Bobby Bowden

The 2002 film Black Hawk Down, directed by Ridley Scott, tells a heart wrenching true story of the 160 United States solders who risked their lives to capture major war lords who controlled the city of Mogadishu, the capital city of Somalia in east Africa in 1993. The solders found themselves in an unexpected position after things do not go as planned. In this essay, I argue that when faced with life or death, loyalty and duty to man and country along with the pursuit for a better life, man would

War is a traumatic and scarring experience for all who are involved. In Black Hawk Down, author Mark Bowden cleverly portrays this theme to his audience by appealing to their emotions. However Mark’s uses of rhetoric may not necessarily include figurative language, it does include literary techniques such as intense realism to embody the action packed portions of the story and in-depth characterization that allows the audience to bond with his characters and sympathize for them. In Black Hawk Down

lives in the Battle of Mogadishu. They spent a full day, which presumably felt like an eternity, fighting their hearts out for our country. The novel Black Hawk Down illustrates the story of the horrific battle that took place on October 3, 1903 (Bowden 3), moreover, BHD teaches us important lessons that especially apply to teenagers in MUSD because we have a marine base in 29 Palms. The knowledge we acquire from BHD relating to the battle, the men’s experiences, and the families’ worries allow us

“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones” (Stephen King). Black Hawk Down has many lessons that other narratives cannot replicate. The Morongo Unified School District is located in the High Desert, near a military base in 29 Palms. Due to this, many military adolescent in the surrounding area are currently enrolled in MUSD schools. Black Hawk Down is a novel about the military, so the lessons enclosed within the book

now especially with this war in Mogadishu specifically. Mark Bowden’s “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War” is a minute-by-minute reconstruction of the climatic battle in the short, ill-fated American military campaign in Mogadishu (Finnegan). Bowden provides useful glosses of politics, both local and international, and the strategic reasoning that brought a humanitarian mission to such a bloody pass (Finnegan). Students should gain a good grasp and understanding on this book. Black Hawk Down’s

being frightening, that is why they set out to kill them. On the other hand, readers are able to understand how the Americans feel towards the somalis as well, and methods of killing they use. This book is a great literary example of this, due to Bowden going to great lengths in order to write the book as accurately as possible. An Anonymous writer’s “Book and Movie Review” states, “ Bowden’s 1999 book is a marvelous rendition of the events in Mogadishu, told from the viewpoint of those who actually

Black Hawk was a man that sought for peace in his land. He believed that his people had been decieved and fooled by white men. He believed if peace was not settled, war must be the resolution. In Black Hawk's surrender speech, Black Hawk uses similies, point of view, and tone to express his anger toward white men, who took over his land. Black Hawk uses similies to express the way white men would decieve them with their hate. Black Hawk states, "...they coiled themselves among us like the snake

Black Hawk Down is a book about the military rangers that are in a black hawk and they get shot down. The rangers and demo team fight for their lives. Then another black hawk gets shot down and some of the crew survives but the rest of them get torn apart. Then the two teams then try to join each other but along the way most of them die. Then they get rescued and the ones that survived go home to their families. Black hawk down is a war novel and it is nonfiction. One of my favorite characters is

Battlefield of the Mind for Teens Joyce Meyer’s book, Battlefield of the Mind for Teens, is a book that covers the hard, deep and heartbreaking thoughts and actions of a teens mindset. As a teen, Joyce Meyer dealt with every single thing she covered in this book. She used this book to not only release her story, but to help every teen who thinks they are the only ones that deal with the subjects wrote about in this book. Battlefield of the Mind for Teens studies and talks about the most damaging

On August 9, 1963, superstar Whitney Houston was born. She grew up living in Newark, New York, where she stayed in a middle-income neighborhood. Houston was the third and youngest child of Cissy Houston (gospel singer) and John Russell (entertainment executive). She was the godchild of Aretha Franklin and she studied and participated in all types of musical genres. Many may have believed that Houston was a great singer, but they had no idea of how big of a music icon and mogul she would become. Houston