However, personal experience is also a factor which impacts on every conflict, and from what the person has experienced from their own past, it can change the way that person views the other. Prejudice is a major issue which plays a huge role in the conflict of Twelve Angry Men, where Rose has this factor impacting on the play as a whole. The conflict in twelve Angry Men is one which explores the limits of racism, “one of them”, and displays many prejudice acts that meet the measures of life in 1950s America. Rose had the involvement of the jury, and the case its self, as an illustration of prejudiced actions and forms of personal behaviours
Afghanistan has experienced a quarter century of conflict. Series of violent acts come after each other, all with a different reason behind it. The whole story line is created by a sequence of violent acts and revenge. It shows us the real nature and background of the characters and the violence essentially clarifies the note of courage and cowardice. It's a theme that expounds the struggles of each different character.
Many of the results of physical pain were due to the oppressed environment and the very nature of war. The emotional injuries were encountered through the soldier’s constant struggle for survival. Soldiers were sent home after their tour of duty but many experienced post traumatic war syndrome; mentally and psychologically scarring these soldiers. In a war it is evident that wounds always remain for those who have experienced it. Physical pain is a primary ‘stereotypical’ effect of war which most people understand of being the broad result of war.
How does Owen portray the horrors of war in Dulce et Decorum Est? “Sweet and honourable it is, to die for one’s country” World War I was an abominable ordeal that shocked the world, caused over 16 million people to lose their lives and millions more to suffer for years. Wilfred Owen has described so horrifically the horrors of war, each one seems to grow in significance until everything blurs together into a foul and futile torment that will haunt the dreams of every man for all their lives. Throughout the poem Owen attempts to eliminate the misconception that it is “sweet and honourable... to die for one’s country”, as the title of the poem suggests, through his use of vivid imagery, descriptive language and first person narrative. In the first stanza, Owen presents the idea that the personal struggles faced every moment on the front line are extremely underestimated, immeasurably terrifying and “obscene”.
In The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway, there are a lot of people that live difficult lives, with the constant burden of some past hardship. It is in living with these hardships that a story emerges, and the character becomes interesting. Jake perfectly models the quote "the world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong in the broken places," loosing his manhood, and being broken by the world, but then becoming the only one who can stand against Brett's seduction, and the only one who seems to be able to manage their life by the end of the book. Jake served in world war I. this was a common thing to do back then, because this was when war was just tipping off the edge of being civilized, and people were still patriotic and wanting to help serve. Jake was willing to serve his country, and paid for it dearly.
Communism in Romania: The Ceausescu Regime Communism was a bloody ideology that caused millions of innocent deaths in the 20th century and it affected half the globe. It was a nightmare, which promised equality and justice, but which brought atrocities, death, torture and fear. In spite of all this history nations like China, Cuba, North Korea, Vietnam and Laos still embraced this ideology. However, it left deep scars on the people and nations who experienced it. For many nations the process of getting rid of the communist reminiscences and legacy and going back to democracy has proven to be a tough one.
The oppression of individuals transcends throughout many historical eras. Many instances occur because of the misuse of power, which compromises an individual’s integrity. It is the wishful thinking of society that individuals are educated about oppression to avoid more of these incidents, yet many countries still face racial and cultural barriers. In the essay “The Metropolis and Mental Life”, Georg Simmel states, “the deepest problems of modern life flow from the attempt of the individual to maintain the independence and individuality of his existence against the sovereign powers of society, against the weight of the historical heritage and the external culture and technique of life.” (Simmel, The Metropolis and Mental Life p. 316). Simmel’s ideology portrays culture’s ability to oppress individuals due to the effects of social norms and the abuse of power.
He also bears witness to immense hatred and brutality towards his people from the Muslims, and experiences gruesome torture and killing on a large scale. Through the cultural values he is raised with and his experiences as a lost boy of Sudan, it is shown that one’s own cultural values and experiences impact their understanding and acceptance of the cultural practices of those around them. Throughout his childhood Jal fights as a soldier in the civil war between Arabs and Christians, and the impact of the war brings about a lack of acceptance and understanding of the cultural practices of the Arab people. Because he has been raised to believe that the Muslims are his enemy, he resents them as a people and in turn is non-accepting of their cultural practices and goes on to constantly criticize their customs. “Soldiers had left the camp this morning to go fight, and I knew they would strike the moment our enemy’s prayer chants snaked into the sky.
Conflict is the struggle which grows out of two opposing forces, whether the forces being man vs man, man vs himself, man vs nature. Good examples of conflict can be found in almost any book. Najaf is a man riddled with all sorts of conflict, and so are many other people throughout life. A main form of conflict that can tear people apart is war, war affects nearly everyone in some way and most of all the people in that country, whole societies are affected at once. All people deal with conflict and war in different way and sometimes never fully recover at all.
These characteristics get him in trouble and cause his life to change drastically. In the beginning of the novel the audience is presented to Okonkwo and his harsh personality. In his village he is known for being a tough warrior but this achievement has its consequences. In chapter two of the novel the reader gets an understanding of the way Okonkwo is perceived by his family when it states, “Okonkwo ruled his household with a heavy hand. His wives, especially the youngest, lived in perpetual fear of his fiery temper, and so did his little children.” This demonstrates the fear his family feels towards him.