The Return of the Soldier Background Rebecca West writes to expose the social issues of her time. There are many perspectives one could take in reading her novel The Return of the Soldier‚ each equally valuable. There is one fine thread throughout this novel that I find most relevant. West raises the question; how well do social norms serve people when confronted with cold reality? Particularly‚ the role that women were expected to play is worth paying attention to throughout West’s writing. This
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discipline in athletics you gain success in being a recognized athlete which can lead to scholarships and awards. In this case using discipline as a soldier can lead you to a successful career‚ obtaining promotions and respect. A small number of disciplined soldiers can easily defeat a large number of undisciplined soldiers. A person with a disciplined life style will provide them happiness. As a student discipline is shown and instilled in you. You are required to do certain task from homework to showing
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“And you are part of the garbage whether you know or care to admit‚ you have been in this business as long as you have been in Galveston‚ and soon you will be a recognized member of The Family.” “Filippo‚ what else‚ my God‚ what else?” “I’ll be with him in the living room of your beach house. Notice that I said your beach house. You’ll come in from the beach by way of the deck that faces the Gulf. He’ll be sitting with his back to you and I will introduce you as my baby. Then I’ll say to you‚
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Multi Genre Project Child Soldiers By: Ralia Lahlou Ms. Gugel March 2nd‚ 2012 The Beginning of the Change From the first day‚ something about these innocent eyes filled with hatred inspired me to write. These eyes are those of a child soldier. Before starting this project‚ I did not think much of children fighting in wars‚ but as the research got deeper and my understanding of their situation more thorough‚ this project became much more than a simple task I had to accomplish. I felt close
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S Is For Strawberry When we are kids our parents tend to teach us how important is to eat fruits‚ what they don’t teach us is what comes along with that. That is for us to experience because only the ones who do‚ are the ones who can really take something out of it. I am a fruit person; I can say that I like them all but every time I try eating strawberries something interesting happens to me. I am like a little girl looking for what is there to learn about fruits in her first day of kindergarten
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It was just a normal night in the neighborhood‚ street lights on and all was good. Every night my wife and I sit in our living room and watch TV or just talk and look outside. There was very light traffic‚ I had only seen 2 or 3 cars that night. After a while we noticed that Rhoda had pulled into her driveway pretty late. I had forgotten to get my mail that day so I went out to the mailbox and waved to her. I went back inside and was going to get ready for bed. I took a quick shower and got my pajamas
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Child Soldiers Throughout history‚ many wars have promoted the problem of child soldiers. Many researchers and government officials have looked deeper into the issue whether or not child soldiers should be treated as victims or criminals. This problem has raised many questions on how child soldiers should be treated. Though this issue is not black and white‚ with many cases of child soldiers‚ these children should be treated as victims. Many children have been subjected to war broken homes and have
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U.S. Women’s History 10/19/12 An Uncommon Soldier: Fighting for the “Home” Front Throughout the passage of time‚ in order to make sense of the world and justify established ideologies‚ man has put forth disproportionate effort into defining what is deemed by the masses as acceptable and appropriate. With the formation of these social life requirements‚ it goes without saying there will be outliers who do not fit this man-created construct‚ either by innate or self-realized characteristics. This
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As an American Soldier‚ for the past 4 years I have proudly served my country. With completing one tour to Iraq and endless amount of training being a Soldier is “My Way of Life.” Being a Soldier is important to me because I have the opportunity to serve my country‚ provided a stable life for my family‚ and lastly facing daily adversities and overcoming them. To begin with‚ having the opportunity to serve my country has given me nothing but great pride and joy. The United States of America as
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as ruthless men of war. Embodying the soldier identity takes a lot of grit. A cautious soldier will inevitably be met with failure and disappointment in the daily battles which accompany war. When faced with gruesome reality‚ unfamiliar to Vietnam’s fresh recruits‚ these boys of war must choose to embrace the soldier persona or fall victim of their own cowardice. A young man’s ability to take up his soldier duties determines whether or not the will come home as a hero‚ or not at all. Being at war
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