Smack right in the middle of the country, Saint Louis has always been the bane of this now grown man’s so called childhood existence. Little did I know, most all teenagers going through their preadolescent years often feel the same way. Yet, this is not one of those stories, This is a snap shot of what it was like growing up in Saint Louis. More than almost anything, the first image that’s triggered in reflection on where I grew up are images of my friends. I lived in a tight knit community that fostered the ideal-children do not belong in the house predominately.
To be completely honost I got off easy for something that was a pretty big mistake. I know now why this is important. Writing this paper has helped me realize that what I did was wrong. Writing this paper has made me sit down and just think about how this decition could have got somebody killed downrange. Looking back knowing what I know now I cantbelieve I thought that shamming out was ok.
My ancestors emigrated from England and my heritage is that of Scottish, English, and aboriginality. My father is the oldest from a family of 2 boys, since my father was the oldest he was like a second father, he was always out his father with the farm and at the age of 12 was sent out to work at a chook farm. My mother being the middle child of seven brothers and sisters, my mother had to take her place in the care of the house work. Both grew in the same type of family and both knew what it took to work hard to get what they wanted in life. When I was growing up I was never given all the things that I wanted, my parents taught me that I had to work had if I wanted anything, that I only got what I needed not what I wanted.
Veterans keep the story alive of the wars they fought in and teach the younger generations. I cannot imagine a world without veterans, the freedom lost, the patriotism missing from our hearts. Veterans have stood up for our country and helped us get some of the things we have now. They protected our nation, and without them our country may not have had a future. They kept us safe, sacrificing their lives to save ours.
This source is useful because it shows what soldiers have apparently said about Haig. However, knowing that John hated Haig, he most likely only chose to publish the negative things about him, taking what soldiers have said minus the positive things. From the way this source is written a very negative and biased opinion is very noticeable ‘There can never be forgiveness for their sheer incompetence’ proving that what John Laffin has written is biased, This source also shows me what Haig and the other generals were doing during the war and that is why I find it reliable. Another very useful source is source B2, this source was written by P.Smith, a soldier at the Somme, it was written in 1916. This source is useful to me because it is coming from a man’s point of view; that was actually there and saw what went on ‘It was pure bloody murder.
He also makes it seem like everything is crumbling around Paul, and destroying all hope of survival and return to normal life for anyone who had experienced the front line. This is very different from pro-war poetry, which makes war seem fun. Something Remarque does either subconsciously or very well, is to make you feel sorry for the German and Central Powers’ soldiers, and to grow a subliminal hate for the allied soldiers, no matter who’s side you came in on. The Textbook also does this well, but in reverse. The Textbook gives off a sense of dislike towards the Central Powers, and made them seem primitive and destructive for no reason.
According to few Hellenes, people who had the evil or had injured the empire by private actions have no nobler cause in terms of their deed to fight for the country. They were dishonored because of their bad fame. Thucydides persuaded by point out that all the citizens knew the advantages of a brave defense. On the battlefield, they became glorified because of their fearless spirit and ran away from the word of dishonor. The speaker also interpreted the word of dishonor by comparing the contribution which the dead made and the evil they did.
This added human element of embarrassment and distress is what makes the second story truer the first. Upon hearing this story, one is compelled to consider the fruitlessness of the jumper’s sacrifice and the meaninglessness of his gesture. Similar to Beret Provo’s request to have a privy named after him in his honor, those who go to war may hope to be considered a
74 almost extinct (handful of elderly speakers) (45%). 58 with fewer than 1,000 speakers (35%). 25 with 1,000-10,000 speakers (15%). 8 with 10,000+ speakers (5%).”4 The numbers don’t lie, there aren’t many more Native languages being spoken today. If this keeps up, less than 100 native languages will be spoken by the end of the century.
The long-term unstable society and the cold war made them have the sense of lost. They began to suspect the democracy of their country. Facing this kind of frustration, their choices were not decadence, depression, but resistance. They disbelieved their government, hated the Vietnam War, but they were still patriotic. Although the Counterculture Movement had many negative factors, such as decadent, crackers, vulgar and mysterious, which caused a bad effect on the youth, behind the decadent lifestyle, they had the motivated and raging dreams.