Free Essays on Life At War

  1. Thesis: the War

    Thesis: War is a time period where family links are cut, chaos is everywhere and life has been completely turned upside down. However, war should be a time where people in communities should connect together and come to the aide of one another. In “The Wars”, many characters are affected by war in a negative...

  2. My War-Life

    find answers and help ease y ravaged emotions. I turn on my laptop and wildly pound keys in a desperate attempt to learn every possible aspect of war-life I can. After hows of mindless addiction to reading random texts I power-down my laptop and I start examine my room. Soon thing will be different,...

  3. How War Traumatizes Individuals in the English Patient

    During war soldiers are seen fighting bravely for their countries. With the sound of shots and the pounding of missiles going off, lives are lost and conflicts are resolved. However, when the fighting seems to be over, for some, the memories of the affected individuals last a lifetime and its effects...

  4. The Horrors Accompanying War

    All Quiet on the Western Front People go to war for many valid reasons, but many ultimately join because they are ignorant to the horrors that accompany war. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque clarifies that people are immensely patriotic so they feel the need to contribute...

  5. The German Viewpoint of the War

    the movie enroll for war and what was their experience? The movie “All Quiet on the Western Front” is a World War I movie, meant to depict the German viewpoint of the war. This movie showed that both sides of the war suffered great losses during the war and in the end there...

  6. Boys and Girls at War with Love and Hate

    Since the beginning of time there has been “war”. With war come those who support it and those who do not. There are many ways to define “war” and many arguments for both sides of war. The word war cannot just simply be defined in one sentence, and its meaning cannot be expressed in only...

  7. The Longterm Psychological Effects of War

    The long-term psychological effects of war Introduction When we examine the language of the military strategy, it is clear that what was intended was to deliberately inflict psychological...

  8. War War War

    war War mean the use of armed force, armed with armed groups called the regular armies and paramilitary groups, sometimes of order - the militias - and use all the means of armed force to inflict damage and harm the other party in the war, both in its military or civilian destiny is destruction, through...

  9. Life After WWI

    Life in the U.S. After World War I World War I which was known as a war that ended all the other wars and as the Great War finally came to an end in 1918 changing life in many countries especially in the United States of America either in a negative or positive way. World War I was a war fought...

  10. Panoramic View of English War Poetry

    written on almost all the subjects relating human life, however ‘War’ has been the most vital theme of the epics viz. The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, The Iliad and The Odyssey. The Ramayana, The Mahabharata, The Iliad and The Odyssey In the early poetry, war was glorified as it glorified the virtues of...

  11. The Possibility of Eliminating Wars

    It is impossible/ possible to eliminate wars between two nations and within nations. Is it possible or impossible to eliminate wars between nations and within nations? They have happened for many years ago and it’s affected our life a lot of things. As my research, I would like to tell you about my...

  12. The War in Syria

    The war in Syria is an armed conflict in Syria between forces loyal to the President and those seeking to oust him. It has stated 3 years ago, the protesters in Dra’aa come up to object to the arrest of some of the children and rip their nails and skin. The police and the army started shooting at the...

  13. War Photographer

    War Photographer A poem that deals with the less pleasant side of life is Carol Ann Duffy’s “War Photographer “The poem is about a man who goes out to places of war and takes photos’ of the wars. He brings home pictures of horrific images so they can be looked at by the editor who will put them in...

  14. World war II: The loss of human value

    History World War II: The Loss of Human Value With over 25 million deaths throughout the war, World War II was a very poorly thought out war (Wikipedia). Aside from the drastic numbers of battlefield causalities caused by the natural outcome of war, a near equal amount...

  15. Life Magazine Womens History

    Life Magazine Jan-June 1943 History of Women in the United States Paper #1 04/29/08 The date 1943 conjures up many images from History. Swastikas, Adolph Hitler, war aircraft, and tanks are only a few...

  16. The Results of War

    Sandra Kennedy Mr. Fullmer September 13, 2010 Essay # 1 The Results of War “Soldiers Home” by Ernest Hemingway is a tragic tale of a young soldier’s horrific experience in the war and the traumatized life he leads at home as a result. The main character Krebs comes home to realize that everything...

  17. War 1

    people hear the word, “war”, many people view war as an organized army of men and women who have responsibilities to carry out such as defending the nation they are fighting for, and eliminating hostile threats. These people could be considered as being on the defensive side of war. However, there is another...

  18. Cold War

    The Cold War The Cold War had a major impact on United States history and the histories of many other nations worldwide. The war was made up of many different things to include the United States and the Soviet Unions’ goals, major U.S. policies, major events that evolved in Asia, and the affects the...

  19. Psychological Effects on War Amputees Research Paper

    characteristics attributed to war amputees returning home. While some veterans can cope with the loss of a limb or multiple limbs, the overall effects for the majority of returning soldiers is devastating. By exploring different cases from the Vietnam War and the Iraq War, many ethical issues can be addressed...

  20. is your life worth liberty

    Is Your Life Worth Liberty? How far would you go as to winning your own liberty? Patrick Henry went as far as putting his life on the line to win his liberty. However, in doing so he stood for the representatives as well. Not only did he persuade them by putting his life on the line, he used many...

  21. Effects of Wars

    EFFECTS OF WARS War is an armed conflict between two or more groups which attack each other. Although the meaning of wars has changed, the importance of wars hasn’t changed. Wars break out for various reasons. There are wars between countries or nations and within the nation. The latter is...

  22. Uganda War

    Not most people know that families in the third world countries suffer from sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS, alcoholism and civil wars. In Uganda, there is a war going on between the Lord's Resistance Army and the Ugandan Government. The Lord’s Resistance Army is rebellious group from Northern Uganda that started...

  23. How Does Carol Ann Duffy Put Across Her Attitude to War in "War Photograhper"

    Carol Ann Duffy approaches the poem “War Photographer” based on the life of a photographer. The poem details the internal conflict within the war photographer as he returns home to rural England after his work. Throughout the poem, the photographer struggles to contain his feelings of the horrors he...

  24. Thoughts on War

    debate has raged for years about war and its affect on humanity. Is it necessary for cultural change? Is war something that should be avoided at all cost? These questions are just a couple of the thousands of questions surrounding the topic of war. I believe that war is directly related with death and...

  25. Revision Human Life

    on the beliefs that life is given by God, and that human beings are made in God's image. Some churches also emphasise the importance of not interfering with the natural process of death. Life is a gift from God * all life is God-given * birth and death are part of the life processes which God...

  26. internal effects of children after war

    A Look at the Internal Impact of War on Children and Possible Psychological: View from a Terror Management Perspective Olivia Daskaloff University of New York in Prague To understand the impact of war, it helps to look at the underpinnings from which war come from. Psychologists have examined...

  27. War in Afghan

    Essay 1: The War in Afghanistan The war in Afghanistan plays a major role in feelings towards national security, economics and racial tensions. Good or bad, the war is a large part of the current U.S. sub consciousness and evokes strong feelings in both supporters and protestors in several areas...

  28. Significant Experiences in the Life of Albert Speer

     studied”    The experiences that most prominently shaped Albert Speer were his early life, work as a Nazi  architect and his role as Minister for Armaments.     The experiences of Albert Speer’s early life was pivotal in forming the figure he would later  become. Speer, a part of the upper mi...

  29. Commentary for ” How to Tell a True War Story”

    to Tell a True War Story” is a piece which shows us what war truly is and the lesson that war is actually teaching us. This prose successfully destroys the misunderstanding of maybe many of us towards wars. The author is not denying war is not bad. He admits the general idea that war is nasty, thrilling...

  30. Art of War

    The Art of War In Sun Tzu’s “The Art of War”, Tzu illustrates the importance of all parts of war and essentially turning war into a form of art in which aspects must be fulfilled to become ‘graceful’ at war, so to speak. Although this text which was originally written in Chinese many hundreds...

  31. Assess How Useful Sources C and D Would Be for an Historian Studying the Impact of Total War on the Home Fronts During World War I.

    impact of total war on the home fronts during World War I. In your answer, consider the perspectives provided by the TWO sources and the reliability of each one. Both sources C and D would be very useful to an historian studying the impact of total war on the home fronts during World War I. Source...

  32. The War Within

    The War Within “The Most Dangerous Game” seemingly is a story about two men whose lives have been forever changed and shaped by war. Rainsford, a retired World War 1 hero, who has since made a career out of hunting big game across the world. General Zaroff, a Russian nobleman and former Cossack Army...

  33. Discuss How Muir and Fell Respond to the Issue of Nuclear War in Their Poems (August 6th 1945 & the Horses)

    respond to the issue of nuclear war in their poems”. In their respective poems, nuclear war is a theme that is never fully addressed directly by either poet. Both Muir and Fell use a combination of imagery relating to the natural world in order to present nuclear war in a way that suggests to the reader...

  34. La Via E Bella (Life Is Beautiful)

    La vita è bella La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful) is an Italian film made in 1997 with a great positive message to everyone. This film presents the positive and humorous attitude that Guido (the main character) always had and transmitted to his son, Giosue, despite the situation that existed during...

  35. The Unending War

    my daily life almost to the breaking point at times. Also the way that i have been treated differently by friends and family is a daily reminder of what caused my disorder in the first place. Fighting with my own PTSD has made my life increasingly difficult. It was during my tour to the war torn country...

  36. The Things They Carried: a Way to Save a Life

    and their experiences in the Vietnam War, Tim O’Brien uses The Thing They Carried as a way to alleviate his guilt that has burdened his whole life. William Tim O’Brien was born in Austin on October 1, 1946 and lives in a small town in Minnesota. He was against the war, but reported for service and served...

  37. "War" by Jack London

    Introduction to English Literature 1 “War” “War” was written by the American author, journalist, and social activist John Griffith “Jack” London (born John Griffith Chaney). He was a pioneer in the then-burgeoning world of commercial magazine fiction and was one of the fiction writers to obtain...

  38. Tomorrow when the war began

    A theme that I found important in the extended text Tomorrow, When the War Began, by John Marsden was change. Change is when people have things happen to their circumstances and are forced to think or believe differently. Change was important because it was a dominant theme in the novel as the characters...

  39. The Cold War

     The Cold War Kaplan University May 1, 2012 The Cold War The Cold War was unlike any other conflict the United States was a part of. This was not a war fought on a battlefield with soldiers and guns, but instead a conflict between countries whose relationship was severely strained. Although...

  40. Pontiac: War Leader of the Ottawa

    Pontiac: War Leader of the Ottowa 1. There are not very many sources on Pontiac’s early life. His place and date of birth are not known and 19.th century sources debate about his tribal affiliations. Most say that his mother was an Ottawa and his father an Ojibwa, although some sources argue that his...

  41. life in mr lincoln navy

    Throughout the war, the navy compensated its sailors at a rate comparable to merchant marine salaries, and by paying an additional 25 percent to men assigned to monitors, the navy laid a foundation for the hazardous-duty pay that is in vogue today. Nevertheless, the Union navy experienced periodic personnel...

  42. How Does Wilfred Owen Use Poetic Techniques to Convey the Horror of War

    Wilfred Owen uses a range of poetic techniques to convey the horror of war. The detail in Owen's poetry puts forward his scenes horrifically and memorably. His poems are saturated with the horrors of battle. Many of Owen's poems bring across disturbing themes and images, which stay in the mind long after...

  43. War poetry context

    within which it is written" All texts are influenced by the time and place in which they are produced. This is clearly seen in the two famous war poems, Wilfred Owen's "Dulce et decorum est." and Kenneth Slessor's "Beach burial". While Owen’s poem conveys the harsh reality of trench warfare during...

  44. War and Consequence

    War and Consequence by Melchor Bisunia Axia College of University of Phoenix COM120 Effective Persuasive Marla-Tiye Vieira November 5, 2006 Introduction War has been waging for thousands of years, dating back to ancient civilizations like Greece, Macedonia, Hittites, China and the Three...

  45. War and the outside view

    There are many people in this nation that believe war has caused too many deaths and has brought too much pain to families. War can only cause death and destruction right? How are we supposed to trust a government that solves conflicts with violence? War seems to have this never ending cycle to it, causing...

  46. Rumor of War

    completely different existence to that of their parent’s generation. There were various issues and influences that shaped the way of life of young people in the sixties. Racism, cold war, Feminist movement, and the sexual revolution were the Baby boomers and Caputo’s struggle for identity. Racism helped push...

  47. View of War in All My Sons

    play by Arthur Miller, tells predominantly the story of the Kellers. This play takes place after World War II, in the year 1947. It is a criticism of the “American Dream,” which can be defined as a life of personal happiness and material comfort as traditionally sought by those in the U.S. The pursuit of...

  48. Life Span Adolph Hitler

    Page1 Developmental Life Span And Personality Adolph Hitler Carmine J. Palazzolo University Of Phoenix Description: The Abnormal Personality Development And Life Span Of Adolph Hitler Covering his childhood and environmental climate and upbringing to his...

  49. The Somali Civil War and it's Economic Effects

    How the Civil War of 1991 Set Somalia up for Economic Failure; and Is Civil War the Common Denominator to Rampant Extreme Poverty? Part I: Main Objective, and Questions to be answered For this case study that I’ve written, I looked to find a country that was devastated by war in a way that it...

  50. The Horrors of World War 1 Are Vividly Expressed in the Poems of Wilfred Owen. Discuss.

    The horrors of World War 1 are vividly expressed in the poems of Wilfred Owen. Discuss. Owen’s war poetry is a passionate expression of outrage at the horrors of war as well as pity for the young soldiers who were sacrificed during the war. His poetry is dramatic and memorable, and this is achieved...

  51. Should the Troops in the Iraqi War Pull Out Now?

    2nd Draft – Should Other Countries Pull Out of the Iraqi War? 17th of July 2009 By Christina Kolding 10W I strongly believe that other countries (such as the US, UK, Germany and Italy) should pull out all their troops from Iraq. I believe this because if we leave Iraq alone, the conflicts would...

  52. Compare and Contrast the Attitudes to War in ‘Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘After Blenheim’

    Compare and contrast the attitudes to war in ‘Charge of the light Brigade’ and ‘After Blenheim’ ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ and ‘After Blenheim’ are both about the same subject, war.’ The Charge of the light brigade’ is about a brutal event where many lives were lost and lots of bloody battle...

  53. Emily's Lonely Life

    southern town. Emily was raised in the ante-bellum period before the Civil War in the south. An unnamed narrator, who is consider to be "the town" or at least the collaborative voice of it, aligns key moments in Emily's life, including the death of her father and her brief relationship with a man form...

  54. The Great War

    The Great War The Great War was a very intense battle that took the lives of millions of both soldiers and helpless civilians. It dragged on for four terrible years and brought death to any country it reached. The soldiers in this battle were the most impacted by it, as they were faced with danger...

  55. The Lives of Civil War Soldiers

    The Civil War was a war that was between both the Union and Confederacy. The Civil War lasted for 4 years. The war started when South Carolina seceded from the Union and attacked Ft. Sumter. The Confederacy consisted of Eleven slave states led by Jefferson Davis and the Union was led by Abraham Lincoln...

  56. The War of Independence and a Revolution

    he American Revolution was both a war for independence and a revolution. John Adams statement which says that the war was no part of the Revolution is only half-true. It was a war for Independence from the tyranny of the British parliament. It was also a revolution in the fact that the colonist would...

  57. A Young Man Going to War

    went to war not knowing what horrors awaited them. We are given a glimpse into the fly’s point of view, the fly, first and foremost, is a symbol of the young men who went to war not knowing what horrors awaited them which actually resembles the author’s brother who died 6 years ago in World War 1. As...

  58. Chapter 28: Cold War and a New Western World, 1945-1973

    Introduction: Even though World War Two had caused a lot of destruction and chaos for Europe in general, European nations were on their way to a great recovery. Even by 1950, it was seen that European nation’s industrial and agricultural outputs were 30% above how they were before the war started. But even though...

  59. The Wars Minor Characters Analysis

    of “The War” Basically, Timothy Findley’s “The Wars” describes the history of Robert Ross, a young soldier in the Canadian Army during the World War I. Throughout the novel, Findley illustrates the destructiveness of war by showing the changes that Robert has gone through because of the war. More importantly...

  60. The Reality of War Exposed in Journeys End by R.C Sheriff

    The Reality of War Exposed in Journeys End by R.C Sheriff In the play “Journey’s end” R.C Sherrif recreates the tremendous stress and fear by the men at the front in the First World War. In this essay I am going to focus on two characters, who show stress and fear. The two characters the essay...