Siege of Sarajevo

Answer: The siege of Sarajevo was the longest siege in modern history, and an estimated 12,000 people lost their lives. Goran Simic wrote this poem to convey and express his experiences of helplessness, horror, death and fear in Sarajevo during this dreadful useless siege. The title itself implies the sadness and misery the capital of Bosnia was suffering from. “Sorrow of Sarajevo”, this is to show how Sarajevo as a whole, felt grief and anguish after their loved ones were killed for no reason. They were trapped, unable to escape and flee from the endless consequences of war, they felt helpless had lost all hope for the siege to end . In the first stanza, the poet describes his surroundings and his daily lifestyle that he had grown accustomed to. “ The Sarajevo wind”, the wind could be interpreted as a calm, gentle breeze, which does not make much sense because it would give a positive image, therefore, contrast with the idea of sorrow and sadness. However the wind could also be interpreted as a strong destructive force, blowing harshly through the streets of Sarajevo. This interpretation comes with a more negative image, how the idea destruction has reached every corner to remind the people of their terrible life that they had no control of. The second line…

The Siege of Sarajevo was an event in which two-hundred thousand people lost their lives. The book I had the pleasure of reading was “The Cellist of Sarajevo” by Steven Galloway. The purpose of this literature was to bring light to the “Siege of Sarajevo” that occurred between 1992 and 1996 and to show the humanity/inhumanity found within. The novel elicits many ideas which can be narrowed down to: war, symbolism, structure, character developments and historical context which will all be…

out in Zlata's home country. As a young girl, she never expected the war to reach her hometown of Sarajevo. When it did, she learnt the lesson of war- that people she love can die by a bullet or a bomb, life is harder without electricity or water, and that one of the most important things is family. As the war became harsher, she kept on writing in her journal which she named Mimmy, even after her school…

The Archduke and his wife left their estate on June 23. They were given many warnings not to go to the capital city of Bosnia, Sarajevo. They ignored the warnings and were even given a bad omen when his car’s axels overheated on the way to the Bosnian border. The Archduke said, “Our journey starts with an extremely promising omen. Here our car burns, and down there they will throw bombs at us”. As they drove into the capital city of Sarajevo they attracted a crowd of onlookers with the…

World War I probably affected my great great great grandparents. It began in 1914 when a Serbian nationalist murdered Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife. Austria-Hungary, then declared war on Serbia. Europe was divided in two, the Triple Alliance, made up of Austria-Hungary, Germany and Italy, versus the Triple Entente, made up of Russia, France, and Great Britain. As more and more countries got involved, the Triple Alliance became known as the Central Alliance, and the Triple…

Main Causes of World War 1 There are a lot of things that factor in when discussing what caused World War 1. The main causes of World War 1 was; militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Some things that led to these factors was the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. His assassination triggered the outbreak of WWI. After his assassination is when Austria declared war on Serbia. Nationalism was also another cause. Nationalism encouraged the public people to support military…

June 28, 1914. What began as a day meant to be a simple visit to a province of Austria turned into one of the darkest days our history has ever seen. Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenburg, were being driven through the Austro-Hungarian province of Bosnia and Herzegovina in the town of Sarajevo. Earlier in the day, before the fateful incident, Nedeljko Čabrinović had actually attempted to get the deed done before anyone else could, throwing a grenade…

World War 1 is a very prominent war in our history. Many countries fought in this war and many people didn’t finish it. Many different things impacted on the people not fighting in the war and the people fighting in the war. World War 1 had united many countries and families together but also at the same time many of them were separated. World War 1 was a global war that took place in Europe. The war began on 28th July 1914 and ended on the 11th November 1918. More than 70 million military…

Once upon a time serbian was a tiny piece of the ottoman empire, but then Serbia gained independence from the ottoman Empire in 1815 and then its biggest fear was annexation by the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Serbs all they wanted is for the country to become all slavic and their ally russia supported them. Austria-Hungary did not approve due to the vast slavic population they already have. The Austrian-Hungarians were scared that if they permit that the serbs would rebel. therefore they annexed…

In 1914 the world witnessed the beginning of a war that would kill approximately 9 million men and cost the world a total of 186 billion dollars. On July 28th, 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Austria-Hungary claimed to begin the war due to the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, but the true motivation behind the war was much more complicated. The true origins of World War 1 were country alliances, imperialism, nationalism, and militarism. What could have been settled…