Analysis Of The Men Of Mercy By Lindsay Cross

The story of Sgt John Wilson as told by author Lois Simmie, is one of pure love, betrayal and the

In the first example that I read “Grace: God is the Clear River” by Taylor Gaston. God is your clear path when confronted with chaos. In having chaos you also have tragedy and within this tragedy you have Gods lighted path. Like the sun shines on the water.He is there to guide you through the darkness that you are experiencing. your paths in your life are the darkness and God is the sun shining on the water walking right alongside the side of you. As the man was fishing in the river his faith didn’t think that the fish were living in the water because he did not have faith that they could live in the dark, murky water. This murky water could be an example and a metaphor in talking about life and how we as humans can survive by having gods light to guide us. We have choices just like Adam and Eve took part in eating the apple off of the Tree of Life the fisherman had a choice to keep fishing. Just like we have in our own life to never lose our faith and give up on Gods light.

Uniting both male and female service members despite the different tasks each one faces, is one of the goals Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, author of Ashley’s War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield, faces to elaborate. The preface opens up by listing the set of events Second Lieutenant Ashley White completed before going out on a mission that would not only change her life but many female personnel serving for the United States Armed Forces as well. Other then uniting military personnel, another major goal or theme is educating the reader of affairs usually not displayed on the news. From my perspective, Lemmon had taught me something that I probably wouldn’t have found out, if it weren’t for this book. I have always been under the impression that women can’t serve on the frontline, but this is not until the introduction of Cultural Support Teams, or better known as CST’s. Using both a pathos and logos approach the author introduces some of the first females to make a change in combat history. In the end the author makes a clear statement to the public and male service members that women are competent both mentally and physically to serve on a Special Operations Mission.

Living in poverty with "slut" painted on her reputation, her children’s future begins to look dim. Hester takes chances with opportunity’s to receive help from Doctor, social services, her children’s fathers and her only friend. The play circles around Hester’s interactions with the other characters ' and their stories (confessions). Each of character has had an involvement with Hester 's struggling predicament and yet each character only ruminates at helping themselves instead of the woman that’s helped them all. The modern-day play In the Blood by Suzan-Lori Parks exposes the hypocrisy and prejudice of the privileged members of society toward the less privileged. The play shows that the richest and most respected people in society are not always worthy of the status they are accorded.

It is a well known fact that experiencing war changes people; there is an innocence that is forever lost. In Tim O’Brian’s, “Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong”, Mary Anne Bell is an unusual example of the innocence that is lost in war because unlike the rest of the soldiers, she is a woman. Mary Anne’s transformation from innocent “sweetheart” to fierce warrior left readers with mixed emotions because although Mary Anne felt at peace with her transformation, she was also disconnected from reality.

Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” is an interesting story that takes place during the Vietnam War. O’Brien writes in third person omniscient and is only in the head of the main character; First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. In the story O’Brien describes not only the physical baggage each soldier carries, but hints at the emotional baggage as well. With this, readers get to see exactly what goes on in the soldier’s minds, but also Cross’s mind and what kind of character he is. Throughout the story Cross confesses profusely about loving Martha, who in return doesn’t see him as a lover but a friend. Martha is Cross’s friend and crush who constantly writes to him. Because Cross is so infatuated with Martha, she clouds his mind almost 24/7. In the beginning of the story all Cross could think of is Martha, however because of this he

O 'Brien illustrates to us the necessity for each man to be connected to their old life, telling a story of Mark Fossie flying in his girlfriend to ease his loneliness (104-05). Each soldier found himself facing insurmountable barriers throughout the war, and these small effects and coping mechanisms were often the only necessity that would give them reason to return home again. They needed personal methods of coping with the war, and this primeval survival was the only way to remain a man.

The author, a war veteran himself, is very familiar with the trials and tribulations of war, and knows of the social aspects of being with the other soldiers first hand. In the book, using many different examples of characterization, the author explores how soldiers think of courage and are afraid of not being courageous in a time of war; making it not only a physical war, but a mental one as

My reaction to this short story was one of sadness and fear. My husband is a soldier in the U.S. Army, and this short story resonates very personally with me. I hear war stories all time; from my husband, from his friends, and from the other Army wives. O’Brien’s stories and experiences remind me of all the other sad and horrific stories that I have heard. But what is even sadder is that those not

Niccolo di Pietro Gerini’s Scourging of the Four Crowned Martyrs (1385-90) depicts a scene in which four martyrs are pursued by a group of men with some scourging tool (which resembles a modern-day rake). A late Gothic painting in which Gerini depicts a Catholic story of the Four Crowned Martyrs, the Scourging incorporates much of the static, stiff forms which are characteristic of the period’s prevailing style. In the painting, one can notice clear divisions of space, distinct separations of forms within that space, and emphases on the men doing the scourging within that space as a function of where the light is directed in the painting. An analysis of these three key elements of the painting suggests a cohesive assertion about the way the painting’s subjects are depicted within the image. Initially it seems apparent that the four martyrs are depicted in a negative manner with the scourging men taking precedence. However, an analysis beyond the obvious elements – particularly the figure suspended in the air and the devilish figures attacking the scourging men – suggest that the four martyrs are actually being depicted in a more positive light.

When Men Win Glory by Jon Krakauer captures the interest of people by combining an ordinary life of a football player with the life of an American soldier. Putting two different settings in one story let Krakauer mold and form the two themes into one. Pat Tillman became the knot that Krakauer uses to unify the life of an ordinary American citizen to an American soldier. He puts down his helmet of a football player to take up a helmet of an American soldier. Because of Pat Tillman’s life, Krakauer successfully reveals the unfairness of power, the horrendous outcome of modern warfare, and the contorts ways of today’s society.

American religion is freedom. Every religion has their equal right to worship and develop. The government cannot be biased in any religion in particular. The Mormon is about sharing and helping as a family. In the book “In Search Of Grace” by Kristin Hahn, she followed the sisters to each household to talk with them about joining Mormon Church. The Christian Science is about believing in self-healing, and all the illnesses are from our imagination, or they are illusions of life. Unitarians believes that God is one as in the book she mentioned “they together embrace individual liberty, free will, reason, inquiry, independent communication with God,…” (chapter 8, page 111). In chapter ten of the book, Hahn talks about how Jewish people blend the belief into daily activities such as

"An unpleasant spirit brought on by the conviction that some somebody or something is hazardous, subject to achieve distress, or a endangerment ." All pickings all 12 senses of thing together, which of the two gives more anxiousness , the novel or the radio broadcast ? To me the leger wasn't just all the all the more fascinating yet spring more concern . In the Holy Writ , a shop class -mankind falls in the cask and mass start crying," He's surrender in the pit!" This make the peruser start contemplating what exactly is in the pit, devising the peruser get restless. Next, the most noteworthy purpose of the barrel gets screw off, which is the time when they see the "outcast". The fiber says that, "A sudden shudder came over me. I saw stun offering

Charles Fishman a knowledgeable critique of the water crisis around the world understands that water is the most essential asset to a human being. Fishman argues in his Novel, The Big Thirst about waters necessity to human life. In his quote, “It is one of the ironies of our relationship to water that the moment it becomes unavailable, the moment it really disappears--that’s when water becomes most urgently visible.” can be related to a wide variety of topics that humans manage to take for granted when it runs out. Peace and Love relate to this quote for many reasons because they can both be lost and then that is when it becomes most clear that, it's what a person really wants, and/or needs.

Ever since adolescence, I’ve always said “ I would never date or marry someone in the military.” Having stayed consistent, I was convinced that nothing could change my stance, but lone and behold I was wrong. Upon watching military movies or seeing military couples online I avoided the impact of becoming separated from my lover for months at a time, but it wasn’t enough to stop me from falling in love with the man of my dreams. Although us military wives are heavily criticized, i think it is important for people to know the sacrifices us women make so that our husbands can continue to keep our country safe.