Buildings‚ Freeways and Shadows of The Tattooed Soldier (Final Draft) Downtown Los Angeles is one of the busiest commercial centers in the United States. However‚ the city holds two groups of people in different economic level-the homeless and the working class. Hector Tobar frequently includes the landscape of the setting in downtown Los Angeles in The Tattooed Soldier. The novel is about two immigrants from Guatemala who have moved to Los Angeles. The protagonist‚ Antonio‚ takes a revenge on
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another day. There aren’t enough gas masks for everyone so I had to watch my friend suffocate from the gas. I can’t believe I am here and I wake up every morning wondering if I will wake up tomorrow. Pray that the war is over soon and I am able to return home alive. Kellie Dear Mom and Dad‚ I’m OK for right now but I don’t know how long I can stay alive because the amount of gas they blow-up over here. All the dead body’s that are rotting and especially the rats that carry all that bacteria are making
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This novel captured my interest and held it to the final chapter! I not only learned about the history of World War II‚ but also of the emotional impact it had on soldiers and their families. The Gunderman family was a family devoted to each other. The realization that their oldest son‚ Jimmy‚ had to fight for his country was devastating to them. The main character‚ Earl‚ was the younger half-brother. He described himself as the weaker of the two. He and Jimmy were close and enjoyed being together
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country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country". Patriotism is found in every country‚ but it’s the occupants of that country that have patriotism towards their own. This loyalty is seen in both "How to Tell a True War Story" and "Soldiers Home". Patriotism to me is one’s natural right to show pride in being an American. Patriotism exists on different levels when taking into consideration people’s perspective on war. In comparing these two short stories the similarities were evident
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understand why soldiers would choose to fight and why they kept fighting for so long. Through a series of letters written by the soldiers themselves‚ one can see multiple motivations for soldiers in Vietnam‚ such as believing in the cause‚ self-preservation‚ and comradary amongst the men. This is all brought together in Dear America: Letters Home From Vietnam‚ an adequate volume edited by Bernard Edelman for the New York Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commission. First‚ there were many soldiers‚ at least
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states from Afghanistan. On that day he called us it was a Friday morning before school started. He told me that he would come and see us next weekend so he can spend time with his wife. So the day goes on school gets out me and my sister Merissa goes home to do our chores so we can stay with our friend. When we get finished we walk to Amanda’s house and hang with her for a little bit. About four thirty we walk to our house to get some money so that we can go to the movies. As were walking we see a man
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to you all about my experience. Throughout my investigation into the life of a U.S army soldier‚ I soon figured out how the soldier’s daily life and the way they lived their life before the war drastically changed when they enlisted. The Union soldiers were so eager to fight for their country‚ they all then signed up to fight for the union. Also many were also drafted to fight. While talking to many soldiers of the division I was at most of them said that the biggest challenge for them was getting
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Running head: THE ROLE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS The Role of American soldiers during and after the Second Battle of Marne Susan Byrd University of Phoenix THE ROLE OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS The Role of American Soldiers during and after the Second Battle of Marne In the beginning‚ World War I was considered to be “The European War” During the beginning of the war‚ Americans had decided to remain
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equal citizenship. He was trying to help African Americans have equal lives when they come home from the wars. In the story “Returning Soldiers”‚ W.E.B Dubois explained that the soldiers were returning home‚ to still be treated unequally after the war. The soldiers were African American’s that had been drafted. The soldiers were put in the war to defend France from Germany. When the African American’s soldiers went back to their countries‚ they were still being treated unequally. In the story Du Bois
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a bit. The soldiers learn to self-anesthetize to not feel (Scurfield). When I say not feel‚ I mean not feel emotions. The reason for doing this is because when a friend or another soldier dies‚ they do not want their emotions to get the best of them. The negative about detachment is that the soldiers get so used to doing this that they go home and still begin to use detachment (Scurfield). They cannot feel the normal emotions like everyone else can. For example‚ a child of the soldiers is to pass
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