------------------------------------------------- Beowulf‚ Defeater of Evil and Great Protector Objective To defeat all evil and gain high status among my people as well as to protect my kingdom and other kingdoms. Experience Stronger In a battle for who could swim farthest against Brecca‚ I came out on top in the freezing waters of Norway. While I was battling for my life I also killed nine sea monsters and made safe the waterways at finnish lands. Braver I drove five giants into chains
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the colonist also had to rely on people to warn them about incoming enemies‚ which is where Paul Revere came in. The fastest reconnaissance at the time was Revere coming in on horse which bought the colonists some time at the Battle of Lexington and Concord. In the Battle of Cowpens‚ the British could have used the help of airplane reconnaissance to know that there would be hundreds of militiamen hiding and waiting to attack. Instead‚ they blindly ran across and suffered a tremendous loss that
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and was untouched by the poor marksmanship and inferior technology of the French. He leads groups of local men (who obviously were not too happy with the French either) against the Emperors army. The book is full of Good examples of leadership and battle tactics. One of my favorite aspects of this book was the big picture it gave along with the individual efforts of Rifleman Matthew Dodd in constant skirmishes with French units. The book gave the reader a perspective from both the French perspective
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and joyous amongst almost everybody in both Britain and Germany. It had been a long time since either side had experienced a real war. For Britain‚ it had been a century since any large-scale violence. Not since 1871 had any German seen a bloody battle. As it was‚ not even anybodies great grandfather could tell the people what it is like to live in war. By 1914‚ enough time had passed for the ugliness of war to be clouded by romance. A joyous crusading mood swept Europe as the righteousness of each
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that are being told‚ “Don’t Do It Again!” This is all that they do. Only a simple warning‚ no punishment. Before World War I‚ women assisted the military during wartime mainly as nurses and helpers. Some women‚ however‚ did become involved in battles. Molly Pitcher‚ a Revolutionary War water carrier‚ singlehandedly kept a cannon in action after a artillery crew had been disabled. During the Revolutionary and the Civil War‚ a few women disguised themselves as men and took part in hand-to-hand combat
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Achilles and Hector are both extraordinary warriors for their armed forces. Achilles takes charge of the Greek armed force‚ while Hector is in charge of the Trojans. Hector and Achilles both have pride in themselves and want their people to respect them. Hector and Achilles are both heros of their particular sides. However‚ even with all these comparable qualities‚ they both are have similar qualities they are also different in many ways. Hector is considered an egoist ‚ Hector is a family man
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canned food up to 10 times faster. For the first time ever the soldiers were getting vegetables‚ fruits‚ milk and other essential nutrients while on the battlefield. Even as the health of the soldiers increased there was still huge loss of life due to battle‚ over the war there is an estimated 250‚000 people killed. Prior to the civil war it was common to only retrieve the wounded once the fighting was over. This would leave hundreds of troops lying helpless dying on the battlefield. A new practice of
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Seeing Satan in a different light in Paradise Lost Satan is a character that has been ridiculed and teased in our modern world because of his symbolization of evil‚ combined with the underlying hypothesis that good will always triumph over evil ultimately questioning and mocking his presence. In Paradise Lost John Milton frays from the typical view of Satan as the devil-on-your-shoulder by having the readers absorbed in the idea that they actually feel sympathetic towards this evil creature. Within
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A Separate Peace “It seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their stupidities‚ but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart” (Chapter 13‚ 201) This quote is very important because it is talking about war‚ which is the main theme of the novel since it takes place during WWII. It is also important because it revels the growth in the main character Gene. At the beginning of the story Gene wasn’t very comfortable being himself‚ and he wished he was his
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a lot to consider when discussing this documentary. It was well constructed in the sense that those interviewed held various positions representing nearly every step of the larger process that is the war. First I would like to discuss the issue of battle itself. Few of our nation’s military actually sees combat‚ it is largely support for those who do. Of those who are placed in a combat situation the number of those is sustained combat day after day is even fewer. Infantry during an offensive tactical
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