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Genre Shadowheart is an action fantasy book. Author James Barclay Lesson/Theme/Take-away Persevere no matter how impossible the situation may seem. Setting The book is set on 3 main areas; Balaia, the war-torn magic college lands, Calaius, the elven continent, and the Northern Continent, land of the Wesmen. Balaia is the land where the four magic colleges, Julatsa, Xetesk, Lystern, and Dordover, reside. Calaius is an exclusively elven jungle continent with one main city. The Northern Continent is

Women in Combat Need Some Spotlight Too For decades, men have been the ones that were drafted into the army while the women had to fulfill their roles as housewives at home. Countless wars have passed before women were able to fight and serve for their country, such as but not limited to: the American Civil War, Spanish-American War, WWI, and WWII. It wasn’t until 1948 that congress passed the Women’s Armed Services Integration act which permitted women to officially serve in the military and receive

reason why I believe women should be drafted is because equality. One in five new military recruits are women, men are still singled out and are required to register with the Selective Service for a possible future draft. Women and men have served on combat

that is becoming more and more prevalent in today's society is the allowance of women into direct combat roles in our armed forces. Forests densely covered with fog, barren deserts, explosive covered fields. Those are just a few of the many different types of scenarios encountered by troops in direct combat roles on the modern day battlefield of todays world. The soldier in today's direct combat roles need to be decisive, mentally and emotionally stable, very physically fit, and the ability to

deployed in a combat zone and having a combat mission, what is the military supposed to do when one of the female members becomes pregnant? “It costs approximately a million dollars per individual to get trained through boot camp and to be made ready for deployment” (Eden, 2013). Waste like this should just not be allowed. Furthermore, how is it fair, since we are talking about equality, that the mother gets sent back home to have the child while the father has to stay in the combat zone? There are

Having received word that a fire-breathing dragon was terrorizing part of his kingdom. The King bypassed his legion of knights and pointed to the royal wizard's youthful apprentice. Looking the boy in the eye, he said in a loud and demanding voice, “You, young man." " You are the one to rid the kingdom of this monster." Titus traveled through the village of Westbrook on his way to find the dragon’s lair in the nearby mountains. Armed only with a very old wand, given to him by a new-found

Drinking Problems in the U.S. Military The U.S. Military is one of the most diverse working groups of people in the world, with an estimated 1.4 million people currently serving across the Active Duty, Reserve and Nation Guard. When you look at the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard you will find people from all over the United States and even from different parts of the world. The military is a melting pot made up of different races, different ethnicity, different ages and different

Women have been part of the military since the Revolutionary War such as nurses and clerical workers, (Street, Vogt and Dutra, 2009, p. 686). While these women did have typical female jobs for that time period, women were of great help because without them, the men who were wounded may not have been taken care of as well and the paperwork may have been backlogged and unorganized. Since then, women have slowly made more entrances in the military in other areas than just medical and desk work. Currently

Pros and Cons to Having Women in the Military There are so many things that people think women can not do. Having women in the military is one of them. They think that women are not emotional and physically strong enough to be in combat. People however, have always admired women in the military . For them to stand up in the crowd and do what they want. They do what they believe in. Fighting for our country. There are a lot of pros and cons to having women in the military. By having women in the

The first battle shows Beowulf’s bravery by challenging the great beast in a battle with his bare hands. He showed no fear and arrogance that was soon backed up by his might. From the very beginning Beowulf showed a lot of pride in the strength he possessed which luckly was no laughing matter. He maneged to kill Grendel, a furosious monster who has slayen many men, by ripping of his arm and causing him to bleed to death. It wasn’t a direct kill but the people sure took it as it. He was recognized