During war time, soldiers bear the burden of not being able to make their own decisions. They must demonstrate their loyalty to their country by following every order given to them at any time. These orders may go against their better judgment at times, but soldiers must do what they are ordered. Taking another humans life is hard enough when you want to, let alone when you are ordered to and the person has done nothing wrong to you. Soldiers must show no emotion when they are chosen to execute the wishes of ones country. Like General MacArthur said, " the soldier, above all other people, prays for peace, for he must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war". Both stories showed mans honesty and loyalty to its country and compassion for life. .
Being around the prisoners of war, day and night, many soldier become fond of them. In "Guests of the Nation, the soldiers referred to their prisoners as, " our guests" (O"Connor 1258). These same soldiers, after given orders to go guard the prisoner, returned with, " what the hell we wanted guarding them at all for"(1260). These soldiers saw these two member of the opposing army as comrades. They found no need to guard them or even think of them as a threat to their security. At one point a soldiers referred to the prisoners as an, ". old dog that was going to the vet's, you"d try not to get too fond of him" (1260). This was another odd way to refer to the enemy. This shows that in wars, opposing forces do not hate the enemy that they are engaged with, but have a respect for them and what they believe in. In "Another Way to Die", the Japanese soldiers did not have as solid a relationship with their prisoners as did the Irish, but they still questioned the reasoning behind killing helpless prisoners. When the Japanese soldiers showed doubt with their orders, they were reminded "These are military orders, sir. You"ll just have to manage as you see fit" (Murakami 1270).
The title of my autobiography is "When Pride Still Mattered" by Vince Lombardi. "When Pride Still Mattered" was published in 1994 by Simon and Schuster Inc. ... She was considered "domineering" when barking out orders. ... There was even a point in his life that he sincerely thought he would become a priest. ... One would enjoy this book whether they enjoy football or not. ...
But by documenting and recording these thoughts, it is literally expressing yourself on paper. By releasing your most intimate feelings into an artistic outlet, you can be relived of containing so much emotion in your thoughts. ... Yet one thing I do fight for, tooth and nail, all the time. ... It is the feeling one gets when they first fall in love, or when they experience their first heartbreak. ... Poetry does pierce us, and nothing can replace that feeling....
At first I started laughing and just sort of stood there, not knowing what to do. It was a small fire, and we thought we could stomp it out with our feet. ... Catch the tradewinds in your sails. ... I don't want to have to regret not doing all the things that families do with each other. ... Without people by your side who love you, none of it is important or matters. ...
I feel it is my duty to not only make you think, but to shift your currently systematic and suppressed thinking, to a train of thought that is creative and unique to who you are. ... Express your beliefs and do not shelter what may well be brilliant thoughts, live out on a limb and take a chance from time to time, remembering that what "does not kill you, only makes you stronger. ... Moreover do not sit in class knowing and answer and avoiding responding in an attempt to resist being branded with a label, because of your knowledge of that answer. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said that "imitati...
When you feel very strongly about a certain issue, you want to share your thoughts and ideas with others, in hope that they will agree and join your viewpoint. ... Although their family is not poor and living on the streets, their small apartment signifies the fact that they do not have money to spare. ... I do not believe that a sense of empathy for the neo-Nazis is a good thing. ... It does not say give me your shiftless, your greedy, your indolent, your criminals, looking for a free ticket. ... How you fall doesn't matter. ...
The main topics of the "Final Thoughts" section of our readings deals mainly with oppression. ... Now maybe my oppressions were not to the level or extent of many of the oppressions of minorities, but I do believe that white, heterosexual men do have a good understanding about oppression. ... The next reading in the "Final Thoughts" section is "How to Interrupt Oppressive Behavior" by Mary McClintock. ... So to shed some more light on the summer camp story, a young boy hanging out with his peers for an entire summer is not going to disagree with them when the are making jokes while actually...
Power of Nonsense Everyone seeks to escape from their life, no matter how happy they are. ... This novel helps by doing so. ... At that point, your imagination is being stir and you ponder about what you just have read. ... The mad hatter does not even understand that riddles contain certain necessary parts and also that he has an obligation to know the solution when he asks the riddle. ... No matter what happens to Alice in the story, Alice can not comprehend that the new world she is in does not understand anything logical that Alice says to them. ...
