Base Details Siegfried Sassoon’s epic war poem "Base Details" focuses on a soldier’s bitterness toward the fact that old men wage war while young men fight it. Sassoon uses various literary devices to express his anger toward such injustice. The main ones being rhyme‚ strong connotative words and especially diction. The speaker‚ a soldier in World War I‚ contemplates what it would be like to be an officer in during war. By using a sarcastic and cynical tone‚ he is effectively able to condemn war
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Mount Everest is one of the great wonders of the world and widely used for extreme mountain hiking.Only the most motivated and most fierce people can make it to the summit of Mount Everest.The infamous mountain is known as the tallest‚greatest and a test to humankind‚but is it getting too risky.On April 18‚an avalanche caused a destructive lost of 16 lives.Thirteen bodies were recovered within two days and the next-of-kin were paid $10‚000 insurance and and token sum from the Nepalese government
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Base Details In the poem‚ “Base Details‚” Siegfried Sassoon expresses his great disgust towards the majors in the military. He is disgusted and appalled at the way the majors act while men are dying out in the battlefield. Sassoon is angered by the fact that the majors are living a life of luxury while sending young men “up the line” out into the battlefield. The title of the poem suggests these ideas. “Base” indicates a military installation‚ but another meaning is morally low; and the word “details”
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Notes On "Camp" by Susan Sontag Published in 1964. Many things in the world have not been named; and many things‚ even if they have been named‚ have never been described. One of these is the sensibility -- unmistakably modern‚ a variant of sophistication but hardly identical with it -- that goes by the cult name of "Camp." A sensibility (as distinct from an idea) is one of the hardest things to talk about; but there are special reasons why Camp‚ in particular‚ has never been discussed. It is
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Pros and Cons of Boot camp Daniel Odom Abstract I am going to write about the pros and cons of boot camp. Are boot camps worth it? Will boot camps benefit him or her and the parents? Will the child come out different from what they came as. Boot camps started to pop up in the 1990s and started to become very popular throughout the United States. Boot camps were believed to reduce the number of repeat offenders and to lower operational costs. This type of rehab system is like an aftercare
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Bases of Departmentation 1. Functions. Important enterprise functions provide the usual basis for classifying activities into departments. Manufacturing‚ marketing‚ finance‚ personnel‚ accounting and engineering are the typical functions of an industrial enterprise‚ and departments ma be established on the basis of such functions. But all these functions are not alike in importance from the business point of view. Marketing and manufacturing are the basic functions of an industrial concern‚ and
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Tracy Stockton-Fullerton Religious Studies –Section 61 Camps Paper Camps Paper The way Christians perceive Non-Christians is categorized into four different camps. A camp is a group of people that aggressively support a doctrine or creed and their point of views are strongly asserted and defended by those who adhere to them. The first Christian camp is called The Conservative Evangelical‚ is known as the Total Replacement Model. This camp is not open to other religions and believes their way
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Camp X Camp X was a Canadian espionage school for special agents who participated and operated in the “Secret War” during the Second World War between corrupted German power. Agents and students volunteered or enrolled in this training camp were taught a wide variety of skills and techniques that were proved useful in World War Two. Camp X was Canada’s defining moment because it trained many agents and allied units‚ played an important role in victory of World War II‚ and had a highly sophisticated
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Dear Parent: Thank you for selecting the Cal Poly Pomona Soccer Camp. We are excited to have you join us this summer. The Camp will focus on the following activities. Technical-develop ability to beat opponents‚ correct passing and shooting technique‚ and improve first touch. Tactical - Learn to read the game‚ play quicker‚ and make good decisions. Physical - Improve your speed‚ quickness‚ and agility. Attitude - Learn to enjoy the game‚ train on your own‚ and improve your concentration
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