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The movie Soldier’s Girl is about a young man named Barry Winchell, who is a new recruit in the 101st Airborne. Once settling in, he befriends his roommate Justin Fisher who suffers from some medical problems, which he abuses prescription drugs to deal with his emotional problems. One night, Justin feels the need to take Winchell and a few others to Nashville, to a local bar that performs drag shows. At the bar, Winchell becomes fascinated by one of the drag performers, Calpernia Addams, which they hit it off and begin a relationship with one another. Justin does not like this at all, and recruits other soldiers to harass Winchell about his private life, as well as, spreading a rumor about Winchell’s affair. This is very dangerous for Winchell, …show more content…
Winchell even notices that one of his officers has been asking a lot of questions about the rumors that are going around the military station and barracks. Winchell is nervous and upset about the possible outcomes that his actions might have caused for himself. Overall, during the Fourth of July weekend, a soldier named Calvin Glover, decides to harass Winchell leading to a verbal then physical altercation, which Barry easily bests Calvin. After the altercation, Fisher provokes Calvin into taking further action, later that night, to get payback for what Winchell did. That night Fisher hands Calvin a baseball bat, and tells him that he should beat Winchell with it. Calvin proceeds to listen to Fisher, and while Winchell is asleep Calvin repeatedly strikes Winchell with the bat causing Winchell to bleed out and eventually die in the hospital. So what we want to know is what are the specific deviant behaviors in this film, and were they portrayed sympathetically or …show more content…
He also performs a deviant act when he sexually harasses one of the transgender people at the bar the first night. In the movie, the act of dressing up and performing drag is considered a deviant behavior in many people’s eyes. The next deviant behavior portrayed in the movie would be, Winchell’s relationship with Calpernia, the drag performer that he falls in love with. Today this behavior wouldn’t be seen as deviant, but at that time this act was deviant. Another deviant act portrayed would be the rumor spreading, mostly done by Fisher, about Winchell’s affair. This had a major affect on Winchell and everyone around him. Lastly, Calvin’s violent act that causes Winchell’s death would be the last deviant act. I believe these acts were performed unsympathically, because the relationship between Calpernia and Winchell was not shown approval or in favor of by the military, or his platoon. Ultimately, Winchell dies from his injuries, while Fisher and Calvin would face trial, which they would both be sentenced to major prison time for their actions involved with the death of
Soldier Boys is about 2 boys from different places from the world, but they are both fighting for the same thing, and that is freedom. Spencer who is from USA, and Dieter who is from Germany. Both of the boys are from small families,and both of the boys are minor citizens. The book starts of with Spencer trying to convince his father that he want to go the the military, and fight for his freedom. His father and mother does not agree with this, but as the conflict continues, his father signs the contract.
Guy Sajer’s The Forgotten Soldier is a work notable not only for its vivid and uncompromising account of his experience as a member of the Wehrmacht in World War II, but also for its subtle and incisive commentary about the very nature of war itself. What is perhaps most intriguing about Sajer’s novel is his treatment of the supposedly “universal” virtues present within war such as professionalism, patriotism, camaraderie, and self-sacrifice. Sajer introduces a break between how war is thought about in the abstract and how it has actually been conducted historically.
The book “For cause and comrades” written by James M McPherson is not one of your typical civil war books. This book is completely different than what everyone would expect, McPherson tries to explain the why of the war behind the scenes of it. He goes into great detail onto how dissects the initial reason of both sides North and South by concentrating not on battlefield tactics and leaders but what emotional and great experiences the men had to face in the battle field.
It is no secret that the United States has a history of economic and political interventions in countries around the world, especially in Latin America. By comparing the lives of the characters in Tobar’s novel, The Tattooed Soldier, to events that occurred in Latin American history, this paper will focus specifically on how U.S. imperialism, political and economic interventions in the central American countries of Guatemala and El Salvador forced many to flee and immigrate to the United states. Where the newly immigrated Central Americans faced lives of hardships and poverty compared to other Latin communities such as the Cubans who had an easier migration due to their acquisition of the refuge status.
Bravery can be showed by having strength, being willing to sacrifice, and standing up for yourself and others. Life will not be very fun if you do not try to make it fun. One has to be brave to make life fun. If one is not strong it would make it hard to be brave. If Holling was not strong then he would not have been able to play Ariel in the Shakespeare play. All of his friends showed up when he was was wearing yellow tights and feathers on his butt. He stayed strong and finished the play. “Still ringing in the hands of Danny Humfer, Meryl Lee and Mai Ti who were standing in the very front row.” (Schmidt 86) That moment was when Holling first saw all of his classmates watching him in the play. At first he only saw Danny’s parents, but then
He never acted like either a nigger or a white man. That was it. That was what made the folks so mad. For him to be a murderer and all dressed up and walking the town like he dared them to touch him, when he ought to have been skulking and hiding in the woods, muddy and dirty and running.
In my book, Ghost Soldiers, 121 soldiers were volunteers to attempt to rescue 513 allied prisoners of a war in a Japanese camp. These prisoners were tortured quite often for three years. They faced starvation, abuse from Japanese guards, and diseases from the tropical region. The story is about the prisoners, the unit performing the raid, and the Filipino who assisted them along the way. A large group of American soldiers at Palawan told U.S. commanders to the danger of mass POW, prisoners of war, executions as the retreated from the Philippines. As a result the went with a mission to rescue the POWs from the prison camp. The book tells you about events that lead up to the raid: the camp conditions, how strong the will of the prisoners were
Author Geoffrey Parker is a professor of history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Parker specializes in military history concerning the early modern period in Europe, along with interest in the military revolution of that period. Some of the other publicated works of Parker are; Military Revolution, 1560-1660 - A Myth?, The Army of Flanders and the Spanish Road, 1567-1659 and Global Crisis: War, Climate Change and Catastrophe in the Seventeenth Century. However, Parker is widely recognized for his work on the military revolution during the early modern period. His work entitled The Military Revolution; Military innovation and the rise of the West. 1500-1800 is a historical narrative that sought to illuminate the principles
The common idea that southerners were for the Great War, can be contested because of how rural southerners were suppressed. Jeanette Keith, the author of Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight: Race, Class and Power in the Rural South during the First World War, focused on World War I, specifically on the Home Front. She introduces three larger themes; War Mobilization, State’s Rights, and Race and Class issue that can be found amongst the seven chapters in Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Fight. Keith fights the master narrative about southern whites. “White southerners, the nation’s most militaristic people, stand always ready to fight their country’s wars.” In several examples, she shows the southerners appeal against war from a peaceful outburst
Many people question if Guy Sajer, author of The Forgotten Soldier, is an actual person or only a fictitious character. In fact, Guy Sajer in not a nom de plume. He was born as Guy Monminoux in Paris on 13 January 1927. At the ripe young age of 16, while living in Alsace, he joined the German army. Hoping to conceal his French descent, Guy enlisted under his mother's maiden name-Sajer. After the war Guy returned to France where he became a well known cartoonist, publishing comic books on World War II under the pen name Dimitri.
Ambrose Bierce wrote short stories based on his personal experiences and observations during the American Civil War. Although it looks like Bierce’s stories are about bravery and nobility of war, in reality Bierce sends a message to his readers about the cruelty of war through different points. In each story, Bierce writes about bravery and nobility of his character but actually exposes his or her personality flaw by use of gallows humor. One of Bierce’s stories “Killed at Resaca” (Bierce 63-68) clearly shows the personality flaw, selfishness, of the main character Lieutenant Herman Brayle.
The Thing They Carried is a great primary historical source for what things soldiers carried, what they felt during combat, and how they coped with the Vietnam War.
Positive Elements: The colonists often show true selflessness, joining to fight against near impossible odds in order to secure a better future for their families. Snitches and traitors are clearly shown to be despicable characters. Soldiers risk their lives to save wounded comrades. One of the Martin children offers to have himself executed to save the others. Benjamin is a loving father and a man of prayer. The film displays respect for Christian faith and includes a religious wedding ceremony. In a moment of introspection, Benjamin humanely asks, "Why do men feel they can justify death?" When Col. Tavington executes wounded rivals, he is called to account by Cornwallis who states, "You serve me and the manner in which you serve me reflects upon me" (a great illustration of Christians' need to reflect the character of Christ while performing service in His name). The sin of pride ultimately undoes Cornwallis. Benjamin and Gabriel share a loving father/son relationship and a dedicated professional one. Benjamin shows honor to a black slave by having him represent himself in the enlistment process. A bigot is rescued by the slave-turned-soldier he belittled, and the two develop a friendship based on mutual respect. When Gabriel spends the night at the home of his sweetheart, he is sewn into bed by the girl's mothera Revolutionary method of preserving modesty and chastity. After witnessing his father's brutal hatcheting of a Redcoat, one of Gibson's younger sons is appalled at Benjamin's vicious lack of self-control.
Ernest Hemingway served as an ambulance driver in World War I where he was seriously injured. Hemmingway’s personal experiences of war and trauma have affected his writings and personal life choices. In the short story “Soldier’s Home” Hemmingway tells the story of a young man and solider, Krebs, who returns from the frontlines of battle back to his small hometown in Oklahoma. The protagonist struggles to readjust to his surroundings and postwar life. The war has taken a certain toll on his relationships with those he was close to and he struggles to come back home. Hemmingway keeps the setting and the characters simple and does not overly elaborate
... At first he thinks they are out of breath but then he realizes they are wounded or even dead. Luther avoids the men on the ground, even if it is someone he knows because for some reason he thinks death could somehow be contagious. One last example of the inhumanity of war is when Forrest breaks through the Union lines at the Battle of Fallen Timber. Forrest grabs a Union solder and uses his body as a shield.