Star Wars versus The Odyssey The Odyssey and Star Wars are two great examples of epics. Both the stories fulfill the epic hero cycle to the fullest. In The Odyssey‚ Odysseus is the hero‚ he goes to Troy to fight a war and get lost at sea for 20 years. In Star Wars Luck is the hero‚ he gets introduced to the rebel force that is trying to ensure the safety of their universe. The Odyssey and Star Wars follow the same basic cycle. Both adventures show hard challenging tasks in order to complete
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the United States of America are at war. A war on drugs that we are losing‚ and have been battling for over a century. Violent crimes and neglected children are only the start of where our our courts‚ hospitals‚ and prisons are filled. Our government has spent billions of dollars trying to eradicate the drug supply. In all reality the war on drugs has expelled a terrible downturn‚ economically‚ socially‚ with prisons‚ and fighting the war in general. Currently war on drugs has had terrible effects
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Saying that ‘war is terrible’ is such a simple statement but makes us think of the emotional stress and physical pain. There is a wide variety of texts that explore the ideas about war. Various composers agree that war is a terrible thing and isn’t necessary. There are some composers however who believe that war is necessary and that people should do their duty and fight for their country. These can be shown by a range of techniques. The war poetry of Wilfred Owen‚ “Dulce et Decorum Est” and “Anthem
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Economic 12/14/10 Final Paper Cost of War Opportunity cost means it is the forgone alternative of the choice made. War is usually a choice. Other than world war ll‚ the wars fought by the United States since 1900‚ have been entirely by choice. So what about opportunity cost of a war like the one in Iraq? Leading up to the war there were 250‚000 personnel in the gulf with 150‚000 additional troops deployed during the invasion. In terms of occupation‚ about 150‚000 occupation troops were
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THE VIETNAM WAR Did you know about 1.5 million people died during the Vietnam War‚ which was more than the population of New Mexico in the 1960s? Vietnam‚ which is relative in size to New Mexico‚ is a country in Asia that borders the Gulf of Tonkin. The Vietnam War was a result of people in Vietnam wanting independence from France. The US supported the French so that all of Vietnam would not become a communist country and so this would not lead to other countries following in their footsteps
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Jack‚ Andrew and I presented on Fog of War. The documentary on Robert McNamara gives us his perspective on the situations the American government faced in the 20th century. Along with that‚ the documentary provides us with 11 lessons that could be taken from McNamara’s life. I myself focused my presentation on McNamara’s first lesson in the movie which was “Empathizing with your enemy.” In this lesson I learned how beneficial it could be to see from the enemy’s point of view. In the movie McNamara
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Civil War by Victoria Kent Four years of American bloodshed on American soil. Why? The reasons are varied. From the formation of America to 1860‚ the people in this country were divided. This division was a result of location and personal sentiments. Peace could not continue in a country filled with quarrels that affected the common American. There is a common misconception that the American Civil War was fought only over slavery‚ when in fact there were several other reasons for why the War Between
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The three Punic Wars took place over nearly a century‚ beginning in 264 B.C. and ending with the destruction of Carthage in 146 B.C. The wars were fought between the dominant power Rome and the maritime city-state Carthage. The first Punic War commenced in 264 B.C. when Rome impeded in a feud on the island of Sicily which was one of Carthage’s controlled lands. The war ended with Rome in control of both Sicily and Corsica. In the second Punic War the Carthaginian general Hannibal invaded Italy and
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interested in world war two‚ this might be a good book for you. It not only tells a great world war two story‚ but also tells a great story of a few courageous young men who were known as flyboys‚ which was what they called pilots in world war two. The book tells about their small town teenage lives and background and how they came to be in the Navy. It tells about their education and their social lives. Their names were Jimmy Dye from Mount Ephraim‚ New Jersey‚ Floyd Hall from Sedalia‚ Missouri‚
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were three Punic or Carthaginian Wars is Roman history. These were between 264 and 146 BC. These wars were the first great wars of Roman expansion outside Italy. The enemy of Rome had a large empire that stretched along the coast of North America and southern Spain and some parts of Sicily. This empire was known as Carthage. The purpose of these wars was to decide which power would become the dominant force around the Mediterranean Sea. The first Punic War lasted from 264-241 BC. It was fought mainly
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