Benjamin Martin Summary

In this book Samuel Western was briefly talking about Wyoming’s past and how he will input his ideas about how he could better its future. Sam Western's book states every economic failure and loss of what the people have gained for that has always tormented Wyoming. He follows the roots of myths that have impacted the advancement or absence of improvement in the state from the territory's regional days to the present. He utilizes statistical data points, however he additionally utilizes data and profiles of essential individuals that was provided. While this famous financial history will most engage perusers with an enthusiasm for Wyoming, it brings up the more extensive issue of how our understanding of the past impacts current arrangement choices. Samuel Western, a

I read this book in high school, and I really enjoyed it. After we were finishing reading the book we had a guest speaker who was a Vietnam war vet come into our class and speak on different parts of the book. I picked this short story to do my paper on because I felt like I had the most connection to this story because of my prior knowledge from reading the book. I do think I am getting some parts confused with the short story and the book. I know when I read the book in high school some chapters were very dull and boring but others were exciting and interesting. After reading the short story it was just a refreshment of the interesting things that happened in the book.

Ashamed of his brutality during the French Indian War, Benjamin Martin (Mel Gibson) a widower stays on his homestead with his seven children in South Carolina vowing to live a peaceful life. As one of the most crucial wars in the American History gets closer and closer to South Carolina, the state must decide whether to join or flee. Benjamin, who wants nothing to do with the war, argues against joining the fight with the most powerful country in the world, Britain. When it is decided that South Carolina will join the fight Benjamin 's eldest son Gabriel (Heath Ledger) enlists without permission. Even though he argues against it, he lets Gabriel go. Benjamin stays as far away from the war as possible until a sadistic British officer, William Tavington, burns down his home, takes his slaves, murders his second oldest son Thomas, and takes his oldest son as his prisoner.

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some of the Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin is a great work of literature detailing the accounts of Joseph Plumb Martin throughout the Revolutionary War. Martin enlisted in the Rebel Army when he was just sixteen years old in 1776. Martin wrote of all his escapades forty-six years after he enlisted. Martin was a private in the Continental Army. Most stories of the Revolutionary War from a patriot viewpoint describes the Revolutionary Army as glamorous and superb.

The story of Martin Guerre shows how easily families were disrupted during the course of foreign wars. Guerre grew up in a small town where he eventually was betrothed to his wife Bertrand. After an argument with his father, Guerre decided to leave for Spain where he served in their army during the war. After 8 years away at war, much happened to Guerre and his family back home including the death of his parents, and a man pretending to be him that had nearly the entire village fooled for a short period of time.

Joseph Plumb Martin was born “upon the twenty-first of November, in the year of 1760” (Martin 6). His grandparents raised him on their Connecticut farm. Inspired by the Battles of Lexington and Concord he decided to enlist into the army. He was eager to help for the patriotic cause. In June of 1776, at the age of 15, Martin was able to enlist but didn’t want to sign up for a long enlistment. Soldiers at the time were enlisting for a year’s service but he did not like that and thought it was too long a time for him for the first trial, “I wished only to take a priming before I took upon me the whole coat of paint for a soldier” (Martin 16). Orders soon came allowing men to enlist for six months so Martin enrolled in the Connecticut

James Webb focuses on three main characters in his novel: Robert E. Lee Hodges, “Snake,” and Will “Senator” Goodrich. The inspiration for these three characters seems to be not the life of any particular historical figure, but rather the common backgrounds of real soldiers who served in Vietnam in general. Characters in the novel are most often developed only after their initial introduction into the story. After introducing a character to the reader, Webb will often follow this introduction with the story of the characters life before the military and how or why he decided to enlist. Those characteristics not mentioned at his introduction or those that change are typically revealed during or after intense, traumatic events, such as near-death experiences or witnessing the death of a friend. Although the novel centers on only three characters, these three characters represent highly prominent reasons that American’s had for enlisting; to continue a family legacy and protect his family’s honor, to escape the steep decline and unhappiness of his life, and by accident or unwillingly being drafted.

As Benjamin transition out of adolescent, he constantly struggles with the decision regarding his future and to find the best way of becoming a man. Ironically, it is his relationship with Mrs. Robinson that helps Benjamin transformation

How maybe he was a scholar and maybe his parents were farmers.  Then O'Brien goes on to talk of maybe why this young man was in the army, and maybe why he was fighting;  these are something’s that are taught in the schools.  O'Brien states that the man may have joined because he was struggling for independence, juts like all the people that were fighting with him.  Maybe this man had been taught from the beginning that to defend the land was a mans highest duty and privilege.  Then on the other hand maybe he was not a good fighter, and maybe in poor health but had been told to fight and could not ask any questions.  These reasons are all reasons that are taught in textbooks; they go along with the idea of the draft.  Some people go fight because they want to and others go because they are told they have to. How do you tell these people apart in the heat of battle or when they are dead?  The way that O'Brien starts to describe the young man as someone who was small and frail, and maybe had plans for a bright future puts sorrow in the readers heart, in that all his plans can not happen for him or maybe the family that is longing for his return.  It also shows the regret that maybe going on in the killers’ mind.  For O'Brien to be writing on how this young mans life has come to a sudden end and his plans for the future is over is intriguing.  Then to add to that he had the story written through the eyes of the soldier that ended this young mans life.  The

and Uncle Bobby (Robert) was going to look for a job when Uncle John told him

Martin quivered, and with a shaky voice, asked “Who are you?” The lady looked confused as to if Martin should have known her name. Martin now somehow recognized her a little bit more when that expression hit her face, but he was still clueless. Martin yelled a bit louder “Who are you, tell me now!”

Run, jump, hide, run. That’s what Ben’s life consisted of for the past 2years as a criminal. They say you don’t chose the life of crime and that it chooses you, but for him it was the complete opposite. He chose it. Ben brought himself into this mess because he wanted to. Only being 17 years old he had robbed over 10 stores, assaulted 6 people, and broke into 14 houses. Ben was the adventurous, trouble making friend who everyone knew they shouldn’t be affiliated with but still stuck with him throughout his crazy schemes. Especially his partner in crime, Fiona. Fiona was cautious about her decisions and was more mature. Ben was just as smart as her, but he kept his wittiness a secret and turned it into a mystery. But, this time might be his last robbery. Her partner in crime had robbed 3 houses in the neighborhood next to them and had beat up a man who tried to stop him. Never before had he been caught but this time seemed more odd than

He tried to turn to face the pigged faced lady, but he couldn’t. He screamed and hollered for his dad,nothing, again, again, still nothing. He realized that he was on his own, the lady stepped closer and closer while she laughed. Martin was forced to wobble into the corner of the tiny elevator. He was at a loss of what he could do to protect himself, then a light bulb went off in his head.

George Raymond Martin was born on September 20, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey. He adopted the name Richard at 13 years old. Martin was born to Raymond Collins Martin and Margaret Brady Martin. His father was a longshoreman, while his mother was a housewife. He is the oldest of three and, he has two sisters, who are Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten. His family lived in a house that was owed by his great-grandmother. Martin and his family soon moved to a house close by the Bayonne docks with the Federal Housing Administration. As a child, he started writing in grade school. He sold monster stories too his friends and students from school. He even created different superheroes in comic, and created fanfiction out of his favorite comic books. When he began high school, he started to join different activities. He attended a Catholic boys school called Marist High School. He played on the chess team and spent time working on the school newspaper. Martin graduated in 1966. He continued to write while going to Northwestern University. “He earned first a bachelor’s degree in journalism in 1970 an then a master’s degree in the same subject the following year” (“George R.R. Martin” biography.com).

Martin Luther is a name that brings various images and ideas to ones mind. He is known as a great scholar, yet he is most widely known distinctly for his part in the great reformation. Many have taken it upon themselves to compose biographies of Luther’s life. Eric Till sought to portray the life of Luther in his film entitled Luther. This paper is a review of Till’s work. It will seek to review the movie while noting the historical accuracies and inaccuracies. This work is not attempting to be an exhaustive commentary on Till’s work, yet it does seek only to reflect that which the author noticed.