Bombyx mori

Intro Today I have been challenged to write a blog answering the question that both text and context do exist in literature. WW1 was a bloodbath there's no doubt and such awful things happened to the most innocent of lives, during the times of war however it shone a light on the poets who wrote both anti and pro war poems. Each with a different meaning, from Jessie Pope the women who encouraged young men to risk their lives for their country and honor to Owen Wilfred who’s words reached out to…

Wars are times of hardships and suffering, in which hundreds of lives are lost every day. Sometimes writers protest war to honor those who have fought and maybe heal their own psychological wounds. Some types of genres writers use are poem, short story, and novel. Imagery, irony, and structure are tools that writers use to protest war. Using Imagery to creating a mental picture in the reader’s mind, writers can protest against the ghastly events that happen in war. In “War Is Kind” the…

War has proven over a series of time that it destroys the human mind. It turns family against family, brother against brother, leaving a lasting affect on the human psych. Using literary elements, authors have a way of describing war through their writing. Liam O’Flaherty and Thomas Hardy are two examples of this. Liam O’Flaherty’s short story, “The Sniper”, and Thomas Hardy’s poem, “The Man He Killed”, contain a plot, irony, and theme to describe their thoughts on war, and can be used to state…

Confederate general, Robert E. Lee, in his letter, narrates his anguished thoughts pertaining to the conflicts between the North and South. Lee’s main objective is to express his extreme grief when seeing the Union in its current state of unease as well as to voice the plight of secession and ultimately civil war. He employs the uses of several rhetorical strategies including: doleful diction, hyperboles, and historical remembrance to efficaciously illustrate his feelings of melancholy towards…

Heller's novel Catch-22 established its reputation in the literary domain and distinguished itself from among war fictions as one of the most satirical and unflattering novels emerged from the ashes of war. Unlike many laudatory and rhapsodically novels which sing the praises of war, Heller's novel comes as a powerful deconstruction and bitter critique of the romantic sentiment of the American dream, in a way which probes deep into the hopes and aspirations of a tortured individual amid a…

”War is kind” is poem written by Stephen Crane and is about war and its aftermath. Stephen Crane perfectly summarizes war and those affected directly and indirectly in five stanza’s, the message of the poem is directed more towards the loved ones of the soldiers who died on the battlefield. Stephen Crane used blank verse poetry and is well suited for the subject of war because it doesn’t have the harmonious patterns of rhyme or rhythm. The second and fourth stanzas characterize a change in the…

The Terrible Beauty of the Forgotten War In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien’s, use of words to describe his memories of the Vietnam war transform the stories in his novel. O’Brien is able to take images of disturbing horror and turns them into a romanticized vision, that the reader can understand. Because this is a war story, it’s obvious there will be horrible images that O’Brien and his platoon had to experience, but he able to transforms them into beautiful narratives. Throughout the…

All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque, and the poem “Fulfillment”, by Robert Nichols, both convey the theme of horrors of war. They also share the literary device of imagery. The theme horrors of war informs the reader of the unromanticized effects and reality of the war. Both texts have heavy imagery that helps develop the scene for the reader. All Quiet on the Western Front is a book that follows soldiers through their battles, and “Fulfillment” is a poem that deals with a…

General, Robert E. Lee, in his letter, Letter to His Son, describes the succession of the southern states from the Union. Lee’s purpose is to express his view on the South’s decision to succeed from the Union. He uses patriotic diction, mournful tone, and repetition in order to let the readers feel how heartbreaking the Civil War was to him. Lee begins his letter by using patriotic diction to explain why he chose to fight for the South. He justifies his reason for fighting for the South by…

Imagery plays a prominent role in this novel. The utilization of imagery is used to establish two major things. One, it provides the reader with a better perception on the situation and create and illusion as if the reader is actually there. In addition, the imagery is used to demonstrate how Ishmael's mentality and morals are altered by war all through the novel. Towards the end of the novel, Beah reminisces much of what he had witnessed and endured in the war, which left him in a daze. At one…