Misjudgements In Wilfred Owen's Song 'The Nest'

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People misjudge others a lot. It's normal and it's been happening for 100’s of years. Most wars are caused by misunderstandings or people misjudging each other. Such is the case in the 3 articles. The first one is a story, the second one is a song, and the third one is a poem. All three of them are examples of misjudgements.

Firstly, “The Nest” is a story revolving around a boy named Jimmy and his friend Paul. None of the neighbourhood parents approve of Paul because of his past. In this story Paul is misjudged because of a mistake he made in the past and also because his father drinks. The lines “All those parents had stopped the gang from going with Paul because he was once in reform school” and “His father drinks,” said Mrs. Swanson quietly.”And Paul came out of reform school,didn’t he? He stole from a candy
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In this song the soldiers who fight in wars are misjudged because people think that soldiers are too blame for wars. The Stanza “His orders come from him no more. They come from him, and you, and me and brothers can’t you see this is not the way to put an end to war,” supports the fact that soldiers aren't to blame instead it's society who's to blame. Society is who tells soldiers to go fight in wars. It says the soldiers orders come from himself and you and me which means it's everyone who tells the soldiers to fight in war. We all are to blame for war.

Finally, “First They Came” is a poem about world war two and how the nazis came and took control over people's lives. In this poem the speaker misjudges when he or she is supposed to speak out for others. The lines “First they came for the jews and I did not speak out because I was not a jew” and “Then they came for me and there was no one left to speak for me” support my opinion because it shows how the speaker did not stand up for anyone but when the nazis came for him there was no one left to speak out for him or

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