Trauma It was December 15‚ 2007‚ My daughter’s birthday. I was stuck in afghanistan fighting a war. We were patrolling through a town heading back toward our extraction point. I was travelling with the commanding officer‚ and 4 others we walked for several miles and it was scorching hot. i was just ready to get back to base to get to some food. we hopped over a small wall heading down a road that lead to an abandoned town‚ machine-gun fire started up‚ echoing all around me. The thing about being
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the gladiatorial colosseum in days of old. I can just make out our opponents‚ their white uniforms standing out from the green field like starlight. Our chanting rings out through the night “We are!” I bark‚ “United!” my brothers roar in reply. This war that we are about to wage‚ this battle we will fight‚ this is the glorious game of football.”We are!” I bellow‚ “United!” They wail. And this night is the very last night that I will don this blue and red armor‚ for this is my senior night. As we
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The American Civil War has been described as the first "modern war." Assess. The American Civil War is almost undoubtedly the most important event in the life of the nation. There are many reasons it is entitled to this account‚ mainly regarding to a better future for America‚ “a new birth of freedom”1. Through horrific measures‚ “It was the watershed of a new political and economic order‚ and the beginning of big industry‚ big business‚ big government… for Americans‚ the costliest‚ yielding
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These two English Translations of the Russian poem by Andrei Voznesenky are about a girl being rejected for the first time. The young girl’s feelings of hurt and rejection are described in terms of coldness throughout the poem. “The first ice of human hurt”. The theme that is put across from the poem is of growing up‚ and the experience of loosing someone for the first time. Both of these poems are very similar‚ but they have both been translated in two different styles. This helps to alter the meaning
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Esguerra‚ Aya Micaela Q. English1 Narrative Essay My First on Firsts Never have I ever been the risk-taker type of person. I kept on rationalizing and reasoning out that things should be done according to a valid purpose just to avoid being asked to do them. And frankly‚ I found every purpose or reason other people trying to convince me tell‚ in any way possible‚ invalid. I have escaped many adventures in life and lost opportunities that were already laid out in front of me. I practically
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critical. So‚ taking a deep breath‚ she slipped out her smartphone. Raising it over her head along with her free hand‚ she announced‚ "Licensed paramedic on scene! I am activating the Emergency Medical System. Please permit me to triage and administer first aid." With her thumb‚ she made an emergency call to 911‚ tapping the speaker on. From her phone came‚ "New York City 911. What is the nature of your emergency?" Watching Doom carefully‚ she replied without lowering her arms‚ "Yes‚ hello. I am currently
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Personally‚ I’m going to have to say no. The painting does a very horrendous job at depicting the relationship between the Wampanoag Indians and the Pilgrims during the First Thanksgiving. The painting is very simplistic. In other words‚ it fails to recognize the crucial details of what actually led up to the First Thanksgiving‚ and what occurred afterward as a result of the Peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians. There’s a lot more to the story of Thanksgiving. The painting
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Describe British rule in India at the end of the First World War. At the end of the First World War‚ British rule in India was dominant compared with Indian rule. The British is controlling a population of about 300‚000‚000 people and more than two-thirds of India in the early nineteen hundreds. The rest is ruled under Maharajah’s which are Indian Princes. Out of the various colonies the British had‚ India was named the ‘Jewel in the Crown’ because of its vast amounts of resources‚ labour and
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the First World War‚ many of which are results of complex developments which took place for a number of years before the war‚ such as the conflict over the Balkans and the decline of the Ottoman Empire. The most obvious cause may be the assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand. However‚ upon close examination of the events leading up to World War One‚ we shall see that this was merely the spark that set off the chain of events leading up to the Great War. One of the main causes of the war was
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did Charles I lose the First Bishops War? The First Bishops War is defined as two conflicts between England and Scotland in 1639 and 1640. The cause of the war was due to the Scottish reaction against Charles I attempt to reform the Scottish church. After the implementation of the Scottish National Covenant against the King’s reforms in 1638‚ the Covenanters became the dominant political and religious force in Scotland. The main reasons for Charles losing the First Bishops War was due to the following
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