Escape From Camp 14 Analysis

In the Last Stand, written by Nathaniel Philbrick he discusses a big leader in the Civil War, George Armstrong Custer and how he led his troops with reckless courage. Philbrick wrote this book which can be viewed in many ways: a bloody massacre that is a big part of American history, or a tale of crazy arrogance and even unmatched bravery. One way that this book can be viewed as is the Last Stand being viewed as an account of a well-known battle that encapsulates the treatment of Native Americans during the “Indian Wars.” The next option is that the Last Stand is a retelling story of a history that does not glorify the United States Army in the Indian Wars, but shows the hubris and reckless of the leaders and army. Finally, the Last Stand can be viewed as a double meaning, both the last stand for Custer and the Last Stand for the Sitting Bull and the Lakota Sioux. In this essay, I’m going to discuss the ways in which Custer leads his troops and how he was a powerful leader during this time.

To set the stage for the narrative history book, Unredeemed Captive, on a day in late February of 1704, the town known as Deerfield, Massachusetts was raided by Mohawk Indians. They captured and killed many individuals as well as families, then sent them on approximately a two-month long and snowy journey to Canada. One family in particular was a prime target of the Mohawks. John Williams, the Reverend of Deerfield, was married with five children. He and his family were targeted because of his value and importance to the community. Deerfield was holding a French man by the name of “Captain Baptiste,” who was of equal value and importance; therefore, Williams was needed to make a trade for this man.1 Eventually, Williams was able to provide

Why does Miss, Caroline and scout get off on the wrong foot. I think they got off on the wrong foot because when miss, Caroline state's ‘’Tell your father to stop teaching you how to read.’’ Scout really loved to read and in made her mad that miss Caroline thought her dad had taught her so scout stated ‘’My Father ain't taught me nothing.’’ Miss Caroline states that someone had to have taught her she didn't just teach herself how to read. One lesson that scout learned in this chapter is when she picked on dill for being little at the end of the chapter she realizes that she likes dill and shouldn't have picked on him because that is mean.

His body isn’t ready for the direct sunlight and his mind cannot comprehend the world in comparison to what he felt he knew. In time, the man is able to see that all of the previously “known” information he had was completely false but also that he must start a different journey in order to find himself as the way of life he was previously use to, in which guessing was the way of judging knowledge, is ineffective and useless to him now. Finally, the prisoner returns to the cave with a new base of knowledge. He tried to share this information with his fellow prisoners but after hearing about his travels and that they were in fact wrong the prisoned men said to him that “up he went and down he came without eyes, and that it was better to not even think of ascending” ("The Simile of the Cave." Republic, 1974) . He is then met with resistance in offering them help and freedom from their binds. They threaten “if anyone tried to loose another and lead him up to the light, let them only catch the offender and put him to death”, it is as if they feel that his “loss of sight” is death to them and they are perfectly happy with the information that they know to be true ("The Simile of the Cave." Republic, 1974) .

Get Out (2016), directed by Jordan Peele takes a look at how an interracial couple, Chris and Rose, who decided to get out for one weekend to Rose’s parents home but things begin to take a turn once they arrive. Peele uses both a comedic side to help lighten up the mood but also utilizes terror in the film to highlight important issues such as being Black in America. Throughout the film, Get Out uses many symbols, signs, imagery that takes a look at social realities of American race relations but also in the understable parniona black people can’t help but feel after years of kidnapping, slavery, biased policing, and many more issues when Chris wonders what he got himself into.(quote). Overall, this film has been broadcasted on many platforms such as in movie theaters, television, social media apps, magazines and newspapers.

In the film Green Mile, different sociological theories and concepts can be useful in considering how societies rule our behaviors in life within different cultural places and times. A theory developed by sociologist Emile Durkheim known as the functionalist perspective profoundly applies through out the film. Concepts that are also seen in the film includes: human agency, norms, folkways, mores, and master status with a few theories and concepts of deviance.

In “The Luck of Roaring Camp” by Bret Harte, nature is seemingly created into its own character. Nature has the haunting role of being the giver and taker of life in this story. The forces of nature bring the men of the camp the blessing of a small child. Through this child the men are given life and see the beauty of nature around them. However, nature will ultimately strip the men of both of these things. Harte shows us that nature is the culprit that brings both beauty and pain.

Sometimes I try to cry and laugh just like other people, just to see if it feels like anything. Yet tears don’t come. Laughter never comes.” (pg. ). This quote shows that Shin’s mind slowly beginning to return to becoming normal, or as it was phrased by Shin “evolving from being an animal” showing that while in Camp 14, he had become an animal. This is just shows one of the possible effects of having human rights taken

In addition to conspicuous physical scars, victims of abuse are often left with less-visible damage to their mental state, both emotionally and spiritually. The consequences of emotional and spiritual suffering are explored in depth in the memoir Night, by Elie Wiesel. In my opinion, the spiritual and emotional trauma experienced by Elie and the Jewish prisoners is more damaging than the physical effects. Firstly, their intense suffering results in a complete loss of faith for many characters after their life-changing experiences. Additionally, after time spent in the physically and mentally draining concentration camps, many of the prisoners resort to human survival instincts and leave behind their compassionate nature to stay alive. Finally,

Age thirteen is a special time for boys. Sorry girls, I don't have a clue how it goes for you. I'm not leaving you out, I just don't know and don't feel confident to comment. If the shoe fits, wear it.

There is hardly anyone that hasn’t had to grow up. Growth is central to every character in a story, but “Through the Tunnel” and To Kill a Mockingbird amplify this; the loss of innocence and coming of age is central to the entire story. Both “Through the Tunnel” and To Kill a Mockingbird’s main conflict test the characters (Jem in To Kill a Mockingbird and Jerry in “Through the Tunnel”) as they grow up in the face of adversity.

This quote is in the opening scene of the book, the exposition and setting. It provides background to set the stage for the story and introduction to characters and conflicts through the background and foreground. It depicts Abilene Tucker, the protagonist, reaching into her bag and pulling out a crucial item in the book. The compass her father gave her before he sent her away for the summer.

Once one of the prisoner’s is released, he is forced to look at the fire and the objects that once made up his perceived reality, and realizes that the new images he is made to acknowledge are now the accepted forms of reality.

“The door of the jail being flung open from within, there appeared, in the first place, like a black shadow emerging into the sunshine, the grim and grisly

Based on a true story, the movie ‘Lone Survivor’ features four Navy SEALs that set out on a mission to Afghanistan with orders to capture and kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. The Navy SEALS are detected by villagers and the mission was compromised. Ultimately, the mission had been discovered and the men found themselves surrounded by dozens of Taliban soldiers. One of the Navy SEAL soldiers managed to dispatch to base and retrieve assistance but the Taliban shoot down the helicopter. During battle, three of the Navy SEAL soldiers were killed leaving one still alive.