The Long Way Home Summary

To war, or not to war, that is the question. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien faces cultural, political, and social factors that end up leading him to forgo his plan to dodge the draft, and to report as instructed, a mere yards away from his destination of Canada (57). In Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony, Rocky and Tayo, two young Native American men, experience cultural, political, and social factors that draw them into the Army, fighting the Second World War for a country that considers them less than human. The stories of these characters are not unique, they are stories that are representative of the stories of young American men at the time, who faced cultural, political, and social factors during both conflicts. The purpose of this inquiry essay is to determine what those factors were, and why they lead these men to willingly engage in two of the deadliest conflicts in human history.

Many factors led these nine men to sign up for the Marines in 1966. Though small towns often exemplified the social and racial division between classes, like that of Morenci where Native Americans still lived on reservations, and the Mexican American people were viewed as, “lazy, shiftless, and untrustworthy.” (Longley, 21) Leroy, Clive, and Robert, who are Mexican Americans, wanted to join the war because they all had cousins, uncles, and fathers that served in WWII, and this led their ancestors to have more respect in the community, “The value of

Museums are filled with unique,historical artifacts that are precious to our history throughout the world. These “traveling exhibits” give people around the world an opportunity to see how our ancestors lived in many different regions of the world. Many artifacts are far away from their country of origin 7.In the articles “Bring Them Home”and “Museums Preserve the Cultures of the World,” people argue that museums should return certain artifacts to its original country, while others believes it’s only right to keep them considering the originating country rightfully sold those artifacts.In my opinion, countries should bring some artifacts back to their originating country.

In the 18th century, there was a huge migration of people from Europe and Germany into the new land, America. Some fled war, discrimination, some came in as slaves, and others migrated in search of a new beginning, and new opportunities. According to the letter by Elizabeth Sprigs of Maryland to her father, there was a cost of immigration. Only a few of the immigrants like Johannes Hanner, were fully free. Others traded their freedom for a specific period of time in exchange for passage to America. In her letter, Elizabeth expresses the harsh conditions that they went through to earn the passage by working as indentured servants. Johannes, on the other hand, expresses the good life he was experiencing compared with the situation in his former

They came from eighteen states and five foreign countries; twenty-six were born in Europe. Their occupations included merchant, surveyor, painter, farmer, shopkeeper, plasterer, glazer, jockey, and teamster. At least six were physicians, and six were lawyers. The average age was twenty-nine… A diverse lot, but not one of them was a professional soldier. To a man, they shared the will to fight and die for what they believed was right.

1. Magnus Andreas Brattesto was born April 14 1890 in Norway. Magus was the first-born son in his family of dozen children. He works on a fishing boat when he left school at ten. Magnus took a ship to America by the fist Norwegian immigrant ship called Restauration and nicknamed the Norwegian Mayflower. He like many immigrants turned to service in the army was in order to become a full citizen, when servicing somewhere no longer discriminated because they shredded blood for their country.

Not every man who 's fought in a war planned on doing so. In fact, not all of them even want to. It 's rare to find enough people voluntarily willing to lay down their lives for their country, so more often than not militaries used what we would call “citizen soldiers.” Citizen soldiers are exactly what they sound like, regular citizens taken from society and turned into people capable of serving in the military. Although it may seem obvious when plainly written out, citizen soldiers had vastly different experiences compared to career soldiers, and Stephen Ambrose attempted to pin down that specific experience in his book Citizen Soldier. Ambrose uses oral interviews from World War II veterans and other materials to explain the experiences of the common American soldier who served in WWII between D-Day and the eventual surrender of the German forces. However, when examining his book, it 's important to ask how successful Ambrose was in painting an accurate picture of this kind of soldier 's life during his service. Is the information he uses specific to the men who served in Europe, or can it also be linked back to the soldiers in the Pacific? This paper will evaluate his work by comparing it to oral interviews from WWII veterans both from the same areas that Ambrose 's veterans serve in and in locations not included in his work.

"With No Direction home" by Marni Finkelstein is an ethnography that was conducted for a period of two summers in the east village of New York City. The group that was targeted was homeless youth. The author's goals in this research is to find out how these kids end up in the streets and what they go through once they are there. Marnie Finkelstein interviewed 50 subjects to get a deeper understanding of how these kids see the world once they are on the street. She wants to shed some light on the lifestyle, experiences, goals, backgrounds and more on this largely understudied population. She also approaches the street kids with cultural relativism, putting aside her own thoughts and beliefs to get a better understanding of their culture and way of life.

In 2009, when Rebecca Skloot went to Clover for a visit and reminiscing the town where Henrietta’s journey began. She thought the road seemed longer than she remembered, and then she recognised that she was driving past the Post Office. She stopped the car and stared in surprise at a ground full of remains that had once been downtown Clover. She picked up some of the pieces from the town with the intention to give them to Deborah. After passing by the Main Street in Clover, Rebecca felt like almost all the things that were associated to Henrietta’s past was fading. Gary, Day, and Cootie had already died and now the whole town of Clover had gone too.

This article focuses on Sierra Leone's severe common war is the persuasive induction of children, some as youthful as 7 years of age. Captured by revolt constrains or drawn into the Government's armed force, they are compelled to wind up warriors, human shields, spies, watchmen and sex slaves. A ton of these children saw the butcher of their folks and were traumatized to the point that they were living like animals in the jungle. Of numerous stories on the site the one that emerged was M.G., he was given the name M.G. by rebels. M.G was 10 years old when he was first forced to point his gun at a villager and pull the trigger. He was a fourth grader walking to school when he was abducted by the RUF.

This book further teaches young readers the importance of close examination, as the images change the course and meaning of the whole story. Not until the very final pages do readers gain any insight into where CJ and his grandmother are going. But the fact that CJ asks “How come we always gotta go here after church?” signals that they are not headed straight home (pg. 11). The subject of their destination is then dropped as the journey of the bus ride takes over. Not until page 27 is it finally made clear that the pair has been traveling to a soup kitchen. For many, the contrast between CJ taking the bus as opposed to his friend riding in a car conjures the idea of poverty. The idea that CJ and his grandmother took the cheaper transport option

In her book Fly Away from Home, Author Jennifer Weiner once said “divorce isn’t such a tragedy. A tragedy is staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love…” This is the general idea of divorce, once one has decided they’ve had enough it’s okay to quit. In some situations I would agree that it is absolutely necessary for divorce. I am not against divorce but I am in favor of the children that have to experience it. If you google ‘divorce’ what pops up is celebrities that have gone through it, an ad for a comedy television show about divorce, and a certificate for a free marriage counseling session. Not much is said about the children. Children from the ages of 5-13 experience the bad side of divorce because during that age is where most of the imprinting takes place. There is not much information on the topic of children that are having to go through divorce, custody battles, moving away, mental illness, etc. The reason for my research is to develop more information about the children, how to help them cope with it, how to tell them, and how to avoid trauma. The purpose of my research is to be the voice for children, as a future child psychologist and as someone that went through it as a child. There is not enough research out there about the toll this takes on a child so I figured I could change that.

January 1,1892 getting ready to aboard the ship with my best friend Ashlyn Yaya and heading towards Ellis Island. It's kind of exciting,but depressing at the same time because I have to leave my family. We both came from South Sudan. It took us an hour to get ready because we had no clue what to pack. What I packed was at least five outfits,a toothbrush,perfume,deodorant,money,and three pair of shoes. I had one big suitcase and started walking towards the ship while shaking. Everyone was walking on with smiles on their face while mine was just normal. I didn't know what to think about it. What would happen to me? Will I ever get to see my family? These questions are just a few of them of what I thought. Have you just ever said something or did something without you knowing, well that's what just happened. I got out of my train of thought and I was already on the ship, and the adventure begins.

How does the poet bring out the theme of ‘passing of time’ in the poem ‘Coming Home’?

There is no place like home. These are familiar words I often hear from people especially from those who are far away from home. They move or migrate to a different place because of many reasons; it can be a new job, work abroad, or simply to find better opportunity.