declare that their deaths were rarely ever swift or painless. I have held down a boy of 16 years‚ four men pinning down each of his limbs‚ two others pointing their barrels straight at him‚ while I shoved the barrel of my gun down his mouth to keep it from shutting‚ and pumped saltwater into his lungs till his limb’s dutiful machinations ceased and he drowned on dry earth. We have taken prisoners who held up their hands with peaceful reverence and submission and shot their bodies full of bullets till
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brown rats ripped through the Germans brains and was still hungry. In fact‚ he got scared so much‚ we tried to hide in No Man’s Land to get away but their snipers shot through him quite literally. By the time it was safe‚ we had finished breakfast from the last of our uncontaminated supplies. And just after that we got on ‘Lice Duty’‚ picking out all those eggs was futile‚ as there were some hidden in the seams of the clothing. Those slugs and beetles were worse than ever‚ crowding the walls of the
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JOHN BARNWELL’S LETTERS FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND TUSCARORA EXPEDITIONS Reading the 1908 journal articles featuring Col. John Barnwell’s and Col. James Moore’s letters and journal entries concerning various military expeditions during what has been come to be called the Tuscarora War‚ present numerous challenges when determining their authenticity as primary sources. Before even diving into Barnwell’s own narrative in the first journal article of January 1908‚ the reader is met by an extended
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Summary - From “Letter III: What Is an American?” by John Crevecoeur 1. Part one: The author imagines himself an Englishman who has come to settle in America (in 1783). Through the eyes of this English settler‚ the author describes what he would see upon coming to America and how different it would be from Europe. Unlike in Europe‚ America has a far smaller gap between rich and poor and titles‚ based on class and honor‚ (such as prince‚ duke or lord) are non-existent. For the most part the
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Pocahontas‚ a well known figure in history‚ was the main topic of John Smith’s letter to Queen Anne of Great Britain in 1616. John Smith was incredibly fond of her and believed that she should be welcomed and respected in England. John Smith speaks highly of Pocahontas‚ as well as Queen Anne in this letter. John has had many encounters (both good and bad) with Pocahontas‚ and he mentions these instances in a positive and respectful way. John Smith creates emphasis and uses different techniques to convey
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Dear John‚ I just want to start out by telling you how much I have missed having you in my life. I have found it very difficult to come and talk to you in person‚ so I wrote this letter in response to yours. As I first read your letter I was both shocked and saddened by your words saying that everything was over between us. But then I realized that you wouldnt risk telling the truth in a letter as it could end up in the wrong hands. I believe that your letter was just a message that you finally
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be bad. I remember last year’s heat wave. The rotten smell of those innocent bodies‚ just dreadful and those pesky rats will be coming out too‚ eating every bit of the remaining corpse‚ but thankfully‚ I am in the dig out of the trench to get away from the freezing‚ but memorable weather. It may not be a five star hotel‚ but god thank that I am still alive. I miss you all. I miss mom’s home cooking. I miss getting yelled at for not doing my job around the house. I would trade anything to get out
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The Scarlet Letter and The Crucible - Comparison of Proctor and Dimmesdale The decisions made by the character John Proctor‚ in The Crucible‚ and by Arthur Dimmesdale‚ in The Scarlet Letter‚ were very much alike. Throughout the entirety of both books‚ the similarities and differences between these two male characters‚ and the environments in which they lived‚ seemed to reflect back and forth quite generously. Also‚ the societies in which John Proctor and Arthur Dimmesdale lived in have a fair amount
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Queensland menswear shop employee and the solo signer in church on Sundays. In just under 9 months Stan Walker achieved the almost impossible. The nineteen year old born in Australia‚ had a rough childhood‚ with his family moving back and forth from Australia to New Zealand‚ spending relatively equal periods of his life in both countries. He is of Maori descendent with his heritage being Nga Potiki (Tauranga Tribe). Stan’s childhood was difficult with his father often being abusive which leads him
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Dontay Phillips 10:45-12:10 TR King Paper Letter from Birmingham Jail Martin Luther King Jr. wrote one of his most famous works while confined in a jail cell. He wrote this as a response to a statement written about him by eight Alabama clergymen. In the letter King uses many methods to convey his message about things going on in Alabama. King mainly uses logos‚ pathos‚ and ethos to express his point in “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” In the letter King utilized the power of human emotion to
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