In the novel "In Country" by Bobbie Ann Mason, we find the story of a young girl who struggles in life to find out about her father and the history of the Vietnam War. Throughout the book, the reader finds out that this girl, Sam Hughes, is not your every day teenager. She is faced with the responsibility of dealing with her unmotivated uncle and a boyfriend she really doesn't care for anymore. She's confronted with the fact that she really knows nothing about her father and the War he took part in. All of the people she knows who were involved in Vietnam have been touched somehow by the war. What are some of the things she learns from these people? What does she find out about herself and about the father she has never even met? Sam's search for information about her father and his War concludes instead with the discovery of herself. A step towards seeking out the truth about a man who has been a phantom to her throughout her life becomes a step towards helping her find the truth about herself.
In the beginning of the novel, Sam sees her father as something that can only be contained in a picture. She tucks a picture of him into a mirror frame in her room and tries to imagine what he could be like. However, the picture doesn't give her any answers - "The soldier boy in the picture never changed. In a way that made him dependable. But he seemed so innocent" (p 66). She struggles to imagine what it would be like trying to tell her dad of all the things he had missed out on. Like a child talking to its stuffed animals, she talks to the picture as if it were alive. ""You missed Watergate," Sam said to the picture." (p. 67). She wants to make her father a more personal figure in her life instead of just a photo she has seen hundreds of times before. Television gives Sam another look at some situations that her dad must have faced in Vietnam. It has the power to bring scenes of the war into her living room.
Australia is the best country because of the many opportunities a person can take & live, the greatest fertile lands, the unique biodiversity, the tourist attractions & the defence capabilities. The diverse opportunities a person can take in Australia out way other countries. ... That is why Australia is the best country to stay & make a family in & so all you can do. ...
Country Study: Part One JORDAN Jordan is a small country in the Middle East that has little geographic diversity, little ethnic diversity, a strong government and a stable economy, at least for the most part. ... The bordering countries of Jordan are Iraq, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the West Bank. ... The government in Jordan plays a tremendous role in keeping the country stable. ... Although Jordan is a small country, it seems to know what it wants and how to get it in the most efficient way possible....
Urban cities have higher population as compared to the country side. There are benefits to city living and country living depending on whom you ask. Many have questioned the benefits of living in the cities as compared to living in the country and vice versa. ... There is a lot of land in the country side. ... Country living is much cheaper as compared to city life. ...
Exchange and Repatriation of Funds Risks Anytime there is a transfer of funds from our country to a foreign country for investment, and a transfer of funds in the case of the return on investment, there is a risk of loss associated with fluctuations in the monetary exchange rate. ... In 1980 at the Canada – US Tax Convention, the two countries established a treaty that contains Article XXIV which deals with foreign tax credits to help avoid both countries taxing the same income (Serbinski.com, 2015). The treaty helps to avoid double taxation under the general acceptance that taxpayers w...
These countries can affect all of us with there wars and problems like AIDS. ... Uganda, South Africa and Cambodia are countries that have turned around and evolved with help from committed leaders and citizens. I think it is very sad that some few man can maybe ruin a whole country in a corrupted government. ... I have seen an interwiev with some men in the government in some African country where they are saying that it's a lie, that all over Africa one woman is raped in every seven seconds or so, and start pointing around saying something like "I don't see anyone being raped h...
Executive Summary China is a country that is developing day by day. China was a country that had problems with growth and struggled economically. ... Encouraging investments in high-tech industries in central and western parts of the country c. ...
This country I chose within Africa, was Ethiopia. I chose it because it is a prominent, low-income, third world country. Ethiopia is the tenth largest country in Africa. ... Ethiopia is a very low-income country so they cant afford water systems like us, but they can dig ditches that allow water passage. ... We know this because of the amount of food we have in Canada compared to third world countries. ...
What are some of the major problems faced by "Third World" Countries today? ... What has Canada done to help "Third World Countries"? There has always been a dominant country in the world that sets the economic standard throughout powerful countries. Canada has always been a top rated economic country, usually behind the United States and other large Commonwealth countries. ... The governments of the "Third World" countries have done horrible jobs of creating good living conditions for their people and in all have not tried to bring their country out of their economic slump....
But, since its apparition we can see a lot of improvements in the richest countries but also in the developing countries. ... Most of the countries in the world, especially the developing countries, saw in this new way of managing the economy their deliverer. ... The effects differ over time and across countries, and even differ across countries that are superficially very similar or very closely economically linked. ... There are, at least, five different levels of development: industrialized countries, the economies in transition, the developed advanced countries, the less advanced countrie...
Before thinking about the strategies for converting our country into a financially literate country, we must know about the actual meaning of financial literacy and why it is more important these days. ... Recent surveys shows that a majority of population in our country have limited knowledge about the financial systems and concepts. ... Our government already started a lot of programs for improving financial education in our country. ... So before developing a national strategy for financial education, we must have some understanding about the population needs and country's present circ...
