’The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke is an Italian sonnet that plays with the idea of war being romantic. The whole poem is a metaphor for what he believed the war meant to him. In the first verse‚ he is saying that if he died in battle‚ even in some corner of a foreign field‚ he will forever belong to England. He then uses a series of metaphors to state that England is what raised him‚ gave him an identity and that his soul will be immortal because he died fighting for his country. In the second verse
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The Wounded Soldier A blast of cold air hits on his face like the blade of a shredding knife. Bodies of fallen comrades and enemies lay all around him. The smell of flesh from both sides of the war together with the dust and smoke almost made him sick. He has never been more aware and cautious‚ cowering in fear at the sounds of machine guns. The thought of reuniting with his family is the only hope that gave him the strength to continue‚ allowing him to forget about the inclement taste
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CHAPTER SEVEN “THE GOOD SOLDIER SCHWEIK” - FRIEDRICH VON PAULUS “I am very fond of the good soldier Schweik…. He did not set fire to the temple of the goddess at Ephesus…. And that‚ in itself‚ is enough.” Jarsolav Hasek‚ “The Good Soldier Schweik”‚ 1930 Translated by Paul Selver I Despite his lengthy service in the German army‚ Friedrich von Paulus had never directly commanded any military formation larger than a battalion. He had spent a large part of his career serving as a staff officer. Yet
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Julienne which was a flaked and dry vegetable in a tin. My favorite food here is Machonochies it was tinned meat that also contained some potato and some vegetables. With soldiers lying dead in the field‚ rats‚ flies and mosquitos were everywhere munching on the flesh of the stagnant water and inadequate sanitation soldiers. The hungry rats were running everywhere
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the lives of the soldiers in war shared many similarities and differences. The lives of the soldiers before the war were very similar‚ despite the opposing views of each side of the war. Most of the Union Army was made up of young white men born in North America. Although soldiers generally ranged in age from 18 to 45‚ boys as young as 12 often served as cavalry‚ buglers or drummer boys‚ and some men in their fifties and sixties enlisted as privates. Most of the Union Soldiers were under 30 while
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Michael Bancroft Carolyn Geraci ENGL 1310 TTH 7-8:20 October 20‚ 2009 Military Deployment and the Effects on its Soldiers Recent wars in Afghanistan‚ Iraq‚ Korea‚ and other locations throughout the world have resulted in the most sustained military combat operations since the Vietnam Conflict. As a result‚ soldiers in the military are finding themselves subjected to longer deployments‚ and faster redeployment times than in any other combat operations. While these steps are necessary
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In the first instance the cunning of Philocomasium will be examined in order to begin to definitively show that the female characters‚ in Plautus’ ‘The Swaggering Soldier’‚ are smarter than most of the men; there will be consideration of the puppeteer of the play‚ Palaestrio‚ and the very few intelligent ideas and actions of a couple of the other men‚ and finally the manipulative intelligence of Acroteleutium and Milphidippa will be discussed. Throughout the play‚ Philocomasium’s intelligence‚
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Child soldier. Some words don’t belong together. The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) defines child soldiers as "any child—boy or girl—under eighteen years of age‚ who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity." Child soldiers perform a range of tasks including participation in combat‚ laying mines and explosives; scouting‚ spying‚ acting as decoys‚ couriers or guards; training‚ drill or other preparations; logistics and support functions‚ cooking
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Indian soldiers were directly influenced by the experience of war‚ and the insight gained as a result. This had more of an impact on the self-determination campaigns than unattainable ideals. The most important aspect of this was the way the Indian national consciousness developed. War saw the Indian forces gain an unparalleled amount of political awareness‚ and understanding. Indian soldiers were confronted with racist perspectives‚ foreign environments‚ the power of the Empire‚ and the ability
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My story is called A Jewish Soldier In Hitler’s Army. This story is written by Georg Rauch‚ he ended up marring later on after the war and his wife is the one who translates the story. At the beginning the story tells you of his training. When we first actually start the story he is in the office of a commanding officer he is in this place because he was told he was going to be sent off to war‚ he thought he would get out of going because his grandmother was a practicing Jew pg 4. But instead
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