Account of An Argument: Language and War

In Thomas Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor and John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, both authors demonstrate the use of violence between characters in multiple ways. In Chapter 12 of How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Foster describes two different ways that violence is used in literature, both of which can be found in Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. In addition, both books also explore how each type of violence has a different effect on the plot and the characters. These two books are related because of their exploration of a deeper meaning of violence between two or more characters in literature and the different effects each type has.

Maybe this would open the eyes about the war in Iraq, even if you ask people on the street they usually say that the war was wrong. It really surprised me that he won the next election, at maybe he shouldn't have, and he actually cheated like the movie says he does. A lot of these clips that Michael shows in his movie, had been shown in the news and I recognized some of them, and you have to admit that Bushes behavior has been very weird. Even though some people say that this is propaganda, all lies and is stupid just doesn't want to see the facts. A lot of these things are true, and can anyone actually stand up and tell me why a war where hundreds of thousand people have died? Was it to force democracy down on a middle eastern country, how

Author Bryan A. Garner, in his article “Making Peace in the Language Wars” (published in Garner’s Modern American Usage 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 2009), seeks to negotiate a cease-fire between two fighting countries, the prescriptivists and the descriptivists, by dispelling myths about each of their camps. First and foremost, Garner outlines the war is happening between the lines of our favorite novels and poetry, and he describes what each camp stands for. Prescriptivists desire to instruct the world around them on how to use the language by enforcing, or at the very least informing the general public about the rules of grammar. They are sometimes described as conservative and are very concerned

She begins by stating the main reason for the usage of wartime language is to persuade people that killing others is acceptable. She later moves on to describing how employing these specific words allows people to procure a sense of dominance over our enemy. Lakoff then describes that civilians need this language to believe that what their country is doing is moral and just. At the end of her essay, Lakoff begins to describe the atrocious consequences of using wartime language. She references the inhumane tortures of Abu Ghraib to describe how the usage of slanderous wartime language allows people to somehow justify the immense mistreatment of others.

1. In chapter eleven of his book How to Read Literature Like a Professor, Thomas Foster examines violence in literature, and particularly the way violence functions on multiple levels. Foster identifies two different kinds of violence in literature, and discusses how those two different kinds create different literal and literary meanings. By examining Foster's categories of violence in more detail, one can see how violence in literature serves as an important link between the internal events of a story and the story itself.

World War 2 was a massive war which engulfed the whole world from 1939 – 1935. There were 2 different sides in the war. These two sides were the Allies and the axis. At the start of the war, the Allies consisted of Great Britain and all of its colonies (such as Australia) and France. The Axis consisted of Germany, Italy, Japan and the Soviet Union. At the start of the war the axis powers were dominating. Germany used “Blitzkrieg” (Lighting war) tactics very successfully and overran many countries using it. But some major events occurred and turned the tide of the war to the favour of the Allies. However two of these major events are most often talked about to be the reason that the axis powers eventually lost. One of these events includes the Japanese attack on pearl harbour. This brought America into the war and onto the side of the Allies. The other of the two events was instigated by Germany itself. Germany decided to attack one of their allies. This ally was the Soviet Union. There is often a lot of debate about which of these events is greatest, that is to have had the biggest effect in the war. So the question has to be asked, was it the US entrance into the war that made the defeat of Germany inevitable, or it caused by the German attack of the Soviet Union. In my opinion it was not the US entrance to the war, but the German invasion of the Soviet Union that made the ultimate defeat of Germany inevitable. This is because they put

Many studies have been conducted to determine the reason otherwise nonviolent people can commit vehement actions against another human: otherwise innocent people have proven to be capable of the most unimaginable of acts after being caught up in their actions. Maxine Kumin’s poem, “Woodchucks,” indirectly addresses this issue by presenting a metaphor of a woodchuck infestation being controlled by a fanatical hunter. The poem can either be interpreted to recount a simple, meaningless woodchuck hunt or to serve as a representation of the manners by which people can be overcome by desires for violence. Though a reader might at first overlook the violent genocidal references throughout the poem, after a thorough analysis

In every great piece on literature there always ends up being a scene with some sort of violence. In the book The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini there are a couple of points that include violence that help carry the plot and contribute to the overall meaning of t there are a couple of points that include violence that help carry the plot and contribute to the overall meaning of the work. There are two scenes in particular that really show this concept such as Hassan’s rape and the fight between Armir, Assef and Sohrab. Both scenes are not just there for show, they carry the story along and show what the characters personalities and how they contribute to the plot.

As much as society does not want to admit, violence serves as a form of entertainment. In media today, violence typically has no meaning. Literature, movies, and music, saturated with violence, enter the homes of millions everyday. On the other hand, in Beloved, a novel by Toni Morrison, violence contributes greatly to the overall work. The story takes place during the age of the enslavement of African-Americans for rural labor in plantations. Sethe, the proud and noble protagonist, has suffered a great deal at the hand of schoolteacher. The unfortunate and seemingly inevitable events that occur in her life, fraught with violence and heartache, tug at the reader’s heart-strings. The wrongdoings Sethe endures are significant to the meaning

Paul uses many tactics throughout his imprisonment in order to keep some control over his and Annie's alliance. One effective method he uses is flattery, complimenting Annie in order to keep her happy and her mood stable. His use of this move is demonstrated on page 60 in the novel, when he calls Annie his favorite nurse. He uses it again on page 107, telling Annie that she could not be old enough to remember the chapter plays, hinting at how she looks way younger than she actually is. Paul uses this strategy to lighten Annie's mood and keep her happy, which is vital to him because Annie can become very destructive and impatient when angry, consequently being the main source of Paul's pain throughout the book. In addition to flattery, Paul

World War One was regarded as an unnecessary and useless killing spree, where over billions of people gave their lives, only to gain a few km of overall land. World War One may have been one of the most horrible events in world history, but it was also a huge turning point for everyone on earth, and women were some that got impacted the most. They were finally viewed as legal persons, and many got recognized for their valuable contribution to the war efforts. Without them at our side to aid us, the world war could have ended any decency left in our world. Even with all the death and destruction, if WW 1 had not occurred, much of the world would not have the advantages that they have today. One of the most important changes that happened after WW 1 was the ending of most women’s suffrage, granting women

I think that the colonists fired first because they felt threatened.The redcoats were approaching them, and they got scared and maybe one fired. "...concluded not to be discovered, nor meddle or make with said Regular Troops(if they should approach)unless they should insult or molest us; and upon their sudden Approach, I immediately ordered our Militia to disperse, and not to fire:-Immediately said troops made their appearance and rushed furiously, fired upon, and killed eight of our party..."(Resource Sheet #1)This shows how maybe the colonists fired because they felt threatened by the soldiers.I also think that Resource Sheet #2 is a lie because it's the only one out of the 5 that says anything remotely like it.The text states, "...who rode up to us, mounted and armed, each having a pistol in his hand, and after putting pistols to our breasts, and seizing the bridles of our horses, they swore, that if we stirred another step, we should all be dead men, upon which we surrendered ourselves.They detained us until Two o'clock the next morning, in which they searched and greatly abused us..."(Resource Sheet #2)I also think that the last resource isn't entirely true.The text states,"...she was surprised by the firing of the king's troops and our people, on their return from Concord. She being weak and unable to go out of her house, in order to secure herself and family, they all retired into the kitchen, in the back part of the house. She soon found the house surrounded with the

The term war is more significant and complicated than what it’s simple three letter composition suggests. Blood is spilled everywhere, strangers

Violence is defined as a behavior involving physical or mental force intending to hurt, damage, or kill someone. In the words of Zak Ibrahim, peace is defined as the proliferation or the increase in the existence of Justice. But where does love fit in to these conversations? Violence cannot necessarily transform into love, but the presence of it is surely important. Violence involving our most loved ones, helps us find love and compassion in the toughest of situations, and leads us toward paths of peace. In this essay, examples will be drawn from Zak Ibrahim 's keynote presentation, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, Beautiful Boy; a film directed by Shawn Ku, and Harrison Bergeron by Kurt Vonnegut.

The history of human nature has been bloody, painful, and even destructive. Nonetheless, before understanding their environments humans used to kill each other based on their own mindset on the ideal of violence, and what it actually meant. Pinker describes narratives of violent acts from the past, that today are foreign to us. He gives us a tour of the historical human violence and how the violence in human nature has changed throughout time. The main idea from Pinker’s book,“The Better Angels of Our Nature ', is “for all the dangers we face today, the dangers of yesterday were even worse.” He provides its readers with explicit violent stories beginning from 8000 BCE to now, and describes how violence has evolved from a blood lost to more of a peaceful existence.