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    First and foremost‚ most child soldiers are taken against their will to fight in a conflict. In his BBC article‚ Child Soldiers Still Being Recruited in South Sudan‚ Tom Burridge (A BBC correspondent) wrote about the recruitment process for child soldiers in South Sudan’s ongoing civil war. During his visit to South Sudan‚ Tom met with a few boys who have been child soldiers‚ and one of them was a boy named Stephen. Rebels closed in on Stephen’s unsuspecting school while class was in session. “Stephen

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    don’t know the entire context of some children’s life‚ so this is why children should be given amnesty to fighting as child soldiers. One of the first big reasons children should not be prosecuted for fighting as child soldiers is their age. The average time for someone’s brain to fully develop is at the age of 25. This is way higher than the average age of child soldiers‚ which is 15-17 years old. This kind of age allows these poor‚ vulnerable kids to be manipulated in ways they don’t even understand

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    We Were Soldiers vs. Platoon After watching both of these films I noticed how combat was portrayed in the movie Platoon was different from the movie we were soldiers In the movie we were soldiers it was portrayed around several different officers it was focused on them and how they carried out their mission and how they took care of their men also they showed how on a platoon level and squad level were able to follow the battalion commander on the battlefield some example of the

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    Child soldiers are victims‚ not perpetrators‚ so they should be granted amnesty. Though to some it may look like these kids are choosing this life‚ in reality‚ most aren’t. They either have to join those forces or die‚ which is terrifying for any child to imagine. Not only that‚ but they were drugged to kill‚ making them forget how bad it was that they were doing. And to some of them‚ that army was the only family that they have‚ providing better living conditions than those out on the streets. Which

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    soldiering is not something new to Congo. In fact‚ children have been used in wars since 1998. There are 30‚000 child soldiers‚ children

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    Decorum Est’ by Wilfred Owen and ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke are poems about war which treat their subjects differently. Both poems are examples of the authors’ perceptions of war; Owen’s being about its bitter reality and Brooke’s about the glory of dying for one’s country. ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ is divided into four stanzas‚ the first two of which set and develop the scene‚ while the third and fourth convey and offer a commentary on what has preceded. ‘The Soldier’ is a Petrarchan sonnet divided into

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    Athena would make a good soldier because she is strong‚ brave and intelligent. One important reason that Athena would make a good soldier is that she is full of energy. “She helped Perseus defeat Medusa by giving him a shield to see the reflection of Medusa.”(bullet 18‚ greek gods and goddess) The thing about Athena is that she is‚ she never gives up on herself or others. Athena is strong and stands up for others. Athena would make a good soldier because she is strong‚ brave‚ and intelligent

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    English 124-Literary Essay October 19‚ 2011 “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “The Soldier” Although the poems “Dulce et Decorum Est “by Wilfred Owen‚ and “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke‚ share the elements of writer passion and subjectivity‚ they differ with regards to tone‚ theme and literary devices. The lyrical poem‚ “The Soldier” was written during the period before the World War‚ and thus presents an unrealistic viewpoint of war. The speaker is simply regurgitating ideas and concepts about war

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    Rebecca west The Return of The Soldier illustrates the mental and social change in perspective of shell shock soldiers returning home from war. Christopher‚ the soldier returning from World War 1 after his unfortunate mental injury‚ to his wife Kitty and Jenny his cousin‚ faced scrutiny and doubt by both women in respect to his present state. His condition‚ thereof‚ was not fully accepting as oppose to that of a physical injury. Soldiers who’ve suffered shell shock in general was alienated because

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    broke out she put herself in the middle of a war. Molly Pitcher was on the front line of the war. She risked her life in order to take care of the soldiers fighting. She got her name from carrying a pitcher of water to the soldiers. That to me is a selfless act; she was there with her husband but she won’t above and beyond to take care of all the soldiers. While doing her duties as the water girl ; she witnessed her husband John get wounded and he was no longer able to continue manning the cannon

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