The King's Shilling Short Story

When the men was wounded, and showed weakness the platoon leader gave comfort while getting him the help he needed. And when he wanted to hold another soldier’s hand, no judgment was given, just a hand and consolation. A strong bond had to be there, in the jungle among the grunts to save lives and stop one another from going crazy, as they only had each other.

James R. McDonough sets a spectacular example of what it is to be a second lieutenant in the United States Army and what it is truly like to lead a group of enlisted soldiers for the first time. Lieutenant McDonough, a graduate of West Point, was deployed as a platoon leader in a small fort with the mission of holding a Vietnamese village out of the hands of the Viet Cong. When he arrived, Lieutenant McDonough discovered that the former Lieutenant and platoon leader of the 2d Platoon, Bravo Company, 4th Battalion, 503d Infantry (Airborne) hardly ever left his

Rebecca Harding Davis wrote “Life in the Iron Mills” in the mid-nineteenth century in part to raise awareness about working conditions in industrial mills. With the goal of presenting the reality of the mills’ environment and the lives of the mill workers, Davis employs vivid and concrete descriptions of the mills, the workers’ homes, and the workers themselves. Yet her story’s realism is not objective; Davis has a reformer’s agenda, and her word-pictures are colored accordingly. One theme that receives a particularly negative shading in the story is big business and the money associated with it. Davis uses this negative portrayal of money to emphasize the damage that the single-minded pursuit of wealth works upon the humanity of those

The Authors, Richard Wright and Zora Neale Hurston write two great stories, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” and “The Gilded Six-Bits”. The main characters of the two stories Dave, Missie May, and Joe bring the stories to life. In the story, “The Gilded Six-Bits” Missie May and Joe have a conflict with a stranger, Otis Slemmons who promises them riche, but only causes chaos in their marriage. Dave in the story, “The Man Who Was Almost a Man” thinks having a makes him a man. The main purpose of the story being a man and becoming a man in two different perspectives.

In June 1791, King Louis XVI and his family snuck out of Paris during the night, hoping to escape from the French Revolution and its violence. He planned to escape the country and return with foreign assistance to reclaim control of France, but the people of Varennes stopped and detained him until authorities arrived and sent him back to Paris. Louis’ attempted escape, in addition to the letter he left behind denouncing the Revolution, “profoundly influenced the political and social climate of France” (223). His escape outraged many people and left the administration in shambles, and this caused tensions to break out. To control the situation, the people of France quickly organized

First, one should focus on the language and Henry's ethos. The soldiers are burdened with the thought of a

Doing so assisted in a combined fire action with Woodruff’s guns to slow the Union advance long enough to stabilize the situation on Bloody Hill. (George E. Knapp, 1953).

As she walks through the door after a long and exhausting day, Monee King is greeted with “Hey Mom!”, from her 4 beautiful teenage girls. She cooks an amazing dinner after cooking for others all day. They sit at the kitchen table and bow their heads in prayer. After a quiet “Amen” the table erupts in stories about each of the young girl's day. She listens and laughs while thinking “This wasn't easy but it was worth it”

At dawn, the Americans realize that the Native American warriors and seven hundred of Brock’s troops are eagerly marching on their position. British guns start firing a deadly stream from across the river into the overcrowded American stronghold. The fort is descending into chaos as Native American war screams are shouted, having a devastating effect on General Hull. Hull surrenders despite ardent disagreement from his troops and officers (A Guide to the War of 1812). The British take the fort without a

On November 14th the 50th New York engineers reported the pontoons were ready to move besides the lack of 270 horses needed to move them. At first Lee anticipated that Burnside would beat him across the Rappahannock and that to protect Richmond he would assume the next defensible position would be the south the north Anna river but then he saw how slowly Burnside was moving and he directed all of his army towards Fredericksburg. By November 23rd all of Longstreet’s crops had arrived and lee placed them on the bridge that was known as the Marye’s Heights to the west of town, Andersons division was on the far left and directly behind that was McLaws with that in mind Picket’s and Hoods was to the right of that. Then on November 26th he sent out for Jackson but his second corps commander had anticipated the need and began forced marching his troops from Winchester on November 22nd covering as much as 20 miles a day. When Jackson arrived at lees headquarters on November 29 his divisions were deployed to prevent Burnside crossing downstream from

The Success of Henry VII in Improving Royal Finances Henry VII was a political realist, he knew he needed a good financial base from which to run the country, but on a more personal note, he also saw the need to create a strong financial situation upon which to secure his reign and dynasty. As Caroline Rodgers states 'Henry was acutely aware of the importance of strong finances if he was to remain safely on the throne.' However, it has often been said of Henry, 'No man has ascended to the throne with such a lack of financial experience and resources as Henry VII.' S. B. Chrimes.

One week later, November 30, 1817, the most barbarous battle of the First Seminole War occurred along the Apalachicola River. The previous attack on Fowltown had enraged the Creek Indians, Seminoles, and runaway slaves in that region and they had decided to disrupt the transportation of supplies, to Fort Scott, on the Apalachicola River. With a force of over three-hundred men, led by the Red Stick Creek leader Homathlemico, the Indians ambushed Lieutenant Scott’s boat. Alerted of the possible attack, Lt. Scott sent a courier to notify Gen. Gaines of the imminent danger. However, the courier arrived too late for reinforcements to react. The warriors established strategic battle positions on the East side of the river, along a bend, where the

At the headquarters of the Louisiana National Guard, located in the lower 9th ward, the soldiers were not yet aware that the canal levees were giving way. The Guard’s commander

Rifleman Matthew Dodd is part of the glorious Ninety-fifth who have distinguished themselves at several battles: Avimiero, Corruno, Flushing, Talavera, and Busaco. One day Dodd is cut off from his

Henry the Fifth has been noted as England’s best King throughout history. He was loved among the common people and nobles alike for his fairness, his effectiveness on the throne, his justness, and his ability to relate to people of all classes. The kings that reigned before him, especially his father King Henry IV and King John, provide a striking contrast to Hal’s attitude on the throne. Kings of the past had not experienced the life of the common people, and chose to lead their lives in the realm of the castle. As we witnessed in I Henry IV, Hal’s father even went as far to discuss this approach to ruling at length with Hal. Henry IV believed that a king was best admired and supplicated if he was kept