Armed Resistance

In every American war combined, about 1.2 million soldiers have died fighting in battle. Many look past the effects and consequences that going to war can lead to and every soldier is assumed to be a hero. Others believe that killing anybody, whether they are innocent or on a battlefield, is in no way honorable. Writers who protest war use imagery, irony, and structure to explain the negative effects of battle.

At a gathering, the lieutenant gave a speech as a “last ditch” effort to recruit people into the army to protect their village from the rebels. The lieutenant starts with showing the crowd two individuals who attempted to escape that morning but were killed by the rebels. Then, the lieutenant asserts that “they have lost everything that makes them human. They do not deserve to live. That is why we must kill every single one of them.

You’re in it.” (Filkins). Much to the readers’ surprise, Filkins includes this quote in order to demonstrate the severity of the disconnect between the soldiers and their actions as one compares taking human lives to having sex with a

One’s humanity is not measured by what they have but what they are willing to do. If an individual shows that they will be overpowered by an opposing threat, they have already lost. In Steven Galloway’s novel The Cellist of Sarajevo, the attacking Serbians have surrounded Sarajevo and have taken away the safety of the civilians. In order to protect themselves and their fellow civilians, one must be willing to sacrifice their own safety to help others who are struggling in these times of war. By fighting back, the civilians of Sarajevo show that the men on the hills cannot control their lives. These people will not intimidate them. As a result of the main

In "A Hanging," George Orwell utilizes the rhetorical appeals of pathos and ethos in historical context to convince the audience that the unjustifiable execution of a person is not only barbaric, but unethical. This is successful because of his sensitive word choice and sympathetic tone.

After the French and Indian War, there was a period of change in the British colonies in North America. After receiving much support from the British during the French and Indian War, the people of the colonies began to feel oppressed by the postwar actions of the British. As the British put heavy taxes and restrictions on the colonies, the attitude of the population of these colonies began to shift. Over the next two decades, with more taxes and a larger British military presence, the colonists slowly progressed closer and closer to revolution. The people of the American colonies were justified in eventually taking up arms against the British crown after various attempts to reach a peaceful resolution of their grievances because several pieces

Waiting on the World to Change- “We just feel like we don’t have the means to raise up and beat it.”

“ Yet they still show an ….” (Waldo, 151) They are in high hopes and are ready to fight for freedom to abolish the kings trranny. “What we get easy we get to hard” (Pain, 153) We need to strive hard to get what we want. “Army is in high spirits” (Waldo, 151) We have many ready for war and that want freedom with even some sick and some with no shoes that want to get rid of the tyranny ,but we need some summer soldiers to change their minds and come help fight for a cause.

In the second stanza of the song, Sainte-Marie writes how soldier can come from many different religious backgrounds and though it may be against his religion to kill, a soldier “knows he always will” (Universal). In a soldier’s mindset it is kill or be killed, while Sainte-Marie argues that a soldier chooses to be a killer, going against his religion. Protesters during the Vietnam War argued that one of the atrocities of war was death. Americans could not see the reasoning of sending young males to war with a high chance of getting injured or dying when they had their whole life ahead of them (Vietnam). The third stanza of the song infers that no matter what country a soldier is fighting for, they are all fighting for the same result, peace. Within these two stanzas,

As a result of this taking up of arms,

People facing oppression may be living without specific freedoms and liberties, forced into imprisoned life, or face another hardship. In these situations, people typically act eccentrically and make unjustified decisions. Officers confront Dakin, a leader of the strike in In Dubious Battle, during one of the movements. Dakin challenges the police, “‘He lets out a howl like a coyote and starts for ’em. They shoot him in the leg, but that don’t stop him . . . he just went nuts . . . Dakin bit a cop on the hand’” (In Dubious Battle, 145). The dreadful living conditions and state of life made Dakin, like many other men, go crazy. One misunderstanding led Dakin to a senseless decision and revolt. In another occasion, George is faced with a decision in a hostile situation. Lennie killed Curley’s wife, and Curley is now out to torture and kill Lenny. In a split second decision, George decides to kill Lennie and save Lenny from Curley’s potential harm. Carlson talks with George, “‘You killed him?’ ‘Yeah. Tha’s how.’ George’s voice was almost at a whisper. He looked steadily at his right hand that

“None of us were promised to end the fight on our feet, fists raised to the sky. We could not control our enemies’ number, strength, nor weaponry. Sometimes you just caught a bad one. But whether you fought or ran, you did it together, because that is the part that was in our control. “ (Coates 69)

As a result, Adams establishes the British prisoners as those that must be saved, those whose rights are being compromised. This ties Beccaria’s quote to an element of his central argument -- that the protection of rights is the priority -- and clarifies that is the prisoners who are being subjected to tyranny. By appealing to the jury’s pathos and beliefs, who most likely feel that they themselves are victims of tyranny, he invites them to sympathize with this argument. The provocative diction -- words such as “agonies,” “fatal,” and “tyranny” are used -- triggers an emotional response from the jury, and allows them to make a connection between their own fervent defense of liberty and the liberty of the British soldiers (Ellis 2-3). Beccaria’s quote develops the logic of Adams’s argument by supporting the protection of the soldiers’ rights; it effectively plays on the values of the jury to appeal to pathos and make his claim more convincing.

This supports the quote by Socrates however it also challenges it. He stays at his post but he does not fight the enemy, instead, he succumbs to the violence and is not

Almost a million people who were deprived of any sort of human rights had stood up against the government to make a change. The voices of the people come from the poem “A Million Man March” by Maya Angelou which proves that together people can make a big difference even when they go against the government. Before this big change had happened though the dark skinned part of the nation were treated horribly and were pushed over the edge, this was explained using imagery. Also a stanza was repeated very often to remind people of the horrors they had to go through and that is’s time for change using the power of metaphors. Finally during the march there was a fair amount of repetition which was used to make the people stronger and more