Poison gas in World War I

the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road directed by George Miller, explore the challenges of post-apocalyptic futures. Hough and Miller focus on the ideas of war and survival. Hough challenges the reader to view the idea of war and survival through the use of literary techniques. Miller conversely uses film techniques to display this same idea of war and survival however in a distinctly different environment. Hough and Miller both explore disease and disaster in their texts and how this can lead to…

At the beginning of the book, Montgomery states that “the history of their dirt set the stage upon which economics, climate extremes, and war influenced their fate” (pg. 13). This quote leads to the question, “Why would so many unrelated civilizations like the Greeks, Romans, and Mayans…

“The Fighter” Book Report Moshe Wisniak is the main character of the book “The Fighter.” The main goal of this protagonist is that he needs to learn to fight so he can defend himself in certain situations. Moshe was born in Poland with his mother, younger sister but no father. When he was sixteen he moved to Paris in search of a better job. He got a job with his uncle for a little while working with leather. It isn’t the best job there, but that is all Moshe could get. Later on he…

War and Morality: Thucydides and Herodotus Jaylin Swan As I read both excerpts of Thucydides and Herodotus, I could tell that they had conflicting ideas about the question, “Is war good or bad?”. When I first thought on the topic, I was leaning more to the good side, but I re-read my notes and both excerpts and realized that I agreed with Thucydides’s argument; war is actually bad. Not only for the two nations that are fighting in the book, but for all nations and the…

avoiding intergroup comparison and its negative outcomes. For example, patriotism may foster a positive sense of identity and belong so that they can feel love and happiness in their nation. Yet, nationalism may lead to competition and then war such as World War I due to the arguments of nations which were attempting to take Herzegovina and Bosnia as their own as Europeans had proud of their nation and they believed others will threaten them. Moreover, it may cause extreme movements such as the…

and their superiors use them to enforce their rule. However, as the war progresses and the true madness and horror of warfare beco mes evident, the true conflict of the characters is revealed. Are these noble ideals truly worth the cost of their lives? In order to understand the world of Catch-22, we must first look at the author and his intent when writing this novel. Joseph Heller, the author of Catch-22, was an active anti-war advocate during the 1960s. Like his main character Yossarian,…

Remarque shows that the war forced change. It is a recurring theme in the novel for things to be different than they used to be. Whether it was a change in men or relationships, the author showed how the soldiers were forced to adapt to the reality of the war. The war robs men of their previous selves by ripping away everything that they once were. A perfect example of this is when Paul says “We are not youth any longer...We were eighteen and had begun to love life and the world; and we had to…

our land We have the past here We have the first cry of life We have the present, the present and the future We have this world here, and the hereafter So leave our country Our land, our sea Our wheat, our salt, our wounds Everything, and leave The memories of memory O those who pass between fleeting words!” (Doc 3). Other nationalism conflicts happened in Yemen which cause war and the break apart of countries in may 16, 1994, “…the borders etched by diplomats ignorant of or indifferent to…

It was 1967 when they became sweethearts, during the darkest times in Berlin. The East- West differences between Berlin hardened into a “Cold War,” so did the division of the city into East and West Berlin (Taylor). The German Democratic Republic had built “The Berlin Wall”. They believed that the West Berlin was threatening their way of life since Easterners were immigrating to the West because their jobs paid better or the people were defecting from communist rule (CNN). West Germany was not…

novel revealing the effect that war has on the people involved and address these issues as well as how harmful the glamorization of them are by writing an anti-war satire. Vonnegut executed this successfully by explainingly thoroughly the lasting effects war has on people and using examples of the negative and desperate ways that these people will try to cope with their feelings after getting out of the war. One important way Vonnegut explains how devastating war is, is by using understatements…