Essay on Defence of Duffers Drift Book Report

"His campaign, while often overlooked by the general public, is considered by some historians to be brilliant. In this highly readable treatment of the Vicksburg campaign, historian James R. Arnold, makes the case that Grant's adroit military maneuvers were the equal of Napoleonic campaigns."

Washington's reevaluation of the situation after the failure in New York was the strategy he should have adopted from the start of the war. His knowledge of war fighting was learned by direct observation and experience. In this, he realized to win he must more that all else, preserve the integrity of the Continental Army. "Washington concluded that if the army could be kept alive, the Revolutionary cause would remain alive." (Weigley, p. 12) In gaining this insight, Washington set about on a new course to victory in that the "Art of War" is demonstrated.

He learned that politics, personal life, and Christianity were of the same piece. They were not three separate things but they were one.

War is a hellish battleground where many lives are taken. In war there is constantly images and events that happen which can change a soldier’s life forever. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque uses the symbols of boots, butterflies and horses to advance the main theme in the novel, that war takes young men’s innocence away.

In the novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque depicts the effects of power and authority on the characters. Young school-going “men” are given no choice but to support their country by signing up to be on the front line. Pushed into war by the ones they trust most, these soldiers quickly learn the realities of the abysmal trenches and immediately begin to question the older generations that pressured them to enlist. Furthermore, these leaders who speak of patriotism are willing to sacrifice the lives men of lower social classes even when it is evident that the war cannot be won. In the novel, Remarque brings to light how the circumstances of war influence an individual to abuse their role of authority. Additionally, Remarque depicts an individual’s desire for power exposing that their hunger intensifies over time. As a result, the authoritative figures depict that once power is given to an individual, greed and misuse begin to control the person and sway their decisions. Remarque portrays the abuse of power that arises due to the appalling circumstances of the novel, uncovering their inhumane behavior.

It wasn’t until he went to war and was faced with the enemy that he would realize that the enemy wasn’t so different after all.

It was shown that he went off to fight in a war that he knew would

In Daniel Morgan’s arguably most important battle, the Battle of Cowpens, “he and his experienced but not trained militia defeated Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton.”(Daniel Morgan Cowpens). The Lieutenants militia was more experienced and had the upper hand in the battle. Daniel Morgan won the battle because he new his enemy so well, that he knew how his opponent would react to his strategies. This served as a major victory for the American army and Morgan’s

In the incredible book, All Quiet on the Western Front written by Erich Maria Remarque, the reader follows Paul Baumer, a young man who enlisted in the war. The reader goes on a journey and watches Paul and his comrades face the sheer brutality of war. In this novel, the author tries to convey the fact that war should not be glorified. Through bombardment, gunfire, and the gruesome images painted by the author, one can really understand what it would have been like to serve on the front lines in the Great War. The sheer brutality of the war can be portrayed through literary devices such as personification, similes, and metaphors.

The Wars, written by Timothy Findley, is a story about World War I, and consists of many shocking images passed over to the reader. Findley accomplishes to pull the reader into the narrative itself, so that the reader manages to feel an impact upon him/her-self about what is read. If it was not for this specific skill, or can also be seen as a specific genre, the novel would not have been as successful as it is now. Also, something that helps the book be so triumphant, there is the fact that Findley never overwhelms the reader with too many gruesome details about the World War I. Instead, he breaks the book down to help the reader calm down from everything that is happening. Throughout the essay, there is going to be some commenting on a

In the novel, Remarque presents the brutality of war. Early on in the novel, he describes the sound of the wounded horses and how brutal the war atmosphere is. “There is a whole world

was not the truth. This book showed the harsh reality of war that most people

Implying that the battle, resonates to that of the racial conflict and issues of social standing; which help to solidify the meaning of Ellison’s Marxist composition. To complicate the point, the title of the book is “Battle Royal”, alluding to the great conflict that the narrator was lured into; while juxtaposing the aliments of the Black community endless struggle towards finding recognition and equity in society. Therefore; asserting the claim that the battle, in the passage contextualize to the most core message of the novel proving the conflicting aspect shown by the story and how these sentiments were just specific, to the narrator but, to millions of African-Americans around the country; more in depth, this epic battle aligns with his (the narrator) grandfather’s message foreshadowed earlier in the passage; proclaiming the need for such hostilities, to foster the fight for social recognition of equality to that of the “fairer race” (Ellison pg. 294). The conflict also provokes the pursuit for freedom of future black generation towards recognition and other factors of social equity, which adds to the entity of the story. this addition exhibited when the narrator overcomes his battles later in the book when he’s in his dark apartment and he realizes he’s been blind in the entirety of his life, he

g the struggles of life, especially since he was the person going through this but he saying life isn't easy no matter what age you are but you have keep it moving put things in your past and move on.He also explains what war is like at a young age how everything gruesome and bloody and also how it is ground feeling for regret and guilt and the guilt and regret he is feeling Is that he feels that he is responsible for everything that has happened to him in his life.The book is saying that you will become smarter and stronger through the difficult times finding out you are going to lied to cheat on and also lose someone you love but you it's saying you will make it through the pain and suffering.What rights are being abused and violated in the book and how would you respond to these rights?A example of rights being abused is when the lieutenant gets child soldiers they don't make them forget or comfort them on their parents death the make them mourn the death of their parents to make them show their rage to make them fight.And they are pretty much brainwashed because during battle all of the boys yell about they killed their parents and family.The boy soldiers were brainwashed into thinking that killing and seeking revenge is the best thing they can do in their lives no matter what and it is forcing them to take drugs so that he can forget about the past and making them scared and have really bad nightmares what this is doing it is making them unstable and very unpredictable

What about the action and the battles? I think a lot of them are a lot of fun to watch. Its not just this hack and slash battle, but actually involves a lot of strategy, with minimal sword fights, and the bow and arrow being the most op item. I like the thought process that the Drifters (especially Nobunga) goes through when thinking up a battle and how it will turn out. The one on one fights are admittedly simple, but you cant help getting absorbed in it. Its very enjoyable to see the Drifters take these guys