Book Review by: Frank Lopez "Tip of the Spear‚ US Marine Light Armor in the Gulf War"‚ by Greg J. Michaels Hardbound. 280 pages. 14 photographs.7 maps. Notes. ISBN: 1-55750-599-3. "Tip of the Spear" is Greg J. Michaels’ experience as a Marine Non Commissioned Officer` in a Light Armored Vehicle (LAV) company in the 1991 Gulf war. Not the fiction of a technology thriller‚ it is the first book written on present day US wheeled armored vehicles in combat‚ and the men who fought in them. It looks
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Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol � PAGE * MERGEFORMAT �1� Okot p’Bitek worked as anthropologist‚ poet‚ novelist an even footballer which led him to go and being educated in England on law and anthropology and later literature. He differed himself from other African writers who wrote in western styles and in western point of view. He has chosen an African tool to express himself‚ a tool associated with oral tradition of Africa. He called it ’’song’’. He published his works in Acoli language however
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"Grenade" Easy come‚ easy go That’s just how you live‚ oh Take‚ take‚ take it all But you never give Should’ve known you was trouble From the first kiss Had your eyes wide open Why were they open? [Pre-Chorus:] Gave you all I had And you tossed it in the trash You tossed it in the trash‚ you did To give me all your love is all I ever asked ’Cause what you don’t understand is... [Chorus:] I’d catch a grenade for ya Throw my hand on a blade for ya I’d jump in front of a train
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Roland essay notes Citation: Prompt: In what ways did Ganelon’s character as a feudal warrior conflict with his role in Christian feudal society? What can those conflicts tell us about the writer’s ideal view of society? Thesis: Ganelon’s traitorous actions against Roland‚ Charlemagne‚ and ultimately God reveal the writer’s ideas of the perfect Christian feudal society. While Roland and Charlemagne serve as archetypes of perfect servants of God‚ Ganelon plays the part of the bad‚ which accentuates
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African figures are placed in the context of their often denuded environment‚ while Yellow Houses (the first work by a black artist bought by the Johannesburg Art Gallery)‚ reduces the human presence‚ focusing instead on the environment itself. In Song of the Pick‚ naturalism gives way to severe stylisation: a rank of workers wield picks in unison‚ forming a powerful image of African labour; a white overseer’s figure is dwarfed‚ even threatened‚ by this phalanx of diggers. In 1947‚ Sekoto left for
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people. Music gave people hope‚ like the song “God Bless America” written by Kate Smith. This song reflected the ability to convey a message to Americans‚ by giving them faith and prosperity. Another depression-era song was “This Is Your Land” written by Woodie Guthrie in the 1940s. Gurthie believed in the poor‚ since he saw how people were dying in front of his eyes of starvation which caused him pain‚ being described in his song‚ another reason he wrote this song was because he was tired of hearing
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This might come off strong‚ I know I met you not long ago-oh-oh. (Mhmmm.) When I heard you sing‚ I thought you were the cutest thing‚ that I’d ever seen‚ that I’d ever seen-en-en-en. In a verse or two‚ you caught me staring over at you. & I thought of somethin’ funny to say‚ but I didn’t want to sound cliché-ay (Oh oh whoa oh oh.) & this is how I plan to break the ice-ce: Say something nice. But I had to go before I could‚ sittin’ here thinkin’ if I really should. But I’ll have some fun-un‚ take
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In “Song of Myself” Walt Whitman is trying to see self as a whole. He wants to find strength and beauty as to make self whole and to be unified with humanity and nature. While people are condemning him‚ because the expression of a sexual content and a connection that makes use body and soul as well as the shock value. Whitman’s friend Ralph Waldo Emerson decides to back him in his writing. Emerson’s letter to Whitman calling Leaves of Grass "the most extraordinary piece of wit and wisdom that America
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Monique Green October 30‚ 2012 Eng 121 Bethann Crust The internet is a great place for people to communicate. It has been a great hobby for some and a good opportunity for some businesses. In today’s world there are many ways that we can communicate or even reconnect with people; two of the most popular ways are Face book and Twitter. There are two main differences in Face book and Twitter‚ social relationship and update status. First‚ Face book is an ongoing system that is designed for
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CHAPTER Chapter 2 LITERARY ELEMENT Theme PAGE/S IDENTIFIED 35 SPECIFIC TEXT “He wet on me‚” she said. “He wet me‚ Mama.” She was close to tears . Ruth clucked her tongue. Corinthians laughed. “I told you Negroes didn’t like water.” He didn’t mean it. It happened before he was through. She’d stepped away to pick flowers‚ returned‚ and at the sound of her footsteps behind him‚ he’d turned around before he was through. It was becoming a habitthis concentration on things behind him
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