The second lesson “Watership Down,” by Richard
The second lesson “Watership Down,” by Richard
This is a movie about the Battle of Mogadishu or commonly known as Black Hawk down. It started on the 3rd of October with what was supposed to be a quick “snatch and grab” operation. The operation was only to last thirty minutes. Under the command of Capt. Mike Steele they were to insert soldiers to capture two top lieutenants of a warlord Mohamed Farrrah Aidid. Things went terribly wrong when a black hawk was shot down by an RPG (rocket propelled grenade). It then became a rescue mission to save the soldiers from the crash site. The next thing they knew there were hundreds of Somali gunmen. They were now fighting for their lives. In the process of fighting their way to the crash site another black hawk was shot down. Now Rangers and Delta Force were fighting their way to two crash sites. In the process they secure the first crash site and are blocked in almost every direction. At a certain point in time two Delta Force snipers volunteered to cover the second crash site until a convoy could help get the downed pilot CW4 Michael Durant and in turn gave their lives defending him. They fought through the night facing thousands of militia, women and children. On the morning of the second day they secured the second crash site while the pilot CW4 Durant was captured. Then was the move to get out of the city alive. A convoy made up of UN and 10th Mountain Div. were to extract the injured soldiers. With not enough room in the vehicles the remaining soldiers had to get out of the city on foot. Running through the city running low on ammunition and energy they made it to the stadium in the UN Safe Zone.…
Hello everyone, this is Tanya I am about to take you on a very interesting voyage in to our patient Peggy Jones who is currently a healthy female of 35 years. I am going to need some help with getting me in to the sub and in to Peggy’s Femoral vein, to do this I need someone to put me through a process which is called miniaturization process that will make me only 8 microns long I will use a miniature sub and my assistant Chris will inject me in to Peggy’s femoral vein in which I will use as my thorough way to get to Peggy’s lungs and coming out through her nose. I need to do this because I was just informed of a bacterium invading the lungs of my patient Peggy.…
Black Hawk Down is a story written by Mark Bowden, It tells the story of how a crew of Delta and Ranger Boys flew into Mogadishu, a city within Somalia. The mission of these men was to conduct a raid on a building in the heart of the city; they were looking for a man named Mohamed Farrid Aidid. Aidid was the warlord leader over the area and was responsible for withholding American and Foreign aid to the people of Somalia. The warlords were attempting to rule the people of Somalia using starvation as their main weapon. Delta Company was being sent into the city of Mogadishu to forcefully remove Aidid and his followers to restore order and to reestablish a supply chain to the starving Somali’s.…
Watership Down is a “modern classic” in which the story features real places with fictional characters that are rabbits. The rabbits are on a journey to find a new warren and create a new home when one rabbit named Fiver foresees the eventual destruction of their warren and demands they have to leave instantly. Hazel, the leader of the group and the brother of Fiver, has to navigate the tough terrain and landscape with the small group of rabbits that left with them to find a suitable warren to create a new society. Throughout their journey, the stories reveals similarities between the the group of rabbits the society we live in today. The rabbits have their own culture, their own tales and fables, and even their preference of food. All of these…
Watership Down is an epic novel filled with adventure. Though the main characters are rabbits, the author depicts them in a very individual way that highlights their personalities while still keeping the novel believable. Two rabbits that have and especially big impact on the story are Hazel and El-ahrairah. Though Hazel is a runaway rabbit and El-ahrairah is a legend of power, both have many similarities which make them so significant in the story.…
First, in Watership Down, the rabbit's way of life due to fear of being eaten is intriguing since humans don’t have that worry everyday. In the novel, the author states, “When you get into the field you can see the wood sloping down to the river. Parts of it are open. I saw the dog crossing a clearing. It was trailing a chain, so it must of broken…
It is time for a fantastic voyage through this female’s right femoral vein to the lobe of the lower lung to document the “Battle of the Lung!” The course is going to be charted starting with the right femoral vein, passing through the external iliac, then the common iliac vein, head through the inferior vena cava, right atrium, right ventricle, pulmonary artery, and reaching the right lower lobe of the lung. (Innerbody, 2012) This will be exciting!…
“Hold on just a second ladies and gentlemen. It seems that there is a problem.”…
He shows many lessons such as how one let another's judgement affect him/her, trying to "Keep up with the Joneses", feeling rejected or unloved, being robbed of a childhood because growing up fast was the only option, becoming unknowingly obsessed with different demons, and working the body and mind to a place of no…
In Watership Down, a group of rabbits consisting of ,Hazel, Fiver, and their companions travel away in the search of a new warren. On their journey, Hazel and the rabbits he brought went through many troubles including, crossing a river and Cowslip’s warren, a warren that was surrounded by snares, until they reach the down. Though they had found their home they wouldn’t keep it for long if they didn’t find does. Kehaar, a gull they found at the down, told them how to find does. They traveled to a farm and Efrafa,a warren with a controlling dictator,getting does from both.They got home, but the general, Woundwort, was after them. In the end Woundwort was attacked by a dog, but they never found his body, and it ended happily.…
Shawshank prison. Every prison scene is framed by bars and dark, grays or blues as…
One of the most important things I came across while reading this novel was you should never underestimate your enemy.…
“Life’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get next.” This is just one of many unforgettable charming quotes that can easily be identified as a classic line from Forrest Gump. This line typifies the way Forrest Gump has come to look at the world; it’s another one of his profound life philosophies. Forrest Gump takes us all on his fascinating journey throughout four decades of his marvelous life. He shows us his incredible experiences, discoveries, and unbelievable accomplishments. Forrest Gump is an outstanding film that has awed, entertained, and inspired millions of viewers over the past thirteen years. The movie grabs us by the hand and takes us on a journey that touches our hearts and can often make us laugh. This is a truly remarkable movie that should easily be put among the 100 best films of all time because it shows a dramatic change in the characters’ lives, has a successfully displayed message, and is put together very well from every aspect.…
This paper will explain the insight of one of the most popular scenes from the highly acclaimed film, Forrest Gump. The scene was titled, “Run, Forrest, Run!” and the famous quote, “Run, Forrest, Run!” also came from this scene. The plot of the scene is that Forrest & Jenny just met and were quickly became friends. Around this time, Forrest had just begun schooling and he has a pair of corrective braces on his legs. Toward the end of the scene, he and Jenny were getting chased by some of their peers. It was at this point when Jenny said the famous words, “Run, Forrest, Run!” Forrest started to run and his braces fell off too. All of the elements of this scene fell in just perfectly to add on to the movie’s initial mood.…
The movie Forrest Gump presents some very accurate historical events that really happened.Forrest Gump is a famous 1994 American comedy-drama film based on the novel written by Winston Groom; directed by Robert Zemeckis. The story depicts the life of a simple Alabama man Forest Gump who travels around the world, meets historical figures and influences and participates in important historical events of the second half of the 20th century.Events that were in the movie Forrest Gump and also happened in real life: The Vietnam War and the integration at the University of Alabama. Obviously Forrest was not present at all of the events he is in the movie in real life, he was just added into some of the scenes.…