Some Desperate Glory

redeem their people. Hebrews tells us how the people that were called in to redeem the people of Israel were faulty and flawed. Gideon lacked the courage, Barack was a hesitant leader, Samson lusted after women, and Ehud was left-handed; these are some of the major flaws the leaders of this age faced. Ed Hindson and Gary Yates explained, “Because a judge could only partially and imperfectly administer Torah (legislative function), execute Justice (executive function), and condemn law-breakers (judicial

undesirable happenings in our lives. Many who lived to see the horrendous times of World War 2 have used this phrase to achieve both these ends, for it gives them some small comfort to think that there is some grandiose and powerful meaning behind the happening s of this tragedy. However, as nice as it would be to imagine that there was some deeper meaning to it, WWII was a war not very different from other wars; at least, not in how it came to happen. It had similar causes to many wars; peace was attempted

No more war! No more war! No more war! Many authors have fought in war and experienced it themselves. Some of those authors did not agree with war. Writers protest war using irony, structure and imagery. Irony is when something happens other than what is expected. Kevin Powers shows irony in D when he explains how he was “taught your whole life there is no making up for what you are doing… then even your mother is so happy and proud” (Powers). He was taught his entire life one thing but is later

at night to fend off suitors in a desperate attempt to stay faithful to her absent love after all of these years. Even the goddess Athena herself goes before Zeus to vie for Odysseus, and explain{s} how perverse it is that this great man be denied rescue from his unnecessarily excessive punishment. And finally we meet this great leader, Odysseus, tragically stuck on an island sleeping with the goddess Calypso bemoaning his fading reputation and opportunity for glory. Odysseus, initially thought by

Trade Centre and caused a massive amount of casualties. The government of the United States wrongly blamed the former president of Iraq Saddam Hussein for this catastrophe and decided to declare war to Iraq. By using the three rhetorical appeals and some rhetorical devices such as repetition, irony and rhetorical questions, Senator Robert C. Byrd’s speech appealed to the government of America to be rational and suggested them to stop the war immediately since it was a radical and rash decision to make

Assignment Two: Literary Analysis “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?... If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can,” asserts J.R.R. Tolkien. We occasionally need to have our heads in the clouds and be lost in them. Everyone, at some point in their lives, has the desire to escape from the dull routines

short story written by Maya Angelou, having someone to look up to can make a lasting impression and encourage young girls to make better choices in their lives. There are too many girls, both now and then, that have no role model to look up to. For some, they have no one to set good examples. In I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, it is evident what a good role model can do to someone's life. By analyzing this text, we will take a deeper look into not only what the text says but what I feel is the underlying

Comparing The Charge of the Light Brigade and Dulce ET Decorum EST    The poems “The Charge of the Light Brigade” and “Dulce ET Decorum EST” are war poems. They reflect on two different but equally harrowing events, however the poets portray these events using their own style and the and result is two entirely different views of war. Alfred Tennyson wrote the “Charge of the Light Brigade” in 1854 and it is about the battle of Balaclava in the Crimean war. Although this battle had no real

new savior: Adolf Hitler. On this night in history, two days after being appointed chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler gave his Proclamation to the German Nation not only to thousands of fervent supporters in Berlin, but also to the millions of desperate citizens who tuned in their radios at home. This was the beginning of a new era for Germany: their chance to reestablish themselves as a proud, powerful nation that would not let a surrender fourteen years prior to spell their eternal defeat. It

standardized across the whole country. It was more strictly enforced in urban areas rather than rural areas due to the fact that those living in urban areas have more economic and social stability. However, with every policy more or less there are some exceptions that are allowed. China had exceptions to its One Child Policy like: allowing two children per family were set for ethnic minorities in China, couples who live in rural China, couples in which both members engage is dangerous work (such