He also makes it seem like everything is crumbling around Paul, and destroying all hope of survival and return to normal life for anyone who had experienced the front line. This is very different from pro-war poetry, which makes war seem fun. Something Remarque does either subconsciously or very well, is to make you feel sorry for the German and Central Powers’ soldiers, and to grow a subliminal hate for the allied soldiers, no matter who’s side you came in on. The Textbook also does this well, but in reverse. The Textbook gives off a sense of dislike towards the Central Powers, and made them seem primitive and destructive for no reason.
The theme of disruption refers to the unbalancing of what is natural, a theme which is explored and opinionated in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein (1817) and Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner (Director’s cut), where ‘disruptive’ actions of individuals, involving the exploitation of nature, bring about [ironically] the character’s own downfall, and more importantly, an undesired outcome whilst playing god. The critical theme outlined in both texts is humanity’s desire for power which leads to the rejection of our natural world, and this, by extension, means turning to technology and other unconventional methods in order to gain knowledge and distinction. Shelley specifically cautions against scientific advancement and the obsession which follows
These dangers are produced by our history. They rest on the fact that in order to conquer this continent, the particular aloneness of which I speak—the aloneness in which one discovers that life is tragic, and therefore unutterably beautiful—could not be permitted. And that this prohibition is typical of all emergent nations will be proved, I have no doubt, in many ways during the next fifty years. This continent now is conquered, but our habits and our fears remain. And, in the same way that to become a social human being one modifies and suppresses and, ultimately, without great courage, lies to oneself about all one’s interior, uncharted chaos, so have we, as a nation, modified or suppressed and lied about all the darker forces in our history.
English 11- H 8 October, 2012 The Greatest Sinner Sin is very immoral; and is a despicable act that defies divine law. Anyone who is a sinner is thought of as an offender of what is pure. In the novel, The Scarlet Letter, Nathaniel Hawthorne which is a novel about an adulterous and her secret lover who wanted to escape the society of old time Puritan Boston and their own personal sins. One of the characters, Roger Chillingworth, wants them to pay through humiliation and guilt and so he wants them alive and to stay in Boston. He foils their plans to escape so the only other escape options were death.
France wasn’t part of the colonies like America was, America was sick of being treated badly, and unfairly so they decided to fight. But as for France they were having trouble with their government and needed to create a new one witch they did. And to me it seems like America had much more at stake. The American and French Revolution both worked out in favor of France and for America they both got what they wanted France got the government they fought for, and America parted ways with Britain. The two revolutions were a big part in both America’s history, and a big part in Frances history.
Thus, Shelley warns that the destructiveness of Man’s intrinsic desires for knowledge stems from the change in values. Scott’s film Blade Runner on the other hand, extrapolates the same negative stance towards Man’s hubris in a different context, one shaped by materialistic ethos. This drastic shift in time, where commercialism now dominates the world, is conveyed through the numerous low angle shots of advertisement billboards and blimps to illustrate the extinction of the values present in Shelley’s time. As a result, Man’s inexorable desire has shifted from knowledge to corporate greed and caused the world to become a Romantic dystopia. Tyrell’s
In Ray Bradbury's short story "There will come Soft Rains" technology negatively influences society. Ray Bradbury demonstrates the technology can and will lead to war, pain, and laziness. To begin, mankind’s misuse of technology leads to their end. Humans were so thoughtless and selfish that they fought until "a radioactive glow could be seen for miles" (Bradbury 90). Mankind was consumed with technology they ended up not thinking of the damage they could cause with a nuclear war.
it's the group of people that did not like the change and stood in the way of mills becoming industrialized. Laws in England were put into place because of the Luddites such as punishing the destruction of a machine by death. Another issue is finding the nessesary power supply for their mill. cost of coal, cost of replacing labor. 4. think of Microsoft i think.
For this reason, the pecado contra natura was feared and horrified the general public. This is because sodomy was believed to cause plagues, famines and natural disasters, based on the biblical example of Sodom and Gomorrah. Society saw sodomy as a sin against nature, a condemned sexual act that would not lead to procreation. As the machista culture was crucial to patriarchal colonial Latin America, the general population also usually ridiculed the passive male in the relationship more than the active one. The passive male was scorned and suffered much stigma “for having submitted to domination, being dependent, defeated, violated and effeminate.” As a result, society expected death to be the punishment for such a
There were multiple reasons for why the declaration of independence was written. Some of the reasons were as follows: the king is destructive, tyrannical, and he holds no concern for the welfare of his people. Here’s the proof. Jefferson once said, “He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.” This proves that he is destructive. When your own ruler turns his back on you or just takes what he wants of yours to use for himself, he’s destroying his country and many other things.