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    Child Soldiers

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    Multi Genre Project Child Soldiers By: Ralia Lahlou Ms. Gugel March 2nd‚ 2012 The Beginning of the Change From the first day‚ something about these innocent eyes filled with hatred inspired me to write. These eyes are those of a child soldier. Before starting this project‚ I did not think much of children fighting in wars‚ but as the research got deeper and my understanding of their situation more thorough‚ this project became much more than a simple task I had to accomplish. I felt close

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    The return of the soldier

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    The Return of the Soldier Background Rebecca West writes to expose the social issues of her time. There are many perspectives one could take in reading her novel The Return of the Soldier‚ each equally valuable. There is one fine thread throughout this novel that I find most relevant. West raises the question; how well do social norms serve people when confronted with cold reality? Particularly‚ the role that women were expected to play is worth paying attention to throughout West’s writing. This

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    Child Soldiers

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    Child Soldiers Throughout history‚ many wars have promoted the problem of child soldiers. Many researchers and government officials have looked deeper into the issue whether or not child soldiers should be treated as victims or criminals. This problem has raised many questions on how child soldiers should be treated. Though this issue is not black and white‚ with many cases of child soldiers‚ these children should be treated as victims. Many children have been subjected to war broken homes and

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    Becoming a Soldier

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    of Becoming a Soldier               To become a soldier in the military requires a certain personality‚ one that enjoys a challenge‚ possesses a stronger than average work ethic and has a desire to conquer and master new aspects. However‚ becoming a combat soldier requires advanced training that covers the operation of specific weapons‚ furthering training with explosives‚ combat first aid and advanced operational tactics with each soldier field. The process of becoming a soldier can be interesting

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    Ptsd in Soldiers

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    symptoms that are present in many soldiers returning from war (NIMH‚ n.d.). Upon reintegration into society‚ both female and male marines and soldiers often feel detached and have problems showing intimacy‚ compassion‚ and even having sex. Studies conducted by the U.S Defense Department and the New England Journal of Medicine report similar findings‚ which state that 1 in 6 soldiers and marines return from Iraq with symptoms of PTSD. Less than 40% of these soldiers look for help‚ in fear of losing

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    Soldier Boy

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    Soldier Boy is a fabulous novel as it tells the readers the life Jim Martin had before‚ during and after the war. This is Jim’s strange story of how an inexperienced and excited school boy became Australia’s youngest Anzac. The main theme of Soldier Boy is about the life of war. The story starts with the death of Jim aboard a hospital ship. It explains how he dies and the way the family were notified by the nurse sending a letter to them. Then his story starts from the beginning reflecting

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    Soldiers Home

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    back towards a normal life. After the fighting overseas commenced‚ it took Krebs a year to finally leave Europe and return to his family in Oklahoma. Once home‚ he found it hard to talk about all he had seen in his tour of duty overseas‚ which should be attributed to the fact that he saw action in some of the bloodiest‚ most crucial battles towards the culmination of the war. Therefore‚ Krebs difficulty in acknowledging his past is because he was indeed a "good soldier" (139)‚ whose efforts in

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    Soldiers Creed

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    I am an American Soldier. I am a Warrior and a member of a team. I serve the people of the United States‚ and live the Army Values. I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade. I am disciplined‚ physically and mentally tough‚ trained and proficient in my warrior tasks and drills. I always maintain my arms‚ my equipment and myself. I am an expert and I am a professional. I stand ready to deploy‚ engage‚ and destroy‚ the

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    The Soldier Anaylsis

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    The Soldier: Rupert Brooke - Summary and Critical Analysis The Soldier is a sonnet in which Brooke glorifies England during the First World War. He speaks in the guise of an English soldier as he is leaving home to go to war. The poem represents the patriotic ideals that characterized pre-war England. It portrays death for one’s country as a noble end and England as the noblest country for which to die. In the first stanza (the octave of the sonnet) stanza‚ he talks of how his grave will

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    Soldiers Letter

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    Britain persuaded me to join the war‚ and there was no way I could pass up the opportunity to show my appreciation for our mother country. Training camp in Val Cartier was nothing I was prepared for. The British had high expectations for us Canadian Soldiers‚ expectations that we weren’t able to live up to while entering the training camp. None of us had much training or experience‚ this forced Britain to crack the whip and become very strict. Our training was very unusual and unexpected; we seemed to

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