Weaam Shawesh Final Assignment Source one is a letter to The Times newspaper written anonymously on November 23, 1916. It tells us about the physical and psychological impact of the war on soldiers on the Western front for more than two years. Physically, the soldiers were worn away, facing more dangerous threats as time passed. Psychologically, their energy and hope was worn out as tragedies built on top of each other day by day. They also suffered from shell shock which could take a lifetime to recover, majorly affecting their abilities.
LOST LANGUAGE In “Tribal Talk” by Michelle Nijhuis and “speaking in Tongues” by James Geary, both writers talked about how the hundreds and thousands of different tribal languages spoken in the past by millions have been cut down in half. Languages that are less known or spoken have been endangered today or nearly extinct just like some wild life going into extinction. But losing a language is more than the way of communicating; losing a language means the loss of its culture. The best argument I found in reading these two articles was in Nijhuis’s “Tribal Talk.” Nijhuis talked about what’s at stake in losing one’s own language which in this case was the Blackfoot language, called otherwise Piegan. Nijhui mentioned “What’s at stake is more than words.” (4) I would totally agree with that quote because I think one language contains a culture’s unique mysteries and their heritage for kids and other to learn about them.
Artie Spiegelman, who wrote Maus: A Survivor’s Tale Vl & Vll, is a book with graphic details, not just with words but with pictures, too. As a Native American, my native language is disappearing like how Vladek was very affected by tragic horror. It’s horrible having to learn from what history shows us, yet having to understand the survivor’s side of the story and the lesson from it. I can honesty imagine how my people went through this. Living day to day like Vladek did mostly in Volume II of Maus.
Unfortunately one soldier doesn’t get his mask on in time and suffers a horrific death. Owen then describes the nightmares he has after witnessing such an awful sight which leads up to the moral message at the end of the poem. Wilfred Owen uses a number of literary techniques to describe the physical and mental suffering of the soldiers marching back to base. For example imagery is expressed with the use of the simile “like old beggars, under sacks” is effective because it compares the young soldiers to old beggars showing that the war has prematurely aged them and the sacks refer to the heavy bags of equipment they carry on their backs. A similar example would be the simile “coughing like hags” again a reference to being old as a hag is an elderly woman.
Also the environmental damage with oil spills, chemical weapons and nuclear radiation damage. Otherwise there are a lot of other sacrifices in war. Many brave soldiers with a family and friends at home get killed and leave a lot of people in a big sorrow. It can take years or perhaps a lifetime to move on when you looses someone you love. And for those who have survived a war will maybe never get over what they have seen and experienced of terrible things in the war.
Three years later, Jack reflects of this conversation, realizing that power over someone leads to corruption. He recalls that Judge Irwin is dead and Willie himself is dead. This search for dirty secrets lasts for many months, and results in the death and transformations of many people. Jack remembers, "Little Jackie made it stick all right", revealing that politics and corruption can cause unforeseen tragedy. Jack considers himself to be an idealist, which is his first try to circumvent the idea that actions have consequences.
These awful events, discussed and regarded in a much different light half a century ago, are analyzed quite divergently now that mankind has had fifty years to ponder on its errors. Not only did millions of people perish during the Holocaust and immediately after the Nagasaki episode, but many more lost their lives some time afterwards, victims of physical deterioration, mental illness created by the tragic events, and depression brought upon by memories of the horrors. Anja Spiegelman is one such case. She found her demise twenty years after surviving the death camps, a victim of their memories. In a sense, she did not survive.
Xinyi Huang Writing 121 4:00 PM Essay #1 ( Fixed Version) November 19, 2013 Lost Language In “Tribal Talk” by Michelle Nijhuis and “Speaking in Tongues” by James Geary, both writers talked about how the hundreds of thousands of different tribal languages spoken in the past by millions have been cut down in half. The death of these languages brought devastating effects to the human society, because as the languages begin to disappear, the culture and traditions that was tied to the language will slowly die off also. Dying languages aren’t just a thing of the past. Hundreds of languages, and its’ culture, have been lost in the past century, and many lesser known languages are near the brink of extinction. Efforts should be made
Joseph Canlas Bergen Catholic AP U.S. History September 26, 2011 The Impact of the Great Depression on Social Groups A decade following the end of World War II, tragedy befell the United States. With the transition from war to a time of peace, factories previously dedicated to the production of warfare supplies (i.e. ammo, artillery, clothing, vehicles) were forced to either shutdown or change their produce. Large amounts of money were used in the demobilization of soldiers and these incoming soldiers were in great need for re-entry into the work force. The size of the army was decreasing at the expense of the labor market, which struck its peak at 1.6 million people.
written by Jessie Pope, and finally contrast this with the poems by Owen. DISABLED I think that in the poem 'Disabled', Wilfred Owen is trying to convey the real tragedy of war. Many people think only of those killed but reading the poem you remember that many people who were not killed in the war could still have suffered a lot more. In the poem Owen focuses on one young man, a single victim of war. It shows the effect the war has on the young man's life, when on returning from the war he has been maimed "legless, sewn short at elbow" Owen writes the poem with style.