Hyperbole Examples
The writer uses a hyperbole “I bleed red, white and blue” as an example to represent his patriotic ideology.
Keval Patel also wrote about throughout history, there have been positive and negative effects of nationalism. The positive example given was the world cup.
By bringing people from each country together, fans were united by cheering on their teams on whether they win or lose. There was a strong sense of pride and confidence.
When the American colonists worked and came together to unite against a common enemy, this illustrated when American nationalism was first developing. However, a negative effect of nationalism is the cause of the first world war one. The European nation desired to show how much power they were wielding. Which
had, unfortunately, lead to millions of deaths on both sides. Nationalism had led to egotism among citizens of many nations by advocating a sense that people of a particular country were superior to those who those of another country, giving the impression they could win any war because of their “strength”
The writer mentioned that this does not only apply to wars but many other conflicts. Naturally, we are biased and our customary attachment is to favor the one view we support. Which in fact can lead to misunderstanding and conflict? We become so immersed in our own views and beliefs that we deluge in circumstances of opposition.
The main idea of this article was to show the major differences between pride in one's nationality and degrading others based on the same pride filled identity.
Nationalism can motivate others into action whether it's a sporting event or in extreme cases, war. This utmost emotion of pride for one’s nation can result in citizens coming together to support and manifest that they are ‘superior’ to other nations. If one nation creates conflict in trying to do so, could cause ramifications and start a war or
Keval Patel also wrote about throughout history, there have been positive and negative effects of nationalism. The positive example given was the world cup.
By bringing people from each country together, fans were united by cheering on their teams on whether they win or lose. There was a strong sense of pride and confidence.
When the American colonists worked and came together to unite against a common enemy, this illustrated when American nationalism was first developing. However, a negative effect of nationalism is the cause of the first world war one. The European nation desired to show how much power they were wielding. Which
had, unfortunately, lead to millions of deaths on both sides. Nationalism had led to egotism among citizens of many nations by advocating a sense that people of a particular country were superior to those who those of another country, giving the impression they could win any war because of their “strength”
The writer mentioned that this does not only apply to wars but many other conflicts. Naturally, we are biased and our customary attachment is to favor the one view we support. Which in fact can lead to misunderstanding and conflict? We become so immersed in our own views and beliefs that we deluge in circumstances of opposition.
The main idea of this article was to show the major differences between pride in one's nationality and degrading others based on the same pride filled identity.
Nationalism can motivate others into action whether it's a sporting event or in extreme cases, war. This utmost emotion of pride for one’s nation can result in citizens coming together to support and manifest that they are ‘superior’ to other nations. If one nation creates conflict in trying to do so, could cause ramifications and start a war or