Being himself in the war‚ as most American young men at the time‚ Mailer gives a arguably more accurate depiction of the experiences of war and the intense level of masculinity which is thus pushed to the forefront of most conflict between men. One of these themes is the dehumanization of soldiers. The soldiers are continuously referred to as machines within the novel. At one point‚ Mailer describes this dehumanization stating‚ “When a man was harnessed into a pack and web belt and carried a rifle
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We all gave out a collective groan as we came out of the portal. As I stood a wave of nausea hit me. I bent over and vomited in a metal bucket that came through with the barn. I could see others doing the same thing off to the side. The barn transported us to the area shown in The Folder. A beautiful blue stream snaked through the lush‚ vibrant green forest. We stood on a small dirt path that sliced through the woods. The trail seemed well traveled and the thousands of feet compacted it. In the trees
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formulated‚ grazing the grade 1 seven stripes that were sewn on. Stripes of courage‚ rank and acknowledgement. *** My father slowly wiped down the Lee-Enfield while I filled up the metal canteen. “Father‚ is it going to hurt the rabbit?” He let out a short laughter‚ finished with a smirk and a smile offering me to polish the .303 that he was wiping. “Come on son‚ if you have a mind as weak as that‚ you won’t make it past a private.” *** Taking a sip from the warm scented cup‚ the cross dangled down
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opinion‚ and he grudgingly agreed‚ at which point I set upon him with a vengeance. "You claim it is shameful‚" I said‚ "to stand up against the majority when in reality it is just the opposite. Antigone believes her actions to be just‚ so it is nothing short of a requirement for her to support them‚ no matter the unpopularity it may bring." He responded one must obey the law‚ with no special permission or treatment granted to anyone regardless of status (497-99‚ 539-40). "The law must be observed‚" I agreed
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One way that Eric Walters was able to confirm relationships are important to a person’s life was through the interaction between Jed and the injured eagle he found. Earlier in the story‚ Jed explains to the reader how much eagle’s mean to him and to his Tsimshian culture. “ An eagle is more than a bird‚ it’s part of our heritage and history” (Walters 47). So‚ naturally‚ when Jed noticed a bullet hole through its body‚ he felt the obligation to nurse it back to full health. During this time‚ Jed became
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Distortion. If I could put that moment into one word that would be it. Everything in my mind was racing‚ as if my thoughts were on a high speed merry go round that was no longer full of merriment‚ but filled with a feeling of disaster. Drowning in a vast sea of uncertainty‚ the light shining from above was slowly vanishing from sight. I no longer had hope. I remember just wanting to sleep. To drift away and have all my pain and worries leave my body. I never wanted to wake up and feel the agony
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The first anti-hero Our story starts in an ancient village a very long time ago there lived a young man by the name of Terito‚ he was given a blessing by an ancient being of great power‚ but there was a price for the power. Terito had to give the being two things for the power. The first thing he had to give the being was his looks for which he was forever scarred on his entire head so he donned a mask. The second item was a gift and a curse he had to give the being all of his memories of
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He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life
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the drive-thru line moving too slow to no fault of my own. Yet‚ despite all this‚ I was happy at the change of pace. I think it must have been being poor that has made me love philosophy because I can more easily see how all of our lives are so short that it becomes absurd to care about many material things. I suppose that my love for thinking about living and how to act merited me to become a Telluride Association Summer Program finalist among the hundreds that have applied and had made me want
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Hunter Hendricks Mercy Essay Professor Malloy 17 October 2012 Steel-Toeless In Pinckney Benedict’s 2008 short story “Mercy‚” the narrator and his father both take pride in their family’s ranch. The narrator works hard for his father each day‚ taking breaks only to sneak treats to the miniature horses being kept on the neighbor’s ranch nearby. The narrator’s father; however‚ does not show the same compassion for the animals as his son. He is adamant about keeping the horses off
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