Landmines

War has been a part of life for centuries, from the days of sword and shield to advanced rifles with high fire rates. Conflict is a part of human life and it is inevitable no matter the preparation. Mankind has always sought to improve their means of fighting in hopes to preserve peace with the newest weapon unveiled being the drone. When war outbreaks, drones are used to great extent, they are efficient and coordinated, calculated and powerful, however, drones are costly and at times cause innocents

Recruitment and use of children in war is one of the six grave violations against children in situations of conflict. Currently, there are over 300,000 child soldiers being exploited in battle, while six million have been gravely injured or are now permanently disabled. Additionally, there are about 20 million boys and girls that have been displaced and are refugees in surrounding countries due to the gross violations of conflict and human rights. The role of children in armed conflict is not restricted

Picture a Civil war battlefield. You see explosions of gunfire and you hear the deafening roar of guns and artillery. The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places and was the bloodiest war in American history. Over 3 million Americans fought and more than 600,000 men, almost 2 percent of the population, died in it (About). This war could not have been fought without many different types of weapons and many advances in weapon technology. There were many types of weapons used in the Civil War, ranging

Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”: The Struggle of War and the Effects Tim O’Brien wrote “The Things They Carried” a collection of short stories made into a book about a platoon of American soldiers in the Vietnam War. His first original work was published in 1973. “His war experience inspired his first publication, titled If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. His memoir incandescently reflects depression and misery wreaked on soldiers by Vietnam War. In fact his literary

speak about lifestyle, O’Brien is greeted by a field of landmines. As he says, “Step out of line, hit a mine; follow the dink, you’re in the pink” (O’Brien 32). This is showing how when greeted by landmines, the soldiers try their best to not follow the person in front of them or run to the safety of another human being. THe adversity would be if a soldier dies, then you aren’t allowed to go and be with them due to the risk of more landmines that might detonate. This is a huge fear of

seriously injured and is wanting to die and wake up from the nightmare he is in. It is common for injuries to occur in warfare and in this case, the narrator is suffering from extreme pain and living off machines. It also states at the end that a landmine is what took his arms, legs, speech, hearing, sight, and soul. He begs to die, as

This area was defended by a couple of forts, and the largest of them was fort Morgan. Fort Morgan had a long line of torpedos, or landmines, on one side of the fort. Farragut approached the fort, in two columns. Each column had armored ships in the front, followed by a fleet of of wooden ships. Once the lead ship, Tecumseh was destroyed by a landmine, another leading ship stopped in alarm, and the whole fleet went into confusion under firing range, from Fort Morgan. Once the disaster,

The fourth challenge to unite these two countries is their conflicts. This conflict is start from 1950 to1953. North Korea forces invaded South Korea in 1950 because, at that time both government want to unite these two states (Wikipedia, List of border incidents involving North Korea, 2015). The Korean War began as a civil war between North and South Korea, but the conflict soon became international when, under U.S leadership, the United Nations joined to support South Korea and the People’s Republic

Death and violence are some of the biggest themes in The Things They Carried. From soldiers stepping on landmines to animals being tortured. The detail Tim O’Brien goes into when talking about death/violence in this book is gruesome and sad. I really like the way he went about telling how the people died and what it did to the people around him. It made me feel a lot of emotion for the soldiers and animals. Ted lavender is the first person to die in this story, He gets shot in the head leaving Than

competition between the two. Gabriel was fourteen when George was born, so he considered George a little baby. Even though Gabriel thought this way, he needed George, because George supplied the Confederacy with gun powder. Gabriel needed this to make landmines, hand grenades, and his infamous keg torpedo. His explosive reputation began in Williamsburg. During the Battle of Williamsburg in the Civil War, the General leading Commander Rains’ battalion realized he was losing the battle. He ordered