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By using allusion Wright takes some kind of distance to these unknowing Marine soldiers who do not care about politic and culture. The use of allusion and distance taking is for an example shown when he talks on the case about former president, of the USA, Bill Clintons unfaithfulness with his secretary, which was a major scandal to his office, but to the soldiers it’s just some gossip story.
“This is, after all the generation that first learned of the significance of the presidency not through an inspiring speech at the Berlin Wall but through a national obsession with semen stains and a White House blowjob”
This strengthens Ewan Wright’s integrity as an author.
By using In medias res in his article, Wright induces to get the readers attention from the start and maintain throughout the text.
The articles composition is very interesting. In the beginning of the text Wright writes generally speaking and reporting on the situation in which he finds him in. He describes the location; how the settings look like and which circumstances they’re under when they got …show more content…
These people who are defending the values of their country are actually people who are having problems socializing with other people as close to them as their parents. But somehow he also shows that these are the born war-machines because of the lack of emotions.
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It is clear to see how Ewan Wrights opinion on sending these young men to war, comes out through his article. The mental development of the Marine Soldiers shows how Wright focuses on the damage the war is causing to these unknowing soldiers who doesn’t know any better. They are a product of their environment and even though it outwardly seems they are prepared for combat the reality of warfare knocks them out before they’re ready to dodge the emotional hit.
I think the end phrase is a clear symbol of Wrights message through this text and his own point of view on this war. “What’s the first thing you think when you shoot a civilian? The recoil of your rifle.”
The rifles movement shows ironically the feeling and emotion of the soldiers before they go to combat and after. At first the main thought is killing when the trigger is pulled, but then comes the recoil of the rifle which symbolizes the emotions and damages coming right back to the shooter/soldier after his
“This is, after all the generation that first learned of the significance of the presidency not through an inspiring speech at the Berlin Wall but through a national obsession with semen stains and a White House blowjob”
This strengthens Ewan Wright’s integrity as an author.
By using In medias res in his article, Wright induces to get the readers attention from the start and maintain throughout the text.
The articles composition is very interesting. In the beginning of the text Wright writes generally speaking and reporting on the situation in which he finds him in. He describes the location; how the settings look like and which circumstances they’re under when they got …show more content…
These people who are defending the values of their country are actually people who are having problems socializing with other people as close to them as their parents. But somehow he also shows that these are the born war-machines because of the lack of emotions.
Comment
It is clear to see how Ewan Wrights opinion on sending these young men to war, comes out through his article. The mental development of the Marine Soldiers shows how Wright focuses on the damage the war is causing to these unknowing soldiers who doesn’t know any better. They are a product of their environment and even though it outwardly seems they are prepared for combat the reality of warfare knocks them out before they’re ready to dodge the emotional hit.
I think the end phrase is a clear symbol of Wrights message through this text and his own point of view on this war. “What’s the first thing you think when you shoot a civilian? The recoil of your rifle.”
The rifles movement shows ironically the feeling and emotion of the soldiers before they go to combat and after. At first the main thought is killing when the trigger is pulled, but then comes the recoil of the rifle which symbolizes the emotions and damages coming right back to the shooter/soldier after his