Jingoism

British monarchy - Should they stay or should they go? Yona Oshrat The nurse Jacintha Saldanha was looking after Prince William’s wife Kate – who was suffering from morning sickness – when two Australian DJs called the hospital impersonating The Queen and Prince Charles. Believing the call was genuine she then transferred the call to the ward where Kate was staying where another nurse gave information about Kate’s condition. The nurse found hanged after the hoax call to the hospital - she committed

As two of the most transformative events in modern history, there is a lot of value in studying World War I and II, especially their causes. It is also important to remember to look beyond the direct physical reasons for the wars, at the underlying reasons relating to the nations’ attitudes and beliefs. Both wars shared a similar attitude of rivalry between nations, but World War I had been preceded by 40 years without a large war, while World War II was less than 25 years removed from World War

Chapter 13 Zinn opens chapter with the recognition that “war and jingoism might postpone, but could not fully suppress, the class anger that came from the realities of ordinary life”.  Despite the brief interlude that momentarily quelled class conflict, the issues at home had never been resolved and resurfaced with a vengeance.  More and more writers were writing from a Socialist mindset:  Upton Sinclair published The Jungle in 1906, as a commentary on Chicago’s meatpacking industry. In writing

When Does Home Lose its Meaning?: The Effects of Isolation Simply stated, the inner-workings of war are unimaginable to a civilian. They cannot begin to fathom the effects of isolation from humanity that soldiers face once peacetime is declared. Civilians cheer and take pride in the victory of war, but in result, it is extremely difficult for them to understand the long road of mental recovery for the survivors after the war ends, as Tim O’Brien, author of The Things They Carried, explains, “The

“Next to of course god america i” is a poem by E. E. Cummings that satirizes the arrogant adamancy with which politicians speak of patriotism in order to fabricate an idealistic sense of national pride. Saturated with uncommon poetic practices, Cummings exploits unconventional syntax, lack of punctuation, and an overall rushed, seemingly nonsensical form of writing to emphasize the satirical tone of the poem and to poke fun at the absurdity of the lengths to which patriotism goes. “Next to of course

Asians who were Ugandan citizens were also expelled. Idi Amin’s reasoning for expelling 60,000 Asians from Uganda is still unclear. There are many theories put forth, but they remain mere speculation. As a result of Idi Amin’s erratic behavior, jingoism, and ruthlessness, Uganda’s economic ultimately suffered to this day from this act. In 1971, President Idi Amin demanded a review of Uganda’s Asian community citizenship. In August of 1972, he decreed that all Punjab Asians residing in Uganda must

Isolationist vs Imperialist: Foreign Policy in the 19th Century While there is no doubt that the Spanish-American War ushered the United States into imperialism there is a debate about the United States before the war. Traditionalists argue that the United States was largely isolationist before the Spanish-American War while revisionists, many of whom gained traction in the 1960s during widespread protest to the Vietnam War, argue that the United States has always been this imperialistic, even

The Irony Depicted in Shakespeare's Henry V As Norman Rabkin has observed, Henry V is a play which organizes critics into "rival camps" of interpretation (35). It can be seen as a play that is ambiguous; a play that exposes the playwright's own indecision; a play that aggressively takes sides in favour of nationalistic fervour which Shakespeare himself didn't believe in (35). All of these views, writes Rabkin, are wrong since according to him the play's "ultimate power" lies in its ability

The author who wrote the beloved children’s story “The Jungle Book” is also an accused jingoist ("Kipling, Rudyard"Nobel Prize Winners). Rudyard Kipling was a European man born in Bombay India in 1865. Kipling was born during an age of British Imperialism in India (McNamara and "Kipling, Rudyard" Hutchinson Encyclopedia). He himself was rumored to be an imperialist for Britain. Throughout his lifetime Kipling lived in Britain, India, and the United States of America ("Kipling, Rudyard" World Authors)

Reclaiming the Sonnet: Cummings and Millay’s Contemporary Use of the Classical Poetic Form Fourteen lines, iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme-- the classical form of the sonnet has been employed by poets since the thirteenth century. Whether the Italian Petrarchan, the English Shakespearean or other variations on the quatorzain, some of the most widely-read poets have risen to fame as sonneteers. Typically sonnets address romantic love or lust, but occasionally poets will lyrically meditate on nature