The song I picked for this blog is called Emergency by Paramore
The reason I choose this song for this blog is because well the war itself is just an emergency. The war is a horrible place to be and this song talks about how they won't stop holding on. In this song it is about love and how its in trouble. Which if a solider goes to war it is possible for their love with there girlfriend or wife could be in trouble. Then this song goes on to say "And I can't pretend that I don't see this" which during a war they can't just block out whats going on, whats going on around them is real. Also when it goes to say "It's really not your fault when no one cares to talk about it" when they come back from a war, or during a war they might not wanna talk about everything that has happened during the war and other people could think its their fault for asking and think they are making things worse. I also think this song applys not just because of the lyrics but because the music itself is intense and a war is very intense.
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Friday, December 4, 2009
Age of Imperialism
1) They tryed to write a new constitution.
2) This article has a lot to say it talks a lot about journalism and the New York World collection. In the first part of the article libraries have been throwing away the bound volumes in their collections to save space. These articles talk about how the news papers have changed a lot over the years. Things that have changed are the drawings/picutes for the articles the articles themself have changed a lot and also the type of writing has changed.
3) Their newspaper stories sensationalized the truth. The spanish put Cubin citizens in camps but the publishers streched the truth and said they were being starved to death. They were calling the camps that the Cubins put the citizens in "death camps." They made the spanish out to be mean and crul, so the people would want to go to war. They did all of this mainly because they wanted more people to read the papers.
World War I in pictures
This poster is attempting to motivate Americans into joining the war by saying that Sacrifice is a privilege of free men, if we wern't free they couldnt go out and fight for our country so by sacrifining you can help keep us free.Poets of World War one
Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967) "How to Die"
Dark clouds are smouldering into red
Dark clouds are smouldering into red
While down the craters morning burns.
The dying soldier shifts his head
To watch the glory that returns;
He lifts his fingers toward the skies
Where holy brightness breaks in flame;
Radiance reflected in his eyes,
And on his lips a whispered name.
You'd think, to hear some people talk,
That lads go West with sobs and curses,
And sullen faces white as chalk,
Hankering for wreaths and tombs and hearses.
But they've been taught the way to do it
Like Christian soldiers; not with haste
And shuddering groans; but passing through it
With due regard for decent taste.
2) The author is describing the brave soldiers on a battle field as they lay there dying with dignity. As the soldier lays there the sun is rising and there is a lot of commotion around like bombs, guns firing and fire. While hes dying and he sees brave bodies around him that died with dignity.
3) Sassoon was an English poet and author, he was best known as a writer anti-war verse during World War I. He came from a very wealthy Indian merchant family but he was disinherited for marring a woman outside of his faith. He studied law and history in college and he dropped out without a degree. He spent many years hunting, playing cricket and published a few not highly acclaimed poetry. He was motivated by patriotism and joined the military. He broke his arm in a riding accident and was discharged from the military. His younger brother was killed and it hit him hard. Sasson met Robert Graves who was also a poet and Sasson was influenced by him and began to write more truthful and tragic poetry about the war.
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