Propaganda In A Separate Peace, By John Knowles

National campaigns used posters, cartoons, radio, magazines, and newspapers. The propaganda encouraged Americans to contribute to the war effort in any way they could in order to make the war successful." This piece of evidence proves that if the media hadn't been involved in filling people in on how to help, the war could've taken a drastic turn in the other direction. "Media propaganda had a profound impact on American opinions about WWII. It was effective at gaining support for the war and boosting citizen morale...the United States was able to lead the Allies to victory...". The media was able to influence people and how they helped in this crisis. If the citizens hadn't heard about how to help and/or what was going on, the war would've gone in a different

War is a destructive force whose nature is to destroy all things and change lives forever. It is a whirlpool that sucks everything in and is fueled by hatred and violence. Whether one is directly involved in the battlefield or waiting to see the outcome, war has the capacity to affect all people. It can harden one beyond their years and force them to grow, seeing conflicting sides of good and evil. A Separate Peace by John Knowles narrates the story of young boys growing up with World War II as the backdrop. The war impacts them dramatically and is constantly thought about as they are coming of the age since they will soon be enlisted. However, not only are they living during an era of war but are also struggling with the war inside of themselves as they search for the truth within. Knowles depicts the ability of war to affect teenage boys in Devon, an English preparatory school, and transform them from carefree boys to troubled young men in search of their own separate peace.

Propaganda made a great impact on World War II society. Propaganda was used intently during World War II and was particularly important because it allowed the government to control citizen’s thoughts and beliefs about the war. Propaganda is defined as information or ideas that promote a point of view, group, belief, etc. Usually, it is either misleading or biased in order to portray a desired viewpoint for people to believe. In the war, the government utilized propaganda to make citizens believe that the war was worth fighting for, even though that wasn’t the case. They did so by creating propaganda that advocated for unification, domination of the enemy, and war employment opportunities, to name a few. Maus by Art Spiegelman is a graphic novel

There were many tactics used by the United States in order to unify citizens because the government felt as if Americans didn’t know who the real villain was. The government thought it was necessary to get everyone on America’s side in order to, “convince men to go to war with the risk of sacrificing their life to kill others.” (From Lecture) In order to accomplish this, the U.S created the Committee on Public Information otherwise known as CPI that was headed by Herbert Hoover. Their task was to oversee all war propaganda and ensure that it met their standards. One way the CPI tried to persuade Americans included creating movies that informed Americans about how Germans or “Huns” were the ones that needed to be eradicated. Another form of

World War I had a massive impact in Europe and North America and all over the world. It had an influence on all the spheres of individuals, especially in Europe and North America. The word propaganda is defined as the "doctrines, ideas, arguments, facts, or allegations spread by deliberate effort through any medium of communication in order to further one's cause or to damage an opposing cause" (Dombrowski, 1999, 59). In simple terms, it is defined as the strategy and course of action taken to influence a cause and promote it within the entire community. It is also considered to be the publicity of ideas in order to convince the public. In order to promote a propaganda, it is essential that strong media is utilized to transmit it to a large audience in order to accomplish its objective(Gavin, 2007, 46).

Propaganda is a way of trying to “force a doctrine on the whole people” (Nazi Propaganda). That quote is written in the first piece of Hitler’s Nazi propaganda - his book Mein Kampf. As soon as he got out of jail, he helped the Nazis take power of Germany. Once they did, he created a Reich Ministry of Public Enlightenment and Propaganda. The goal of this organization was to spread the Nazi ideals through press, films, radio, music, books, theater and other arts, and school education. The propaganda that was being spread had many goals - those goals included promoting Hitler and the Nazi party, encouraging anti-Semitism, and eventually, encouraging support for World War II. Some examples of anti-Semitism include framing the Jews for communism in Russia, portraying Jews as a threat to Germany, and simply making Jews look bad. Many political cartoons and movies were

Propaganda has existed for all recorded human history. World War I was the first time that government-organized propaganda was used after the start of war. German military officials attributed propaganda as one of the reasons they lost the war, with even Adolf Hitler saying that propaganda had lowered the morale of Germany. World War II saw an increase in the use of propaganda because countries had adopted Britain’s use of it to sway citizens and soldiers to hold particular views. Once the United States declared war on Japan, the media requested that the government support anti-Japan and anti-German propaganda to convince the American people of the cruel nature of their enemies.

Propaganda, as defined by the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is the “spreading of ideas, information, or rumor for the purpose of helping or injuring an institution, a cause, or a person.” The use of propaganda became very popular and successful in countries, such as Great Britain, Germany, and the U.S.A. It also proved that America was the largest producer of pro-war propaganda in the world. Propaganda posters were used commonly to encourage people to join and to make a difference. The posters suggested many ways for the people of the countries to be involved in the war, like suggesting that people should buy liberty bonds or military bonds in order to help the country financially, calling for men to fight and to go the front, drawing women to factories so that they can help with the shells of the bombs and sometimes with the guns, and

Propaganda is well known for war posters. It is a mode of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community toward some cause or position. Propaganda was used by the Nazi party in the years leading up to and during Adolf Hitler’s leadership of Germany. Propaganda was a crucial instrument for acquiring and maintaining power. The Nazis used propaganda to increase their support and appeal. They spent huge sums of money on newspapers, leaflets and poster campaigns with simple slogans encouraging people to support the party.

It has been stated by Upton Sinclair that “All art is propaganda. It is universally and inescapably propaganda; sometimes unconsciously, but often deliberately, propaganda.” This suggests that everyone is constantly being influenced to believe something whether true or not. As a result propaganda can also be traced back to world war II. During this war propaganda was used to get support for the armed forces.

Propaganda’s acted like flyers that we get today about all stores and their sales which attracts our attention. In addition, this also built team work between communities that participated in the war. Propaganda posters created common interests and by advertising all the events, there became a large support in the

“Propaganda tries to force a doctrine on the whole people” (“Nazi Propaganda” 1), said Adolf Hitler as he explained his view of propaganda in his book, Mein Kampf. Adolf Hitler was one of the main people in history known for his use of propaganda, and by explaining his view about how it “forces a doctrine” over people proves that propaganda was a forceful tactic during WWII (“Nazi Propaganda” 1). Even though propaganda is what got people on board for the war and it showed the good outcomes the war could bring, propaganda is a poor tactic and shouldn’t have been used because it persuaded the world by using lies and false statements that didn’t tell the whole truth about what was happening during this time. In addition to the lies, the propaganda

"Propaganda consists of the planned use of any form of public or mass-produced communication designed to affect the minds and emotions of a given group for a specific purpose, whether military, economic, or political" (Levinson). Propaganda is used to gain the support of its viewers on an issue by either false or misleading information.

As already mentioned, the United States readily took part in the propaganda parley of World War II. The threat of subversive Nazi propaganda on U.S. soil caused private citizens to use their contacts to pressure the government into counteracting the “attack on democracy” (Laurie 30-32). This spurred the creation of government organizations such as the U.S. Office of the Coordinator of Information (COI) and the U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The role of these organizations was to oversee the propaganda released on behalf of the government (Laurie 45). The military naturally became involved in the creation and implementation of propaganda films to promote anti-Nazi feelings across a nation immersed in a global war. Also, the hope was that these films would act as a morale booster necessary in a nation that had just experienced the horrors of Pearl Harbor (Fyne 12).

1939 to 1945. In just six years, in just a span of a senator’s term, 2.3 billions lives went off the map. A generation of teenagers and young adults was forced to grow up too fast, forced to threw their futures away because the world was drunk on greed and warfare; only to wake up everyday, surrounded with images of tragedies and gruesome relivings. The horror of World War II cannot be described by any words, cannot be fully comprehended unless one was there to observed. However, writers around the world had and still continued to offer the audience a glimpse of World War II through their works. A Separate Peace by John Knowles chose an alternative route to deliver the impression of the war; he chose to describe the generation that was about to enter the reality of the war, their views of the world , their dreams and aspirations and how they found moments to be teenager and escape the impending world. In A Separate Peace, John Knowles painted