DRAFT #1: Should child soldiers be given amnesty? Thousands of children around the world are being put to work and being given a gun‚ not a pencil. A child soldier dies every five minutes being shot or stabbed to death by an adult or even worse‚ another child. Most children do not have very much of a choice to become a soldier‚ or not because the choices are don’t become a soldier and probably be killed or do become one and possibly survive. So‚ I believe child soldiers should be given amnesty
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The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in the Arlington National Cemetery contains the remains of American soldiers who fought in World War I‚ World War II‚ the Korean War‚ and the Vietnam War that cannot be identified. They sacrificed their lives and helped change the lives of people then and now. When our class visits Washington‚ D.C‚ it will be important for us to be a positive and sophisticated group of 8th graders. That’s important because we want to represent our state and country for tourists
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Would you like it if your children where taken from you to become a child soldier‚ well in Somalia children have been taken to become child soldiers. They are getting prosecuted for it as well‚ child soldiers should not be prosecuted for this. Theses child soldiers are being forced to fight against their will. Ishmael Beth was a child soldier in a news report on CBS News and he said that they were drugged. Also a gun was held up to there held every second this went on. The children were also drug
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First‚ Buffalo Bill was born on February 26‚ 1846 in Iowa. During his early childhood his family moved to Kansas. They did this because they were threatened by slavery and had to move to Kansas territory to stay safe. His dad was stabbed twice in his anti-slavery speech. At age eleven he was a wagon train rider to deliver messages. So Buffalo Bill was already working before he even was a teenager! Once he was fourteen he became part of the pony express to deliver mail. Soon Buffalo Bill became a
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Sickness hangs heavy in the air with the stench of death. Soldiers walk by me in tattered clothes‚ some missing shoes and toes. As I lay on the ground of my hut‚ trying to sleep‚ that another poor soldier had to build‚ I shiver and huddle in a ball to try to keep my body heat toward me in an attempt to keep me somewhat warm. The Continental Army made our winter camp in a town called Valley Forge‚ located eighteen miles out of Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. During the winters of 1777 and 1778‚ there
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Genre Buffalo Bill’s Defunct is a short poem; it tells a story and creates a picture of a hardworking cowboy named Bill. The poem is about a dead‚ handsome blue eyed cowboy. It is written in the narrative form and in the first person. The author personifies death and he is upset with death for taking away Bill the cowboy: “… and what i want to know is how do you like your blueeyed boy Mister Death.” (Clugston‚ 2010) Theme The theme is about death; however the author did not take
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The Wounded Soldier A blast of cold air hits on his face like the blade of a shredding knife. Bodies of fallen comrades and enemies lay all around him. The smell of flesh from both sides of the war together with the dust and smoke almost made him sick. He has never been more aware and cautious‚ cowering in fear at the sounds of machine guns. The thought of reuniting with his family is the only hope that gave him the strength to continue‚ allowing him to forget about the inclement taste
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Buffalo Bill was one of the most interesting figures of the old west‚ and the best known spokesman of the new west. Buffalo Bill was born in 1846 and his real name was William Frederick Cody. Cody was many things. He was a trapper‚ bullwhacker‚ Colorado “Fifty-Niner”‚ Pony Express rider‚ Civil War soldier‚ wagonmaster‚ stagecoach driver‚ and even a manager of a hotel. He changed his name to Buffalo Bill sometime in his early twenties for his skill while supplying railroad workers with
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During our visit to the Blanton Museum on Thursday we analyzed Francisco de Goya’s series of prints including La tauromaquia (1815-1816)‚ Los desastres de la guerra (1810-1820)‚ Los disparates (1815-1823) and other paintings selected to be featured in the exhibit. The first room was headed by a self portrait of Goya in Traje de luces introducing the La tauromaquia series. I was taken aback when I walked into the first exhibit room and saw the amount of detail in each of Goya’s pieces. We can only
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Child soldiers are defined as children‚ meaning they are under eighteen years old‚ who are used in the military. The military purposes for which they are used include fighting in combat‚ but may also entail jobs such as being cooks‚ porters‚ messengers‚ informants‚ or spies. Both boys and girls can be child soldiers. Children in the military are at the mercy of their commanders and must do whatever they are told to do or else risk being killed. This issue is completely unjust because child soldiers
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