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Article 9. The Diet shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. Every person shall have freedom of religious belief, and the special privileges that every shrine has ever had shall be abolished. Article 10. The right of every Japanese citizen to vote shall not be denied or abridged by any legislation, restrictions, or poll taxes on account of religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, or military service. Article 11. The right of every

“Born on the Fourth of July” opens with some young children playing war in the woods with one of them being Ron. This flows into a Fourth of July parade featuring crippled veterans which Ron looks up to and is excited to serve in the marines when he is older. It then proceeds with the excitement of Ron telling his parents that he is signing up for the marines after recruitment. Veteran father is not thrilled by his decision, but his mother is supportive. Ron sees this as an opportunity to fight like

(1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989) possess many ostensible similarities as well as distinct differences. Furthermore, and significantly, both films are based somewhat on personal memories, therefore providing valuable if divergent insights into the processes behind the creation of cultural memory, the mediation of historical discourses and the re-shaping of personal experience. The director and writer of both films is Oliver Stone (though he co-wrote the screenplay to Born on the Fourth

Lieutenant Cross carried a letter and pictures from Martha, a girl back home. His obsession with Martha distracts him from his duties as a platoon leader. He constantly finds himself fantasizing about her when he should be checking the perimeter or watching for ambushes. Lt. Cross not only carried the photographs of Martha, but he also carried his love for her and the pain of knowing she would never return his love. Martha had sent him a pebble from the Jersey shoreline. Lt. Cross carried it in his

In today’s world, it is very important for every person to demonstrate exceptional citizenship as it proves beneficial to the development of the world. In the video documentary, The Cove, Ric O’ Barry and his team of activists are protesting the dolphin slaughter occurring in Taiji, Japan. Their goal is to reduce the number of dolphins killed each year and hopefully stop the slaughter entirely. Mr. Barry and his team, are model global citizens as they abide by the law, are extremely informed about

Question 2: What cultural problems did Walmart face in some of the international market it entered? Which early strategies succeeded and which failed? Why? What lesson did it learn from its experience in Germany and Japan? Walmart’s strategies during 1990s, their strategies in the United States were successful and the strategy is their retailer exported its big box, low price model and the successful was expected in foreign markets. Walmart also had a success at another foreign country not only

Yusef Komunyakaa and Eavan Boland illustrate their personal experiences in order to emphasize how mistakes or tragic events will follow you for the rest of your life. The events that occur personally will haunt you every second of your life until you come to terms with them. The poems “Facing It” and “The Necessity of Irony” both reflect on past memories by using similar language and tone in order to realize what is truly important in life for a better future. At first glance, the reader notices

The Witness to War: Serving a Nation project presented many great moments, along with a few challenging ones. Having the opportunity to interview a Vietnam veteran, whom I give my utmost respect to, was an absolute privilege. From this project, I was able to take away some great lessons. I believe I deserve a high grade for the work I put in, and I also believe my partner deserves a good grade for the effort she put forth. This project taught me some amazing lessons that I will continue to use throughout

clutching my pillow and, mercifully, I realize that the blood-soaked lifeless soldier’s body and the horrible stench of thick, sticky, bloody goo are, once again, only a nightmare. And, somehow, I’m able to fall back to sleep. An image of a young woman lying prone and sobbing inconsolably before the grave marker of her beloved at a veteran’s cemetery set me off big time. And, we’d better understand that this is only the tip of an emotional iceberg of deeply rooted grief that loved ones of fallen

War can be and has been proven to be a deeply scarring experience for many soldiers. Evidently, nothing can prepare them for warfare, seeing close friends die, and narrowly escaping death themselves. Yet, the worst part of it all is having to live with those memories for a lifetime and the inability to forget. “But the thing about remembering is that you don 't forget” (O’brien 34, 1998). The war which is fought in the minds of soldiers lasts a lifetime, and its effects stretch far beyond the actual