'Across Five Aprils' is a novel written by Irene Hunt that takes place on the farm of Creighton's family in southern Illinois during the American Civil War. This book extends five Aprils from 1861 to 1865.The American Civil war was happening between the Union and the Confederate Army. The American war is breaking families apart because of the disagreement of the concept of war. When the war begins, Creighton's son, Jethro sees that the war may be dividing north and the south from each other but also dividing people between his family. It wasn't what Jethro imagine the war would be like.
Everyday people are changed by war. The historical events that led Shute’s criticism are the Atomic Era and the Cold War. During both events, the advancing nuclear technologies created the capability of substantial destruction. When the first nuclear bomb was dropped to begin the Atomic Era, people became fearful of their futures.
The time period between 1914-1932 provided immense political, economic, and social changes in the American society as a consequence of World War I. The end of World War I resulted in many political changes because the United States during the Roaring Twenties was led by Republicans, after many Americans became intolerant of Democratic President Wilson’s liberal policies. This political alternation provides the conservative era to emerge, playing a pivotal role throughout this time period. William E. Leuchtenburg uses excellent diction in the title of his novel, “Perils of Prosperity” in order to allow the readers to possess a precedence of the discussions that Leuchtenburg will address in his novel, leading to a pitfall, hence the word perils. Lechtenberg addresses the increase in consumerism conflict between, and the social division between rural and urban lifestyles, which ultimately leads to the Great Depression of 1929.
“Every thought and event caused by the outbreak of the war came as a bitter and a mortal blow struck against the great conviction that was in my heart: the concept of permanent progress, of movement towards even greater happiness” (Englund, 46.) The outbreak of the war evoked a new society and drastically changed the participants’ lives. The beginning of the war was a bitter blow towards society and most participants within the entries were not pleased with the outbreak; it evoked responses and accelerated changes in each society represented. Happiness and progress are common themes within the entries. The continuation of their happiness would change and the progress of society is evident.
In this case, the narrator is using a detached, third-person voice to tell the story, which emphasizes the absurdity of the situation.
These expressions possess profound messages for the world and future generations. Specifically, the messages represent the diabolical nature of war, but they also assert an ironic and strong impact of World War I (WWI) that birth correlates
Sara Teasdale’s poem “There Will Come Soft Rains” and Ray Bradbury’s short story “August 2026: There will Come Soft Rains” both suggest that nature will prevail through the destruction of mankind. For example, Teasdale gives nature human qualities and nature speaks of how “not one will care at last when it is done” in reference to humans at war (Teasdale 7-8). This line emphasizes the unbothered mood of nature when it comes to humans and their self-destruction.
He switched back and forth between Third person omniscient and first person point of views, giving an idea of everyone's personal views on the situation. The author has an extremely descriptive writing style, pulling from his journalistic
In the essay “Cheer up, it’s just the end of the world” by Ira Chemus, the author annihilates the idea of the apocalypse as it has been thought of for generations. Chemus gives in sight to how the apocalypse came to be known as the ending of the world. He also tells how the word lost it’s impact by overuse in certain situations. The implication of this essay is that apocalyptic situations can be applied to everything and not have impact like at other times in history. By using the appeal of pathos, the audience feels fear that they felt when they remember the situations where the apocalypse was discussed when in their past.
The main character or narrator in the Cathedral was not only jealous of the relationship between his wife and her friend (the blind man); moreover, he had not seen him in person and did not appreciate the idea that he was actually spending the night at their house. However, after the narrator’s encounter with Robert, he perceives that he was not what he expected him to be; instead, he was gentle and friendly. On the other hand, the main character or narrator in everyday use was outspoken and straightforward, explaining about her surroundings and what had transpired in her life. From harsh labor to the different circumstances, she had faced in her lifetime; she also talks about her daughters who had different personalities. Imagery/symbol
This war was greater for the American society than it was for their soldiers. While many of the soldiers lost their mind, American saw great economic growth and overcame the Great Depression. Finally, in the last chapter, Adams talks about the knowledge of postwar history. Although evil groups, such as Nazism, had been overcome, many problems remained in the home front that and some still exist
As John F. Kennedy once stated, “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” The world constantly faces war, war is so annihilative and causes so much loss. The harsh nature of war causes mass destruction to not only the lives of humans but also to animals and nature. In his novel, All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque utilizes a plethora of nature, color, and death imagery to convey the theme of destructiveness of war. Throughout the novel, Remarque often employs imagery of nature to prove the hostility war creates.
New Media Interactive Art Project Research: I’ve been very interested in wall and floor interactive installations, as to how one can interact through projections and how our body movements can do something very interesting. One such interesting installation was from 1999, title the “Text Rain” by Romy Achituv & Camille Utterback. This interactive installation was about falling letters on the projection on the wall to something quite magical. It allowed the audience to practically lift and play with the letter falling from top.
Fear is a mental state of mind which can be overcome, as humans we are inclined to fear events which lead to the downfall of mankind. Many scientists and geologists from the twenty-century predicted catastrophic events which would whip out human off the face of the Earth. However, these foreseen events were exaggerated, and are currently ridiculed by scientists in the twenty-first century. The article supports my belief as to why we should not fear the apocalypse yet this fear of extinction thrives innovation and technological advancement. There are positive and negative aspects to we should not fear the apocalypse.
The Sun Also Rises (Final Edited) – Response Paper “You are all a lost generation” – Gertrude stein. This quote explores the discrete, horrifying stories of individuals of those who were both, directly and indirectly impacted by war. Each individual experienced something extremely outraging, possibly making it almost impossible to believe. The war devastated this generation’s faith in traditional values such as love, bravery, manhood, and womanhood. Without these values, the generation of 1920s found their existence aimless, meaningless, and unfulfilling.
