Owen then seeks to convince the reader that it is not honourable or right to die for your country, as the title of the poem suggests so. He does this very successfully by presenting his very own opinion through a series of horrific and blood gorging imagery to show that the war is not honourable to die for. In stanza one, Owen describes the physical state of the soldiers to allow the reader to visualise and sense the cruel reality of how the war was for them. Their situation is made more realistic through the use of first person plural as displayed in the line “we cursed through the sludge”. Unexpected and contrasting descriptions of the soldiers such as referring to them as “bent double, like old beggars under sacks”, and associating them with animals by referring to them as “blood shod”, also changes the reader’s perception of what conditions were like during the war.
I am writing this letter regarding the issues of live cattle export published in the age's education section issues. The writer's contention is telling the reader about the live export trade from Indonesia and cruelty to Australian cattle being harmed in Indonesia and being exported. The writer also explains to the reader about how this is done and how these animals are being harmed. My contention of this issue is that I think that live export trade should not happen as it is putting too much harm and stress on the cattle. In my opinion I think live cattle export should stop, it is just a bad image for Indonesia.
PETA also attacked McDonalds for the same reason in hope that their powerful image throughout the world would influence the farms and slaughterhouses to change their ways. Instead of attacking the source, they attack the companies that buy from them to try to embarrass them and ruin their reputation. These independent companies that sell chicken as well as other meats make a small profit when all is said and done. The way that these companies can make a profit is by trying to make themselves as efficient as possible, which can cause them to treat animals poorly. These corporations are out of the public view and are largely anonymous, which makes it difficult to target.
We know this because as we read on we find out that he kills Tybalt and Paris to be with Juliet. This is also similar to the poem “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke. This is because the poem is all about his love for his country, just like Romeo’s love for Juliet, and that he will always fight if it is for his country and that fighting is the right thing to do because there is a reason behind it. It is like the love that Brooke has for his country has blinded him, just like Romeo’s love for Juliet has blinded him and he will do anything to be with her. Mercutio, from “Romeo and Juliet”, thinks that conflict is needed to support his honor and to make people think he is not a ‘wimp’.
Crane’s speaker is intended to not be Stamps 2 trustworthy so that the reader can see the sarcasm being illustrated. The persona chosen by both authors helps their individual poems to each build a distinct tone. Crane’s choice of persona builds a tone of sarcasm as the speaker depicts “a field where a thousand corpses lie” yet also refers to war as being kind (11). The sarcastic tone shows the reader that war is not kind. The speaker is untrustworthy as he states that “war is kind” after describing the death of a woman’s father (12-15).
You can find many differences between “To An Athlete Dying Young” written by: A.E. Housman; and “Digging” written by: Seamus Heaney. “To An Athlete Dying Young” is obviously the superior poem. There are many easy ways to tell this. The flow is better, more can relate to this poem, and the message of this poem is more inspirational.
In Ray Bradbury’s novel ‘Fahrenheit 451’ Bradbury explores the development of his protagonist Guy Montag. Guy gradually increases to rebel the dystopian society in which he is inhabited. Bradbury investigates this through a wide range of literary techniques to convey the development of his protagonist. At first, the reader is shown that Montag is pleased and contented with his life. This is proved by the effective and striking first line; ‘It was a pleasure to burn’ The reader may be potentially shocked at the interesting word choice as the noun ‘pleasure’ – which has strong positive connotations and linked with happiness and enjoyment – is juxtaposed with ‘burn’ which is associated with destruction.
The theme Conformity is expressed in Fahrenheit 451 by the use of figurative language and motifs. When Montag comes back to work Beatty is still trying to convince him that books are bad for people, after Beatty is done lecturing to Montag, Faber tells Montag, through the earpiece, that he can choose whatever side he thinks is right “But remember that the Captain belongs to the most dangerous enemy of truth and freedom, the solid unmoving cattle of the majority” (104). Bradbury uses the metaphor comparing the majority to cattle for two reasons: to show the vastness and solidity of it and to show the similarity of the people in the majority. Majority always rules and even though what is believed by the majority may be wrong, logically or morally, it is still what will be carried out. This quote ties to Conformity, because the majority wasn’t always the majority.
This allows the message to sink into the reader. The title of the novel is an obvious indicator to the author’s purpose which is to criticise prejudiced societies and people in the world. The mockingbird symbol is referred to by a variety of characters; from Atticus to Miss Maudie to Mr Underwood who “likened Tom’s death to the senseless slaughter of songbirds”. Atticus’s message against harming those who have done no wrong is passed on to his son Jem who advises Scout to let a roly poly bug live “because they don’t bother you.” By doing this, Atticus exhibits that all it takes is the power of one to make a change to overcoming prejudice in people. His courage in defending ‘coloured’ Tom Robinson in a court case and enduring insults such as “nigger-lover,” helped to bring about the beginning of change in Maycomb.
There is also a brief and personal pathology that has brought on the outbreak of war. Through this poem Auden shows that sadness, death, poverty and war is caused by bad leaders who govern a country. Additionally, the leaders decisions do not reflect the views of the people. Auden states in the first stanza line 9 and 10, “ Obsessing our private lives; the unmentionable odor of death”. In these lines Auden is explaining that these leaders are unaffected by what the people say so matter what’s happening to them their order will be the same.