Essays on Dugout

The novel "All Quiet on the Western Front" by Erich Maria Remarque explores the psychological and physical conditions of German soldiers fighting in the World War I, instead of focussing on heroism and military accomplishments. That is the primary distinction between the novel and its contemporaries. The novel tracks the life of Paul Baumer, as he joins the army together with his friends (Muller, Kropp and Kemmerick) at the urging of their school teacher Kantorek. While at the base, they meet Kat, an older soldier and a former shoe cobbler with whom they form a deep friendship and he ...

An Analysis of Media Coverage of a Soccer Game

Introduction This paper analyzes three different media sources of a live broadcast of a professional soccer match played between two English teams, West Bromwich Albion (WBA) and Crystal Palace (CP). The match took place on WBA’s home turf in the English midlands on Saturday, February 27, 2016. The visiting team, CP, is based in South London. The match was important for both teams, as neither has had a recent win and each is struggling to capture a place in the league playoffs. I chose to watch an English soccer match for two reasons: 1) I know enough about ...

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A wealth of historians have written on baseball and football during the World War II era. However, there is precious little devoted to the political complexities between the Roosevelt Administration, Major League Baseball, and to a lesser extent the National Football League. Patriotism was good for business, however loosing players to the war effort was not, nor were direct financial contributions to the war effort. Major league sports teams are businesses and have to attend to maintaining a financial bottom line in order to remain viable. Little has been done to examine if Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League ( ...