Ypres

A common misconception of humans is that we are born good or evil. However, a much more significant factor other than genes is nurture. Who molded you into who you are today? Was it your parents and your friends? In the short story “The Half-Husky”, by Margaret Laurence Vanessa is raised in a very caring environment and she turned out to be a very caring human being, while Harvey was raised by an aunt who did not even want him, this resulted in him becoming a “bad egg”. In the novels of the…

Everyone experiences loss. For instance, a cherished relative passing away, going through a lousey break-up, or a best friend moving away; it is just part of life. Losing someone is tragic and can change a person or place forever. Whether it be the way someone handles their grief of losing a loved one or the memory of where many people were killed like multiple war battlefields. This shown in these modernist poets poems: “Grass” by Carl Sandburg, “I Shall Not Care” by Sara Teasdale, or The Love…

In the first letter a man named Dick is writing home to his mother explaining to her what has happened in about the last week. He explains his time waiting in the trenches for the artillery to commence on the Germans. He then explains that when they push forward that they are met with machine guns firing at them. Some get hit with shrapnel but that was the least of their worries. He says how it was terribly awkward for him since he was untouched when the mere boys serving with him had it much…

The wife has “such a talent for making cloth that she [surpasses] the weavers of Ypres and Ghent” (23). This statement of skill marks an important difference in the descriptions of the Wife and the Prioress — Chaucer describes the Prioress mainly by her attitude and manners, whereas he characterizes the Wife by her talents. This characterization…

During the 20th Century, war became a condition of existence for both soldiers and civilians partly because, this condition, PTSD/Shell Shock was spreading. What was thought to be a physical and mental issue and is now known as a psychological condition. Although society today has come much farther than when in World War One or Two, it was a slow road getting to how society views it now.The social stigma against PTSD makes it arduous to treat and slowed the progression of how it’s viewed.The…

Chemical weapons are known for being one of the most dangerous and destructive weapons ever made. They cause terror and destruction at the hands of people who use them with the slightest of ease. They are banned by the UN, along with nuclear weapons, but what is a chemical weapon, and could there be a non banned or acceptable use for one. Chemical weapons are not as cut and dry as we often believe, and there could quite possibly be a non banned weapon now, depending on judgement. To know what…

New technology introduced in World War I was indispensable for the Allies to surmount obstacles and win World War I. Prior to World War I, countries used ineffective and archaic weapons like knives and rifles to bear the brutal conditions of war. However, advanced weaponry (such as poison gas, machine guns, tanks) improved chances for the Allies (Britain, France, Russia, and United States) and Central Powers (Germany and Austria-Hungary) to compete and win the war. New weaponry enabled both…

places. Austerlitz is the place where Napoleon won the war against Austria army in 1805, and Waterloo is the place where Napoleon loses the war by the U.K. and Prussia allied force in 1815. Gettysburg is where the U.S. Civil war was occurred in 1861, Ypres and Verdun are where First World War was occurred. Therefore, all these places are where people are bloodily died because of the war. In the first stanza, ‘I’ is ‘grass’ and ‘grass’ says that piles all dead bodies and shovels them under the…

Dutch society from the commercial class of merchants, but also from the manufacturing and lower classes as well. Leading twentieth century French historian Fernand Braudel points to two specific examples of these contributions thusly: Workers from Ypres and Hondschoote [modern day areas of Belgium and France, respectively] were responsible for the textile boom in Haarlem. And in the late seventeenth century, the industry of the entire United Provinces was given a considerable boost by the…

The First World War ensues, and Dunny finds himself immersed in the fighting in Europe. While in the Third Battle of Ypres, Dunny clears a German machine gun nest, though badly injures his leg. While lying on the ground in peril, Dunny looks up and sees Mary Dempster’s face in that of the Madonna’s “…about ten or twelve feet…” (Davies, 70) above him. Dunny later returns…