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…for a moment it’s the other? That’s how I feel sometimes when I’m with one of the two women I am writing about: Tam and Ellen. Tam was my old boss for whom I worked for in Vietnam. Ellen is my new boss for whom I am working in the United States. Tam and Ellen have…

…“The Things They Carried” In the short story “The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien faces Jimmy Cross with the problem of surviving while fighting in Vietnam. While trying to maintain his sanity, Jimmy struggles between his old self and the person he…

…Poetry Assignment War Poetry A popular theme for poets in the last century was war. Many famous poems were written about the two world wars, as well as the Korean and Vietnam wars. For my report I have chosen six poems, three by Wilfred Owen…

…The title of this story is the Big V written by William Pelfrey. Henry Winsted was drafted to the Vietnam 3 month’s after high school. When he is in the army he meets he meets a guy that turns out to be his best friend named Fai Bait. The Anachronism…

…not separate racism and war. In 1967, he said, “ I cannot speak about the great themes of violence and nonviolence, of social change and hope for the future, without reflecting on the tremendous violence on Vietnam”(29-5). King was waiting for the tragedy to end…

…of something that was unique and that would be remembered for ages to come. Woodstock was a well-mixed group of young Americans. Of the 300,000 who attended, there were students, hippies, protestors of the Vietnam War, anti-gays, anti-government, anti-drug people…

…enough to implement new gun control laws into our society, not only on a statewide level, but nationwide. Gun violence is a plague of such major proportions that its destructive power is rivaled only by wars and epidemics. During the Vietnam War, more than…

…After a long period of fighting a defensive war in Vietnam, on April 29, 1970, President Richard Nixon launched a full-scale attack in Cambodia, which greatly accelerated America’s involvement in this conflict. The reaction from the American College…

…discrimination in housing and employment. King combined his civil-rights campaigns with a strong stand against the Vietnam War. He beIieved that the money and effort spent on war could be used to combat poverty and discrimination. He felt that he would…

…and the East Europeans grew restless. Nationalism was proving stronger than communism. The United States, meanwhile, was fighting the Vietnam War, a bloody military action that cost 57,000 American lives in a failed effort to retain South Vietnam. In addition…