Essays on Anti War

Protests against racial inequality has led to serious political polarization in the country where students beside conscious population acted as a mass opposition force in the system of state-monopoly capitalism. In social terms, the youth movement was a reaction to the sharp contradiction between the new processes related to scientific and technological revolution and the capitalist system in its entirety - from the relationship between private owners and government and ending the sphere of culture. Thus, the characteristic of the youth movement was organic plexus social, political and cultural aspects. The Afro-American question has been on the agenda in ...

1a. “We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained,” said Marie Curie, physicist, chemist, Nobel Prize winner in physics. 1b. Everyone should have such important qualities as persistence and self-confidence so that he or she may believe in the main destination and be able to achieve it (Marie Curie). 2a. According to Kristina Wolff’s article Anti-War and Peace Movements, “Anti-war and peace movements are social movements that concentrate on many issues related to war, armed conflict, and violence. Often, they ...

There are different periods in the history of countries that play more or less significance roles. No doubt that First and Second World Wars immensely influenced the life and political situations almost in every country. These were the most disastrous event and their aftermaths were often disastrous too. In spite of these tremendous periods in the world’s history there were no less and maybe, according to some views, more important period in the history of America in the twentieth century. The period of the 60s is treated now as the time of innovations in culture, science, music and ...

Interwar Technological Developments and Their Effect on

The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919 to bring an end to World War I, “the war to end all wars.” The introduction to the Treaty set forth a general plan to accomplish this objective: and honourable relations between nations by the firm establishment of the understandings of international law as the actual rule of conduct among Governments, and by the maintenance of justice and a scrupulous respect for all treaty obligations in the dealings of organised peoples with one another Agree to this Covenant Ironically, this meticulous declaration was signed by the allied and axis ...

Introduction

The Half-blood Blues narrates the story of a black band who successfully recorded a jazz album in the midst of World War II. It centers on a group of jazz musicians whose ambition to become great in their art was dampened by the war. The war did not only deter them from pursuing their musical aspiration as a group, but it also shattered their dreams forever. On the other hand, the Slaughterhouse-Five is considered as an anti-war novel, and centers on the life of Billy Pilgrim. Most of the stories in this novel were based on the experiences of ...

Kurt Vonnegut was a prolific American author, who wrote the novel “Slaughterhouse Five” (1969). The novel is one of the arguments against war that exists even today. The reason for this is because the novel deals with the effects of war on a person when they return home. This is because for many people it is hard to truly leave the battlefield behind due to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. As PSTD was not a recognizable diagnosis at the time of Vonnegut’s writing, he used Billy’s inability to connect with reality as a representation of the potential effect ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Question 1:

The main goal of the Great Society as promoted by LBJ during his time as the President of the United States was the eradication of poverty and inequality. Specifically, the Great Society supported programs that are focused on education, health care, urban issues, rural development and improvement of the transportation sector. He promoted the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as well as the bill on the provision of federal funding for Medicare (Helsing, 64). Many of the accomplishments of all LBJ’s programs required the increase of federal funding. Though there some parties who claimed that the War on ...

Franz Kafka led a very complex life in the short amount of time he lived. A lot of critics love to make the probably true personal connections between Gregor and Franz in “The Metamorphosis,” but these critics always seem to forget two pertinent facts in addition, the work was first drafted well before he had any symptoms of tuberculosis, and during the beginning of the war, several revisions were made to the work before Kafka released it. The idea that his experience with TB has to do with the book in any way, usually the primary argument of literary ...

Abstract

Pop culture of the 60s that originated in Britain and spread to US followed a string of philosophical and theoretical movement turning into mass culture. Pop culture has had many proponents in fashion, music and literature as well as numerous characteristic features. Studying the 60’s fashion design trends in ...

A Presentation

My presentation today is about two well-known Australian poems which are both broadly anti-war in their overall message, but were written in different periods and use different poetic techniques to convey the poet’s emotions and thoughts. ‘The Trains’ by Judith Wright was written during the Second World War when the threat of a Japanese invasion of the north of Australia was seen as a real possibility. ‘Homecoming’ by Bruce Dawe was written in response to Australian involvement in the Vietnam War in the late 1960s and early 70s.

Each poem’s title gives no hint of its actual subject ...

Shigeji Tsuboi was a prominent Japanese poet of the new age of Japanese literature. He was born on October 10, 1897 and died in September 4, 1975 at the age of 77 years. Tsuboi was born on the island of Shodoshima. He went to the Waseda University in Tokyo, but he never completed his studies. Initially, Tsuboi started out as a modernist and anarchist. As the wave of Marxism grew stronger in Japan, It away Tsuboi, and he broke up with the anarchists. The breaking away from the anarchist movement resulted in a broken arm.

Tsuboi started operating with the proletarian association; ...

Iliad is a Greek epic poem that has been attributed to Homer. The development of this epic poem dates back to the period of Classical antiquity. There are debates on the exact time when Homer composed the Greek epic poem Iliad. However, this 15,693 lines epic poem had a profound influence on the poets and writers of the successive generation. The backdrop of Iliad is the Trojan War. The story depicts that the war continues for ten years and ends with the siege of the city of Troy by the Greek army Achaean. Chrysies and Briseis, the two daughters ...

Battle for Haditha is a heart-wrenching film directed by Nick Bromfield which delves deep into the sheer brutalities of war which leaves a gazillion shocked and hurt at the atrocities meted out to the commoners of the city by the soldiers of the United States of America. This film is a vehement effort that reconstructs the circumstances and events which led to the

colossal massacre in Haditha where twenty-four people were assassinated by the marines in the year 2005. The film goes on to dramatize the horrific episode. The marines, civilian and the insurgents are portrayed in the film and their ...

- Art is not empty. Art is a matter, a substance; it is a Concept, it is an Argument. Picasso said “painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy” (Boeck & Sabartés 1955, p.505), and rightly so. Picasso explains that Art has a purpose, specifically a voice of defiance and logic. But to hang it up as a one-dimensional item hollows the function of artmaking. I know art has the power to influence our thoughts and our actions because Art is conceived from an idea. And that idea could not be defined in ...

Movie director Oliver Stone’s 1989 film “Born on the Fourth of July” is a vivid screen adaptation of antiwar activist Ron Kovic’s autobiographical account of his idealistic dreams of war to becoming the damaged bitter war veteran. This film review follows Stone’s story line of portraying the evolution of Kovic from a young boy playing war with his friends in 1950s Massapequa, Long Island, to his eventual recognition and acceptance as an articulate and respected antiwar activist. For many of the people today, references to the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s are little-known history because this generation wasn’ ...

Under the Bombs a movie filmed in 2007 right at the end of the Lebanon War in 2006. It was directed by Philippe Aractingi - a Franco-Lebanese filmmaker. In the midsummer 2006, the war broke out between Lebanon and Israel. The director of the film, Philippe Aractingi was not able to shoot everything adequately and decided to grab his camera and to shoot everything off the cuff, with no script whatsoever, creating the story in his head. After 10 days, he finished his creation – a 97 minutes movie called “Under The Bombs”, a story where only 2 actors were used – the rest ...

With the world in turmoil and far bloodier, gorier scenes being created in video games than could ever be captured in a book, one would think a war novel, translated to English in 1929, would have lost its impact over the years. The startling, but very real truth, is the impact of the novel has not faded over the decades. It has been nearly a century and the words are still as powerful as the day they were written. Originally written by Erich Maria Remarquee and translated later by A.W. Wheen, anybody who reads it would be stunned by how true the ...

Of all the myriad ways in which the 60s counterculture challenged perceived notions of morality and the status quo, the anti-war song was perhaps its most popular. Given the stakes and devastation of the Vietnam War, which necessitated the draft and angered an increasingly independent and rebellious generation, songwriting and instrumentation increasingly took on these pacifist subtexts. From a Neo-Confucian perspective, the case of Jimi Hendrix’s cover of Bob Dylan’s “All Along the Watchtower” defies the Confucian ideal of yayue, combining aggressive instrumentation with its cryptic vocals to create an atmosphere conducive to an anti-war, rebellious morality (consistent ...

Introduction

‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ is a luminous piece of literary work by German author Bertolt Brecht. This play is considered to be one of the greatest anti war plays of all times. The author has presented some very relevant issues in his novel. The novel was written a long time ago but is still acclaimed for its expressive views on wars and its repercussions. Brecht raises questions on the necessity and morality of fighting wars in his play. This paper aims to propose a discussion on the play, ‘Mother Courage and Her Children’ and further presents an analysis of the novel.

Background

...

In order to understand music inside an historical background we have to begin from an ancient point of view and its 3 main elements: Rhythm; Melody; and Harmony and the significance has to do with the order of their discovery. Rhythm is the first and the oldest element of our earliest understanding of music first played by the cavemen. That could possibly be one man banging a drum. The second one is melody, when probably banging was first accompanied by humming. And finally, harmony was added. From what we know today, music is deeply affected by the special features of ...

Electronic Etiquette:

I do feel in many cases that people are not courteous while using cell phones or text messaging. Most of the people I know, or the people I see, continue using their cell phones for texting or apps while they are engaging in conversations with another person. Not only is this distracting, but also it is rude. If a person is speaking, it is common courtesy to give undivided attention to that person. I see many people go through cashier lines while chatting loudly on their phones, which is very rude to the cashier, as well as everybody within listening ...

Wars have always been a contentious issue. The current skirmishes in Afghanistan and the previous decade’s conflict in Iraq have been one of the most debated issues in contemporary history. The Vietnam War saw one of the largest anti-government protest movements in the United States, where youthful souls and sexually-liberated hippies defined the cultural revolution that was to shape the modern world. And yet, this is nothing new. American journalist John Reed, writing in 1914, has argued against his nation’s involvement in the First World War. His sentiments were echoed in the cynical style of his journalism, reflected ...

John Lennon

John Lennon is one of few contemporary artists who only turned to consistent political activism only in the early 1970s after the break-up of The Beatles (Fisher & Flota 125). The enduring legacy of his work included the song “God”, wherein Lennon wrote the lyrics “the dream is over”, which meant that the dream of the gurus, the hippies, members of The Beatles band, or any other supposed savior had ended. The meaning of the term “dream” in the song refers to the belief in the value of countercultural protest for its own sake (Fisher & Flota 125). Lennon addressed political ...

Kiyoshi Kuromiya, born May 1943, was up to his untimely death in May 2000, one of the world’s most vocal HIV/AIDS, civil rights, gay rights and anti-war activist. Kuromiya was born in a rural internment camp for Japanese in Heart Mountain, Wyoming. In the 1950’s Kiyoshi and his family moved to California where he attended Monrovia High School and later University of Pennsylvania(http://www.critpath.org/about-us/kiyoshi-kuromiya/kiyoshi-kuromiya-hivaids-activist-dies-in-philadelphia/’). Kiyoshi Kuromiya is best known as an activist for civil rights, social justice and for his promotion of information regarding HIV/AIDS. He was an openly gay delegate at the first ever convention for ...

History forms an essential part of our lives. It is from this that we make references to what happened and our future expectations. In conjunction with a group of archeologists, we discovered a time capsule of 1960s. It became of interest to us hence we opted to dig it up. I was given the role of digging up the capsule. In our study revelations, upon investigating the capsule, we discovered the following pertinent items. A tattered newspaper piece titled, ’Anti-war movement’, a cover page to a journal titled ,’Why Assassinate our political leaders?’, a piece of paper with inscriptions of ‘Feminine Mystique,’a cover to ...

For many years, between 1964-1974 the people of the US were awakening by imaginations, this was when people started forming the movements so that they can protest against the injustices imposed to them by the whites. The following movements were formed, The Free Speech Movement, The Anti-War Movement, The Counter-Culture Movement (Hippies in SF) and Women's Movement. Each with its objectives and methods of achieving them for instance: The Free Speech Movement The university students to protest against the abolishment of the no-campus political activities and allow free speech formed this movement. This movement had an impact on ...

Who is an ordinary person? This is a question that has numerous answers depending on various circumstances. Some of the conditions may include; the environment, the culture that surrounds the individual or what the person or society at large has been led to believe by their doctrines and each other’s expectation. One of the many definitions of an ordinary person is a person who often settles for expectations of the society and does whatever it takes for that approval. They put their wishes and desires aside fearing that changes may occur. They settle for less than what they deserve, but ...

Why were Hippies portrayed as enemies when their views were based on love, peace, and America’s most fundamental principle: Freedom? Hippie movement was born in the USA. From 1964 to 1972, America was at war in Vietnam. This was the first war in American history, hated by Americans. This is the heyday of the pacifist sentiments in the world and the birth of the hippie movement. Hippies grew not because of fashion, but because of the strong personal belief in the injustice of the rules of the society: materialism, boredom, wealth and satiety, lack of spirituality. All this ...

In the 1960s the situation in the USA is characterized by a whole lot of political movements. Many movements supported and nurtured each other, literally building on each other. The civil rights movement, the student movement, the anti-war movement, the movement for women's rights, for the rights of sexual minorities, the green movement, the movement of American Indians, Mexican Americans, and others. These movements were sometimes simultaneously, sometimes at different time. Participating in one of these movements for American citizens was like participating in all at once. One of the central roles in all these movements is played by free ...

Social concerns are often expressed through different forms of media and literature. These avenues provide a way to analyze both popular and unpopular opinions about social interests. Many author strive to put forward new view points and better understand the psychology of the public. Some hope to make changes in the future, while others may only want to entertain an audience or make people remember events in a truthful manner. The truth is something that is very subjective to each reader, the truth is often clouded by opinions and social influence, literature and media gives people a chance to analyze issues and ...

The Vietnam War started in 1955 and it ended in 1975. It was a cold war skirmish that took place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from first of November 1955 to 30th 1975.The Vietnam War was a war between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. The communist allies supported the Northern Vietnam while the United States of America and other anti-communists states supported the government of Southern Vietnam. The Vietnam War and its impact on Martin Luther King, jr are discussed in the book Vietnam and America: A documented history by Gentleman, M. E. (1995). He says that no single event since ...

At the end of January each year many in Vietnam, the USA and other parts of the world, think of 1968 when the Tet Offensive was launched by the North Vietnamese against South Vietnam. Although the North had agreed to a truce they did not honor it. Instead they initiated a surprise attack comprised of approximately 70,000 Communist fighters into Saigon and about ninety nine other South Vietnamese cities. The attacks took place in cities on the coast and inland causing a shift from rural fighting to urban fighting. The consequences were staggering and the cruelty to innocent people caught in ...

Introduction

We have always seen how the concept of art, crafts, and designs could be so dynamic. They radically adapt to the changes in society and sometimes, they adapt for good and sometimes they do not. This is by far the most basic explanation of the presence of the various art movements in the past. Of course there are still traces of these art movements that exist to date but they surely are not as ubiquitous as they once were. The objective of this paper was to examine the different discovered and if possible, undiscovered intersections between art, crafts, and ...

The paper is based on the article written by Ken Peak an Assistant Professor in the magazine The Police Chief of October 2012 with the titled, “community policing and CompStat: Merged or mutually exclusive?”. It is published monthly by the University of Nevada, Reno. The double terrorists attack on the government buildings i.e. the Pentagon House and the World Trade Center on 9th November 2001 changed the operations of the police in the United States of America. The government and communities realized the need to come up with new and sophisticated strategies to counter terrorist threats in the ...

Against the background of various revolutions taking place in different parts of the world, some of them being for ideological or political values, while other leading to scientific and technological development. But one of them stands alone and is not discussed often. It was initiated not by the hands of politicians or class antagonists. It did not lead to slaughter and caused no progress in the world of new technologies. Quietly walking barefoot, tinkling bells, beading and plunging in nirvana, the floral revolution introduced the world of hippies. Along with them it changed the mind and worldview of future ...

War and technological innovation have often gone hand-in-hand. Advancements in weaponry are, of course, inevitable under the circumstances of armed conflict, but the necessities of logistical concerns like supply, transport, communication and medicine are likewise sources of invention. World War I, a global conflict the likes of which the world had never seen, yielded an unprecedented number of technical advances, the magnitude of which were commensurate with a conflict large enough to destroy the old world order. This was the first war that brought entire citizen populations under fire. As such, it was inevitable that the world’s governments should turn ...

America’s War in Vietnam

One way to quantify the moral tenor of America’s foreign wars is to examine the comparative number of those who sought and were granted exemptions as conscientious objectors (CO). During World War II, which is often identified as a “crusade against evil,” approximately 37,000 draft-eligible men were granted CO status. In the course of one year of war in Vietnam, nearly twice that number – 61,000 – were identified as conscientious objectors (Szmedra, p. 144). In all, roughly 170,000 men earned CO status during the course of America’s military involvement in Southeast Asia (Ibid).

The unprecedented numbers ...

Book Review: Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class

Book Review: Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class

Jefferson Cowie is a Labor historian and a professor of Industrial Labor Relations at the Cornell University (Jefferson Cowie). Cowie’s book Stayin’ Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class is a classic explanation of the manner in which the 1970s’ legislative and fiscal mayhems in the United Stated affected the life of the common American (Cowie 2010). He recalls the circumstances of the era to remind the reader of the cultural changes that took place due to the 1970s’ labor liberalization, which was a ...

Photography is a form of art that shows the artist’s perspective in a snapshot. Photographers capture a moment in time in order to portray emotion and convey a particular message. Political photos serve as a detailed and informative example of this form of expression. Not only do they show us history in time, but they also preserve memories of the event, lest history cloud perceptions of how wars are waged. In the case of the Vietnam War, political photography was used by many pioneering photographers as a weapon, showing the horrors of the war on both foreign and domestic soil. Political photography proved to ...

“Anti-war protests attract thousands: Demonstrations in US and overseas” by Marcus Wohlsen tells the reader about one of the most critical issues during the last ten years – attitude of the US people to the War in Iraq. Despite the fact that this very article was actually written in 2007 and all the actions described in it relate to that very period, the call of the article still remains very important: the author shows people’s indignation and negative attitude to the War in Iraq, which has already taken thousands of lives.

Actually, the issue raised in the article is ...