Dulce et Decorum Est

Described within the poem Horace shares or “sings” to Pompeius, his friend, a welcoming. This poem entails the friendship shared between the two during their enlistment in the war on the side of Brutus as well as during the breaks between of the Battle of Philippi. Horace initially explains how the poor leadership of Brutus led to the demise of the army, its people and the battle. He continues to explain how he had fled early in the war while Pompeius had decided to remain behind, continuing to…

EA 3.2 Literary Analysis: character analysis Is a person wrong for wanting to keep their traditions and live by them? The Igbo people are people of war. They thrive through the blood of those who had done them wrong. They had their own complex society in which others from the outside world wouldn't understand. They lived in peace until a missionary came to the village. He proclaimed that what they do is wrong and that God will judge them on judgement day. The igbo people thought the missionary…

Digging Deeper in the Work of Stephan Crane The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane is one of a kind novel, in which the author romanticizes the character of Henry Fleming as a way to portray the reality of war. In the opening chapters of the novel, Crane establishes the setting, mood, and main characters of the story. Thus, the reader is made aware of the fact that the immediate society is being faced with a civil war, a war between the North and the South. Within the lenses of naturalism,…

He introduces the poem with the buzz saw rattling, the breeze drawing across, and the sun setting and describing the five mountain ranges one behind another. The tone used here is calm, but it immediately changes when the tragic accident occurs to a depressing and sorrowful tone. The poet uses examples of figurative language like personifying the saw, "the saw leaped ... leaped out at the boy's hand" and onomatopoeia, 'snarled and rattled'. The poems use a range of literary devices to convey…

In Isaac Babel’s short story My First Goose, the narrator struggles to fit in to the world of war. Babel illustrates the paradox and duality of war as a heroic and brutal endeavor, and in order to properly display this paradox, the narrator must travel to a world separate from normal civilian life. Here, he initiates himself into the brutal practices of this new world in order to fit in. Babel then reveals the consequences that the narrator faces from sacrificing, or not sacrificing, an integral…

War’s existence has occurred during the rise and falls of innumerable civilizations. People often view war as necessary, profitable, and patriotic. Whereas, on the other end of the spectrum individual’s opinions see war as mundane, wasteful, brutal, and reckless. Voltaire’s attitude through Candide enlightens the reader on the darker aspects of war and portrays his disgusted conceptualizations of it and its treatment of others. Voltaire’s attitude is evidently sickened by the atrocities of war…

“Contact rear, enemy, three hundred meters, open fire!” The command could be heard by the troops, who were crouched low behind a sandbag wall, providing covering fire until reinforcements arrived. All at once Alpha section raised their rifles over the cover and fired off all their rounds in rapid succession at the shout of their commanding officer. Bullets whipped through the air at the enemy, neutralizing the targets one by one without any casualties. “Alpha section, prepare to move!” The voice…

Tim O’Brien and Wilfred Owen both seek to convey to their readers the obscene brutality and wastefulness of war by presenting their own personal war stories. Through the intermingling of both past and present experiences and emotions in their texts, these writers are demonstrating the impact of war had on themselves as a means of conveying its horrors. O’Brien chooses to focus on the specific memories of the war itself while Owen chooses to reminisce on the happenings that took place before the…

Guy Masterson - A Master of Poignant Poetry Guy Masterson brings the trenches of the Great War to life in his one-man show Anthem for a Doomed Youth, one of four performances in his #LestWeForget series, at the Bakehouse Theatre this Fringe season. Whether performing solo or with an accompanying cast, he consistently brings excellent productions to Adelaide and this is no exception; the show features Masterson expertly and passionately presenting a moving compilation of poems and prose from…

How would we ever know how war truly is if it wasn 't for literature? Reading literature can help you better understand the hardships and tragedies, they Finish the positive attitude,and challenges your view about war. They touch our hearts, in a way that textbooks are unable to. A good story makes us put ourselves in those characters shoes. Stories spark empathy, they make you interpret them, and think of the many tragic possibilities and consequences that war can bring upon us. Literature…