We know Fitzgerald is describing the valley in contrast to the ‘eggs.’ We can see this from how he calls the valley “a Fantastic farm where ashes grown like wheat” the quote which is almost sarcastic reflects on how such a dead place is vibrant and appears to be full of life. This is further developed when Fitzgerald claims the ashes in the valley “take the form of houses” this tells us that it has a ghostly effect onto those who enter, compared to the eggs where it is full of people. Fitzgerald is also clever to place a reminder of how civilisation currently was at the time; this is by the sign showing the “eyes of Doctor T. J Eckleburg” this is used to remind us about the contrast of the two places in America and hints at the idea the rich are aware of the extreme contrast but are only watching it. We also see contrast from the way Fitzgerald describes Wilson’s garage by calling it “unprosperous and bare” this is a huge contrast to how Fitzgerald describes the apartment later on in the novel. While the garage is bare and empty the apartment is “crowded to the doors with a set of tapestried furniture entirely to large for it.” This quote also builds on the hypocrisy of the time as the rich are willing to over do their apartments while the poor have no choice.
Cemeteries contained family history, sculptures, artistic composition and its craftsmanship, and attitudes towards death. Many cemeteries were located on the outskirts of town on a hillside overlooking the town. The cemeteries are in close proximity to churches. Before the Civil War cemeteries plots were sold to individuals and were kept up by the individual plot owner. After the Civil War in Cincinnati, Ohio, Spring Grove Cemetery, Superintendent Adolph Strauch introduced the lawn plan system, which means the cemetery would be kept up by the cemetery ("National register publications," 2010).
Anthem For Doomed Youth is a sonnet written by Wilfred Owen about the realities of war. Wilfred Owen was a soldier during WW1 and therefore understands fully the true experiences of war. He was against war and was appalled by the effects of war on people and their families. The purpose of the poem is to inform the public of the true realities of war and how young men where dying needlessly. This was because during war times the media would tell the public that the war going great and that the men where doing just fine, but this obviously just wasn’t true.
His use of patriotism, honour and enthusiasm gives across a positive tone to the poem. The second sonnet ‘The Dead’ expresses the deep reverence for the sacrifice of those who have died in the war. Although the poem is about the death of the soldiers, the poem’s tone of patriotism and the relation to Christ makes death glorious to the readers, and at the time, would make war sound glorious to them, making them sign up. Using the remembrance of those who have fallen, and by explaining how they did not die in vain makes the idealism of war very effective. The third poem is ‘The Soldier’; Brooke uses the message of England being the soldiers’ mother and the personification of England itself to raise pride and morality for the young men signing up for the army.
The subject of ‘For the Fallen’ is an elegy reminding us how many men died so that we may live. ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke is about a soldier’s relationship with his country whilst at war. Brooke was an active soldier who was writing about his own patriotic bond. The title ‘Anthem for Doomed Youth’ implies that there is no chance for the generation coming of age during World War I. The word ‘Anthem’ is used because it is a song of praise, which celebrates the soldiers’ heroism.
Are you prepared to fight for your country? Some people see great pride fighting for their country. They see it as brave, courageous and honourable. Something to wear proudly, as it shouts ‘I would do anything for my loved ones back home’. The cold truth, being that the loved ones back home are left broken hearted, as they are told that Father, Brother or Son have been killed at War, serving for their Country.
Wilfred Owen was an active soldier during WWI, who used his horrific experiences during the war to write his poems. His poems stemmed from his views on war, as he believed that although war was sometimes necessary, it was futile and evil. Two of his poems, ‘Exposure’ and ‘Disabled’ both reveal the price paid by soldiers during WWI. ‘Exposure’ examines the more psychological effects on the soldiers and is written from the view of the soldiers on the front line, ‘Disabled’ shows the aftermath and repercussion of fighting in WWI and the physical damage it caused. The first word in ‘Exposure’ is ‘our’ and is written in first person plural, showing the reader that Owen wanted to convey the plight of the universal soldier and how they all suffered the same fate, no matter their side.
A literary commentary of “The Soldier” by Rupert Brooke ‘The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke is an English nationalist and patriotic poem. It glorifies the heroism of the English soldiers who fought during World War 1. Figurative language and symbols help establish the reader’s understanding of the two main ‘themes’ of the poem: patriotism and transformation. The title of the poem - “The Soldier” raises many questions – the reader is unsure of what the poem is going to be about, although, we expect it to refer to violence and war directly. The use of the definite article “The” makes the title more specific to one soldier, as opposed to “A Soldier”.
Few would challenge the claim that Wilfred Owen is one of the greatest writers of war poetry in the English language. The poem is a sonnet, the octave is dominated by the sound of battle. and the sestet is is characterised by muted grief, and are both a lamentation for the youth who are slaughtered at war. Linking these two sections is the sound of the bugle. Throughout the poem, Owen draws the comparison of traditional/religious/funeral rituals and ceremonies with the actuality of death for a soldier on the battlefield.
By the end of the short story, the narrator, who is a soldier in this war, , reports to the reader that the old man “got to his feet, swayed from side to side and then sat down backwards in the dust.”(3) This description is very telling because it reflects the inevitability of death when it comes to war. This is why the old man was unable to cross the