Why Is It Important To Bring Hope To People During World War One?

After the end of World War II, the United States went through many changes. Most of the changes were for the better, but some had an adverse effect on certain population centers. Many programs, agencies and policies were created to transform American society and government.

On December 7th, 1941, Japanese fighter planes staged an attack on U.S naval and military forces based in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii. In around just two hours, America suffered from approximately 3,435 casualties including 2,000 deaths. The shattering defeat cost the U.S, 8 battle ships and around 200 airplanes. The following day, President Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. This was approved, and more than two years into the conflict, America had eventually fully committed to the war.

People sometimes have tough ordeals. Some may act negatively toward the problem, but the people that act positively toward the problem are able to see hope in places where they wouldn’t expect it to be in. People have been through cruelty, yet they continue to stay positive. People still have the positivity to cling onto their last hope, or even continue to think positively when there is no hope at all. People like Anne Frank, in Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, continue to stay positive throughout the horrible ordeals that have happened. Some of the Japanese in Dear Miss Breed: True Stories of the Japanese American Incarceration During World War II and a Librarian Who Made a Difference have continued to stay hopeful while in internment

Hope. It is stated in the Oxford dictionary, that hope is “Grounds that something good may happen” (Source 11), but also as “A feeling of trust.” (Source 11). This feeling, was the last and only positive feeling the Jews had left. They could not be happy because they were trapped, held against their will, separated from loved ones, suffering slow and painful deaths. Nevertheless, they had to hope that good things would happen. With each win by the Allies, their hope rose and their hope became more of a reality. Philosopher Neel Burton, said “Inherent in every hope is a fear, and in every fear a hope.” (Source 12). The fear of what could be the future urged them to hope, beyond everything, for a better and brighter future for their people. Acts of rebellion from the public would have allowed their hope to grow as well. The Edelweiss Pirates were one such group.

World War I, as we recall it, was a period of intense devastation, death, horror, and national division. Australia, a nation barely a decade old, went into the war often in the name of patriotism and for the hope of adventure, and emerged with 60,000 of the 416,809 men who voluntarily enlisted dead, and a further 156,000 wounded or taken prisoner. The loss Australia felt was immense, and left the nation with scars that took decades to heal. Yet every 25th of April, thousands of Australians rise at dawn to remember WW1 in particular. Why should we commemorate these years of devastation and pain? What do we gain from continuing to gaze back into a bloodstained past? Is there ‘music ... and a glory...’ beyond the devastation?

Even if they had nothing, hope sparked up when they needed it. Back in Between Shades of Gray, Lina had been told by a Soviet officer that her father was killed after she hadn’t seen him in forever. But when an inspection doctor came, hope was ignited. She told him that an officer explained that her father was killed in prison. However, the officer then replied saying he had heard of a famous person being killed in prison, only to meet him a few days later. This poured just a bit of excitement into Lina’s heart, and gave her just enough hope to know there was always a chance even when she thought she heard the worst of it. (Sepetys). Also, Lina was constantly tested with her leadership abilities when times got rough. Especially when illness struck hard, hope was needed greatly. “My stomach sank. What would I do? I had no medicine. Everyone was ill. Would I be the only one left? I could only pray for an answer…” (Vilkas 329). Even though she had nothing to make an impact, her prayers and her mind gave her everything she needed to get through it mentally. Lastly again in, Parallel Journeys, change was what gave Helen hope even when she didn’t know what to expect. “Apparently, we were going to be moved, but where? The doors were kept open and we could see the beautiful woods and their autumn colors. I could not describe the feeling of leaving Auschwitz, it's smoking chimneys still visible.” (Waterford 130). After being at the

How did the war create an opportunity to create social change, and how did the reaction to women in wartime manufacturing affect the social standards of women in the workplace?

I want to write poems that will be meaningful( poetryfoundation.org).” This awe-inspiring quote by Gwendolyn Brooks herself shows the purpose behind her career and what anyone can accomplish if they have the drive to do so. Brooks fully fulfilled and delivered on this mantra. Her first collection of poetry A Street in Bronzeville ( released in 1945) was a great success and received many honors ( biography.com). Both of her two autobiographies took heavy criticism which Brooks vehemently refuted saying, “They wanted a list of domestic spats (poetryfoundation.org).” Writing only one novel Martha Maud, Brooks did not dabble to often in prose ( poets.org). Annie Allen , which won a Pulitzer Prize, and In The Mecca, which received a National Book Award in poetry, are her two greatest works(poets.org). The awards she acquired for her works are the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award, Fellowships from the Academy of American Poets, the Frost Medal, a National Endowment for the Arts Award, the Shelley Memorial Award, among many others (poets.org). All of these allowed her to become a teacher and speaker of literature specifically poetry at many universities throughout her life and the Poet Laureate of both Illinois and the United States (biography.com; poets.org ). Along with these government positions came a much more political

Many Americans were against joining World War I because the war did not concern America and was very dangerous. Due to the growth of industrial warfare, combat was now more dangerous than ever before with the invention of the submarine and airplane. These new inventions took combat to the sky and the deep sea where humans are extremely vulnerable and death can happen within minutes. To make matters worse, these new submarines and airplanes were equipped with weapons such as the torpedo and automatic machine gun, which contributed to the killing of over a hundred thousand American men alone.

“At first, citizens across the world enthusiastically supported their countries. Men raced to sign up for military service, eager to get involved before the action would be over. New recruits marched off to war cheered by crowds of well-wishers. Anywhere a crowd would gather, be it a soccer match or a church service, military recruiters could be found. Signing up young men – and later, women – to serve their countries” (T. Pendergast and S. Pendergast 2).

Some people do not understand the true meaning of hope. Hope is defined in the Webster Dictionary as, “to want something to happen or be true and think that it could happen or be true”. During the Holocaust, many people showed hope even though they were going through troubling times. A very well known line is by Anne Frank, and she wrote, “In spite of everything, I still believe

“Many young men faked their age in order to sign up early. The youngest to do so was Sidney Lewis, who was only 12 years old at the time.” http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-world-wars/articles/10-little-known-facts-about-ww1 This cnects to WW1 because kids would think that they would become a hero. But since they are young and they don’t know better, they think that they will be able to come home when they want, and survive the war. WW1 is the first war that involved all the countries. The people who are fighting are the Allies (based on the Triple Entente of the Russian Empire, the French Third Republic, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) versus the Central Powers of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Although Italy was a

At last the war in Europe has ended and so has our conflict with Japan, we can now look back with pride about how our great country has coped and thrived in such trying conditions. I am sure that every world leader and serving soldier would like the shake the hand of every man, woman and child in this community and many communities around the world, without the support and service of communities like this we can be sure that the war would not have ended so well.

Hope is the one sentiment that people cling onto when nothing else is left. All throughout history hope has been a major theme in life and in literature. Authors can use the idea of hope to lure readers into a false sense of security, and then crush that hope and end the brief feeling that everything is going to be alright. However, that hope can never completely

When looking at all four sources, the proposition that warfare caused hardship for civilians is definitely true as it destroyed housing structures along with daily items and other services.