Global conflicts

War has impacted Canadian women’s lives in so many ways, both negatively and positively. Despite the forward movement of women’s rights, the uncertainty and struggle, huge death toll, broken promises and the economic downturn post war affected the lives of many women. Perhaps one of the most troublesome acts during the wars was the internment camps where immigrants, both women and men who considered themselves Canadian, were detained and imprisoned for being considered enemy aliens. Despite the…

The Second World War also continued the First World War tradition of documenting the western theatres in landscapes. By the early 1920s, a new group of Canadian painters emerged with the aim to help establish a Canadian identity in art. These seven artists, known as the Group of Seven, traveled around central and northern Ontario to paint landscapes with broad sweeping brushstrokes, which ultimately become their signature style. From 1920 until 1931, their Canadian landscapes were held in eight…

People go to war coming back changed as a person which is sometimes believed to be better and other times believed to be worse. Many people go to war for the sake of serving the country while others fear war and are scared of all the horrors people believe are involved in the act of going to war. The two poems talk about war but their purpose is different for the reason they are talking about war. The two poems can be compared due to their different points of view, the message the poem is trying…

The theme of "O Captain! My Captain!" is that sacrifices have to be made in order to be successful and gain greatness. Elegy: somber toned poem, lament for the dead This poem is an Elegy in honor of Abraham Lincoln. Walt Whitman wrote this poem a little after Lincoln's assassination. This poem is a big metaphor because it is about a captain -Abraham Lincoln- and his crew -Lincoln's followers- obtaining their sought out prize-winning the civil war- but after getting what they want the captain…

factory while making grenade switches for the military. This information further pushed him along his path of depression and was a part of the mental scarring he received indirectly from the war. It also goes to show even the people not involved in the conflict itself were still injured or even killed. It goes to show the terrors of war escapes no one even the people who are not directly involved in…

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…

perceive virtual conflicts in different ways. A secondary conclusion was that as a result, states respond to virtual conflicts with perverse, dissimilar behaviors. In studying the cases of the US, Russia, China; the research showed that states were divided on their interpretation of virtual space and lacked a shared understanding of to act within it. The essay begins with a general overview of virtual conflict and a description of important concepts related to this new conflict space, to…

pensive intellectuals, and humans, we live in an ever-changing society that faces conflicts and controversies on a daily basis. Those altercations could last for quite a short time or could span over multiple days, months, years, or even decades. In addition, they might take on a grandiose and visceral importance to the masses, or instead, they may act as a common issue, like interpersonal and intrapersonal conflicts. Conflicts of interests are a defining factor of human interactions for as long…

Diversity: Creates conflicts or is productive for a team? As we get more and more global and explore our horizons, diversity is inevitable for all of us. We deal with it on a day to day basis. A lot of us have left our native places and are travelling around the work for different purposes. People still have myths and believe in stereotypes when they relate anyone to the country they come from. Every initial relationship is based on biases and between people with minimum diversity in their…

recent times, the emergence of democracy and the modern state has been the main focus and feature of developing, and developed states. The necessity to be successful in adapting to a developed modern state, or maintain the success of the state on a global international scale, can result from the pre-requisites of the emergence of democracy. In order for states to emerge, they must have the existing pre – requisites of the emergence of democracy and sustained institutions. Nevertheless, if states…