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With Akira being a popular anime and manga and influential in the crucial Western markets, it makes sense that we see the contrasting protagonists to the industry standard in current manga. Some of the popular titles with contrasting protagonists, Claymore, a female protagonist in a shounen manga, Yotsubato!, a little girl in a shounen manga, or Berserk, with an equally young protagonist struggling in a seinen manga setting. It does not just stop with protagonists either, there are now series…

his stories and makes you consider the question, “What is the purpose of war?” In the authors first short story titled, “The Things They Carried” it talked about what soldiers carry throughout their time during the war. The items ranged from claymores, grenades, Ak-47s, M-16, etc. to toothbrushes, tranquilizers, photographs of…

The Vietnam War brought many concerns to American Citizens. Protesters throughout the United States claimed America’s involvement in the war was both unjust and unethical. Likewise, Tim O’Brien, the author of many Vietnam based novels, expressed the same feelings of unjust and unethical means for America’s involvement in the war. In 1968, O’Brien graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Political Science and within the same year was drafted to the United States Army and served his time in…

In todays ever connected and forever growing society, it has become more socially acceptable for groups of people to be divided by the state of their bank account. Not only is this an issue in the developed world, but also it has a large influence on the developing world. I noticed this on my trip to Ecuador with my school in which I spend a month in both urban society and rural society. The wide range of economic disparity demonstrated through the difference in living conditions was a clear…

members involved. A huge advantage the United States had was how technically advanced we were and still are today. The invention of the drone has greatly impacted warfare. The ability to scope out enemy bases and intruders as well as trip mines and claymores all from miles away. Having an eye on the enemy, gives the American troops the upper edge in warfare, and having that 24/7 eye in the sky will help protect our soldiers from an enemy attack. So drones help with surveillance, but other than…

United States of America the World Police? As stated by President Theodore Roosevelt, “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are”. (“Theodore,”1901)Today this quote have greatly summarize American’s involvement in the international crisis and dilemma. Currently, there are three major involvements that America was in were Vietnam War, Iraq war, and ISIS. Henceforth, they are look upon by a world to get involved since they are the strongest military. Furthermore, we are placed…

Written by Tim O’Brien, The Things They Carried is a novel that has a focus on the Vietnam War, and the effect the war had on the soldiers who participated. A short part of the novel’s multipart stories, The Things They Carried is a short story that focuses greatly on the themes of love and war, and the sacrifices one has to make between personal feelings and personal duty. The author uses the characters within the story to express the feelings of the men as they travel through Vietnam, as well…

War has plagued humankind for as long as history cares to ever recount. With war, has always come burdens, which lay upon the shoulders and hearts of those cast into its maw. In Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried”, the men of Alpha Company yield prime examples of the withering effects of the Vietnam War on the soul, body, and mind. Among the many hefty burdens borne by the various men of Alpha Company, the death of a friend or comrade is perhaps the heaviest; overwhelming those who are…

As Ms. Kaysen has her graduated high school and her previous educational history unknown, it is difficult to determine eligibility. It does not appear her disability impacted her education, as such a 504 plan may be more appropriate. Although Ms. Kaysen has completed high school, an educational assessment may provide information that could be useful in an evaluation for accommodations in a post secondary setting. If a disability category was required, a serious emotional disability (SED) is the…

Write an academic paper roughly based on the piece? Every concrete evidence/textual support must be either a quote form text, a ted talk, or from kyvl/google scholar. Must have a ted talk source 4. The men deal with the uncertainty, fear, and death around them in sometimes surprisingly tender, irreverently funny, or horrifyingly brutal ways. Choose three characters from the stories to examine how these characters respond to the psychological horrors of war. What conclusions can you draw…