majority of the American public‚ along with people of fame‚ wanted to prove that the war in Vietnam had no point. Well‚ thirty-five years later‚ Robert McNamara‚ President Johnson’s Secretary of Defense‚ was the focal point of a documentary titled: The Fog of War. This documentary outlines McNamara’s life and examines crucial decisions that he made during the Vietnam War. The most intriguing part of the documentary takes place when McNamara discusses his trip to Vietnam in 1995 to have dinner with the
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THE SPIRTUAL COMFORT OF NATURE IN WILLIAMS WORDSORTH’S “LINES COMPOSED A FEW MILES ABOVE TINTERN ABBEY” The spirituality and influence of nature in William Wordsworth’s "Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey‚" explains the impact of and comfort provided by nature throughout his life. As Wordsworth grows older‚ he tries to share this with his sister. Using the moon as a metaphor for his older (evening) stage in life‚ he tells her “Therefore let the moon Shine on
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Gary soto created an excellent poem called Fog. It starts of in Fresno California on a foggy day where Soto is telling the reader to look out of their window.”If you look out your window you will notice a fog drifting in”(Poetryfoundation.org). Gary Soto expresses what is around him and puts it into the poem. When Gary Soto wrote Fog he said that in Fresno if you look out your window in 1974 you will see a fog.”If you look out your window you will notice a fog drifting in”(Poetryfoundation.org). Soto
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Ashar Hussain Friedrich Nietzsche Was One Trill Dude There are‚ perhaps‚ no religious criticisms more vitriolic than Friedrich Nietzsche’s. The world has yet to see a philosopher more staunchly opposed to traditional morality or contemporary society. It is peculiar that the son of a minister‚ born in a rural village southwest of Leipzig‚ would develop into one of the most creative‚ agile minds in the history of philosophy. Indeed‚ the realm of Nietzsche’s reasoning was as expansive as any before
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Are Athletes Above the Law Sports have been played for years for not only not for entertainment but also for the love of the games. Time and time again we see athletes who are very talented and we love to watch these athletes on our televisions. We sometimes love these athletes too much and take up for them when they are wrong. The media takes up for these athletes also and that helps them in the courts. Athletes are sometimes prone to get into trouble because of their recognition and the great
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The Enemy Above: A Novel of World War II is a story about a twelve-year-old Jewish peasant named Anton. He lives with his uncles and his grandmother‚ Bubbe in the Ukrainian village of Borshchiv. The story takes place in 1942 during World War II in a farming village. His mother died when he was young‚ and his father went off to fight in the war. A year after his father left‚ German soldiers invade Anton’s village with a plan to eradicate all the Jews from the Ukraine. Pursued by Major Von Duesen‚
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Amniocentesis The above picture illustrates amniocentesis‚ a procedure to test for birth abnormalities including spina bifida*‚ anencephaly*‚ and Rh disease*. With the assistance of an ultrasound (imaging of abdomen using high frequency sound waves)‚ a fine needle is guided through the mother’s abdomen/uterine wall to then extract the amniotic fluid from the uterus (womb). Afterwards‚ the extracted material is sent to the laboratory for cytological analysis which will determine if the fetus is
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Shawn Benavi Professor Magnuson 3/10/2013 Sociology Rising Above Imagine you could be born into any family that ever existed! Would you choose your own family? When I think about that question I imagine being born into royalty‚ I can visualize the physical perks that come with royalty such as wealth‚ power‚ and status‚ but it is hard to imagine how I would mentally turn out. After snapping back to reality I realize that I would rather keep my own family‚ and the unique process in which
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Dissonance in Fog of War People are largely motivated to stay consistent in how they act and feel‚ however they often have an unrealistic view of themselves. This view creates cognitive dissonance‚ or performing an action based off a thought that opposes one’s self concept (text‚ p.138). Cognitive dissonance occurs because people want to maintain a positive self –image‚ so instead of acknowledging short comings; they apply strategies to avoid the negative feeling dissonance can cause. In the Fog of War
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while being treated like animals‚ and how they kept on living and pushing on. All of these claims can be explained and supported by‚ Elie Wiesel’s Documentary‚ his memoir‚ Night‚ Maslow’s hierarchy of needs‚ and the official documentary of Night and Fog. One of the most significant examples of strength of will in Night is how Elie always treats his father with kindness and never abandons him like many other children do. Even though his father was old and just a burden to Elie he never stopped
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