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Maybe This Helps collijes
Fallen Angels collijes
Hero
Unfinished Business
Why do we do what we do
Christmas, Christmas, Christmas!!!!
One in the Most Painful Number
Why Become Immune?
Contrasting Tones
Then and Now
Two of these links are from a student who has dropped the class and therefore, I am unable to view my comments. Sorry!
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2008 No Comments »
This is my final five hundred-word post for my Literature of Warfare class. In many ways, I am unsure of what to write since I have so many questions, thoughts, and opinions still unanswered about the war. Although, I have explained the psychological problem in prior blogs I want to re-emphasize how it is during [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2008 4 Comments »
Our media has a huge influence on the public’s belief of war. When we think of war, we usually think about The Patriot, Saving Private Ryan, Pearl Harbor or my favorite Braveheart.
“Fight and you may die, run, and you’ll live… at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 15th, 2008 2 Comments »
Memory… is the diary that we all carry about with us. ~Oscar Wilde, “The Importance of Being Earnest”
The end of the semester is on its way and I am feeling the pressure of the whole semester coming forth. The rush of anxiety thickens my blood as I pop caffeine pills and drink coffee all night. [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008 7 Comments »
“Yes, we even doubted his resolve to exterminate us. Annihilate an entire people? Wipe out a population dispersed throughout so many nations? So many millions of people! By what means? In the middle of the twentieth century!” Night by Elie Wiesel
The previous passage came from the memoirs of Elie Wiesel in Night. This memoir [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 25th, 2008 1 Comment »
“A Solider’s best friend, next to his rifle, is the postman.”
– Lt. Gen. Walt Boomer
During World War II mail carriers were able to carry single mail sacks which could now hold 150,000 one-page letters instead of the 37 mail bags needed for the same amount of traditional letters. And what [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2008 5 Comments »
In my Literature of Warfare class last week we discussed whether or not comics such as the required reading for the week Maus by Art Spiegelman could display the same importance and credibility a memoir or a movie could portray. While I raised my hand and stated that people differ in which style of literature [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I am Canadian. Therefore, while people have been learning about the United States history I have been learning about my Canadian history. While some people describe Canada as being the “playground” of the United States, I call it home. Therefore, while American were re-capturing the Civil War in dramatizations in the South or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
“The road these soldiers went down took away their inner virginity–innocence never to be regained
Douglas Barber
War has a devastating effect on soldiers and their loved ones. In the last few weeks I have been reading poems and memoirs, news websites and military blogs. We’ve reviewed authors such as Rupert Brookes who glorified war for means [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 16th, 2008 No Comments »
The fascination of the internet has quickly changed the students life. Rather than going to the stale, gloomy library students now surf the web in the privacy of their dormitory. Since then, professors have utilized the internet capabilities to encourage students to research different resources to acquire more in depth knowledge. Now we have [...]
