Book Report

Many people think that war is all about the fighting and the battles, but in fact that is only a small part of war. In John Steinbeck's Once There Was a War, published in 1958, he writes about World War II and what the common soldier did when he wasn't fighting. The theme to this book is; a solider always remains a man, not a hero. This theme is important because many people think of a soldier as some supernaturally strong, invincable hero but they are the same person as they were when they joined.

John Steinbeck

In World War II, soldiers were presented as strong and high disapline men but they are just normal everyday people. My first example from the book is when Steinbeck writes about a man they call Big Train. This man is a private and his job is to transport soldiers, he dosn't climb mountians or take on the enemy by himself. Another example from the book is, in a certian wing of the air force they had a goat that they gave alcohol. The goat served at a pet/maskot and they believed that it brang good luck. Their maskot wasn't a majestic animal like an eagle or a lion, it was a goat, an average, everyday animal. My last example from the book is, the soldiers were in rough shape. They were not fed well, they were sick, not clean shaven, they did not look anything like the strong, healthy soldiers that were portraied. This theme is significant for this book because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most people think of them to be.

A WWII Soldier

Throughout history, soldiers have been presented as strong and high disapline men but they are just normal everyday people. In moveis about ancient roman wariors, all the soldiers appear to be muscular and well fed, but they lived through hard times such as, hunger, desease, and other problems thet occur in armies. My second detail that throughout history soldiers have been presented as strong and high disapline men but they are just normal everyday people is, during mideval times, all the knights are allways ahown as very chivlrous, and noble, but they were no different if not more rude then any other person. Last, today in the army comersials the soldiers are shown saving someone, or climbing up a cliff, and even though some soldiers do save people, most of the time they are waiting around their camps. This theme is important in history because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most movies and books, show them to be.

Brad Pitt Playing a soldier in the Movie Troy

A solider always remains a man, not a hero. This theme is significant for this book because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most people think of them to be. The theme is important in history because, it shows that soldiers are not always strong, healthy people that most movies and books, show them to be. It is important to understand the theme because even though the TV and movies show soldiers as strong and exciting people, it is often just properganda.

letter from valley forge

Ben Taylor
Name: Bernard Harpentomleson
From: St Albans Massachusetts
Why: I joined because I have been on the farm my entire life and I wanted to see the rest of the country.
Writing to: Son, Thomas Harpentomleson

Dear Thomas,

I am writing to you from Valley Forge, Virginia. It is now nearing the end of the winter but the winter was a hard one. It was cold and all we have for shelter are small log huts. Many people have died of various diseases. I my self thought I was going to die of typhus early this January but after two weeks in the hospital, I got better. The food here is nothing but fire cakes, a tasteless flower and water mixture, cooked. And we have to drink out of the same river water where we relieve ourselves. People fight with each other and there is hardly any discipline. I miss you and your mother both and I look forward to seeing you when I return.
Son, I am pleased with the leadership of General Washington, he is constantly encouraging us and telling us that we will come back after the winter and start winning the battles. So far, we have lost nearly all of the battles that we have fought and we spend most of the time running from the British. This is his tactic though, to out run the British. I respect Washington and I am glad to be fighting with him.
I support the revolution; the British are taking advantage if our country and we must put a stop to it. However, like I said before we are loosing almost every battle and the rest of the troops are becoming less and less supportive of it. I am still very much supportive of the revolution and I intend to enlist again in the spring. I am also going to have you enlist with me, for you will be old enough, come time to enlist. I look forward to seeing you soon.

Sincerely,
Bernard

propaganda essay

I believe that we have the right to rebel and go to war with Britain. The king and his people have been nothing but bad to us, treating us with none of the respect that we deserve. He thinks nothing more of us then a young boy would of an old, out grown toy. He just uses us to get the things he wants like money and trade. This is why we have the right to rebel, because we deserve to rule ourselves.
The king thinks that he can tax us so he can pay off the money he owes from the war. Why are we the ones who is paying his debt? They don't treat us with any of the respect we deserve, remember the Boston massacre when the British soldiers killed a number of people who were throwing only snowballs. If we don't do something then it will only get worse. They will continue to tax us at outrageous prices and kill our Innocent people. This is why we must rebel.
I see a future in America, I believe that we can come together and make this country great. We can form a government where everyone has a say and no one has absolute power. We have too much at stake to not rebel from Britain. If we do not then all the progress we have made has gone to waste.

William Few

William Few was born June 8, 1748, in Maryland and died at the age of 80 on July 16, 1828, in New York. He represented the state of Georgia at the Constitutional Convention from 1780-1782 and then from 1786-1788. Few was born into a family fighting against poverty as were many small farmers at this time. In 1771 Few, his father, and a brother joined a group called the "Regulators," a group of men (mostly small farmers) who opposed the royal governor. As a result, his brother was hanged, the family farm was destroyed, and his father was forced to move to Georgia where Few later joined him. William later married Catherine Nicholson and had three daughters.

Few joined the Richmond county regiment led by his older brother Benjamin. For two years, he attended military assemblies where he instructed people of the skills that he learned in the Regulators. It wasn't until 1778 that he was called to active duty when Georgia faced a threat by a force of loyalist militia and British regulars based in Florida. In the late 1770s Few won the election to the House of Representatives and represented Georgia in negotiations with the Indians that succeeded in minimizing the danger of frontier attacks. After serving for less then a year, Congress sent Few home to help reassemble Georgia's government after General Nathanael Greene's successful effort to drive the British out of most of Georgia. After he did this, Few returned to Congress in 1782, where he remained to serve for most of the decade. Some people that he served beside in Congress are James Madison, Rufus King and William Blount. In the 1700's Georgia selected Few to be one of its original senators along side James Gunn. Even though he was planing to retire, he served another year in the state legislature.

Few participated in the revolution because he firmly supported the effort to create a strong national union. He did not believe in a government where a person has complete power like a monarchy. Many other people agreed with Few, Samuel Adams (who lead the Sons of Liberty) and Thomas Pain (who wrote the book common sense) both actively supported the revolution. Because he did not believe in a monarchy, he worked hard to get the Continental Congress' approval of the new form of government.

William Few deserves more historical recognition than he receives. Even though he did not play as much of an active roll in the fighting as George Washington or Horatio Gates or play as large of a political roll as John Adams or Samuel Chase, he still did help defend and represent his country. He served in the military in Georgia and helped defend his state and country. He also represented the state of Georgia in the House of Representatives and in The Senate to help vote on decisions. This is why William Few Deserves more Historical recognition than he receives.

Court Room Essay

People of the Jury, on the night of March 5^th 1970, Officer Preston did not order the soldiers to fire at the crowd. That night, many children were taunting, name calling and assaulting soldiers. When they called for help, a soldier had hit a child with the butt of his gun in self defense. By the time Preston and other soldiers came to help control the crowd, it had grown several times in size and were even more furious. As Preston and other soldiers tried to control the crowd, they continued to assault and taunt the soldiers. A witness saw a one soldier get hit in the head with a stick and his gun accidentally went off. Once one gun went off, several others went off. By the time Preston had got the soldiers under control, five colonists had died.
People of the Jury, the crowd is to blame for the deaths if the five colonists. They are the ones who provoked the soldiers, daring them to fire. The first soldier who did fire, fired on accident because of a blow to the head from someone in the crowd. This is why the crowd is to blame for the deaths.
It is hard to punish a mob with such great number. Therefore there should only be a few who get punished. They should be picked at random and the selected few should be tared and feathered to show everyone that it is wrong to do such things. If we punish the crowd, then the crowd will obviously be unhappy but the king will be pleased to see the people brought to justice.