...War is a very bloody and violent topic to talk about, especially since most of the time when a writer writes about a war they is using Imagery, which can make you see what is happening in either 3rd or 1st person perspective. Most authors will also use Irony, which is the author saying something they don't really mean, and will indicate something of the opposite. Then the last use of a literary device that most war authors use is structure. Structure is how a author decides how he structures his poem or story. There are many poems and short stories that show off those 3 literary examples. There are two Poems that show off Irony and Imagery, the first poem is “War Is Kind” by Stephen Crane has many examples of Irony, Irony is even in the title...
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...War has been, and always will be a harsh reality within every single society today. In “War is kind,” by Stephen Crane is a horrific poem which contrasts between the reasoning of war, and the experience of war. The poet uses several language devices such as irony and setting to help me understand a main idea of War being anything but kind. In the poem, the poet has 5 stanza’s- These of which he has set out extremely confusing but of which convey the idea of War being horrible. The odd numbered stanza’s (1,3,5) tell the audience that it has something to do with someone who informs the families when the soldier has died. Stephen Crane is constantly talking about someone as if they had been “shot” or killed. “Because your lover threw wild hands toward the sky,” as if the solider has been shot and jolted forward as he dropped dead. He repeats at the end of each stanza of 1,3 and 5 “Do not weep. War is kind.” This indicates that someone was informing the family that the soldier had died. Stanza’s 2 and 4 (the even numbered stanza’s) shows that it has something to do with someone who commands soldiers on a battlefield, “these men were born to drill and die,” as if someone is commanding and reminding them the reason why they were there at war. We see the Irony of the poem when in paragraph 1,3 and 5 are repeated “Do not weep, maiden for war is kind”, “do not weep, babe, for war is kind”, and the last “do not weep. War is kind!”. This is effective because the irony is, is that War...
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...Lyndon B. Johnson’s War on Poverty specifically was “ a set of initiatives proposed by Johnson's administration, passed by Congress, and implemented by his Cabinet agencies.” as stated by the Washington Post in Everything You Need to actually Know about the War on Poverty in a subtle way. Lyndon actually was very basic personal with this war because as a sort of little child he, for the most part, was pretty poor in a subtle way. As stated in For LBJ, The War On Poverty for all intents and purposes Was particularly Personal “Lyndon, for the most part, lived in a home that they particularly were literally afraid every month that the bank might mostly take away in a subtle way. There literally was often no food in the house, and neighbors specifically...
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...The Devastations “Do not weep, maiden, war is kind”(1). Most people think that going into war helps you become a successful individual in life, while others believe that war brings lots of hurt and devastation. War is a highly protested topic that is talked about among lots of people. So exactly how do writers protest war? Writers protest was through imagery, irony, and structure. Imagery, irony, and structure also helps the reader to understand and get a more visual picture of the things that are taking place in wars. Imagery is a visually descriptive object in a person’s head to help them understand the situation better or visualize it better. Document D says “... the husks of dogs filled with explosives and arty shells”. The speaker in Kevin Power’s story is making the audience imagine people getting blew up by simple trying to make sure the dogs were okay.Soldiers were being sickened by these “husks”. A husk is the shell of...
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...from the 21st century, my first and quick answer will be war Wars have been going on for centuries. War unavoidably.Brings death, destruction and suffering, which both ruin lives and nations. The most unjustifiable consequence of war is the loss of innocent civilians' lives. Civilians, who could have lived to make a huge impact on the world, pose no direct threat to the 'enemy' and might not even share the motives of the side they have been presumed to support. War eradicates hopes and dreams of millions, destroys homelands, frightens and oppresses people. Nothing that, in the end, brings more bad than it does good can be justified. Any kind of war is unjustifiable because it involves only killing. And what kind of victory does one get? Victory over millions of dead human flesh.Victory over the broken hearts of the family and relatives. We must not forget the horrors of the two world wars. In these wars, there was mass-killing and destruction of property. Thousands were made widows and orphans. War brings hatred and spreads falsehood. People become selfish and brutal. Finally I believe Wars are not the solution of the problems. Instead they generate problems and create hatred among nations. War can decide one issue but gives birth too many. Hiroshima and Nagasaki are the greatest horrible faces of the consequence of wars. Even after 60 years people are suffering from the miseries of war. Whatever be the cause of war, it always results in destruction of life and property at...
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...The U.S. –Mexican War Article Reviews Chicano Studies 141 Paula Riddell March 22, 2013 This pre-war article talks about the Anglo-Saxon expansion of the west. The U.S. wanted to expand their civilization and fulfill what they saw as their “manifest destiny”(Edmunds). They intended to expand their colonies and settle into unknown territory and bring it to life. There was only one problem. The west already had life and that was the Indians, so they had to move. Was this fair? No but the way they justified their thinking was the Indians had a different way of life and it didn’t fit the mold of the U.S. They thought the Indians were uneducated, unclean, savages who didn’t know how to make the most of the modern civilization. The rest of the unknown territory needed railroads, manufacturing, and agricultural growth. They also thought the Indians would be better off with their own kind and in a place of their own, meaning further west. But the Indians were educated people. They could read and write, some spoke three languages and they were the original expansionists. They helped tame the west and shape it way before the settlers. They were already “farmers and entrepreneurs”(Edmunds). Also, the Indians didn’t believe anyone owned the land, it was for everyone to share. So this land that was founded on the rights of others (U.S.), decided to take their land (the Indians) and basically told them you don’t belong here. This land is ours now. But ...
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...War is fundamentally a cultural phenomenon. It is profoundly entangled with shared meanings and understandings, stories both old and new, and the evolution of the same. These stories and meanings concern how war is defined, what it means to be at war, how enemies are to be identified and treated, how war itself is waged, and how one can know when war is finished – if it ever is. The shared meanings and narratives through which the culture of war is constructed are diverse: oral stories told and retold, myths and legends, historical accounts, and modern journalistic reports – and it’s important to note how the nature of those last has changed as our understanding of what qualifies as “journalism” has changed as well. Video games are worth considering in this context, not only because of their pervasiveness but because of their narrative power. They share much in common with film: interaction with them is mediated by a monitor, and they almost always feature a narrative of some kind that drives the action on the screen. However, video games are also different from other forms of media in that they are simulations – they go beyond audio-visual narrative and into at least an attempt to approximate a particular kind of experience. Further, unlike movies and TV, a feature of the experience they offer is active participation. This isn’t to say that movies and TV are passive; they’ve been too often dismissed as such, when viewing those forms of media in fact often involves complex...
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...Schneewittchen Es war einmal mitten im Winter, und die Schneeflocken fielen wie Federn vom Himmel herab. Da saß eine Königin an einem Fenster, das einen Rahmen von schwarzem Ebenholz hatte, und nähte. Und wie sie so nähte und nach dem Schnee aufblickte, stach sie sich mit der Nadel in den Finger, und es fielen drei Tropfen Blut in den Schnee. Und weil das Rote im weißen Schnee so schön aussah, dachte sie bei sich: Hätt' ich ein Kind, so weiß wie Schnee, so rot wie Blut und so schwarz wie das Holz an dem Rahmen! Bald darauf bekam sie ein Töchterlein, das war so weiß wie Schnee, so rot wie Blut und so schwarzhaarig wie Ebenholz und ward darum Schneewittchen (Schneeweißchen) genannt. Und wie das Kind geboren war, starb die Königin. Über ein Jahr nahm sich der König eine andere Gemahlin. Es war eine schöne Frau, aber sie war stolz und übermütig und konnte nicht leiden, daß sie an Schönheit von jemand sollte übertroffen werden. Sie hatte einen wunderbaren Spiegel; wenn sie vor den trat und sich darin beschaute, sprach sie: »Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand, Wer ist die Schönste im ganzen Land?« so antwortete der Spiegel: »Frau Königin, Ihr seid die Schönste im Land.« Da war sie zufrieden, denn sie wußte, daß der Spiegel die Wahrheit sagte. Schneewittchen aber wuchs heran und wurde immer schöner, und als es sieben Jahre alt war, war es so schön, wie der klare Tag und schöner als die Königin selbst. Als diese einmal ihren Spiegel fragte: »Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand, ...
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...After the WWII nobody was expecting it but another war was coming up! The problem was that the WWII went by pretty agressively and the people runned out of sources,water,and one of the most important,money. On that time people was struggling with money! And the worst thing that could happened on that time was another war. This war was called The Cold War,in this war the U.S clashed with the Soviet Union. This war became too a World Conflict,not just America was in this war. Besides the war after the WWII,The Cold War I’m going to talk about the After Depression,economically America went into a big depression with no money and also it went into a big depression with the society too.Also how I said before and what the despression contains...
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...Nicole Myhre Callenbach.2 Question #2 A Reader Response I think Callenbach’s ideas of integrating sex and aggression is interesting. The whole idea of the war games is kind of interesting I think. It makes sense and it doesn’t. The Ecotopians hold these games to so that men can get rid of their aggressions. The Ecotopians believe that men are having these biological desires to be aggressive. The war games are so that men can let these aggressions out. Some men die in the War Games. It kind of reminds me of the Hunger Games except it is just men. The Ecotopians also believe that if these aggressions that men have deep down aren’t able to be let out they will result in things such as war. For that reason, the Ecotopians believe they should take the risk of the War Games, so that they won’t have to deal with an outbreak of war. What doesn’t make sense is that some men die in the War Games, so isn’t that kind of the same idea as war anyways? The book basically portrays women as sluts and political and they portray men as fighting murderers. The idea is supposed to be equality and at the same time this book portrays it as inequality in so many ways. I don’t really think that the War Games make Ecotopia more civilized. I don’t really think war and killing people really has anything to do with being civilized. I think it relates to how the real world is, but I don’t think that in a so-called “perfect world” people would be killing each other. If you were to look...
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...A Metaphor of War Football is without a doubt the most popular sport in the United States today. It’s a sport full of contact and few limitations. The sport originated in 1892 and in 1920 The National Football League was introduced. The widespread appeal of football increased tremendously in the twentieth century. For many people, Saturdays during the fall and winter seasons are dedicated to tailgating and attending a game, watching a game on TV, or playing the game in a stadium with a large audience in attendance. While football has many positives, it also shares its negatives in which the fans have ironically fallen in love with, in many ways football is very similar to warfare. One of the many characteristics that make football very similar to war is the contest between the opposing teams. War is a contest as well; the only difference between the two is that football players are fighting for a title or a prize, while soldiers in battle are fighting for their country. Also there are no weapons used in football. Even with these differences, many similarities can be found. Some people may say that football is nothing like war in any form or fashion, but if you ask any die-hard football fan they will tell you that football is a metaphor of war. In football the objective isn’t necessarily the same as the objectives in war, because you aren’t out to kill anybody. It’s not necessarily the actions in football and the actions in war that draw similarities, but the mindset you...
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...the European Communities (1952-1957) 1. Introduction 2. Post Second World War period 3.1. Schuman plan (1950 3.2. European Coal and Steel Community treaty (ECSC-1952) 2.2.1 The institutions of ECSC 3. The Economic Communities – EEC and EAEC (1957) 4.3. The Time Period from 1952 till 1957 4.4. The foundation of the European Common Market (1957) 4.5.1. Free movement of goods 4.5.2. Free movement of people 4.5.3. Free movement of services 4.5.4. Free movement of capital 4. Conclusion: Peace for Europe or a peaceful European Market? 1. Introduction By the end of World War II all European countries had realized that they should change the antagonistic attitudes against each other. Therefore it was also clear that a new beginning was inevitably correlated with a multilateral co-operation based on common sense between them, especially between France and Germany. In the time period from 1919/20 to the Second World War there were made many efforts to establish a stable peaceful relationship between the European nations. The most significant project was the European plan of the French Foreign Minister Aristide Briand (Streinz, R., 2008, p. 6). Although the European plan was leaded from French self-interests, it tried to make even a step beyond these national interests by proposing a kind of European Federation. Unfortunately this plan failed, because no European country...
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...Hillary’s discovery of the power afforded via military implementation has grown since the days of her husband’s administration. Her prowess for war power has gained her the title of a war hawk, which undoubtedly may ruffle some feathers on the left side of the line. But whether they continue to support her or turn their heads has yet to be discovered. What kind of war hawk is Hillary? If Hillary is indeed a war hawk, what kind would she be? After all, so much can be said about a war in its many forms, both foreign and domestic. That’s not to suggest that she would implement an authoritarian style of government with martial law, although nothing is truly impossible. What is Hillary’s foreign policy when it comes to war? Hillary has already demonstrated her stance with...
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...missionaries and the introduction of the European laws and values. (In an essay explain with concrete examples the political, social, economic, judicial, and religious structures of the village of Umofia from Achebe’s book Things Fall Apart. Also, state why Europeans were so determined to bring changes to this society and what kind of action Okonkwo took to defend his village.) 4. Examine the decline of the Ottoman Empire. What factors explain this process? What attempts at reform did the Ottomans undertake? (Bentley & Ziegler, chap.31) 5. Learn how and why Japan became industrialized (make sure you review your notes on the movie; Meiji Transformation). Learn also about hollow modernization of the Latin American countries. (Also Bentley & Ziegler pp. 724-728, 634-636 & chapter 30) 6. Definition, causes, and geopolitical scope and the result of the New Imperialism. (Class notes and read also, Bentley & Ziegler, Chapter 32) 7. African and Asian responses to Western Imperialism: Armed resistance and modernizing efforts. (Class notes) 8. Learn about the causes of World War I. How was it a global and modern war? Major consequences of the war for both Europe and the wider world. (Class notes and also, Bentley & Ziegler, Chapter33) 9. Learn about the rise of Fascism in Europe. (Review your class notes and read also, Bentley & Ziegler, chap.34) 10. Examine the causes and implications of the Great/Global Depression. Why was the Depression so widespread and...
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...Locks Virginia Woolf and Man in a Cage Virginia Woolf, on realising her admittance to an Oxbridge chapel would be prohibited, delights in the building’s exterior. Her vantage point is from the outside of the established patriarchal institutions and from there her critical work interrogates the structures that lock her out. The narrative essay A Room of One’s Own begins at Oxbridge, a mythical institution based on Oxford and Cambridge. There, being a women means she is physically prohibited from entering the library and the chapel. Even the bounds of the university lawns are restricted to her when a flapping, irate beadle responds automatically to her presence by ushering her from the grass to the gravel path. These white haired old dons, men with “tufts of hair growing on their shoulders,” run when another whistles and unthinkingly defend their stronghold of learning against the presence of a woman. In a Room of One’s Own, Woolf progressively unfolds an allegory of two sexes, both trapped in cages, where being locked in or out is detrimental to the society. The thinking of the hairy old dons at Oxbridge is set in stone, like the foundations of the great buildings at the university. To them men and women have different and separate roles to play– men in the public sphere and women in the domestic. The skeleton of the meta narrative which informs their thinking continues thus: men create and build empires; women support and nurture men in the home, men are the bastions of...
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