...definitional, resemblance and proposal claims as effective building blocks to his claim will be looked at; as well as ethos, pathos and kairos. Looking into the claims of the article Krauthammer begins with a causal claim of “subpoenas cause terrorists.” He is claiming that in the past, the United States has usually reacted to attacks of terror in a judicial way which has led us to be a weak target. Next, he claims that “the post-Cold War era is the age of terrorism,” which is a categorical claim that is stating that terrorism is a form of war. He also uses a resemblance claim comparing the 9/11 attacks to the attack on Pearl Harbor. Japan attacking Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack like 9/11 and Franklin Roosevelt responded with a pledge to bring all of Japan to justice. Roosevelt wanted a justice of war and Krauthammer is stating that this should be the case for the 9/11 attacks. He has a strong pathos approach here, and uses it at the end of the article by tying Pearl Harbor into his statement, or question, “it rose to the challenge. The question is: Will we?” This was a great ending that fires up the audience to fight back. The definitional claims Krauthammer uses give strong support to his claim. Looking at the claim: “This is the formidable enemy’” we need to define what “This” is and then what “formidable enemy is. “This” is defined in the previous claim as terrorism and...
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...In this photograph of Chris Kyle, one of the most famous snipers in history, he is shown laying under a somewhat camouflaged tent, appearing to be in a dangerous situation. This picture of Chris Kyle, the deadliest sniper in United States history, is shown looking for enemies through his scope, scouting the area to see if it is safe for his brothers in battle to proceed forward, and shows the harsh conditions that these men and woman face while fighting over in the desert. First things first, this picture is a great way to try and understand what goes on over there in Iraq and Afghanistan when men and women are over there fighting to keep America safe. This first part shows Chris Kyle looking through his scope, appearing to maybe be in middle...
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...enveloped in darkness but for the dim light of the moon that shone through fleecy clouds, casting a pale light as of approaching dawn over the streets and the dark waters of the Liffey. Around the beleaguered Four Courts the heavy guns roared. Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms. Republicans and Free Staters were waging civil war. On a rooftop near O'Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching. Beside him lay his rifle and over his shoulders was slung a pair of field glasses. His face was the face of a student, thin and ascetic, but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic. They were deep and thoughtful, the eyes of a man who is used to looking at death. He was eating a sandwich hungrily. He had eaten nothing since morning. He had been too excited to eat. He finished the sandwich, and, taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket, he took a short drought. Then he returned the flask to his pocket. He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk. Placing a cigarette between his lips, he struck a match, inhaled the smoke hurriedly and put out the light. Almost immediately, a bullet flattened itself against the parapet of the roof. The sniper took another whiff and put out the cigarette. Then he swore softly and crawled away to the left. Cautiously...
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...Son Class: SNHU 2011 Topic: Write about an remembered event Many people in the world believed that games online are nothing more than wasting time and money. However, nowadays people have changed their thought about games online and considered them as one kind of sports which called e-sport. E- Sports are very different with the other games because it require players to think in game, practice skills to cooperate with allies and defeat the enemies, and especially the players must have the sportsmanship just like the other sports. E-sports also differ from normal game online with regard to the organization. It was held as a real competition sport and the prize for the champion can reach to millions dollars. One well-known e-sports game I played is LOL- League of Legends. In this game, ten people were divided equally into two teams. All you need to do is cooperate with your allies, find a properly strategy, kill the enemies and finally, destroyed the tower’s rivals to achieve the victory. Nevertheless, the most important thing which I like about LOL is that it brings me many kinds of feelings such as disappointment, happiness, excitement… notably the surprise. Then one day, all of these feelings happened to me in the way I had never expected. There was a normal Sunday when I had to meet my friend at a gaming center at 8:00 o’clock. Unfortunately, I was still at home because in the previous night, there was a fantastic movie on TV and I went to bed late and forgot to set the alarm...
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...Three elements are Meeting the Mentor; Allies, Tests, and Enemies; and Resurrection. The mentor between both of the tales are different, but they both hold the element of the Hero’s Journey. Meeting the Mentor is the 4th step in The Hero’s Journey, if you follow the original order. In O, Brother the mentor is the blind man they encounter at the beginning of the movie. The blind man is a mentor to Everett, the main character, because he gives him a prophecy to guide him. He says this prophecy while on the pump car when the trio gets onto it to escape. In The Odyssey the mentor is Athena. She appears a lot...
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...hiding, [eagerly] searching for a foe eagerly. Eventually, he is in a gun brawl between an enemy. [I don't know as i WOULD CALL IT A GUN BRAWL]] With shots exchanged between the two, the sniper takes the life of the enemy, and just momentarily he feels a wave of guilt and grief. The sniper decides to reveal the identity of the fallen soldier only to find himself with the face of his brother. Just like the protagonist, people find themselves in difficult situations that make them regretful due to their actions. This short story brings the audience to understand the magnitude that mistakes can have on a person, leaving them with sorrow and regret.[ok, but you still need to do a...
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...The Sniper By Lian O’ Flaherty Just like flicking with your fingers, everything can change. Imagine, that in this week you are playing football with your best friend, and then the sun raises monday morning. Just a normal weekstart. But now, you are enemies. Deadly rivals. Now you are not “partners in crime” where you are at the local candy-store with your friend. One distracts the store-owner, while the other steals the candy. Now you are “enemies in crime” We are in the Middel-East Ireland, the current capital, Dublin. We are on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge. It comes to expression already at the beginning of the text (PP. 1 LL. 8) “On a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge, a Republican sniper lay watching”. This is our main character we follow through the short story. As mentioned, he is a Republican man, who fights for a free Ireland in the Civil War. And like the Civil War, the story takes place somewhere between June 28th 1922 and May 24th 1923, and lasts under twentyfour hours. But the text shows, that our main character is a professional soldier. (PP. 1 LL. 13) “He was eating a sandwich hungrily” and (PP. 1 LL. 14-15) “He finished the sandwich, and taking a flask of whiskey from his pocket, he took a short drough” and (PP. 1 LL. 16) “He paused for a moment, considering whether he should risk a smoke. It was dangerous. The flash might be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He decided to take the risk” These three quotes shows, that he is prepared for...
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...Irishmen who supported the treaty contrary to the Republicans who fanatically opposed. The Sniper is the main character and is on the Republicans’ side. The author is very detailed in his description of the sniper: ” a man who is used to looking at death”. Especially this phrase is very effective because it instantly gives the impression that he may have very cold looking eyes, thus he seems cold, careless and cynical. Also the quotations: “He had been too excited to eat.” and ”…but his eyes had the cold gleam of the fanatic” support this. The word excited’ suggests that he enjoys having the chance to fight. He seems very determined and devoted, which shows how personal this battle is. I think he sees himself as a true freedom-fighter and maybe even a hero. He is the one who doesn’t compromise. However deeper into the story, it is clear that that is not entirely the case: “The sniper looked at his enemy falling and he shuddered.” This shows that he is able to kill, although he does not enjoy doing it. The phrase: He began to gibber to himself, cursing himself, cursing everybody,” Here one gets the feeling that he starts to realize the bitter irony of Irish people fighting each other instead of continuing fighting the real enemy- England to the bitter end. The Imagery in the story is very describing: ”The long June twilight faded into night”, “The body hit the ground with a dull thud”, “blood was oozing through the sleeve of his coat”. Not only does the effective...
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...When he stands up, I wonk him again and down he goes. Then I roll him down the stairs into the early-spring muck and am like, If you ever again, I swear to God, I don’t even know what to say, you miserable fuck. Karen got home. I pulled her aside. Upshot was: Keep the doors locked, and if he’s home the kids stay inside. But after dinner I got to thinking: Guy comes in in his shorts and I’m sitting here taking this? This is love? Love for my kids? Because what if? What if we slip up? What if a kid gets out or he gets in? No, no, no, I was thinking, not acceptable. So I went over and said, Where is he? To which Lynn said, Upstairs, why? Up I went and he was standing at the mirror, still in his goddam underwear, only now he had on a shirt, and I wonked him again as he was turning. Down he went and tried to crab out of the room, but I put a foot on his back. If you ever, I said. If you ever again. Now we’re even, he said. I came in your house and you came in mine. Only I had pants on, I said, and mini-wonked him in the back of his head. I am what I am, he said. Well, that took the cake! Him admitting it! So I wonked him again, as Lynn came in, saying, Hey, Roger, hey. Roger being me. And then he rises up. Which killed me! Him rising up? Against me? And I’m about to wonk him again, but she pushes in there, like intervening. So to wonk him again I had to like shove her back, and unfortunately she slipped, and down she went, and she’s sort of lying there, skirt hiked up—and he’s...
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...Chapter 17: Henry waits in the trenches in the middle of the battle in anger. He is still angry of the choice that he ran from the battle the day before. In the battle, he currently is, he is starting to get his weapon ready to fight the enemies. When he heard one of the gunshots go off in the battle again, he started to shoot his rifle in a frenzy. When still shooting in a frenzy, he noticed that almost nobody in his regiment is shooting but himself. One of the soldiers starts telling Henry that Looking at the battlefield, he finds out that the Confederates had fled the battle and all the soldiers in his regiment is looking at him, especially the lieutenant. The lieutenant explains “By heavens, if I had ten thousand wild cats like you I...
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...slashing a single enemy. Looks like Cloud’s Deathblow attack. Cross Slash- Activated by using Braver 8 times. This attack does 3 slashes to a single enemy. Level 2: Blade Beam- Activated after killing 80 enemies with Cloud. This involves Cloud slamming his blade to the ground sending a shockwave to the main target enemy. The main blast ricochets off sending miniature shockwaves at the other enemies doing slightly less damage. Climhazzard- Activated by using Blade Beam 7 times. Cloud slices into a single enemy, then jumps upwards with his sword still in the enemy. Level 3: Meteorain- Activated after killing another 80 enemies with Cloud. Cloud spins his blade around then jumps up into the air and creating meteors with his blade which attack all enemies. Finishing Touch- Activated after using Meteorain 6 times. This involves Cloud creating a tornado with his blade which blows all enemies away. Doesn’t work on bosses of course. Level 4: Omnislash- Found in Battle Arena. Get either 64,000 Battle Points on Disk 1 or 32,000 Battle Points on disks 2 and 3 and buy it there. Cloud slashes at random enemies 15 times in total for massive damage Level 1: Big Shot- Automatically activated. Barret powers up a big blast and fires it at a single enemy. Mind Break- Activated after using Big Shot 9 times. Barret powers up a blast that…takes away enemy’s Magic Points. Don’t ask me how, he just does. Level 2: Grenade Bomb- Activated after killing 80 enemies with Barret. Barret...
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...a necessary source to avoid damaging details about certain things to get out. It is to restrict information from people. Like for example, in WWI, the soldiers’ letters were being censored in order to protect them from any harm that could be done to the by their enemies. They weren’t allowed to send any information of theirs in their letters, as it was a risk that...
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...wants. Juliet claims, JULIET: "I'll look go like, if looking liking move, / But no more deep will I endart mind eye. / Than your consent gives strength to make it fly." Juliet is telling her parents that she will only marry someone she likes. Her logic is that she should have a say in who she marries. Her parents know that Juliet does not agree with them, but are hoping that they will come around to their way of thinking. Juliet is a thoughtful, logical character, because she always tries think why destiny happened the way it did. She loves Romeo, but to truly love someone publicly is very hard, but to love someone that is an enemy, is practically suicide. Juliet says, JULIET: "'Tis but thy name that is my enemy. / Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. / What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, / nor arm, nor face, nor any other part / Belonging to a man. O, be some other name. / What's In a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet. / So Romeo would, were he not Romeo called, / Retain that dear perfection which he owes…” Juliet is contemplating why the man she fell in love with is her enemy. She is questioning why this would happen to her, not some other girl, like Rosaline. She thinks of ways to see him differently, like if he were not a Montague would their love be the same? Juliet is logical in her monologue, because she thinks of all the different reasons why destiny has brought two enemies to love each other. Whereas other characters...
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...How could an individual possibly find a comparison between an adolescent responsible for the mass genocide of an entire enemy race, to a messiah whom came to save the world through peace? It is not difficult, as one might assume upon being asked this question. Knowledge of the intentions, circumstances, and the background of a certain figure would help determine the differences and similarities between two people who would appear to be complete opposites. Ender Wiggins from the book Ender’s Game written by Orson Scott Card, displays a parallel to following Christ-like way through his journey, which can be confirmed through The Monomyth, Joseph Campbell’s 17 stages of “The Hero’s Journey”. Not only is Ender proved to be a Christ-like figure through a heroic journey in the novel; however, Ender’s demonstrates sacrifice; by...
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...Throughout the city the Republicans and Free Staters were engaging in war. The main character, a Republican Sniper, lay watching, on a rooftop near O’Connell Bridge. His face was young and thin, but his eyes contained the cold gleam of a fanatic. This young man was used to looking at death. After eating, he contemplated whether to risk having a smoke. He knew that this would be dangerous because the flash could be seen in the darkness, and there were enemies watching. He took the risk anyways. After doing so, a bullet whizzed by. He raised himself up and glanced over the parapet. He saw a flash and a bullet whizzed over his head, making him drop immediately. This bullet had come from the opposite side of the street. He then noticed an armored car coming across the bridge. He began to panic, this was an enemy. He had the urge to fire, but knew that his bullets would not harm the vehicle. From around the corner came an older woman wearing a tattered shawl. She went to the vehicle and started informing the man driving of the Republican sniper. The driver opened the door while the sniper stood and fired, the man fell dead. The woman tried to escape, but then she had been shot...
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