The Armenian Genocide In The Dream And The Country Of Dust

The Armenian Genocide also referred as the Armenian Holocaust was a horrific act done by the Turkish Ottoman government to exterminate and kill many Armenians. Millions of Armenians lost their lives due to this event and Turkey refutes that any event ever happened or occurred. The start of the genocide took place in April 24 1915 where the ottoman empire took many Armenian leaders to eventually murder them. The event was carried out during and after World War 1. The genocide was implemented in two phases which where the wholesale killing of the male population, then the death marches of the children and women leading to starvation because their food and water were deprived as well as their dignity since they raped and robbed them. There were

There were many reasons discussed for why the Armenian massacre should be called a genocide or not. The first definition of Genocide adopted by the United Nations stated “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious groups as such (De Waal 2015).” Many believed the meaning of the words “as such” is not clear and some deny that the massacre was “committed with intent”- an argument made frequently in Turkey (De Waal 2015). Even though many alleged perpetrators believe that the massacre was not committed with intent, the Ottoman Empire did attempt to wipe out an entire ethical group. The Armenians were either deported or killed and many women were either beaten or raped. The Armenian diaspora saw the word genocide as the perfect word to describe what happened to their parents and grandparents. They Armenian Diaspora began referring the Meds Yeghern as “the Armenian Genocide”, which sparked a political movement. This political movement was established in 1965 which marked the 50th anniversary of the massacre and the Armenian diaspora was out to seek

The Armenian Genocide is the name given to the events of 1915-1923 in the Ottoman Empire, which was renamed Turkey after its founding father, Mustafa Ataturk. The Muslim majority destroyed the Armenians' homes, churches, and livelihoods in a continuous murderous event that took its course over 8 years. An estimated 1 million to 1.5 million Armenians died in this Genocide, and other ethnicities died as well including Greeks and Azerbaijanis who happened to be living in Armenian neighborhoods. (University of Michigan) The victims were sometimes forced to walk on endless marches that were intended to move the entire population out of the country and east to the mountains. Any Armenians who died on the march were left on the road to rot. The Armenian Genocide was first recognized by the Russian Empire in 1915, who saw what was happening before Europe did. The leaders of the Ottoman Empire, including Ataturk, were creating a modern Turkey for Turks, at the expense of all the minorities of the Ottoman Empire, and without mercy for any who would resist.

The Armenian Genocide was a very disturbing event that should have never happened and should never be forgotten. The Genocide started with the Ottoman Empire joining the central powers in the beginning of World War 1 in

The Armenian Genocide, also sometimes called the first genocide, happen in April 1915. The Ottoman government had a plan to decimate the Armenian population in the Ottoman Empire. There was approximately 1.5 Christian Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire at that time. The Armenian Genocide physically annihilated approximately 664,000 to 1.2 Christian Armenian from the Spring of 1915 to the Fall of 1916. They went through starvation, illness due to exposure and massacres.

The Armenian Genocide Ronald Reagan, once said, like the genocide of the Armenians before it, and the genocide of the Cambodians which followed it, the lessons of the Holocaust must never be forgotten. Genocide is the deliberate killing of a large group of people, especially those of a particular ethnic group or nation. The ethic group the Ottoman Empire was deporting and killing were Christians. They were forced from their homes and into deportation and massacres from 1915 to 1918, one of the most brutal and traumatizing genocide that we have knowledge of. The Armenian Genocide was the first genocide of the 20th century, after World War 1. It occurred when two million Armenians were living in the Ottoman Empire. For three thousand years, an

“I’m going to have 11 more” was my grandmother’s response to the doctor, after she almost died giving birth to her first child. The doctor recommended that she have no more children, but she refused to abandon her original wedding promise of raising 12 children. When my dad was born, he and his mother, my grandmother, almost died. If my grandmother originally listened to the doctor after giving birth to her first child, if she died giving birth to any of her other children, or if my father died at birth, I would not be here writing this today. My grandmother lived a remarkable life. Not only did she successfully give birth to 12 children, but she also held daycares and welcomed more children into her home. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to spend time with my grandmother when she came to live with us. She lived an extraordinary life and without her, I would not be alive today.

The denial of the Armenian genocide and the use of the term “alleged” are insults to those who have agitated over the years in highlighting the genocide and the Armenian people themselves. The pictorial anger and anguish of this painful traumatic experience had left the survivors of this horrific event with deep scars beyond repairs. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were a dark world for the Armenians who were held helpless and bound at the treacherous hand of the Muslim Turks of the Ottoman Empire in Turkey. The Armenian Genocide includes: the context of power of the Ottoman Empire, the phases of destruction and Turkey’s refusal to acknowledge the genocide and provide support to the Armenians.

Poetry has a role in society, not only to serve as part of the aesthetics or of the arts. It also gives us a view of what the society is in the context of when it was written and what the author is trying to express through words. The words as a tool in poetry may seem ordinary when used in ordinary circumstance. Yet, these words can hold more emotion and thought, however brief it was presented.

The Armenian genocide has several main causes: European meddling in Ottoman internal affairs, nationalism, economic jealousy, and Armenian involvement in the Russian war effort. Though, a lot of the causes are interrelated. For example, nationalism and European meddling go hand in hand. What exactly was the Armenian genocide? Well, the Armenian genocide was a state orchestrated machine of mass-murder and rape of the Armenian people, and several other ethnic groups, of the Ottoman Empire 1915-1923. The Armenians were one of many ethnic groups of the Ottoman Empire, and they had lived in eastern Asia Minor for around three thousand years prior to the atrocity .

I will begin with The Armenian Genocide: A Complete History written in 2011 by Raymond Kevorkian. Kevorkian is a French-Armenian Professor who works as a lecturer at the University of Paris VIII. This book is one of the first to make full use of the archives at the Nubarian Library in Paris. This is a library dedicated to Armenian History and I will be using this book bibliography to find important primary sources. In his book, Kevorkian talks about the relationship between the Young Turks and the Armenians leading up to and during the genocide. This will be important for me to look at to see the evolution of each group's national identity in relation to the other. Another source I am excited to be working with is Consequences of Denial:

I decided to produce three poems of related themes, which differed in structure. Through altering the style of poetry, the emotions of the subject of war and violence could be portrayed in different ways. Through using the diamante style, the contrasts between war and peace are easily expressed. Through gathering describing words that captured the essence of both war and peace, the contrasts were highlighted. The Renga poem depicts an experience and the ottova rima is more of a heroic style of poetry following a chant.

Several poems in the anthology explore the intensity of human emotion. Explore this theme, referring to these three poems in detail and by referencing at least three other poems from your wider reading.’

In the poem “War Photographer”, the poet employs a range of literary technique to show case the suffering that stills photographer’s witness and the psychological pains that a war photographer has to go through. The dark room in the first stanza is described as “though this were a church and he a priest”. This religious metaphor sets a peaceful atmosphere in the beginning of the poem. This peaceful setting is accompanied with “the only light is red and softly glows”. This peaceful setting shows a sense of isolation of the photographer, as the setting is gloomy and quiet with no one else accompanying him as he goes processes the photos. The word “red” also signifies blood it is as though the photographer only sees blood and pain in the photographs while in the room. However, this peace is disrupted through the use of plosives in the last line of the first stanza “Belfast. Beirut. Phnom Penh.” This use of plosives could represent the evil

“Peace, land, and bread”; the battle cry for the country during the Russian Revolution. With this in mind, in the early 1900s, a rebellion swept through one of the biggest empires in Asia. This revolution was unparalleled event in modern history (History: The Russian Revolution). Nonetheless, the historical background of this time period can be displayed in various forms. In this case, “Twelve” by Alexander Blok, is a poem that reflects the Russian Revolution and the struggles in that time period. Moreover, the text takes place throughout a night and ironically begins at twelve midnight. During the Russian Revolution, a lot of political and economic struggles plagued one of the biggest empires (History: The Russian Revolution). “Twelve” fabricates the appropriate figurative language to correlate with the historical facts of the revolutions.