Musketeer

“Garraty are your bags packed we are leaving early tomorrow.” Garraty is 16 years old and lives in Pownal, Maine. Once a year there is a big walk with 100 boys that have to follow specific guidelines during the walk which include each contestant having to walk at least 4 miles per hour, if they drop below that speed for 30 seconds they receive a verbal warning if they drop below that again they get ticketed and if they do that again they get shot and killed. Many might look on and wonder why…

In Michel Foucault’s book Discipline and Punish, he writes of the dramatic increase in military effectiveness as a result of changes in the methods of discipline. These changes “increases the skill of each individual, coordinates these skills, accelerates movements, increases fire power, broadens the fronts of attack without reducing their vigour, increases the capacity for resistance” (210). Foucault also states that before these changes, military discipline was merely a device used as a means…

1. Billy Pilgrim’s experience with the Transmalfadorians was easily the most problematic and questionable aspect of the novel. His contact with these beings helped define the novel as science-fiction rather than purely historical fiction. However, Billy Pilgrim was not exactly mentally sound due to his exposure to gore and disaster while in Dresden. The PTSD he suffered led me to question whether Pilgrim was truly a reliable narrator. His experiences with the aliens seemed to be Pilgrim’s…

“Colonialism deprives you of your self-esteem and to get it back you have to fight to redress the balance,” says politician, philanthropist and cricketing legend Imran Khan. The British approached India at the commencement of the seventeenth century. With time, The British East India Company accumulated power and began to administrate the country. Nonetheless Indians detested its policies and together they revolted against the company. This led to the downfall of the company and the…

Honda Tadakatsu was born on March 17, 1548 and died on December 3, 1610. He is also known as Honda Heihachirō. Honda Tadakatsu was a Japanese general, who later became a famous shogun and daimyo. He was also one of the Four Heavenly Kings who severed Tokugawa. He was known as the warrior who surpasses death because he fought in 100 battles and was never defeated by another samurai. Honda Tadakatsu wore a helmet with deer antlers and carried a special sword called the Dragonfly Cutter. If a…

that after three years of only seeing my dad quarterly that we would move closer to him. We ended up moving to Billings, Montana in order to see him monthly. My mom, dad, and I chose to leave our unlimited supply of family and become the three musketeers. This decision not only changed my family dynamic, but it ended up being our…

Black costume gloves for adult women and men are critical accessories for many Halloween costumes. But it’s more than that. Many people use black gloves -- long and short ones -- for cosplay and formal occasions. What kinds of black costume gloves are there? These Halloween accessories come in many shapes and sizes. Since black is one of the most popular glove colors, people requiring hand-wear in black for Halloween should plan on shopping ahead of time. Additionally, black costume gloves…

The Night Watch by Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn is completed in 1642, at the peak of the Dutch Golden Age, it is one of the most famous paintings in the world. It is a group portrait of a militia company. These were groups of able-bodied men who, if the need arose, could be called upon to defend the city or put down riots. The painting is an oil painting on a canvas that depicts the company of Captain Frans Banning Cocq and his lieutenant, Willem van Ruytenburgh, surrounded by…

Gabe Elkinson John Capute War & Peace 11 April 2024 War: the Hate-Induced Paradox of Evil “I will never forget Saturday October 7th. I will never forget what they did to my people.” I asked him if he thinks Israel and Palestine can ever achieve peace. He told me, “I believe that Israel will never be on friendly terms with Palestine[e]. Since Hamas now controls Palestine, Israel will never be on good terms with terrorists. For me personally, the Palestinians will be the worst people until my last…

Communism, as a basic term, is the creation of a profit-based economy, transforming private ownership into government ownership. (Britannica) Essentially, it takes the Three Musketeers’ catchphrase and applies it to how the government is run. “One for all” can be translated into how the government theoretically takes care of its people. “All for one” is translated by the nullification of privately owned lands and properties and…