...______________ Table of Contents _____________ Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Bilbo Baggins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Allies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Enemies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 People of Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 The Final Battle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
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...start the abuse, weather physical or emotional. According to psychology, the reason they’re like that is because they too were abused or bullied in the past. It’s a never ending cycle. Those who are abused are the ones to abuse in the future. The solution to this problem is to address the problems of the bullies. They need more attention than the ones being bullied. I’m not saying that they’re not being prioritized. It’s just that we have to deal with what’s causing the problem. Next, we should help the bully victims regain what they lost. It may be self-respect, confidence, an old talent or material things such as clothes, accessories, etc. we could help build them up again. Their issues should also be dealt with, because if not then they’ll end up being bullies as well. Lastly, let it be a rule to always be nice. Because we are all fighting our own battles and your battle is just as hard as the next guy’s. We should also know how to respect each other, because bullying is also a result of lack of respect. We should respect their beliefs. Their traditions and we should respect them as actual living persons who have feelings, goals and dreams, just like me and you. Bullying is a scary thing in the society today. It has damaged a lot of souls and has taken a number of lives. It is a never ending cycle that keeps getting worst as...
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...battleships rather than carriers. Battleships were so deeply entrenched in the minds of the American public as a symbol of naval power that by shattering their battle fleet Yamamoto believed American morale would be crushed” (Yamamoto and the Planning of Pearl Harbor). On December 7, 1941, the plan was executed, and Japan attacked Pearl Harbor. The attack resulted in 2,403 casualties, and 68 civilian deaths. The next day, December 8, 1941 the United States declared war on Japan, with Roosevelt calling the attack on Pearl Harbor, “a day that will live in infamy”. On December 11, Hitler gave an 88 minute long speech officially declaring war on the United States. That same day, December 11, 1941, the United States declared war on Germany. With approval from both the House and the Senate, the United States began fighting the war on two fronts. On June 6, 1944, Allied troops landed on the beaches of Normandy to aid the liberation of France. After the end of the battle, over 425,000 Allied and Axis soldiers were killed. Known as D-Day, this significant event marked the beginning of the end of the war. Less than a year later on May 8, 1945, Germany surrendered to the Allied powers, resulting in VE-Day. While Europe started to celebrate the end of the war, the United States were still in a brutal battle with Japanese forces. Battles continued to drag on because of Japan’s determination to fight until the last man standing. Civilians were told not to surrender to the Americans and to die...
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...called the Dani. Aside from the basic necessities required for them to survive, there is one thing the Dani people do all day, every day, and that is fight. Some have called the endless battles in which the different Dani tribes participate a war, but it is not. What the Dani have would be considered a feud, or a never-ending stream of revenge killings. The Marine Corps defines war as “A violent clash of interests between or among organized groups characterized by the use of military force,” and continues to define the essence of war as “A violent struggle between two hostile, independent, and irreconcilable wills, each trying to impose itself on another.” In the case of the Dani, their battles are occurring purely for revenge, either for the death of a fellow Dani in a previous battle, or the death of one in a raid on a village or settlement. Thus neither side is trying to push their beliefs or way of life onto one another. A feud is defined as “A state of prolonged mutual hostility, typically between two families or communities, characterized by murderous assaults in revenge for previous injuries.” This spells out what occurs between the Dani tribes to a T. Each battle occurs entirely because in a previous battle someone was wounded or killed. In conclusion, the frequent, and almost daily battles that take place within the Baliem Valley is not war, or warfare. It is a simple feud, one that takes place out of a want for revenge as much as a increased level of...
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...face off, strip her to the bones. Not me! Julia! Not me! (286) This passage represents the complete overhaul of Winston’s beliefs and morals. At this moment in the story Winston has undergone seemingly endless sessions of torture at the hands of O’Brien. Up until this point he has mostly maintained his believes at least on a subconscious level. But when O’Brien brought in the cage of rats (Winston has a mortal fear of rats) Winston succumbed to the torture and gave up his only true friend because he knew that it would stop the rats from killing him. In most novels the main character “grows” or becomes a better person, but in this novel something different happened. Winston as a character never truly grew, and rose above the party. For most of the story he despised the party, but he could never do anything to stop it. With this passage Winston shrinks. From the perspective of Big Brother, O’Brien, and the party, Winston grew, but as readers we could see that Winston did not grow. He succumbed to what he hated, holding true to the idea that “If you can’t beat them, join them”. The way that Winston gave up was somewhat anti- climactic too. One would have thought the a man like Winston that hated the party so much would have gone down guns blazing with no thought of surrender, but only to win or die, but Winston surrendered when he saw the rats, and that is somewhat cowardly to give up on your best friend and true love because there are rats. 2. IMPORTANT SUPPORTING CHARACTER “I’m...
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...The soldier was described to be little more than a boy, when it had already been established that Edmond was old enough to both have been married, and having been promoted several times through the ranks. He was described to have been in a few battles already, and not unfamiliar with war. Such facts bring into question how the body with his locket, being so young, could have possibly been him. Moving even further than that is the description of the clothing, for although the description of the body’s clothing was minimal, the fact the locket was on the outside of his shirt and in plain view was already questionable given that Edmond wore two shirts, one of flannel, and another of gray cloth in line with the Confederate soldiers’ attire. Edmond was careful to button his shirt, or both his shirts, to conceal the locket, and although he may have participated in the battle that the young soldier died in, it seems unlikely that his shirt would open and his locket come out. And yet even if it did, given how Edmond’s character was so described to be sentimental, he undoubtedly would have opened the locket upon his death to look upon what he called “(Octavie’s) most prized possession”. Though such things cannot be definitely determined by any other than the author herself, based on the characterization...
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...To be or not to be The fabled speech of the young Prince Hamlet of Denmark leaves its audience with an illustration of an age old battle between us and ourselves. The young prince does not say which path to choose but brings forth some insight on some of the issues taken into account. Hamlet certainly makes a compelling case for the “not to be” side, he reminds us of the constant troubles that life throws our way. He compares these troubles to the never-ending waves of an ocean crashing against us. Hamlet also assures us that there is no man or woman who can hit us nearly as hard as life can. Life will bring even the strongest man out there to his knees in one swift blow, but not sleep. Sleep is revered for bringing rest at the end of a tiresome day, Sleep is admired for bringing peace to even the most hate-bent people. Hamlet also admires sleep and claims that perhaps the constant struggles of life are not even worth waking up to. I don’t share all of the same opinions as the young Prince Hamlet though, some of his logic is faulty. Life is a good thing, Life isn’t supposed to be miserable. Life doesn’t have to be full of never-ending waves of struggle and sorrow, you can enjoy what you wake up to in the mornings. Life is not a predestined plan, the choices you make can influence the quality of life you have. You can choose the path that makes you the most happy. Another way you can improve your happiness is a change of attitude, one of my favorite quotes goes a little...
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...journey off at Battle School. After a few years of training and commanding an army there, he’s moved to Command School to participate in simulated battles against the buggers. He later finds out that he was not playing simulations and that the battles he commanded were real. Then, he and Valentine...
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...my life I care to put behind me. So, it has been expressed to me in the past that the ending to the first series was a little weak and I agree. The whole Tigerstar getting batted aside by some little wiener cat from Twolegplace rather than getting his ASS handed to him by Firestar was kind of lame in their eyes. Neither one liked it when a new “Bad Guy” shows up right at the last second and tries to take the place of a long standing relationship with a hated arch enemy, like you’re supposed to be afraid of this guy all of the sudden. Nope. The original Warriors series, released from 2003 to 2004, consists of six books, Into the Fire: Fire and Ice: Forest of Secrets: Rising Storm: A Dangerous Path and The Darkest Hour. Since The Darkest Hour is the last book I read in Iraq, I had to go to the library on Camp Pendleton to look over the book one more time before I started this. The top section in Italic is straight from the final battle in the 6th book, The Darkest Hour, which is my starting point for what you will read below. Anyway, not a great bit of writing on my part, especially the abrupt ending, but according to both my daughter’s, they thought it was a good attempt & agreed that if the story ended the way I put it, the next series would be worlds apart. Warriors – The Darkest Hour, Original Last Battle Beginning. "This is Tigerstar's history," Firestar meowed urgently, turning back...
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...Good or Evil? The Fight For Dominance The fierce battle between the lightness and darkness of man’s heart has coexisted since the earliest of times. William Golding’s award-winning novel, Lord of the Flies, is one that captures this very judgment. A group of young British schoolboys who were once innocent and pure of heart are quickly devoured by the dark powers of destruction, savagery, and murder. However, even with these destructive powers at hand, the young schoolboys along with their distant memories of being in a civilized society, fight in an epic battle to try and prevent the full outbreak of evil. Golding illustrates the never-ending combat of “good” and “evil”, amidst the young schoolboys and the Beast; Ralph, the democratic leader, contrary to Jack, who favoured dictatorship; and the strength of civilization versus the forces of human nature. First and foremost, the story displays the constant conflicts between the innocence of the British schoolboys and the dark nature of what they come to know as the Beast. An example of this is when the twins Sam and Eric encounter the Beast in Chapter Six: "Beast From Air." In the beginning of the chapter, Sam and Eric, who were on duty to watch the fire, falls asleep as a dead parachutist falls from the war in the adult world and lands on the island. When they awake from their sleep, they noticed a “figure that hung with dangling limbs” (103) and mistake it as the Beast. Sam describes to Ralph that the Beast was ‘“furry”’...
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...Overview: On September 16, 1862, General George B. McClellan and his Union Army attacked Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia in Sharpsburg, Maryland, along the Antietam Creek. This was the first invasion of the Northern States. George B. McClellan was defending Washington D.C. against Lee. McClellan’s army attacked Lee’s army first on September 14. Lee’s army were blocked at the South Mountain. He wanted to turn his back against Virginia, but once he heard that Jackson had captured Harper’s Ferry, he decided to stay near Sharpsburg, Maryland. On the morning of September 17, the Battle of Antietam began. There were a total of 87,000 Unions and 45,000 Confederates in this battle. It was a foggy day and it was hard for the Generals to...
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...Virgil’s “hopes” for Rome In Virgil’s most famous piece, The Aeneid, a story about the founding of Rome, Vigil ends the book with a very significant ending. At the end of the book, Vigil describes the one on one battle between Aeneas, a great Trojan leader, and Turnus, a hotheaded Rutulian warrior, “Relentless, he sinks his sword into the chest of Turnus” (12.1268-1269), this describes the final scene of the story on why Aeneas kills Turnus, because he remembers that Turnus is the one that killed Aeneas’ friend Pallas. With the killing of Turnus, this begins to raise some questions about Vigil’s hope for Rome. In the following essay, I am going to argue why Vigil would end his great piece, The Aeneid, in this way. One significant reason Virgil would end the story with Turnus being defeated in a final battle by Aeneas is because he wants Rome to be an everlasting empire, and the founder of Rome is Aeneas himself. In Jupiters words to his daughter Venus, Jupiter is describing to his daughter the future of the Roman Empire, “I set no limits to their fortunes and no time; I give them empire without end” (1.389-390). Here Virgil tells the words of Jupiter to his daughter Venus, Virgil is emphasizing that in all the years there will be no end to Rome, meaning that Vigil’s hope for Rome is that Rome is a never ending empire that may not be defeated or destroyed. Therefore, the killing of Turnus may raise questions about Vigil’s “hopes” for Rome because Turnus is an Italian himself;...
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...Meaningful Journey of a Wondrous Reality “it’s a never ending road… as long as you’re taking one step at a time in the right direction, the distance you’ve covered is not important.” Have you ever thought of your purpose? Do you believe that your life is already planned for something? We all have options; either choose what’s planned of select our desired life. Would you dare to fight for your own interest or let yourself run with the flow to the plot that God made for you? What does life means to you? For me, it is a battle, a mystery, a journey ‘til we reach the planned destiny. Before we became humans, we already encountered victory! We’d fought to a battle of not just one to one, but one to a million. We succeeded! We won! Our everyday is always a blessing and brand new. We cannot exactly predict our life tomorrow. What we do today is not the definite revelation of what we are going to be in the future. While on the road, walking, I saw a kid playing, a man trembling, a lady smoking, a couple quarreling. Different faces, people, scenarios. Some of them lie on a space covered by dark melancholy that dooms the hope of light to appear and set them free. They choose it! After seeing them, I nodded, I reflected and realized how my life would be, when like them, I’m blind too. I continue walking ‘til I reached the road of meeting someone; a man with tears and smile. I paused and came to know him. His name is Dr. Rahul Sima, a surgeon. He was born on the 26th of...
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...Robert Leckie’s book, Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II, is entirely about one of World War II’s most brutally fought battles. On April 1, 1945, the U.S. invaded Japan, attacking the island of Okinawa with 540,000 U.S. Army and Marines, and 1,600 ships. “ L Day” was the official name for this day. The L stood for “Landing,” but the Americans who invaded the Hagushi Beaches that day without any trouble from the Japanese, called it “Love Day.” This battle was the last battle of World War II and lasted a whopping eighty-three days. This invasion greatly outnumbered D-Day in weapons and in men. Former Marine and Pacific War veteran, Robert Leckie describes this battle in depth, not only telling you about the Americans, but showing the Japanese side as well. This book clearly informs the readers of the bloodshed and techniques that were used throughout the entire battle. From the American soldiers struggling to adapt to the new and unfamiliar terrain, to the Japanese kamikaze attacks, this book successfully sheds light on the individuals who fought in this epic battle. Many people over time have argued that this battle was unnecessary because the U.S. could’ve just dropped the atomic bombs on Japan to end the war. However, Leckie is able to show the strategic importance of this battle. Okinawa was the entrance to Japan. If America successfully invaded Okinawa, then the Americans would only be 375 miles from Kyusha, which is one of the home islands of Japan. This would provide...
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...Cassius Dio once said Cleopatra “captivated the two greatest Romans in her day, and because of the third she destroyed herself” (Biography.com Editors). Cleopatra ruled Egypt with such confidence and maturity for her age. She lost the throne and managed to reclaim it, eliminated the threat of her siblings taking the throne from her, and fell in love not once, but twice. Cleopatra’s ending captivated the hearts of the people of her time, and still continues to capture the hearts of people today. Her perseverance and confidence inspires women all over the globe. The life of Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator, struck with tragedy more than once, remains a well known story that no one can forget; however, she strongly and intelligently proved she could...
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