Book Review Katrina Yurkiw Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Jared Diamond W. W. Norton and Company April 1st‚ 1999 480 Pages ISBN: 0393317552 Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel is a fascinating perspective taken by Professor of Geography and Physiology at UCLA‚ Jared Diamond. Diamond’s purpose was to explain why Eurasian civilizations have had such immense success conquering people and land other than their own. Diamond’s aim is to answer Yali’s question: Why is that white people
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Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century not only as a literary classic‚ but as a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad’s narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz‚ dying‚ insane‚ and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. More recently‚ African critics like Chinua Achebe have pointed out that the story
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Colonel Hal Moore and 400 young troopers from the elite newly formed American 7th "Air" Cavalry‚ were surrounded by 2‚000 North Vietnamese soldiers dug into the tunnel warren mountainside. The ensuing battle was one of the most savage in U.S. history and is portrayed here as the signal encounter between the American and North Vietnamese armies. We Were Soldiers Once... And Young is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire‚ their common acts of uncommon valor‚ and their loyalty to and love
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Andrew McClarren December 4‚ 2014 RUS 100 Ballad of a Soldier Reflection In the 1959 film Ballad of a Soldier‚ a young man at the age of 19 by the name of Alyosha Skvortsov is fighting on the front line for the Russian army during World War II. Alyosha and the other frontline men are faced with two German tanks quickly approaching them. One of the men makes a run for it and is killed; the other reports back to his superior and makes a break for it‚ leaving young Alyosha on his own. Realizing how
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If I could give my heart away And still remain alive I ‘d give it to you with this prayer “That our love will never die.” I would clean up all the heartaches And wipe away the tears So it would be nice for you To keep through out the years. If I could make you understand Just what you mean to me And what it’s like for me to love So completely and so free. What we have is beautiful And will last a whole life through With you is where my heart is So I pledge my love to you. The loneliness I have
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things that need security is as simple as a desk or wall locker. Almost everything we do each day can be found in one. The importance of securing sensitive items comes down to maintaining accountability for operation security. Mission success and a soldiers over all readiness. By not securing an item it could be at risk to be taken by an unauthorized person. All personnel should maintain accountability of all material to allow full utilization by themselves and anyone involved. Security can be compromised
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The Tattooed Soldier shows the impact of violence on people who each see family from a different standpoint. Furthermore‚ in the film Sin Nombre directed by Cary Fukunaga we see a different type of family heavily integrated with violence. Both Sin Nombre and The Tattooed Soldier demonstrate that the loss of family becomes the roots of all violence. In both works the main characters‚ Antonio and El Casper‚ lose their families through violence‚ which creates
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I first read Jared Diamond’s Guns‚ Germs‚ and Steel in the Fall 2003 based on a recommendation from a friend. Many chapters of the book are truly fascinating‚ but I had criticisms of the book back then and hold even more now. Chief among these is the preponderance of analysis devoted to Papua New Guinea‚ as opposed to‚ say‚ an explanation of the greatly disparate levels of wealth and development among Eurasian nations. I will therefore attempt to confine this review on the "meat and potatoes"
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Grigori Chukhrai’s Ballad of a Soldier portrayed a perspective on healthy sexuality that was considered liberating for the time period. After Alyosha cleverly disguises Shura in his military coat and hat‚ they both make it onto the train. As the train is moving forward‚ Alyosha and Shura laugh with one another until smoke fills the screen and initiates a dissolve into an intimate space that belongs to them. At first‚ there is a melancholic tone to their intimacy perhaps acknowledging the fact that
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help soldiers overcome the fears and mental pains from the war. The soldiers who were depressed‚ timid‚ afraid‚ and hopeless later transferred to a normal‚ happy human beings. Several things shocked me throughout the documentary. First‚ I was shocked on how brittle the soldier’s mental mind was right after the war. Their emotions were full of sorrow‚ fear and sadness‚ and just looking at the attitudes of the soldiers‚ despondent‚ anxiety‚ and despair was clearly evident. Not a single soldier shown
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