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The poem ‘Nettles’ by Vernon Scannell revolves around a father’s perspective on an accident involving his son, through which the poet explores a father-son relationship, wherein the father tries to protect his son from the various difficulties in life. However, despite his efforts to shield his son from these problems, they will be a constant threat in life. The boy here is a metaphor for the army, with the nettles being an extended metaphor of recurring war. The combined effect of these metaphors throws light on the difficulties in life. The poet has crafted a title which aptly uses symbolism to depict the nettles as evil. A cursory reading of the poem portrays the protective instinct of a father for his

The topic of war is hard to imagine from the perspective of one who hasn't experienced it. Literature makes it accessible for the reader to explore the themes of war. Owen and Remarque both dipcik what war was like for one who has never gone through it. Men in both All Quiet on the Western Front and “Dulce Et Decorum” experience betrayal of youth, horrors of war and feelings of camaraderie.

Some of those youths spent that income on new fashions popularized by American soul groups, soon enough these youths became known as mods, a youth subculture noted for its consumerism and devotion to fashion and music and in the 1970s and 80s the youth subculture of the skinheads was formed. • This is England (2006) depicts an honest and accurate account of the subculture of ‘skin heads during the 1980s, after the Falkland’s war so their clothing no doubt an expression of youthful angst in a troubled era. • Jeans, shirts, braces and doc Martens became iconic clothing amongst the skinhead subculture and their shaved heads on both men and woman signified defiance against society. The clothing was ‘media of information’ (Barnard, 21, 2007) about the person who is wearing it. • These items acted as a code that needed a decryption in order to understand what kind of person is underneath it.

In the poems ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’ by Alfred Lord Tennyson and ‘Exposure’ by Wilfried Owen, both poets incorporate ideas of patriotism to convey a message about the futility of war. This is revealed in many similar and different ways:

War imagery and language dominate these two poems. Throughout each poem there are numerous martial phrases indicating the poems themes and attitudes. In ‘Nettles’ the nettles are described as a “regiment of spite”, “green spears” and “no place for rest.” Within the first three lines, the nettles are portrayed negatively and it is clearly shown that they are somehow connected to the war, perhaps an aggressive army of soldiers. This idea reflects the fathers need to protect his child.

The beginning of the uprising, and the motives which sprouted the event are mired with controversy. In Colonel

Wilfred Owen’s poetry effectively conveys his perspectives on human conflict through his experiences during The Great War. Poems such as ‘Futility’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum Est’ portray these perceptions through the use of poetic techniques, emphasising such conflicts involving himself, other people and nature. These themes are examined in extreme detail, attempting to shape meaning in relation to Owen’s first-hand encounters whilst fighting on the battlefield.

Chris Hedges is the well-known author of “The Cost of Resistance”, an article written in November 2016. He is an award-winning New York Times best-selling author and ordained Presbyterian minister. Hedges has created a specific audience for this article by the religious references and literary appeals he uses. He shows humility within himself by not including a biography which would highlight his religious and scholarly affiliations but instead using examples from historic and expert references. Hedges uses this article by way of rhetoric appeal to warn and inform readers of the past repeating itself and the cost’s associated with it.

In growing up in the position of the ‘other’ in society, Smith provides an empowered stance of identity exclusively through the demonstration of cultural hybridity, as evidenced by Millat and his gangster crew, the Raggastani’s. As Millat becomes increasingly connected to a swaggering identity highlighted by Western popular culture, his sense of belonging becomes established with the multicultural mix of South Asian and Caribbean teens he hangs out with: “It was a new breed, just recently joining the ranks of the other street crews. Becks, B-boys, Nation Brothers, Raggas, and Pakis; manifesting itself as a kind of cultural mongrel of the last three categories. Their ethos, their manifesto, if it could be called that, was equally a hybrid thing” (193). Here, Smith uses the Raggastani’s as a symbol representing the emerging identity of a multicultural London transformed by the migration of formerly colonized populations from South Asia and the Caribbean. Their mission, to put the “invincible back in Indian, the Bad-aaaass back in Bengali, the P-Funk back in Pakistani” (193), is about taking their identities which have been devalued in Western society and linking them together through a collective sense of approval. As a productive example of cultural hybridity taking place, they are a direct contrast with the forms of difference and racial purity that the Chalfen`s represent, and the resistance of letting go of traditions that their parents uphold. The group tries on a series

When analyzing the French Revolution, the idea of political transformation and citizen involvement play a huge role in actually understanding how the revolution altered from enlightened conversations in salons to its completion, resulting from the French “voice” uniting to halt The Terror that Paris had become. Reflecting back on this event, historians still debate on the specific moment this aristocratic revolution of 1789 turned into the blood-bath radical revolution due to the momentum and contingency that each event has on the overall Revolution. The two authors, Jeremy Popkin, and Timothy Tackett, explain their historical opinion on this period of French history, in which both share a similar

“Black Swan Green” is a story about a highschool boy, named Jason Taylor. Jason has a stammer unlike his other peers at his horrible high school. He’s the kid that dreads talking in front of the class because he sees himself as different. He’s afraid to be judged for his flaws. Also, he has a love for poetry he must hide from everyone. He can’t express his feelings for poetry or anything because he's too scared to be himself. In this story, his mentor, Madame Crommelynck teaches him to accept himself and show the world the real Jason Taylor. Jason has many conflicts throughout the story, especially with himself. On the contrary, Madame Crommelynck relates Jason’s high school peers to hairy barbarians. She asks Jason, “So you want a double life. One Jason Taylor who seeks approval of hairy barbarians. Another Jason Taylor is Eliot Bolivar, who seeks approval of the literary world. Is that so impossible?” (Mitchell, 154). Jason wants to fit in at his school, while Eliot Bolivar wants to be accepted in the literary world. Jason thinks to become a good poet he needs to be accepted by his peers but poetry is for yourself. It’s your thoughts and feelings. Poetry is not for an audience to criticise. To be a poet, you need to be yourself and then you’ll truly be accepted.

In this poem, ‘The Man He Killed’, the poet Thomas Hardy explores a complex theme, which is war, using the simplest language. Throughout this essay I will be discussing the thoughts and opinions Hardy has on war.

In the sociopolitical novel, A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens analyzes the events of one of the bloodiest revolutions in history, the French Revolution, characterized by its violence after no less than 40,000 people were sentenced to death. The violence of the revolution put irreversible change into motion, helping to bring greater equality between French citizens as a result of the upheaval, and causing political changes that affected millions. Through his changing tone, Dickens conveys that rebellion is necessary to amend the ever-growing divide between the social classes, but the mindless nature of the violence, as a result of mob mentality, is excessive, and blood is unnecessarily spilled.

“He’s lost his color far from here”. This line gives the reader a true image of how horrific military wounds could be. The irony that the soldier of the poem “liked a blood smear down his leg” then becomes rather depressing for the reader. This irony also suggests to the reader how foolish the subject is, due to his want of a “blood smear” and then, ironically he obtains “a leap of purple spurted from his thigh”. As well as graphical contrasts, there are also cases of contrasts between atmospheres before and after the war. It is shown that pre war, majority of the community was more joyful; “voices of play and pleasure.” Now however, it seems to be solemn as seen in “Voices of boys rang saddening like a hymn.” This line symbolizes a disheartening atmosphere and also has connotations of a funeral which, once again, proves the horrors of war portrayed by Wilfred

“So prying and insidious were the fingers of the European War” suggests the all encompassing nature of the war. No matter how much people might think that they are sheltered, no aspects have been left untouched. Once the war starts even something as personal as the “geranium bed” is destroyed, nothing is spared. The most private as well as public spaces are intruded, damaged and scarred by the war. War affected not just soldiers but also civilians like the ‘cook’, Lady Bexborough and Miss Kilman. Miss Kilman had to struggle to