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    suicides among veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The stress of combat can precipitate a debilitating and sometimes lethal mental condition called post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), while a common co-occurring condition, major depression, can lead to suicide ideation (Hoge and Castro, 2012, p. 671). The increase in the prevalence of traumatic brain injury is also contributing to the increase in suicide rates, as these veterans try to cope with their war injuries while returning to their

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    “Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get.” Forrest Gump said in the movie (Forrest Gump, 1994). We never know what life is going to give us. So every day is something we really don't know about until we actually live it. The same is true of a person's career plan. We can’t design every step of our careers just like designing delicate watches, but we can try our best in daily work and study to be better men. That’s the necessity of career planning. Exactly as a Chinese

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    Alexander Engleman Professor Jensen English Composition II November 13, 2017 There is a war going on in the world; the war of good and evil. It is almost rampant in almost everything throughout life, but none so much are in the midst of this war than people. The short story called "Young Goodman Brown "is a good example of how people are trapped in this war and gives a somewhat description of what it could be like in a losing fight against evil. The message of the story is that everyone has a dark

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    Drama, suspense, war, and death. In the anti-war short story “The Sniper” written by Liam O Flaherty, a Republican sniper embraces his rifle and conceals on the roof top without a sound, waiting to kill his enemies. The sniper accidentally gives away his location when he lights up a cigarette and exposes himself to the enemy sniper on the opposite roof. The two snipers from two conflicting sides then faces each other off through an innovative war; using both their shooting skills and intelligence

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    Zac Mayo Ms. Mastro English 4A 20 November 2017 Literary Analysis Paper Ways the Tone Changed in Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell’s Lone Survivor analyzes the tone of the novel as the protagonist moves from childhood to civilian life. The three main ways that the tone changed throughout the novel were... going through camp/ training, fighting for the decision of life or death, and transitioning back to the normal life in Houston, Texas. Throughout the story, the main character Marcus Luttrell

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    gone through many wars, and with these wars come death and destruction. Most people aren’t actually the ones fighting in wars but we are able to explore the world of war through novels and films. One classic novel it Johnny Got His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo, this novel follows young Joe Bonham as he goes to fight in World War I, only to end up severely injured and stuck in a hospital bed. Likewise in the 1965 American Civil war movie, Shenandoah the Anderson family wants no part in the war but are forced

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    Although the Invisible Man talks a lot about racial issues and the struggles of the black community, to me the Death of a Salesman defies the concept of racial determinism more effectively. The Invisible Man in a way reinforces the concept of racial determinism through the novel. The idea that the protagonist has to accept certain stereotypes just because of what his grandfather told him “agree ’em to death” (432), portrays the idea that instead of fighting against these injustices they have to learn

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    strongly believe that technology will never be a decisive advantage for the victory in war. Through the Vietnam War, there are evidences that the technologically advanced US Army lost the only War that they had participated in the history of United States of America. While technology can help the US army to win battle, Technology did not deliver a decisive advantage victory to the United State in the Vietnam War. Instead the use of a good strategy in a familiar environment to its advantage, and the

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    thus extended to me the concept of looking down upon war, for the sole purpose that war always led to destruction. Because of this, Forrest Gump’s commitment to join the Vietnam War seemed absolutely bizarre to me, it seemed rash and irresponsible. Furthermore, when Lieutenant Dan explained to Forrest his dream of dying a death for the betterment of his country, I was left in disbelief again. This scene allowed me to realize the many layers of war in society, that many people did not see it as a pointless

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    Corruption of the Immorals The United States depicts this flawless society, yet in reality, the nation and its people are corrupt when it comes to anyone who is not like them. Readers are told how Ursula K. Le Guin made the citizens from her short story, “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, immoral when it came to their ways of life and their treatment towards the child in the basement, but the readers refuse to compare it to their everyday situations. They do not want to think about how it is

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