Cheyenne Schumacher
Final IOP Script
Slide 1:
Hi, I am Cheyenne Schumacher and today I will be presenting my IOP on Europe by Walt Whitman.
I would just like to give a brief overview of what I will be speaking to you about before I begin my analysis. First I will be speaking about some background history behind the poem, then go over my theme, and give a few examples to support my idea, then lastly presenting you with my complicated theme.
Slide 2:
Before I get into my analysis I am going to summarize the important historical context that affected the poem. But first for all of you who don 't remember all of the details of this particular poem I’m going to sum it all up really quickly. Whitman begins the poem talking about the civil war and …show more content…
When he says the “The 72nd and 73rd Years of These States” he is referring to the years 1772 and 1773 which is when the colonies under England were at very low point, they were being exulted to pay for a war that wasn 't their doing, they were tired of Britain continually piling on more and more taxes, and they were ready to fight for a chance to be free. 1773 was the year in which American colonists started taking bigger risks to protest the situation they were put in, that was the year they dumped a shipload of imported tea into the Boston Harbor. The reason behind this reference to the American revolution was that Whitman was trying to force the people to remember the last great war and how it had divided Americans, and of all the damage which was left in its wake. Also, to make people understand that If the nation chose to repeat the same mistakes of their predecessors and divided into the north and the south, it would surely be much worse than last time, because if they kept quarrelling it would continue to weaken the nation and eventually someone else would come in and try to take what they had fought so hard to make their own. It had happened in 1812 when the British thought the Americans were weak, they tried to take back what had originally been theirs before the revolution, but luckily failed to do so. He was trying to show the people of his time that …show more content…
Whether it be a blacksmith producing horseshoes or a factory man producing the latest trend everyone brings something to the table. But when they die in battle they lose the chance to bear those fruits and help progress the nation, instead another must take their place which only causes problems down the road when there is a shortage of something. When the young soldiers die in battle for their cause they are picked in their prime, their legacy ends there with
Final IOP Script
Slide 1:
Hi, I am Cheyenne Schumacher and today I will be presenting my IOP on Europe by Walt Whitman.
I would just like to give a brief overview of what I will be speaking to you about before I begin my analysis. First I will be speaking about some background history behind the poem, then go over my theme, and give a few examples to support my idea, then lastly presenting you with my complicated theme.
Slide 2:
Before I get into my analysis I am going to summarize the important historical context that affected the poem. But first for all of you who don 't remember all of the details of this particular poem I’m going to sum it all up really quickly. Whitman begins the poem talking about the civil war and …show more content…
When he says the “The 72nd and 73rd Years of These States” he is referring to the years 1772 and 1773 which is when the colonies under England were at very low point, they were being exulted to pay for a war that wasn 't their doing, they were tired of Britain continually piling on more and more taxes, and they were ready to fight for a chance to be free. 1773 was the year in which American colonists started taking bigger risks to protest the situation they were put in, that was the year they dumped a shipload of imported tea into the Boston Harbor. The reason behind this reference to the American revolution was that Whitman was trying to force the people to remember the last great war and how it had divided Americans, and of all the damage which was left in its wake. Also, to make people understand that If the nation chose to repeat the same mistakes of their predecessors and divided into the north and the south, it would surely be much worse than last time, because if they kept quarrelling it would continue to weaken the nation and eventually someone else would come in and try to take what they had fought so hard to make their own. It had happened in 1812 when the British thought the Americans were weak, they tried to take back what had originally been theirs before the revolution, but luckily failed to do so. He was trying to show the people of his time that …show more content…
Whether it be a blacksmith producing horseshoes or a factory man producing the latest trend everyone brings something to the table. But when they die in battle they lose the chance to bear those fruits and help progress the nation, instead another must take their place which only causes problems down the road when there is a shortage of something. When the young soldiers die in battle for their cause they are picked in their prime, their legacy ends there with