Essays about: "war story essay"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words war story essay.

1. 1. Re-imagining the World Through Popular Poetry Set in Motion by the Ultimate Signalling Officer Alan Alexander Milne

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Anja Skogberg Lundin; [2023]
   Keywords : 20th Century war-poets; Alan Alexander Milne; Winnie-the-pooh; The Great War; soldiers; pacifism;

   Abstract : Alan Alexander Milne’s authorship was never limited to being the author of the very beloved teddy-bear, far from it. In addition to being a successful playwrite and editing Punch, Milne also wrote several poetry collections which all have been out of print since the 1940s in the entire English-speaking world. READ MORE

3. 2. "Walkin into World War III": The Apocalyptic Death Theme on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för kultur och estetik

   Author : Roger Ljunggren; [2020]
   Keywords : Bob Dylan; The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan; 1960s; “Blowin’ in the Wind”; “Masters of War”; “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall”; “Talkin’ World War III Blues”; “Corrina; Corrina”; Contemporary apocalyptic death theme;

   Abstract : The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan was released in 1963, during the Cold War. Nuclear apocalypse was a big fear at the time and the fright deeply influenced the album. Therefore, this essay argues that the record contains a poetic narrative, with the overarching theme of contemporary apocalyptic death. READ MORE

4. 3. Looking for Mrs Dalloway

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Ethel Schols; [2018]
   Keywords : philosophical; relativism; aftermaths of the war; oppression; dichotomy; fear of living and fear of dying; suicide and revival; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This essay examines the philosophical questions posed in Virginia Woolf’s famous novel Mrs Dalloway (1925) set in London in the aftermath of World War I. In her unique tone and poetic aesthetics, Woolf deals with questions about war and its aftermaths, evil and oppressive power, time and temporality, duality of life, fear of suffering and death, sacrifice and suicide but also, most importantly, love of life. READ MORE

5. 4. Slaughterhouse-Five: An Analysis of Billy Pilgrim's Mental Trauma

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Niclas Kimblad; [2017]
   Keywords : Slaughterhouse-Five Billy Pilgrim Mental Trauma PTSD;

   Abstract : Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five focuses on Billy Pilgrim’s travels through time and his experiences during World War II. More than that, it is a story about the journey of a clearly troubled protagonist whose mental state, best described as broken, is never fully explored in the novel. READ MORE

6. 5. History, Identity, Trauma and Narratives in Toni Morrison's Beloved in relation to "Black Lives Matter" (BLM)

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärande

   Author : Moayad Bani Younes; [2016]
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   Abstract : This is a study of African-American traumas in Toni Morrison's Beloved in relation to the Black Lives Matter movement (BLM). It attempts to explore those stances in the two modes of narrative that impede the justice and peace for African-Americans within particular historical and social contexts. READ MORE