Photographs can affect ones persons view of war in an immense way, but in my personal opinion it is depending on what time you view them. The particular photographs we have seen are very confronting and scary. They show the realism of war and the terrors that the men, woman and soldiers that were involved in the Vietnam War had to go through. In one picture it showed two little boys running away from what seems like a bomb that had gone off. The pain that they were showing in their face was inconsolable to view. It really did look like they were running for their lives. If someone who had no idea of the activity of wars saw this particular photo it would be extremely overwhelming. Not only too see what happened but also to see that little girls and boys had to go through everything even though they had no intentions in being involved. Personally I found that the photos devastating and frightening. The images really blow me away but nothing compared to when I was first faced with the realism of war. Photographs are an extremely affective way to view war as you can see all aspects and truths of the disaster, and these particular photos are very confronting and make me feel grief and loss.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
The affect of Photographs in war
Sunday, February 6, 2011
English Homework; war poetry exercise.
1. Find out when each of the poems was written and which war they are discussing?
'The man he killed' by Thomas hardy was written around 1915, therefore the war that he is directing his poem towards is the Somme. The Somme was the first and largest battle in the first world war which took hundreds of mens lives. However, 'The men in green' by David Campbell was written much later. His piece was written in 1944 which means he was piece was directed towards world war two.
2. What aspect of war is each poem exploring? Discuss the subject matter of each poem.
Thomas Hardy's poem 'The Man He Killed' focusses on the senselessness and futility of war, where a man has killed another quite simply because they were fighting on opposing sides in a war. Written in the first person from the standpoint of one of the soldiers, the first stanza expresses the idea that the two men who fought would, had they in other circumstances met each other outside a pub, have enjoyed a few drinks together. Yet it becomes clear in the second stanza that they in fact met as foot soldiers on opposing sides in a battle, and being confronted with each other, one had to die. The two men shot at each other, and the narrator's shot fatally injured the other man. 'Men in green' focusses on the reality of war, were they give you how hard war must really be and scared these men get. It gives you a good idea what they go through every day for the citizens of there country.
3. Discuss the tone/ feelings and emotions conveyed by each poet in their poem.
I believe that each of the poems both bring guilt, sorrow and loss to the reader. 'The man he killed' and 'Men In Green' are both negative points about the war and really realistic at the same time. Especially 'The Man He Killed' is really confronting and is written with raw emotion.
4. Identify 3 poetic devices used in each poem and explain their effect in conveying the poets message about war and conflict.
'The man he killed' by Thomas hardy was written around 1915, therefore the war that he is directing his poem towards is the Somme. The Somme was the first and largest battle in the first world war which took hundreds of mens lives. However, 'The men in green' by David Campbell was written much later. His piece was written in 1944 which means he was piece was directed towards world war two.
2. What aspect of war is each poem exploring? Discuss the subject matter of each poem.
Thomas Hardy's poem 'The Man He Killed' focusses on the senselessness and futility of war, where a man has killed another quite simply because they were fighting on opposing sides in a war. Written in the first person from the standpoint of one of the soldiers, the first stanza expresses the idea that the two men who fought would, had they in other circumstances met each other outside a pub, have enjoyed a few drinks together. Yet it becomes clear in the second stanza that they in fact met as foot soldiers on opposing sides in a battle, and being confronted with each other, one had to die. The two men shot at each other, and the narrator's shot fatally injured the other man. 'Men in green' focusses on the reality of war, were they give you how hard war must really be and scared these men get. It gives you a good idea what they go through every day for the citizens of there country.
3. Discuss the tone/ feelings and emotions conveyed by each poet in their poem.
I believe that each of the poems both bring guilt, sorrow and loss to the reader. 'The man he killed' and 'Men In Green' are both negative points about the war and really realistic at the same time. Especially 'The Man He Killed' is really confronting and is written with raw emotion.
4. Identify 3 poetic devices used in each poem and explain their effect in conveying the poets message about war and conflict.
In 'Men In Green' I could identify 3 poetic devices, rhyming, assonance and metaphor. Rhyming always makes a poem interesting which makes the reader more interested and therefore can connect with the message David Campbell. An example of effective rhyming is:
'Their eyes were bright, their looks were dull;
Their skin had turned to clay.
Nature had meet them in the night
And stalked them in the day.'
Assonance is used in this poem by the poet to improve the verbal quality of the writting, which therefore makes the poem more interesting to read all round. An example of a assonance is:
'We set our course towards the east
And climbed into the day
Till the ribbed jungle underneath
Like a giant fossil lay.'
Metaphors in poems give power to poetry. They open up the mind to new ways of looking at things, e.g. the devastation at war. The following example of a metaphor is extremely effective because it gives the reader something to imagine:
'Their skin had turned to clay'
'The Men He Killed' also uses extremely effective poetic devices, the three main devices would be ABAB rhyming, quatrains and personification. ABAB rhyming is always a simple-to-read and effective way to insert poetic devises into a poem. In 'The Man He Killed' he used ABAB rhyming scheme effectively because it made the poem flow much easier. For example:
'Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have set us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin! '
Another effective technique is quatrains. Quatrains is using four lines each stanza. This make the poem more effective and suspenseful, it always leaves you wanting to know more. The previous example for the ABAB rhyming could also be used for quatrains.
Lastly, personification. Personification is a figure of speech in which ideas are represented as as a person or creature and attributed with personality and human characteristics. In war poetry i believe this is effective because it gives ore feel to the poem and you can have and idea where the writer is coming from.
5. Which poem do you think is most effective in conveying the ideas and feeliling associated with war ? Explain your choice with direct refernces to the text.
Personally, i believe that the poem 'The Man He Killed' would be the more effective that 'The Men In Green' in conveying the ideas and feelings associated with war. Although the poem is short, i believe that it is still more effective. The poet use's extremely effective words to describe one of many horrific events in war. Hardy explains the difference of two soldiers meeting at war or normal men introducing themselves over a 'nip-kin'. When i read this poem i feel how the the man feels, his doubts and hesitations and his confusion. “I shot him dead because—because he was my foe”This example describes how only shot him because he was his enemy, however he goes on to explain his confusion of why he had to do this. Overall, i think it is a brilliant poem and describes the nature of war flawlessly.
'Their eyes were bright, their looks were dull;
Their skin had turned to clay.
Nature had meet them in the night
And stalked them in the day.'
Assonance is used in this poem by the poet to improve the verbal quality of the writting, which therefore makes the poem more interesting to read all round. An example of a assonance is:
'We set our course towards the east
And climbed into the day
Till the ribbed jungle underneath
Like a giant fossil lay.'
Metaphors in poems give power to poetry. They open up the mind to new ways of looking at things, e.g. the devastation at war. The following example of a metaphor is extremely effective because it gives the reader something to imagine:
'Their skin had turned to clay'
'The Men He Killed' also uses extremely effective poetic devices, the three main devices would be ABAB rhyming, quatrains and personification. ABAB rhyming is always a simple-to-read and effective way to insert poetic devises into a poem. In 'The Man He Killed' he used ABAB rhyming scheme effectively because it made the poem flow much easier. For example:
'Had he and I but met
By some old ancient inn,
We should have set us down to wet
Right many a nipperkin! '
Another effective technique is quatrains. Quatrains is using four lines each stanza. This make the poem more effective and suspenseful, it always leaves you wanting to know more. The previous example for the ABAB rhyming could also be used for quatrains.
Lastly, personification. Personification is a figure of speech in which ideas are represented as as a person or creature and attributed with personality and human characteristics. In war poetry i believe this is effective because it gives ore feel to the poem and you can have and idea where the writer is coming from.
5. Which poem do you think is most effective in conveying the ideas and feeliling associated with war ? Explain your choice with direct refernces to the text.
Personally, i believe that the poem 'The Man He Killed' would be the more effective that 'The Men In Green' in conveying the ideas and feelings associated with war. Although the poem is short, i believe that it is still more effective. The poet use's extremely effective words to describe one of many horrific events in war. Hardy explains the difference of two soldiers meeting at war or normal men introducing themselves over a 'nip-kin'. When i read this poem i feel how the the man feels, his doubts and hesitations and his confusion. “I shot him dead because—because he was my foe”This example describes how only shot him because he was his enemy, however he goes on to explain his confusion of why he had to do this. Overall, i think it is a brilliant poem and describes the nature of war flawlessly.
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