Voices of War Essay James Blunt’s song “No Bravery” and the song “I was only 19” by Red Gum express similar ideas about war and use many of the same techniques to present these ideas. Both strongly use imagery and personification to convey a sense of the horrors of war and the lasting effect that it has both physically and psychologically on those who are involved both as soldiers and also the innocent victims who are damaged by wars that occur around them. Blunt’s poem was written from first hand
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the two tall military men for months. Your kids were drafted early into war. They were old enough‚ but they didn’t go through any training. They were weak‚ you blame yourself. You go on each day wishing you could have done somethings different. But you can’t‚ so you choose to ignore it. You go on‚ because you know that that’s what they would have wanted. You are powerful‚ you are brave‚ and you are beautiful.
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video games and going out to play basketball with my older brothers and kids from the neighborhood. I struggled my whole childhood through Elementary ‚Middle‚ and High school. I remember feeling like my life was over when it came time to write an essay‚ I could already hear my mother and fathers voice in my head as I recieved a big fat F on my paper. I found a way to breeze by
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War Canoe Pfff‚ pfff‚‚ pfff‚ “Time to wake up!” I heard‚ at 6:30 in the morning. It was Tuesday‚ war canoe day. I got out of my sleeping bag and grabbed my change of clothes. I put it on and stepped off the cot. Kevin‚ my tent mate‚ is up too. We put up our sleeping bags into the stuff sacks and prepare our other necessities into our bags. The troop leaders tell us we’ll be canoeing in the war canoes‚ which are to our disappointment‚ just giant canoes‚ to Parson’s beach. Everybody must keep
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of thought to nearly 7‚000 miles away‚ revisiting the war zone that has recently made an impact upon me. The streetlight and the tree line have created a flickering light reminiscent
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Narrative Argument The Dangers of Cell Phone Use While Driving In today’s society‚ most people communicate using of cell phones. Just 15 to 20 years ago‚ cell phones were a rarity for the average person. The average income person could not afford a cell phone. Today‚ cell phones are affordable and the majority of people own them. The days of waiting until you are home to use a telephone or searching for a pay phone if you are out are long gone. In fact‚ pay phones are being removed‚ which increases
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Succeeding in anything is hard after you have quit something in the past‚ I know this because I am struggling with the feeling of quitting everyday. I quit highschool 3 times before I finally quit for good‚ I gave it a good try‚ but it was easier to quit than stick it out. When I quit school in my freshman year of highschool I did so at my mothers urging with her promise that I could attend school the following year and she would support me. Of course that didn’t happen. She once again urged
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The Afghan War also named “The War on Terrorist‚” is known as America’s longest war ever fought. Stemming from the day of September 11th 2001. A day in American History that we will never forget as two commercial airplanes ran into the Twin Towers in New York and one into the Pentagon. Most people remember the day the event happen‚ for me I was just 3 months out of high school‚ it was 7:30 in the morning when I get a call
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of nature‚ now a painting of red. There were a thousand mirrors‚ each with a different person reflecting the same expression of horror‚ embedded in a brown blanket of buildings. This was not a battlefield‚ it was merely a repercussion of the Vietnam War. The drafting of soldiers was only a waste of our country’s youth‚ and it has led to the death of many. The patch of green‚ the bulls eye of the campus was now surrounded with a swarm of green and brown; the cunning antagonist of Kent State. ~Two
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The year is 1922‚ four years after the war has ended. My brother is home‚ but barely talks‚ especially about the war. He is suffering from post traumatic stress disorder. Momma doesn’t push for him to talk‚ and she tell’s all of us not to talk about it. Papa just goes to work‚ comes home‚ eats and sleeps. Barely talks to us‚ except for days that he doesn’t work ‚which isn’t very often. It’s a cold winter’s night in December. Papa’s home from work and Walter is talking more than usual. Momma’s cooking
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