Spec Ops Satire

The story that this book tells is the personal story of the deployment of Nicholas Irving aka ‘The Reaper’ a Ranger sniper during a 100 day deployment to Afghanistan, during which this sniper has 33 confirmed kills. The author tells us of his feelings and his actions during the various encounters, and while he does not tell the story of each and every one of his kills, it shows stories of how the modern battlefield works in places like Afghanistan and Iraq.

As a hook in his article “When Life Imitates Video,” John Leo describes the Columbine High School massacre which took place near the city of Littleton, Colorado in 1999. Leo claims the actions taken by the teen shooters are due to the violent video games that* many young people play. The rest of his essay builds from this idea, arguing that violent video games desensitize players and encourages dangerous and delinquent behaviors in young children and teens. To effectively convince his target audience, those who have not yet had exposure to the idea of a connection between video games and behavior, of this idea, Leo utilizes an appeal to pathos and logos.

Do you like to read sports book, then this is your book, well this book is filled with action, drama and tons of problems and sports events.

“All right marines, this pod gives are suits one free charge, one free shield for when we hit the ground, our timing has to be close to when we make contact,” Officer Johnson said.

War is a subject that is deeply imbedded in the culture of the United States; this country was founded because of it. The Americans that fight in war are often referred to as heroes and held at a higher social standard than regular civilians. But Chris Hedges has a bleaker view of war and veterans. In his article “War Is Betrayal,” he explains how war is just another way for the elite to prey on the poor and gullible. He argues that rich and powerful do not go into combat, but instead they create an enticing narrative, of honor, experience, and status, that lures weak onto the battlefield. These same people after return from war with mental health problems. While Hedges includes some appeal to credibility in his article, he mainly employs emotional appeals to make his claim.

Child Soldiers, what i’ll write about is children recruited under the age of 18 and fight in war against other countries, and whether they should be Prosecuted or Amnesty.

Those who serve in the military are the often purported to be the ideal citizens who dedicate their lives to service. Veterans however are displaced and unable to fit within society without an array of different services. Veterans have engaged in the duty “to kill others for the sake of the political community” in order to secure their living and membership within society (Yuval-Davis, 2012:208). The political community then has a responsibility to provide for the soldiers when they return to being citizens.

My Opinion in on how we can end modern day is to fight to end it by making a statement and not just by yourself but by having a voice that can be heard in your community but also around the country as modern day slavery should stop no matter what type of circumstances that we may be going through as many of today's america problems involve race,sex trafficking,sexuality as many of america's circumstances exists around police brutality against blacks are the more talk about in america today but when so much police brutality going on not only are we killing ourselves but we are killing our society and how next generation will be formed,we are killing our next generation over sexually,race and how we dress and present ourselves in society in my opinion it needs to come to a stop and our voice should be heard not only when a situation happens but making a statement everyday not only just for a week and stop talking about the issue that is present at hand but many ways to bring a stop to the racism and judgment based on race is to make sure your voice get heard by making a statement by joining a local social justice group. One of the many social groups in charlotte that exists are the southern coalition for social justice,freedom

When people think of war what comes to mind is death, torture, and destruction. War instills fear since everyone dreads involvement in the ordeal (Mazlish 10). The experience of war leaves people with physical and psychological scars. Tim Obrien in “The Things they Carried” brings to light the tribulations faced by the soldiers in their quest to restore peace. He asserts, ‘war is hell (Brien 8).’This is an exhilarating story that brings to light the fact that, despite their participation in the war, soldiers are still human. Stanley Kubrick echoes Obrien’s sentiments in his award winning film the Full Metal Jacket. Both highlight the ugly truths of war as full of cruelties and absurdities. The experience of war for the soldiers shows that they are still human with feelings and emotions (Mazlish 11). For some, their emotions grow stronger while others undergo mental anguish and breakdowns, but whatever the case nobody is ever the same again.

When comparing and contrasting among history, literature, psychology, in terms of the central concern, values, approaches, and the connection they share with the community, one will find the transformations of the culture in war amazing. Throughout the test of time, the central concern has always been having power for the US. History shows that winning wars, being a power house, a leader, is about domination. The mentality is to win, allowing for authority. The values of the culture in war have transformed. One of the values was in the soldiers’ fight not life. With time, the human life of the troop gained significance. As people of the country gained financial security, they no longer wanted to be obligated to military affairs, allowing for a militarism that meant no forcing of war, but instead financing troops. The change in “revolutionary technologies” has also given way to a more futuristic approach when handling military affairs. The advancements has made it so that war is no longer a must, or a fight for survival, but a business that as lead to power. The text explains the American people are no longer involved as once before, instead they have detached from affairs of the

Three of the most clever, entertaining, and all around well-made films I’ve ever seen are the three that make up what is known as The Cornetto Trilogy: Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and The World’s End. While the first two very clearly take well known genres and play on conventional expectations of them, the last breaks out of the box slightly and thus makes it harder to define. The one unifying factor to be found in all of them, aside from the obvious recasting of main characters and director, is that they can all be considered comedies. However, similar to the way Shaun of the Dead uses the concept of a zombie movie and creates a movie falling into that category that breaks the mold of other previous zombie films, all three take the category

War can portray love and hate connotations ; reflects the variety of emotions felt by the soldiers. In 1990, after his experiences in Vietnam, Tim O’Brien an anti-war retired Veteran published “The Things They Carried”, an ashamed, unjustifiable collection of short stories that evaluate the regret and cowardness he felt of having fought in a pointless war. Afterwards in 2012, after his tour of duty in Iraq, Chris Kyle a pro-war retired Navy SEAL published a prologue to “American Sniper” , an ardent, unabashed memoir of his pride of having had served in a war that was his duty and job to be in. Tim O’ Brien uses symbolism and similes to reflect the soldiers’ “normal” lives lost in war and sacrifices made. However Chris Kyle uses synecdoche

Technology is becoming very advanced and personally I love to learn about all the new advances. I’m very excited to see all the new technology come out. There is just this one thing that always seems to make me feel guilty. While I'm looking down so much more is happening that I'm not aware of. Technology makes us alone. I will admit, I spend a good amount of time on my phone. I am looking down at this little device,and it controls so much of my life. Okay but also let's be real, it is cool as hell! Technology connects me to people around the world. However these super cool devices also cost me a lot of money. A LOT OF MONEY, but let's save that topic for another rant. Instead of actually talking to people we use our phones. It causes us

The article “Generation Kill” is written by Ewan Wright in 2004 and the author follows a platoon of US Marines in their advance through the Iraq war. Through the text there is given a characterization of the soldiers and how they respond to unaccustomed episodes that war brings.

I completely agree about the "Call of Duty" series. I play these games and have a lot of friend who play them. a few months ago my grandparents, who don't watch much tv, or movies, were over and me and my little brother were playing a round or two of Special Ops on the game. For anyone who has played a lot of games like that, they know that there isn’t much gore in them, but my grandparents were amazed at the amount of gore that was shown and were kind of appalled at how readily available it has become to take a "person's" life.