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In the story Sula, Toni Morrison gives the accounts of various characters, and the most complex of them all is Shadrack. Shadrack was born in the years leading to the First World War, and at a tender age, he found himself tossed into the chaos of war. The experiences that he had during the war left him traumatized. What the author called shell-shocked and is known in the modern day mental health care as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. At that time, mental health had not evolved to the point of…

It is easy to believe that attaining peace in this world where violence and wars are so apparent is getting much harder. Perhaps to the point in which it is verging on the impossible. ‘Eve of Destruction’ expresses a strong but heartfelt warning towards how our hypocrisy as a society is edging us closer to our own demise . The writer, P.F Slogan, addresses both the solider and society singing about being on the ‘eve of destruction’. He wrote, “You’re old enough to kill but not for voting”,…

The Oxford Dictionary online (2016) defines international relations as “the way in which two or more nations interact with and regard each other, especially in the context of political, economic, or cultural relationships”. However, what to include and exclude in the definition is a controversial topic and there is still no decisive answer of what international relations means. Scholars have been suggesting various definitions, for instance, one source stated that International Relations (i.e.…

exciting but football fans believe the fan base is 99% men but thank your stars am here to knock something into your head – ‘FOOTBALL IS FOR EVERYONE’. I am an Arsenal fan and I’ve been waiting for this season with the hopes that Arsenal would win the league title for first time since the invincible. I spend most of my time watching Match day live, Fan zone, football today and of course football games. However, over the years I have compiled five shits thrown at me every season from male…

World War I and World War II are two of the most studied wars in the history of our planet. Despite the fact that they share a common name, the two wars are very different. These differences, however, do not render them polar opposites, as there are many similarities and connections to cause and effect. But as wars, World War I and World War II have many common and unique traits. The first similarity is the conglomeration of power amongst countries through alliances. In World War I (WWI), the…

not affect you personally, the amount of hate and disunity that has spread like wildfire in this country since the day Donald Trump has announced this election should awaken even the most ignorant of us. I am proud to know that students of the Ivy League schools, where individuals are deemed to be upper class, were visibly affected by this election. I too wish I could run and scream and cry the day after this terrible election. The amount of times I cried that day was too many to count. This…

Introduction Hironaka’S Tokens of Power is a book written from a social relativistic standpoint of war and its meaning in society. The title of the book plays on the central theme that the winning of wars is a gaining of these imaginary tokens. In relevance to today’s news internationally, we can see a mad grab for these tokens of power in the Middle East and in other surrounding countries as different nations try to garner maximum power over others in their efforts to dominate world interests…

George S. McGovern once said “I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in.” McGovern is stating that the “old men”, the government use the young men of a specific country to fight the wars they initiate. War is most of the time seen as a sense of pride and tribute for one’s country, but many don’t realize the savagery battlefields hold. Just like George McGovern, the poet, Wilfred Owen, who was a soldier in World War One and died in that Great War wrote many…

Prior to treaty negotiations, Lloyd George and Collins effected one another’s actions because they were on opposing sides during the Anglo-Irish War where the IRB challenged the British presence in Ireland. After Sinn Fein candidates, Collins included, won seats in Parliament across Ireland, they refused to take their seats and instead formed their own parliament called Dail Earnnian. Lloyd George’s response to Sinn Fein’s establishment of an illegal parliament was not to try and forcefully…

Peace is one of the most important concepts that many people around the world long for. However, during World War I, propaganda in Britain and other countries meant that many soldiers were ecstatic to join the war and serve their countries. After gaining first-hand experience himself, Wilfred Owen’s “Disabled” exposes the calamity of war, by contrasting a generic disabled soldier who is young and naive before the Great War, when he was “whole”, and after losing his legs (and possibly arms) in…