my lai massacre argumentative

soldiers/military officials not being punished for crimes

condoleeza

Conflict: People at that college did not want her to get her honorary degree because of her lies about the war.
main conflict: John Kerry's involvement and the Almong's being a democratic
hannity's: if Almond was a democrat and voted for John Kerry.  If
almond voted for Kerry that somehow makes him wrong about Condoleeza Rice. He blames John Kerry
Colme:  Why did Almond's quit his job.
Almond: Condoleeza Rice is a liar therefore she should not recieve any type of award and so he quit to punish her.

Citations

Works Cited

Oliver, Kendrick. "Coming to Terms with the Past: My Lai." History Today 56.2 (2006): 37-39. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

Works Cited

Cookman, Claude. "An American Atrocity: The My Lai Massacre Concretized in a Victim's Face." Journal of American History 94.1 (2007): 154-162. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Web. 21 Mar. 2011

 

Source Citation

Crosby, Ben G. "My Lai: where were the leaders? Had one strong leader stepped up, the atrocity that so stained America could have been averted." Vietnam Apr. 2009: 46+. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 21 Mar. 2011

 

Source Citation

Hymel, Kevin M. "A 1996 conference at Tulane University tried to sort out the U.S. Army's most notorious atrocity--the My Lai massacre." Vietnam Aug. 1999: 54. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

Source Citation

Thompson, Hugh, and Lady Bird Johnson. "The Massacre at My Lai." Newsweek International 15 Mar. 1999: 61. Expanded Academic ASAP. Web. 21 Mar. 2011.

research paper theses

The Battle of My Lai: Vietnam War
1. Innocent Massacre
2. Why did the military try to cover up what had really happened there?
3.  Who took the blame?
4.  What were the main reasons for being there?

Possible thesis: The real happenings in the Battle of My Lai had been covered up for months preceeding the event which makes one wonder what there was to hide.

make 3 lists

 What Interests You?
History
Dictators
Heroes
Greek Mythology
Wars
China
Presidential Scandals
Animal Abuse
psychology
Spouse Abuse
OCD
Personal Hygiene

What are you good at?
Greek mythology
memorizing
softball
studying
Hair
nutritian
exercising
cooking

What subjects do you want to learn about?
Wars
Heros
Dictators
Whats in our food
pesticides
Genetics
prescribed drugs
effects of childhood abuse
paranoia
parallel universe

Wars: Vietnam
-Should we have been involved
-more involved: The My Lai Massacre
- should soldiers be tried in court?
-Is anyone to blame?
-What were the main reasons being there
-soldiers killed innocent people after knowledge of vietcong soldiers not being there
- when did they finally retreat?

Pop Quiz-"Fourth State of Matter"

1.  Biggest event was the shooting, because it changed the ladies hole view on life.  Her husband and her seemed to make up by him showing he cared and hugging her, even though they will probably only remain friends.  Then, she re-evaluates her decision on keeping the dog alive.  She knows the he is suffering so she wants to do the right thing and let the dog die.  In one sentence she had said something about how she was going through the doors to the rest of her life.
2.  Jo Ann Beard seemed very depressed at the beggining and in the middle of the essay.  She is upset about the dog and how her husband is always calling to reassure himself that he doesn't want to be with her.  At the end Jo Ann is in shock and almost acting like she is refreshed.  Almost like she wants to start over with a new outlook on life.
3.  I think the dog is important because it shows the value in life.  Jo Ann was upset about the dog getting to old age, which is a natural process for everything.  She valued the dog's life too much while her coworker's not enough.  She was shocked in the end to see people so close to her be taken away so fast.  The dog is symbolizing her to move on and see what is important in life and what you just need to let go of.

"Worst Day at a Job" prompt

My worst job is babysitting my three boy cousins.  I have always been good with children but, I swear, these are not children, these are little demons.  I had to watch them once while they were at my grandma's house because my grandma can't handle them.  When I first got there the boys shot me with their nerf guns, which was was fine to start off with.  It progressively got worse, though.  They started throwing my grandma's vases around and broke two of her glass ornaments.  Then, instead of eating their chicken nuggets, they used the nuggets in their sling shots they got for Christmas.  All this time my grandma had been working in the shed with her pigeons so I couldn't just run out there and get her because I was afraid the boys would get into even more trouble while I was gone.  All through the night the boys were kicking at the glass doors and throwing billiard's at each other.  Finally, by about eleven thirty I had gotten all three of them to go to sleep.  This had been the most exhausting/agonizing day of my life.