Masayuki Mori

Stephen Crane was an American poet, novelist, impressionist, and a naturalist. His father was a Methodist minister and his mother was a woman with social concerns. Yet, he did not accept religious and social traditions. Crane was obsessed with war and very interested in any type of violence either physical or psychic. Even though he had never fought in war, he was a war correspondent. In his poems, "War is Kind" and "A Man Said to the Universe" Crane writes about war and the nature of human life…

"The State is all, worship the State!...Worship, bow down or die!" With these astonishing words, Stephen Vincent Benet prompts a disturbing question: when does patriotism cross the divide into state-worship? By creating myths of glory that affect the emotions, the elite is able to maintain power. Since nationalism is based on sentimentality, the elite manipulates citizens to accept uncritically the role of patriotism as a good thing. On the other hand, in "Dulce et Decorum Est" and "In Response…

faith in God by veterans after enduring WWI. Eliot suggests that the modern loss of religion creates a desolate and faithless society. Following WWI, the veterans that returned home were faced with the reality that dulce et decorum est pro patria mori, which translates to “it is sweet and honorable to die for one’s country” was not their truth. After witnessing the horrors that took place in the war, the veterans realized that falling for one’s country was not a glamorous gesture. Instead, it…

"Dulce et Decorum est" is a Latin titled poem meaning to die for one’s country. It was written during the World War 1 by Wilfred Owen in the 1920’s. The poem is known for its terrible imagery and denunciation of war. Also, the poem describes how sweet and honourable it is to die for one’s country. The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner is a five- line poem written by Randall Jarrell and published in the year 1945. The poem talks about the passing of a gunner during the Second World War in a Sperry…

Lawson is a dog who was tragically hit by a car. In typical fashion, the car did not stop after it hit Lawson and it kept driving. I guess there is a chance the driver did not realize he had hit Lawson, but from somebody who has hit a few other cars on the road with slight nicks and given the opportunity to say I didn't feel them, I can honestly tell you that you always feel them. When I bounced off that car and kept driving, I felt it! Me bouncing off of other people's cars and driving off due…

Dulce et Decorum Est Dying for one’s country in a battle is often depicted as one of the most honorable and noble things to do. The reality is that war is not heroic at all, but has in fact been romanticized before being presented to the public. In Wilfred Owen’s Dulce et Decorum Est he illustrates to the reader his realistic and terrible depiction of dying for one’s country through precise diction, moving imagery, and beautiful figurative language. Wilfred Owen uses precise diction in many…

We chose this picture and text because this text perfectly match up with this painting. They express the same theme and idea. Moreover, we can have the same feeling by reading and looking at this text and poem. After I researched this picture, I know that the painter of this painting is Gyrth Russell, an Canada war artist. The main color in this picture is blue, and blue is a symbol of sadness. However, there are also some orange in this pictures as well. Orange is a symbol of hope. The…

Throughout the poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” the author constantly uses many forms of imagery to help prove his point. With his use of similes, descriptive imagery and powerful word choice, Wilfred Owen, the author, is able to get the reader to understand the real side of war; a fight that is a horrific and disturbing experience to those fighting, which is contrary to the popular belief that war brings glory to those who partake in it. Owen utilizes creative similes to help the reader…

The motive of many movies and poems is to entertain and educate. Over the years of endless English classes, we learn that entertainment is not always funny and education is not always facts and dates. By watching movies, the watcher gets to have a better understanding of how a situation actually went, rather than reading bullet points of facts on a PowerPoint slide. Poems give the reader visuals by having comparisons and detailed adjectives. A main event that is frequently brought up and taught…

what it is made out to be. In one of his poems, Owen tells a horrifying experience of how he helplessly watched a soldier die during an attack with poison gas. It ended with a line from a Latin Ode written by Horace: “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori”(W. Owen,”Dulce et decorum est.”), which translated means “It is sweet and right to die for your country”(Roberts). The phrase used so often in propaganda to urge people to fight and be content with dying for their country. It’s ironic that Owen…