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Themes: A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg
theme - basic topics that the piece talks about

war, definition of a hero, strength of soldier or individual, desperation, war fare, violence, hope, fear, death, destruction.

Themes: An Iraqi Account of the Iraqi War
blog entry of an Iraqi in Iraq

fear, life is like hell, worse then hell, terrified, all about fear, death, not safe though locked up in homes, sadness, horror and terror, dangerous, destruction, confused, scared, survival of the good Iraqis.

it shows that their attacks, tho filled with hope, logically failed seeing how everything was factored against them

Those feelings of hope, and desperation, pride, and perseverance, are feelings shared by Confederate soldiers throughout the entire duration of the war. Odds were always against them, being the minority group in this war, being the less industrialized army, but, being the army with more passion, and more drive for victory.

believed in fighting for what they believed in. This is strong in order for them to fight against their own people.

since 9/11 fears is always in contact

both diary entries, have to do with war, same emotions in contact; of the weaker, minority in the war.

"Iraq has become the victim of violence, domestic violence.

Punched, hit, beaten up and raped. Raped by Iraqis, Americans, Brits, Arabs, Africans, Iranians, Afghanis.

Raped by the WORLD. The whole world.

Iraq has fallen victim to psychotic personas. Psychotic personas pretending to cry for Iraq. Psychotic personas pretending to kill for Iraq. Yet the victim, the victim is none other, but Iraq; Iraq and Iraqis: victims of violence."

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