The Kill Switch

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.

This type of an environment, motivated by congenial intentions, and imposed by brutal force, created the perfect conditions for a serial killer to travel around the great Soviet Union and murder hundreds of people. As a consequence of this new transition to a state of “no crime”, officers were required to find and declare someone guilty, regardless of their innocence, creating the perfect environment for Andrei Sidorov, to travel around and kill freely without any retribution applied back. Smith’s description of the “enemies of the party” were regarded as more inferior than “spies” and “saboteurs”, is foreshadowing the prejudicial actions implemented on Leo Demidov and to all the people to whom the Ministry of State Security and the Party line thought they were “doubters of the society which awaited them”. Accordingly, these people were tortured and persuaded into confessing lies; for motives that Leo Demidov was fighting for, discovering the real murderer responsible for these merciless crimes. However, for the state officials to declare this a nationwide murder is the equivalent to taking “a giant step backwards.”

In "The Case for Kill Switches in Military Weaponry" Jonathan Zittrain ponders ways to prevent equipment from falling into enemy hands. He tells us of the situation at the Mosul Dam where captured U.S. equipment was used against our allies. Then he goes on to explain that keys are not our only option for security anymore. Nowadays militaries have ways of denying access to certain things remotely. Now nations have the ability to prevent unauthorized use of military kit. The essay is aimed at those who have the power in those nations to implement a kill switch so modern military equipment can be disabled when it falls into enemy hands. Zittrain mainly is trying to show that method’s that are already in use in things such as smartphones

A Time to Kill was adapted from the 1989 John Grisham novel of the same name, and is set in rural Canton, Mississippi. The film begins with the brutal rape and beating of a ten-year-old black girl, Tonya Hailey, by two white supremacists. After failing in an attempt to hang the girl, the men then ditch her body in a nearby creek. By some miracle, the girl survives and the two men are later arrested in a bar. Carl Lee Hailey, played by Samuel Jackson, is Tonya’s father and after the men are arrested, he calls Jake Brigance, played by Matthew McConaughey. Jake is a white lawyer who once defended Carl Lee’s brother, he advises Carl Lee that there is a possibility that the men who hurt his daughter may be released and walk free. Upon hearing that Tonya may never get the justice she deserves, Carl Lee

The prisoner on the very left began crying, sobbing like a child. The Captain was not swayed by his weeping. She continued. “There is one bullet in this gun,” she said, overwhelming the faint cacophony of gunfire that murmured in the background. “One by one, I will point this gun at your heads. One by one, I will pull the trigger. All you have to do to stop me, is tell me the location of your nuclear devices.”

The group wakes up to realize there’s a bomb. Trelane uses his special abilities to throw the bomb out of the window. They battle Agent Kern.

Published in 1961, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 is a satire of war with a twist. Heller wrote his narrative nonlinearly. Although certain critics described the novel as “disorganized, unreadable and crass”, the mismatched chronology complements Heller’s style of writing and draws the reader’s interest. One key point of Catch-22, the catch-22 paradox, makes use of the nonlinear structure to encircle the reader in the contradictions. In addition, Heller’s style of writing provides a point of viewing different from most novels. While the narrative may seem complex and overwhelming at first, the reader learns to appreciate the subtleties of Heller’s labyrinthine plot.

“ Hollaway! Get down here before I blow you up!” Connor quietly shouts over his radio. “I’m coming from a rooftop, so how quick do you expect me to be?” replies Holloway.

Not even an hour passes before we hear something, the cry of a hound, not a bark or a howl, a cry of death. I follow the noise to a Burmese tiger pit with one of our hounds impaled in it. I again call out to Rainsford, telling him that he has claimed the life of one of our best hounds. I then turn around and head inside for the night, knowing the woods is no longer safe. At daybreak, me and Ivan do the same plan, gather the hounds and search for Rainsford. But instead of letting the dogs roam we had contained them on a leash, just in case of any more tiger pits. We were walking for not that long when Ivan stepped over a tripwire that had launched Rainsford’s hunting knife into Ivan, that slayed him instantly. “Replacing Ivan will be a challenge,” I think as I approach the end of the trail. I stand over the sea, confused on why Rainsford would jump into the sea, rather than face me. So I head back to my estate, disappointed that Rainsford had taken his own life, rather than facing me head on. I open my doors, and head to my dining hall, making dinner for myself. After my dinner I decide to go to my quarters and sleep off the night. But as I reached my quarters and flicked on the lights is when I saw him. Rainsford had been waiting for me, he then challenged me to a battle. That is the last we heard from General

Andrei Romanovich Chikatilo seemed to be just like a regular man. He had a wife, two kids, was a teacher in Russian literature, an engineer, and a proud soviet party member. No one would have ever guessed he was one of the world’s most notorious serial killers. By day, he was your average Joe literature teacher, but by night he took upon a darker passion that involved rape and murder. He would lure his victims into decollate locations with sadistic intent unknown to them. Chikatilo managed see out his sick secrets for over a decade with little suspicion. His evil desires stemmed from his childhood.

“Smith, we have a mothership full of Neudroids making its way to our direction and a group of agents threatened by a possible charge of insubordination on the ship, not to mention the special mission the GA himself has assigned; that alone should make every situation ten-fold their usual emergency staging.”

However, the possible dangers are not limited to ones pertaining to physical injury. An example of this is Yossarian’s conversation with an italian family who is told that Yossarian is their dying son, “wincing” and “feel[ing] sick” at his barefaced lie (Heller 184-185). This scenario serves as a broad implication of moral loss and danger faced by soldiers. Their lives affect those around them and their families, and their decisions can also weigh on their conscience. They also rely on each other, and occasionally may form emotional ties amid all of the superficial relationships, putting a part of their soul at risk. Reinforcing this assertion that all these conflicts are legitimate fears, Norman Podhoretz in his article "Looking Back at 'Catch-22'" agrees that “Yossarian's paranoia... [is] not a disease but a sensible response to real dangers” (Podhoretz 5). Podhoretz’s assertion that Yossarian’s paranoia, while humorous in its absurdity, is legitimate illustrates the danger inherent in the common facets of everyday life, establishing the tumultuous atmosphere in the novel.

Espionage has always been a crucial part of any war's success. It is vital to know what the enemy is planning to do and when they plan to execute their plans. This vital need has always caused the need for spies to conduct the espionage on enemies. However, the information that the spies collected was only as valuable as the amount of trust placed on a spy. A spy can gather information on enemies' plans and report back to their boss, but if the boss does not trust the spy it could cause vital information to go unnoticed or not receive the proper urgency. These doubts about notes and letters are not limited to spymasters alone, many everyday citizens rely on the letters and notes of others. In his novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold, Gabriel García Márquez uses letters and notes written between characters as a metaphor to represent the doubts the characters have about the information they are receiving. In order to better understand Márquez's metaphor the letters Angela receives from her mother about San Roman, the letters returned to Nasar by his fiancée, and the letters written to San Roman from Angela can all be further examined.

Today, novels are usually undervalued, they aren’t recognized for their true purpose and goal that authors vigorously carve into them. Joseph Heller’s Catch 22 is a novel with great purpose that reticently discusses social, historical, and cultural value in the American Army. Following the character John Yossarian. Heller exposes the social values that several individuals had in the American Army and historically reminds us of the tragedy that put America in during the 1940’s time period. Catch 22 is a prime example of a novel that is simply undervalued and only admired for its style and creative structure, which non. Getheless is important, but there are more aspects to the beautifully written novel than its structure.

“Get a move on!” He shouted, as he whizzed between the construction workers. “Hurry with that Neutronic Booster! On your feet, it 's not time for an oil break!”