Beneath A Sky Of Porphyry

The author's purpose was to give readers a more in depth look into what happens in war.

The external thread of foreign armies on French soil and the internal threat to the french revolutionary government , which

People try to help people when sometimes, no help is needed. During the 1800's, the more developed countries wished to expand and help to develop other nations. They did this by the process called imperialism. One of these developed countries was France, who imperialized Algeria. They did this for many reasons such as nationalism and the White Man's Burden. French Imperialism on Algeria was harmful during and after Algerian independence politically, socially and economically. It was harmful during because politically, the French took over Algeria by force and forced them to do their work. Socially harmful because the Algerians morals and way of life depleted. And economically because they were given jobs equal to lower class citizens, and did not help their economy. After independence, Algeria did not keep the changes that France had previously made politically, socially and economically. Making the whole process harmful to Algeria

The terror of Western imperialism and Western-style capitalism is demonstrated by French intervention outside of Europe.

The story reflects a soldier that is about to be hung as an enemy to another militant force (Bierce). The shocking escape plan that Bierce describes through the text, shows the desperate will to survive. This genius work of literature makes the reader believe that the soldier escapes his coming death, but in the end turns out to only be a fantasy before death. War takes loved ones from their families and soldiers are taught to see an enemy as less than human. A man who was simply doing as he was told must seek his death if caught by the opposing side. This concept creates an overbearing sadness within soldiers making their jobs undesirable. Many soldiers were not respected for their vulgar line of work and therefore; this created a division between military persons and outsiders. Following the Civil War suicide rates increased tremendously (Lande). The severity of the war and its conditions traumatized the soldiers who were able to make it out alive. War has been and will remain to be a major part of society and the harshness of it still takes lives away. Literature throughout the realism time period reflected author's feelings about the tragedy of

The narrative examines a vast variety of topics that address the human condition. Nonetheless, the aspects of war, destiny, and humanity are the nucleus of the message transmitted. Foremost, the book in itself is an exploration of the tragedy that comes with war. The prospect of a “fairy tale” ending violently eradicated as warfare increases exponentially around the characters during the finalizing chapters. After being captured by the Allied army, Werner deliriously wonders

Last week August 1955 123 civilians in Philippeville were executed by the FLN. The FLN was only supposed to only go after military targets. Until a commander decided to make order that would do otherwise. This was the very start of Algeria winning its independence. The government claimed it killed 1,273 guerrillas in retaliation; according to the FLN. Almost 12,000 Muslims perished by a blood gang of armed forces and police. In the end over 1200 to 12000 civilians were killed in retaliation to the Philippeville massacre that killed 123 people. The Philippeville massacre was a big turning point for the Algerian war. In late june the FLN announced total war on French civilians regardless of their sex or age. Leader of the FLN Zighout said “To

make a compelling case for the expression of the Algerian government’s role in the persistence of the conflict.

The Battle of Algiers, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, was released in 1967 and is a documentary regarding the post-war struggle of Algerian Nationalists to free themselves from French rule and the cruelty of the French to maintain their state of affairs. Between 1960 and 1970, there was a transition of black and white to color television broadcast worldwide and most directors showed their film in color; however, Pontecorvo keeps the black and white theme to enhance the documentary formulating a realistic feeling for the viewers. The film also masks the French brutality against the Algerians during the post-war. The film balances and connects these two themes through cinematic techniques to shroud what occurred during the revolution and capture

Pontecorvo created the Battle of Algiers not too long after the end of the Algerian War, which ended in 1962, with Algerian independence from France. The director’s intent to film so shortly after the end of the war speaks to the type of feel he wanted to convey. Pontecorvo captured the heartbreak and sorrow that came out of the war,

When he became President in April 1999, Bouteflika was in front of three enormous challenges. The first one was the result of a decade of domestic violence and insecurity. The second was the consequence of a catastrophic socio-economic situation attributed to the legacy of decades of statist economics (Bouandel 25-26). The third was the harmful product of the isolation of Algeria from the rest of the world, or what Hugh Roberts called “the virtual quarantine in which Algeria had been confined since 1994” (“Demilitarising ...” 1). In the course of his tenure, he brought about national reconciliation, recovered and reformed the stalled Algerian economy and restored what he described as “Algeria’s regional and international status”.1 Under his leadership, Algiers has become “a much sought after interlocutor in major world capitals” (Ghilès).

All in all, the resistance myth idealizes the behaviour of the French population during the occupation and exaggerates the extent of the French resistance. In addition, it covers the little non-state collaboration there was but mostly aims to cover the French passiveness regarding resistance and

Colonialism only loosens its hold when the knife is at its throat, no Algerian really found these terms too violent. The leaflet only expressed what every Algerian felt at heart: Colonialism is not a thinking machine, nor a body endowed with reasoning faculties. It is violence in its natural state, and it will only yield when confronted with greater violence. (The

Jean-Marie Le Pen is obsessed with the national identity of France. He used to claim that his political position was neither left nor right, but French. He promotes the identity attached to Western, Humanist, and Christian civilization, and opposes the development of Islamic culture and practices in France and Europe. France had just seen the effects of far right politics on the Jewish community from the Holocaust in the middle of the twentieth century. Its influence was still existing when the novel was written but the topic of the Jewish community was rather avoided by people at that time. Meanwhile, the Algerian war of independence that happened in 1950s brought the relationship between Islamic and French culture into

Algeria was not always been independent and has been a part of several border and authority changes. Since its independency, Algeria has struggled to define its cultural identity. Several strategies have been employed to gain ground on its identity, such as promoting a policy of Arabization, loosening up the economy, and opening their political sphere. “Today the Algerian government seeks not only to sustain the recent ebb in violence and insecurity but also to promote greater unity within the country” (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, 2011).