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    like in certain scenarios. Stories are written such as “Desertion” & “Second Variety” by Clifford Simak‚ “Slow Life” by Michael Swanwick and "Swarm" by Bruce Sterling to warn others of scientific evolution using the core science fiction concepts. These four cautionary short stories illustrate the future horror of scientific evolution for mankind. Firstly‚ the story Desertion by Clifford Simak is cautionary tale warning humans of superiority. Simak warns the readers about the way humans think by showing

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    Jason Warren ENGL-371-010 Paper #1 Within the short story "Desertion" written by Clifford D. Simak the human race faces the ultimate challenge of the choice of free will vs. life determination. When the story opens we learn of a mission to liberate and populate the jovian planet Jupiter. The head of this study‚ and protagonist of the story‚ is a man named Kent Fowler. Fowler has two by two sent four men to Jupiter already and as the story begins is planning to send a fifth. The only problem

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    Desertion

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    Subject: Desertion What does desertation mean? In emeployment relationship‚ this word is normally used when an employee goes missing without an authorized leave. This ia a tricky issue because as an employer you are not sure whether the employee will reappear or not and at the same time you want your business to continue and you end uo hiring someone to replace that employee who had deserted. The million dollar question is‚ as an employer‚ the employee has deserted‚ when am i entitled to dismiss

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    after thirty days and then listed as deserters. However‚ as a matter of U.S. military law‚ desertion is not measured by the time away from the unit‚ but alternatively: leaving or remaining absent from

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    “The Glass Menagerie” In “The Glass Menagerie” Williams’s use of symbolism represents several different themes. Many of the symbols used in the play signify the impossibility of true escape‚ the differences between illusion and reality‚ abandonment‚ and the power of memory (as it is a memory play). One of the more obvious symbols that we notice is the fire escape. It represents the connection between the illusionary world of the characters and the “real” world. The fire escape represents something

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    Living with Abandonment Porter paints a picture of an elderly woman that has faced much desertion‚ but persevered through it all. She relates how the pain and abandonment has plagued the life of “Granny Weatherall.” The name alone gives us indication that she faced many issues that didn’t defeat her but she “weathered all.” The story appears to be told by Granny’s account of her life moving between past and present episodes. Her thoughts seemed to be disoriented at times leading us to ponder between

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    wielding a golf club but she had an invisible protector. She lives in the Bronx surrounded by desperate people who are vocal about what they want; one neighbor begs for heat while another wants their boyfriend back. There are multiple examples of desertion in Marisol’s life from the people that she has met to the neighborhood she lives in. Marisol is about how a person deals with the fact that everything and everyone they have ever cared about can and will abandon them. Marisol is set in the Bronx

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    The importance of being on time accounted for is because lets say that you dont come back to formation after you go out on a convoy then they know that you are missing. If you do not show up and you do not respond on the radio there is going to possibly be a search team for you. If they do send a search team for then that puts that entire team at risk while looking for you. Point of accountability formation is to make sure all of your soldiers are there and that they are all accounted for. If one

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    This article is designed to cover every case not elsewhere provided for in which any member of the armed forces is through the member’s own fault not at the place where the member is required to be at a prescribed time. It is not necessary that the person be absent entirely from military jurisdiction and control. The first part of this article—relating to the appointed place of duty—applies whether the place is appointed as a rendezvous for several or for one only. The offenses of failure to

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    In the military there are set standards‚ most of which are pretty simply accomplished. All soldiers are expected to meet these standards on a daily basis‚ as being in the Army is a 24 hours a day‚ 7 days week job. One of these standards that holds great importance is accountability‚ as well as being on time. Failure to meet these standards can and will result in some quite extensively negative consequences. Soldier’s are responsible for reporting to their squad leaders. This allows the NCO and

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