Socheata Sin Oct. 30 2012 English Lang & Lit 11JMc The commentary on the poem “Futility” by Wilfred Owen The poem titled “Futility” meaning uselessness or pointlessness. Owen is trying to say this war is the pointless war. The soldiers are useless that they’re dead. No matter how much the soldier work‚ it doesn’t worth it. The poem is written in fourteen lines and divided into two verses. The two verses are contrast each other. The first verse’s atmosphere is quite‚ soft‚ tender and
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in the poem "Famous" by Shihab Naomi‚ it states that "a river is famous to a fish" the meaning of famous in this poem is well known. Isn’t the river well known to the fish? Isn’t a
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look to answer the question written above‚ with the use of Point‚ Evidence and Explanation‚ in the subtopics of Interpretation‚ Structure‚ Language‚ Imagery and Personal Response. The poem talks of a gas attack upon an accumulation of soldiers who are fighting in World War I. He sarcastically states that it is ‘sweet and fitting to die for ones country’. Wilfred Owen thought completely different of this‚ however‚ and is complexly against the war. He uses very powerful‚ vivid descriptions‚ for example
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The institutions of law and order slip away or are ignored; human beings revert to a more primitive part of their nature. In this book‚ this common idea made me consider more about the human mental structure. One of the most important quotes regarding this idea is‚ “They’re the only thing we have.” This refers to the rules that Ralph has set and Jack challenges them. As soon as Jack and the rest of the boys begin to disregard these rules‚ a more primitive side starts to show. An Important part
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According to The Free Dictionary‚ mental illness is defined as‚ “Any of various psychiatric conditions‚ usually characterized by impairment of an individual ’s normal cognitive‚ emotional‚ or behavioral functioning‚ and caused by physiological or psychosocial factors “(The Free Dictionary‚ 2007). Mental illness can certainly be a physical illness‚ but is not as easily diagnosed like a disease such as diabetes. In a disease like diabetes‚ physicians can run tests to look for certain indicators of
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Wilfred Owen‚ a Soldier Poet who spent time in several military hospitals after being diagnosed with neurasthenia‚ wrote the poem "Disabled" while at Craiglockhart Hospital‚ after meeting Seigfried "Mad Jack" Sassoon. A look at Owen’s work shows that all of his famed war poems came after the meeting with Sassoon in August 1917 (Childs 49). In a statement on the effect the Sassoon meeting had on Owen’s poetry‚ Professor Peter Childs explains it was after the late-summer meeting that Owen began to
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Incarcerated Individuals who Suffer from Mental Illness Introduction. Oppression has been inflicted upon the mentally ill in the United States. A lack of federal funding for various mental health facilities accounts for fewer treatment opportunities for affected individuals. Legislation has made it difficult to equip facilities to treat violently ill patients‚ thus resulting in incarceration in state prisons. 1 in 3 inmates in the US are diagnosed with mental illness. After being released many offenders
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How did poems convey the first world war? Wilfred Owen and Wills Hall covey war in their own way adapting to the time and circumstances to put across the horror and brutal reality of war. The two texts I am going to refer to‚ to show this are “The long and the short and the tall” by Wills Hall and "Dulce et decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen. Wilfred Owen writes his poetry to get over the trauma of the experience. He has (like many other poets) the burning desire to get the horror of the
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Mental Behavioral Case Study HCS/245 Kristene Diggins November 8‚ 2014 Jamikka Waremercer A lady came into the emergency room‚ she felt as though she had maybe had a stroke. We started to ask her questions‚ we
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