a half naked savage with his mysterious poison-tipped spear. He remembers the shrink gently placing her hand on his back during his final visit with her. The gentle understanding of it. The relief that he felt at her reassurance. The dream, he had finally understood, was just something that his mind had made up to deal with the savage intensity of those few bloody moments after the IED had exploded. Knocking the troop carrier he was in onto it's side. The struggle to get out and establish a perimeter. The relief once the firefight was fi...
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...Dante makes his way to the head to relieve himself. Keeping as much superstitious distance between himself and the cargo as the cramped quarters will allow. He makes it back with just enough time to snap the webbing around himself before the final descent and the roaring and bumps of landing.
The cargo plane taxis it way into a cavernous hanger, the engines cut out and the rear cargo doors grind their way open. Dante unclips himself, blinking in the morning brightness, glad to be back. Looking forward to the seeing his squad-mates again and tasting the harsh sweetness of the goat's milk. He breathes in a lungful of the crisp desert air and hauls his pack onto his back. Then, straightening his jacket and brushing some imaginary lint off the medals pinned to it's front, he clumps down the ramp to get together a detail to unload the empty coffins from the cargo plane.
Answer the following: Is it valid to call the War of 1812 "America's worst-fought war"? Was the cause of the failure essentially military, or was it an inevitable result of the political disunity over the war's purposes? Provide support for your stance and "discredit" the opposing view. Maximum of 2 pages/ 15 Points
In 1763 the Seven Years’ War ended with the British Empire emerging as victors. The victory came at great cost to Great Britain’s economy. The national debt almost doubled from 75 million pounds to 133 million pounds between 1755 and 1763. Given that Britain fought in North America to uphold the security of her colonial possessions, British ministers deemed it fair that the cost of the war should be shared with the colonies. Subsequently, import duties on popular goods were raised and a number of Acts regarding excise taxes were passed. These included the Sugar Act of 1764, the Stamp Act of 1765 and the Townshend duties beginning in 1767. The consequences of these actions were to place great financial burdens on the North American colonists, but more importantly, to
King Philip's War King Philip's War, 1675-76, the most devastating war between the colonists and the Native Americans in New England. The war is named for King Philip, the son of Massasoit and chief of the Wampanoag. His Wampanoag name was Metacom, Metacomet, or Pometacom. Upon the death (1662) of his brother, Alexander (Wamsutta), whom the Native Americans suspected the English of murdering, Philip became sachem and maintained peace with the colonists for a number of years. Hostility eventually developed over the steady succession of land sales forced on the Native Americans by their growing dependence on English goods.
As Dante and Virgil, Dante’s guide through Hell, approach the Gate of Hell, Dante reads the inscription above the gates:
The War of 1812 was a war between Britain and the United States fought primarily in Upper Canada. It had many causes, few which involved British North America. The results of the war include the fact that there was no clear winner or loser among them. The only real losers in the situation were the Natives in the region. They were driven out of their lands and customs. None of the borders was changed by the war, though many attempts were made. The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war, did nothing to advance the state of the countries. It went so far as to end the war and put things back the way that they were, but the main causes of the conflict were not addressed or dealt with. In order to evaluate the significance of this war, Canadian victories and losses, as well as overall results, must be analyzed.
1. Anderson, Fred “Crucible of War”, The Seven Years’ War and the fate of Empire in British North America. Random House: New York, NY 2000
Dante experiences a vision, at the age of 35, after experiencing traumatic events in his hometown of Florence. The events that are occurring in Florence at the time are associated with papal corruption and cause Dante to be forced into exile. Following the vision, which confirms to Dante that he has strayed from the right path in life, Dante begins his travel through the three realms, which contain the possible consequences following a person’s death. Dante’s journey begins on Good Friday, when he is escorted to the gates of Hell, moves to Purgatory and ends in Heaven. However, an escort accompanies him for duration of his journey. Virgil, who Dante has long admired, escorts Dante through Hell and...
The Great War , or as it is known now, World War One was a global conflict fought between the Allied Powers ; Great Britain, France, Russia, and the United States along will other smaller nations and the Central Powers ; Germany, Austria – Hungary, Turkey/Ottoman Empire and other small nations from 1914 to 1918. World War One began from a series of tumultuous events, that in turn affected the balance of alliances that had been made between countries at that time in the world.
Many years later Isabella, the wife of King Edward II of England, plotted to kill
Bullets flying through the air right over me, my knees are shaking, and my feet are numb. I see familiar faces all around me dodging the explosives illuminating the air like lightning. Unfortunately, numerous familiar faces seem to disappear into the trenches. I try to run from the noise, but my mind keeps causing me to re-illustrate the painful memories left behind.
The astonishing book, the Wednesday Wars, takes place in Kentucky in the 1960’s during the time of the Vietnam War. Education and social is in a different style then known today and religion played a big part of the people’s lives. The protagonist feels he is different from anyone else because he is the only Presbyterian in his class and on Wednesday's when all the Catholics go to Catechism and the Jews go to Hebrew school he is alone with his English teacher. And he believes for this reason and many untold of his 7th grade English teacher, Mrs.Baker, hates him and his guts. When he addresses this issue to his family his mother assures him that the teacher doesn’t hate him,his father tells him to be good to Mrs. Baker because she was related
The angel of zeal then appears and directs them forward to the fifth terrace, avarice and prodigality. Dante speaks with the former Pope Adrian V, who explains why their faces are bound downward. He shares that it’s due to their eyes being fixed on earthly goods and not heavenly ones. Hugh Capet, who established the Capetian dynasty, calls out more examples of greed to Dante and Virgil. After Dante and Virgil speak with Hugh, they leave him and the mountain begins to shake, but Dante does not stop and continues on his way. Later on a soul explains to Dante that the mountain shakes when a soul has reached purification. Dante then leaves the fifth terrace and has yet another P removed from his forehead, he then enters into the sixth terrace, gluttony. Dante makes his way through this level and is greeted by the angel of Abstinence who moves him along to the seventh terrace, lust. Here Dante finds “a wall of flame that shoots out and up from the inner bank of the cliff, forcing them to walk at the extreme outer edge” (Dante 334). The angel of chastity removes the last P from Dante forehead and Virgil leaves Dante with a speech on his moral development. Dante lastly enter the earthly paradise, the Garden of Eden. He is finally cleansed and feels freer.
A series of booms sent his ears ringing, numbed and dazed from the shock. Groups of infantrymen could be heard outside, shouting commands to prepare the retaliatory barrage. Ignoring them, he got out of bed and shook himself awake. The pain in his head subsided no less. But all things considered, he would have to make do with the fact that he was still alive.
... without someone Heavenly to guide them. Dante shows that Virgil usually gets what he wants throughout the Inferno, but is now restricted by his lack of faith. He shows that even though Virgil is one of the greatest poets and a huge role model for Dante, Virgil can also fail. Dante has Virgil illustrate his imperfections to the character of Dante, because it is vital for Dante to understand that he must be mindful of God and sin to avoid the fate of Virgil. Virgil cannot ever move on to Heaven from Limbo as he cannot completely put his faith in God, so he guides Dante to do so. This growing faith in God allows Dante to grow more judgmental of sinners as they progress on their journey, as opposed to his sympathy for sinners before. By having his hero fail, Dante learns that he must avoid the mistakes of his guide, Virgil, by understanding the divine justice of God.