Whether writers engage in war as combatants or not is unimportant. What matters is the immediacy and actuality of what they portray.’ How far do you agree with this statement? In your response you should comment on and analyse the connections and comparisons between at least two texts you have studied. Writers who aren’t directly involved in combat can offer a truthful and accurate portrayal of war‚ equally writers who are combatants can equally do this. One of the actualities of war that is
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increase the impact on the readers or to exaggerate the situation – to make sure it was clear to everyone that the war was not honourable in any perspective. In the first line‚ the author introduces soldiers who are “like old beggars”. He uses simile and compares the soldiers to beggars‚ which makes the reader feel that these men are weak‚ vulnerable and
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fortunate and do not care about the harsh conditions that the poor have to endure. In the beginning of his essay‚ Swift talks about how “[i]t is a melancholy object…to see the streets…crowded with beggars…” (348). Swift is suggesting that it is a horrible sight for the elite to have to walk through town seeing beggars‚ especially females who are trying to earn an income in order to provide for their family. They are a nuisance because they pester the wealthy for alms. The wealthy do not want to be bothered
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make it through many obstacles before his real strength could be shown. Even Telemachus and Penelope shows their strength. Telemachus and Odysseus gather a plan to kill the suitors and regain the palace. Odysseus stay in the palace as a beggar‚ while waiting for the perfect time to attack the suitors. Penelope speaks to Odysseus‚ although she does not yet know he is her husband. She tells the suitors whoever can string Odysseus great bow
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The wound smarted for a long time. Siddhartha took many travelers across the river who had a son or a daughter with them‚ and he could not see any of them without envying them‚ without thinking: So many people possess this very great happiness why not I? Over time‚ Siddhartha became weary. Constantly taking travelers across the river was no longer appealing to him. He reflected on his life and felt something missing. Others‚ the childpeople of the villages he had visited in his youth
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Life in Medieval Towns and Cities In urban areas there was essentially freedom within the walls. When cities and towns received their charters‚ a certain amount of freedom was gained‚ but it was by no means a democratic society. Population and Urban Environment Medieval cities were extremely small by our standards. London had only 10‚000-100‚000 residents during the medieval period. Cities were geographically small with the average about 1 square mile with 300‚000 inhabitants. The streets
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to restrict him from success. The short story begins with a boorish beggar named Markwardt roaming the streets pouncing at the tiniest iota of empathy for‚ what he sees to be‚ his life ending disability. The disheveled man chooses for his life to consist of asking civilians roaming the streets if they “[would] [not] mind helping a poor guy out” (329)‚ instead of making an honourable‚ conscientious living for himself. The beggar uses his disabilities as a crutch to get through life and make ends meet
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Sonnet 116 by Shakespeare and Hour by Carol Ann Duffy Sonnet 116 and Hour are love poems that aim to describe love as a powerful force to be reckoned with. Both poems are traditional sonnets with 14 lines that express love as a “bright” “star” that almost brings light into people’s lives. Sonnet 116 describes love as a “star to every wand’ring bark” suggesting that it is the north star that guides ships home. The north star does not move so won’t let you down if you were to follow it. Perhaps
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white cloth smeared with his father’s blood. Chamdi spends his first few nights on the streets with another boy named Sumdi and his little sister‚ Guddi. He is introduced to the underground begging system of Bombay; "Anand Bhai is our boss. All beggars who work in this area must give him whatever we earn. Then he will give us some money back" (page 118). Chamdi is now facing external conflicts with the horrific weather conditions commonly referred to as Man
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position of the soldier (1st person)‚ and shows that the speaker’s dreams are as real as his waking experience; the war becomes more of a mental battle. As well as this the first two lines‚ “Bent double‚ like old beggars under sacks” creates two similes; the soldiers are ‘like’ ‘old’ ‘beggars’ and ‘hags‚’ which Owen suggests that their reality is so surreal that he needs to find comparative ways to describe it so that the readers can understand how gruesome his experience has been. Therefore‚ the use
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