In The Field By Jimmy Cross

This quote shows that men were ready and willing to put the future of their country above the value of their own lives. They were ready to fight and possibly die for the sake of their country. Most of these men who put their lives forward were basically untrained. They were men who came from farms, villages, and other locations and then signed up to serve their country in its time of need. Groups of soldiers that had already served in combat went around to the different towns and villages looking for men to sign up for combat duty regardless of how much military training they had, “A dollar deposited on the drum head was taken up by someone as soon as placed there, and the holder’s name taken, and he enrolled, with orders to equip himself as quick as possible.” (8). Men would sign up because they thought that becoming a soldier and fighting in the war was an easy way to make money and to provide for their families. These men who fought in this war were not soldiers who had been trained for years to serve in combat, most of them were given a gun and told where to shoot. They had no formal training and enlisted in the hopes of helping to provide support for their

Not everyone is a criminal just because they have a criminal past. People can change through time and experience. Individuals are capable to recognize this through pieces of writing which shows the characters from the beginning through the end. In We Were Here written by Matt de La Pena in 2009, there were three main characters which are Miguel, Mong, and Rondell. Miguel committed a horrible crime and got sent to a group home for a year and was obligated to write in his journal, so the judge can understand his way of his thinking. Miguel meets Rondell and Mong at the group home. Then Mong decides to come up with a plan to escape the group home, run off to Mexico to be free with Miguel and Rondell. The three boys did not know each other that well, they were basically strangers who eventually became best friends threw their journey of escaping to Mexico. In We Were Here shows a major theme which a theme is the moral of the story. Within that journey ,Matt de La Pena, the author of We Were Here shows symbolism which created the theme even though you might have a bad past everyone has the chance to change.

Essayist and novelist, Brent Staples, in his essay "Just Walk On By: A Black Man Ponders His Power to Alter Public Space" describes the accusatory altering effects of racial profiling and stereotyping occurring within the cities of Chicago. Staples purpose is to express to the reader the shift of the atmosphere when a black man enters a room. He creates an accusatory tone to show that he's an innocent man incriminated of committing crimes due to his ethnicity. Staples states “the ability to alter public space in ugly ways” he builds credibility by allowing readers to speculate on racial profiling through his personal experiences and appealing his readers with both logic and emotion to support his viewpoint.

Initially, when Tim O’Brien was drafted to fight a war, he needed to make a decision between personal desire and societal expectation: his point of views was more tend to be self-preservation. He believed that according to his qualities, “[he] was too good for this war.”(2,32-33) he refused to go to the war because he had “a full-ride scholarship for grad studies at harvard”(2,35-36) that would make his future much more better than going to a war that he felt unjustified. The notice that about he was drafted to fight the Vietnam War became a mess in the life he planned out for himself. “[Tim O’Brien] did not want to die”(3,26-27) and lose his bright future that would bring him happiness.

In the war, it often thought that soldiers, go to a country to keep peace in that part of the world. Unfortunately that is not always the case;during these tours ,soldiers die everyday from cultural violence,and misguided information by their superiors and in this story that has occurred. Jimmy Cross is characterized as a man who is filled with emotion and the loss of one of his men. “Cross carried a compass, maps,...He carried a strobe light and the responsibility for the lives of his men.” (Tim O’Brien pg. 4) Cross felt directly responsible for his men. Death lead Cross to the realization of who Cross truly is, and who he will become. Jimmy Cross has to find himself one way or another, when he is ready to face the truth is completely up to

Justin Torres Novel We the Animals is a story about three brothers who lived a harassed childhood life. There parents are both young and have no permanent jobs to support their family. The narrator and his brothers are delinquents who are mostly outside, causing trouble, causing and getting involved in a lot of problems and barely attending school, which their parents allowed them to do. The narrator and his brothers were physically abused by their father, leading them to become more violent to one another and others, drinking alcohol and dropping out of school. Physical abuse is an abuse involving one person’s intention to cause feelings of pain, injury and other physical suffering and bodily harm to the victim. Children are more

As a currently employed crew member at Chipotle, I have firsthand experience at what it’s like to be thought of as less intelligent for working a service job. When people ask me where I work I’m always worried to receive those suggestively insulting looks. Even though I’m still a college student, I’m still concerned with how people will perceive me when they realize my job is seemingly nothing complex. If I’m embarrassed to talk about my part-time job I can’t imagine how other people who work in the service industry full-time must feel. After reading “Blue Collar Brilliance” I realized that my job and every other blue-collard job aren’t subpar at all. In Mike Rose’s “Blue Collar Brilliance,” Rose paints the contrasting image between the level of intelligence that is required to perform white and blue-collar work (Rose 98). The author explains the common perception held by many that people employed in white collar working fields are substantially more intelligent than their blue-collar counterparts (Rose 98). People working in service jobs are often thought to be less intelligent than white collar workers because according to Rose “intelligence is closely associated with formal education” (Rose 98). According to Rose blue-collar workers have a stigma of being “illiterate therefore incapable” (Rose 98). There is more to blue-collar work than the seemingly boring routines they undergo. There’s this idea in society that performing repetitive actions in the blue-collar workplace

The young men that enlisted in the war were not blamed for the war, but yet they have no say in the war so they are fighting by orders and not themselves. “A man with a small pointed

During the Vietnam War, Mexican American soldiers fought bravely to defend the United States. However mainstream historical chronicles are almost silent concerning the contributions of these soldiers in this war. Most literature omits the accomplishments and experiences of Mexican American soldiers. One example is the bestselling book Everything We Had by Al Santoli, which chronicles the oral history of soldiers in the Vietnam War. However not one Mexican American soldier is interviewed . When they are mentioned they are usually described in a stereotypical way for example Gary Hook who describes these soldiers as “ Mexicans” who speak “Mexican” in his book One Day in Vietnam. The brave participation of Mexican American soldiers in the Vietnam War did not improve the marginalized status of their community within the United States. It also failed to advance their civil rights battles and their war against poverty. Even though they fought bravely Mexican Americans faced prejudice before and during the war and received minimum recognition and rewards for their efforts in the War .

Tim O’Brien desperately wanted to dodge the draft. Tim had a “moral split. [He] couldn’t make up his mind. [He] feared the war, yes, but [he] also feared exile” (O’Brien 42). Tim had no idea what to do.

Chesty Puller’s childhood was filled with old veteran tales of the Civil War. Since he was enthralled by these stories, he wanted to fight with the U.S. He enlisted, but was too young and did not have consent from his mother to join. Puller persisted and attended Virginia Military Academy but later dropped out after a year to join the Marines during WWI. Chesty believed in going out and fighting with the men he was leading, even when he was young he believed that for the reason he quit the academy “We make generals today on the basis of their ability to write a damned letter. Those kinds of men can’t get us ready for war”(Puller). Sadly, Puller

Collapse Book Review Alex Loureiro 4-17-15 Professor. Hauselmann Jared Diamond in his book “Collapse”, goes on a journey throughout the world and discovers what made some of the world’s greatest societies and civilization’s “collapse”. Jared Diamond is currently a Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Jared Diamond is originally trained as a bird scientist. But is best known for a wide range of expertise in other areas of profession, such as ecology, geography, biology, etc.

Paul Bogard efficiently persuades his audience that natural darkness should be preserved through his use of historical, artistic, and geographical allusions along with a mass of syntax, and personal anecdotes. Bogard commences his argument conjuring a personal story- an encounter with the outdoors in a night setting. The author speaks of his experience in the Minnesota lake “woods so dark that [his] hands disappeared before [his] eyes.” Through this brief personal anecdote a sense of connection is developed between the writer and the reader. Bogard welcomes the reader to recall a joyful night in their lifetime and to conjure past sweet, palatable memories.

Having no experience with war, the youth enlisted in the army, going against his mother’s wishes. From the moment the youth enlisted, his regiment had not engaged in battle, but constantly drilled to prepare for the horrors they may encounter. The youth knew from the drills that he did not possess the courage that army veterans had. The youth’s regiment finally received orders to march and engage in a battle. In an uncertain tone, the youth asks another soldier how he knows he “won’t run when the time comes?”(20). “Run?-- of course not!” was the response the youth received and immediately he knew that among the men of the army, “he was a mental outcast” (20,21). Henry did not have the courage

The graphic novel Palestine, published by Maltan journalist Joe Sacco in the early ‘90s, is a journalistic piece that represents his recollections of two months spent talking to and living with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. The casual narrative style, which some might say is too shallow for such heavy subject matter, in fact allows Sacco to avoid many of the pit falls that have made Western reporting on non-Western conflicts unhelpful at the very least and more often incredibly damaging.