Black Hawk Down Objective Summary

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In parts 7-12 of "Black Hawk Down," by Mark Bowden, Bowden emphasizes the pressure that is put on the remaining soldiers as more and more fall. Some soldiers show continuous courage and bravery, while others begin to think of their way out. Some soldiers are so brave, that they go back into Mogadishu to back up their fellow soldiers. A fatal decision for some, but heroic for all who chose the option. The soldiers are forced to make stressful decisions like these, and find ways to protect their men. Bowden intensifies the situation with detailed, nail biting firefights, and suspenseful life or death decisions. The situation continues to grow dire and dangerous as the novel progresses, with Bowden only making it harder to put down. So far this story has only got more intense after every chapter.

Black Hawk Down Objective Summary

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In parts 1-6 of Black Hawk Down the author, Mark Bowden switches between many characters such as Eversmann and Garrison. Bowden starts out with the beginning of the mission, when the task force is flying into the city of Mogadishu on the Black Hawk helicopters. Everyone is doing their jobs on the mission, and everything is going well except that a soldier fell from a helicopter. During the mission, the soldiers have to find ways to kill the enemy without harming the civilians the enemy's hide behind. In many cases civilians are killed by accident or on purpose, because they had no choice. Bowden shows the exciting side of war and the ethical choices of war. The mission takes a turn for the worst when a black hawk is shot down. The mission changes for the task force, and what was a routine mission turns into a brutal firefight. It's up to the young, 20 year old rookie soldiers to save the black hawk pilots and get out of Mogadishu alive.

Is War Avoidable?

Topic: War

The Vietnam War was caused by the corrupt Vietnam Government.

EQ: Is war avoidable?

Claim: War is not avoidable.

Reason: In order to keep peace between two countries, those countries must be ready to back each other up, and if they don't this will cause a whole different conflict between the countries which could lead to war.

Survey Response

As of right now, our survey has had 4 responses. Our survey is about the histories of war and opinions about war. Most people were correct about the war history questions. Most people said if threatened you can kill another person. No one thought it was right to kill just because they can.

War Survey

War Survey

Milo Minderbender

Discuss Milo's control over different parts of the world.

Milo helped influence many parts of the world, by starting a buisness and bringing his buisness to them. Milo started out as an egg and fruit salesman who served his fellow soldiers. Milo turned into a buisness tyrant around the world who even saved the economy of a place in Africa. He not only sold food and resources, Milo betrayed his friends and sold secrets to both the germans and the americans. Milo betrayed his friends by telling them to fly, even though he just told the germans to shoot them down. "Milo was not only the Vice-Shah or Oran, as it turned out, but also the Caliph of Baghdad, the Imam of Damascus, and the Sheik of Araby. Milo was the corn god, the rain god and the rice god in backward regions where such crude gods were still worshipped by ignorant and superstitious people, and deep inside the jungles of Africa, he intimated with becoming modesty, large graven images of his mustached face could be found overlooking primitive stone altars red with human blood. Everywhere they touched he was acclaimed with honor, and it was one triumphal ovation after another for him in city after city" (1422). Milo gained so much power, people in Africa were even sacrificing themselves for him. Milo used the war to his advantage, and succeeded in doing what he wanted. He was able to trick everyone he knew for his gain. Milo's last name was Minderbender, which is probably a play on words for mindbender.

Major Major

Discuss the Major Major Major Major's traumatizing childhood, and how it leads to who he is now.

Major Major Major Major is the way he is, because of his childhood. Major Major is a member of Yossarian's unit on Pianosa. He is the rank Major and his first, middle, and last name are Major. This is because of his father's sick sense of humor when Major was named and an error from an IBM machine that caused his rank to be so high. Major's name has caused him many problems in the military and in life. The narrator describes him as a very unimpressive, mediocre guy. “Major Major had been born too late and too mediocre. Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was” (475). Major Major lived a life of mediocrity and blandness. Throughout his whole life he has been questioned and judged. Major was only once close to making friends in his time in the army, and this was ruined when he was promoted to squad commander. Imagine of Major Major's name had been anything but what it is now. He wouldn't have been immediately promoted to major or have lived a socially awkward life. A life that can only lead to mediocrity caused by a father's joke. )