During class‚ the Vietnam War was discussed. The biggest impression I had of the war was the number of casualties on both sides. Based on our study‚ the two lessons that could be learned were that strategies were more important than the size of the army and that a government should never lie to its people. North Vietnamese and the Vietcong were winning mostly throughout the Vietnam War because of their efficient operational plans. In fact‚ the North Vietnamese army had fewer and less powerful
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The most significant theme in John Hersey’s book "Hiroshima" are the long- term effects of war‚ confusion about what happened‚ long term mental and physical scars‚ short term mental and physical scars‚ and people being killed. The confusing things after the A-bomb was dropped on Hiroshima where that the city had been wiped out‚ all means of communication where gone‚ all the roads and street signes where wiped out‚ destroyed or blocked by collapsed buildings " saw through the darkness that all
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‘Arrabal jokes about war but thinks war is no joke.’ Discuss in reference to the play. In his play‚ ‘Picnic on the Battlefield’‚ Arrabal takes the subject of war and appears to make light of it‚ using the subject in a way that is humorous in its absurdity. However‚ the subject is treated in this way not because Arrabal believes war to be an inherently funny thing‚ but rather because he is opposed to war‚ this concept is illustrated effectively in the play. The irony of treating war in such a way
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Speech Against War Message As a senator of the United States‚ I feel it is my duty to help keep the country in a neutral state in order to stop the risk of getting into problems. At a time like this‚ we cannot run the risk of ruining our economy and getting involved in a national conflict. There are many points in Wilson’s war message that I would like to point out as unreasonable. Throughout the message he makes sure that he talks a lot about democracy‚ other nation’s choices‚ and future plans
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Does free speech give people the right to use hate speech? Does free speech give people the right to use hate speech? I choose this topic in particular because I feel very strongly about this and feel it’s a good discursive topic to argue my point. The points that I’ll be talking about in this essay are: -what is free and hate speech -who are mostly victims of hate speech -why people argue hate speech shouldn’t be banned -why I think hate speech is wrong -how hate speech can turn to violence
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topic of sheer terror for everyone. Many countries are now considering banning the use of nuclear weapons. In this essay I will take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of nuclear weapons and come to a final conclusion on whether they should be banned or not. On one hand‚ nuclear weapons indicate how strong and powerful a country is. The first and foremost criterion for other countries to consider you a strong and developed country is to have a good defence system‚ and nuclear weapons provide
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Speech: smoking should be banned. Good afternoon Ms Gorman and fellow class mates I am standing before you today to argue and present why smoking should be banned. Cigarettes the poison of humanity‚ killing thousands every year‚ children smoking at the age of 12 ‚ the bad health of smokers and people around them and hundreds of dollars being wasted on them‚ will it ever stop? These are the aspects which I believe are of most interest on this topic of smoking should be banned and are what im going
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The Shackled Pen While I may only be 18 years old‚ federal laws have silenced me since 1988. Stripped of my right of freedom of speech with the implementation of Hazelwood laws-- enacted after the Supreme Court case ruling in favor of the Hazelwood School District in the court case Tinker vs Hazelwood-- myself and other high school journalists all over the United States have lost our "unalienable right" to speak our minds in print. As student journalists‚ our job dictates that we exhume the truths
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which was 9/11. There are multiple ways to win a war‚ but targeting civilians should not even be considered an option as a way to do so. During war‚ people who are fighting should only attack those who
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Cross the Delaware Right after George Washington read the Crisis #1 written by Thomas Paine‚ all of his troops headed right off to war with light hearts and bright faces. During this time period the colonists were losing the war and things weren’t going so well. When we were at our lowest point President George Washington used this speech to motivate the soldiers to be better. In the Crisis #1‚ pathos is the most persuasive technique used because Thomas Paine was trying to motivate the soldiers by
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