The "visage of war" sees only death, and speaks only death. ... The symbolism in "Face of War" strongly shows the dark aspects of war. ... Dalí chose dull colors like brown, black, and dark orange, which show sadness and misery. ... He wanted to show how war is terrible and by using dark and dull colors, he does just that. ... Dark orange represents deceit and distrust. ...
Although Lord of the Flies is a novel which explores some of the darker aspects of human nature, I think there are many positive aspects of human nature presented here too: Look closely at the characters and roles of Ralph and Piggy, for example. ... Piggy is intelligent and loyal, and although some of the other characters see him as a coward, he is actually very courageous in the way he speaks out against Jack and his savagery: Look at what he says in "Castle Rock" just before his death; his death makes him into a kind of tragic hero. ... During the war, which lasted for six years, ...
The novel contains all the elements of the classic Sleeping Beauty: the castle, thorns, princess, and a tale of death and awakening from eternal sleep. ... Briar Rose is a novel with a very dark theme. ... A quote that depicts the dark theme of the novel is: ""Five thousand corpses?" ... The story of the sleeping beauty Briar Rose symbolizes the actual story of Gitl's near death experiences throughout World War II. ...
Religion has also been the cause of death and destruction that so often contradict its own teachings. ... Countless Children, women, and men have died horrible deaths due to the unwillingness for these two groups to compromise. ... As if this were not a dark enough chapter in world history, the soldiers responsible for the deaths of so many innocent lives were, in there minds, acting as good Christians. ... (Carmody, Brink 334) After Mohammad's death in 632ad, the majority of Arabia had accepted Islam and the teachings of the Qur"an. ... When these guidelines are added to, distorte...
Ultimately, Wells exemplifies "the other" through the narrator's inexplicable fear of death. Following his second encounter with the Martians, the speaker realizes that he is "upon this dark common, helpless, unprotected and alone" (Wells 25). ... [but] of... mysterious death [that]... would leap after [him]... and strike [him] down" (Wells 26). No one has knowledge of the afterlife; whether or not there is life after death is unknown. ... The Jews who had inhabited Germany for generations were now looked down upon for their dark hair and eyes. ...
This environment led to Heller's satirical and darkly humorous attitude evident in his own life and especially in his writing. Catch-22 is a social satire that utilizes dark humor. In one instance Heller makes a point by joking about death. ...
Rough Draft Faithful Elephants The children's book Faithful Elephant by Yukio Tsuchiya, about three elephant in a time of war where their trainers have to put the to death. ... Also the colors seem too dark and not quite cheerful enough for the children to enjoy the book. ...
Life endangering, and hostile, we will never know the full extent of the horror that took place at the time of the holocaust. On a rounded sum of numbers, six million Jewish men, women, and children we killed shamelessly. Of course the nazi party, who were the socialist government power at the time,...
This means that the war will stay with them until Finny's death. ... Gene needed to release this horrid, dark shadow from him, so he returned to Devon fifteen years later. ... Finny's death was in due time. ... After Finny's death, gene realized that he was separate from him and that he could do so much more now that he was himself. ...
He has made an incredibly truthful and realistic film, which some people chose to call an anti-war film because of the way it represents war and it's dark portrail of it. Yet to simply label the movie as an "anti-war" movie is somewhat deceptive for it does not really have an anti-war message as one would expect from a dark, messy, violent film. ... We"re left with the message that bravery isn't about facing death with no fear, it's about facing death despite fear -- because there are some things more important than yourself. ...
All quiet on the Western Front is a book by Erick Maria Remarque. It takes place during World War I on the French Front. Paul Baumer is a boy of 19 years, who voluntarily joined the Army with several of his friends after hearing a patriotic speech given at his school. Paul and his friends realize...
"Soldier's Home" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway where a young man called Krebs is displayed as the protagonist. He is shown to be struggling as he has just returned back from the First World War. While at the war Krebs was exposed to both death and destruction in some of the most grues...
""First I [Kwak] did not understand why she [her neighbor] died, however soon I realized the reason for her death. ... Due to the darkness after the explosion. ... On one hand, it meant a quick end to the war for the United States, and on the other hand, a slow and painful death to many innocent Japanese. ... Death and destruction are always a reality of war. The number of deaths and the after effects of the atomic bomb has the world now looking at nuclear warfare in a different light. ...
The Jews were then transported to Nazi death camps (The Age). ... SNCF only gave an apology because US legislators, survivors, and their descendants moved to block the company from getting contracts in the US if it did not admit its role in the shipping of thousands of Jews to Nazi death camps and make amends. ... He introduced a bill seeking to require all companies competing for US high speed rail contracts to reveal any role they might have had in deporting Jews and others to Nazi death camps in the war. "No company whose trains carried innocent victims to death camps should have the r...
Although Mackenzie had limited fans and acted in political longevity, he proved himself as an effective leader socially, nationally, and through the dark times of war. ... He was a complicated man who had only a few intimate friends and for the most part, his death was not mourned. Mackenzie King proved himself as a leader by social means, national means, and the dark wartime throughout his 7 829 days of political reign. ...
But when he comes out of the darkness, bringing the truth, he is not heard for what ordinary man can live with so terrible an understanding? ... Ralph initially blows the conch to discover how many children have escaped death in the plane crash. As Jack approaches with his choir from the darkness of the forest, he cannot see Ralph, whose back is to the sun. ...
When the dark side of him wins for a brief moment and he pushes Finny out of a tree it ends his man against man conflict and makes Gene realize that Finny's intention has never been to sabotage him. ... In the resolution of the story Finny dies a death that is indirectly caused by his best friend. ... Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not death by violence." ... This happens in real life as do horrible accidents that cause death. ...
When the dark side of him wins for a brief moment and he pushes Finny out of a tree it ends his man against man conflict and makes Gene realize that Finny's intention has never been to sabotage him. ... In the resolution of the story Finny dies a death that is indirectly caused by his best friend. ... Nothing endures, not a tree, not love, not death by violence." ... This happens in real life as do horrible accidents that cause death. ...
Although, there was still an undertone of gray and darkness which can either be used to foreshadow death and battle, or to maintain the harshness and horrible qualities of war. ... Although there is much less simulated death, the occurrence of it is much more complicated. ... Also, deaths are much more dramatic, and seemingly more important than they are in actual battle, or in Saving Private Ryan. ...
Later in the novel you are given reasons for this, it may be due to the war or because of the tragic death of his lover Katherine. ... As it is dark in the Chapel the soldiers are using lit flares to see the paintings, it is clear to the reader that they are not meant to be doing this through use of strong words such as "outrageous" and "abusing". ...
"Exterminate All the Brutes" analyzes the primary cause of the Holocaust through his studies of Joseph Conrad's "Heart of Darkness" which gives his writing a shadow of European thought. ... Similar to the Holocaust massive amounts of people suffered their death, the population was cut in half due to violence, famine, and disease. ... The Herero genocide of 1904 is responsible for the death of 65,000 south-west Africans in an attempt by the German exterminate policy to rid Africa of its "brutes". ...
"This story is neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. ... An example of Paul hiding during an attack shows his fear of death. " I lie huddled in a large shell-hole, my legs in the water up to the belly. ... Under one of the helmets a dark pointed beard and two eyes are fastened on me. ...
He "[adhered] to a philosophy of respect, responsibility, and love for people of all ages despite penalty of terrible death" (Skloot 26). ... Szpilman stated that he was "sure that even in the gas chamber, the Old Doctor must have whispered with one last effort, 'it's all right, children, it will be all right,' so that at least he could spare his little charges the fear of passing from life to death" (96). ... He did not limit their freedom, yet still supported them as they made their way through the dark and gloomy atmosphere of World War II....
Furthermore, the unknown reasons why Leper decided to enlist so early represents the boys" feelings towards war: it is a great unknown that covers their lives in darkness. ... Because of this failure to recognize an enemy, Finny brings about his own death. ... He feels destined to become a part of Finny, and even feels that Finny's death is his own. ...
