Through out the wars that were fought many young lives were lost and over time the views of those fighting and those at home changed as much as they were shaped by the government that sent them to battle. Throughout the module we experience the different emotions and sentiments of the writers’ views on the wars, loss of life, and faith in “the cause” as in Wilfred Owens poetry that screams the pain and frustration the soldiers felt during war. Also we experience how family life is affected by war when we are forced to relocate ourselves from our traditions and cultures and move to a new land as Brave Orchid did in “The Woman War

I learned that it takes courage, strength, and faith to overcome many of the obstacles that life throws our ways, whether they be because of the color of our skin or our sex. And that the one power we posses to help us overcome these obstacles is that of telling our story or writing our feelings. The female characters in “The Woman Warrior” display their courage and strength in the face of the trials that life has placed before them, they also exhibited a faith in their beliefs that was grounded by the roots they left behind in their village but extended to the shores of the “Gold Mountain” they now resided in.. We also see these qualities exhibited in the writings of Langston Hughes who wrote his poetry during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, decades before the Civil Right would truly bring equality to skin color. Hughes wrote about being black and yet still being a person, a man, an equal. “Dream Variations” is a very beautifully written poem that compares the gentle night to the color of his skin, “Night coming tenderly / Black like me”. These writing of Hughes and others like Hurston show courage in spite of the views and ideals that they were still struggling to overcome.

From all the readings in this last module, I profess to have learned that truth is the difference between a boy believing the lie of the unsung hero that is pushed upon him by the same government that has sent his older brother (among othe

Some topics in this essay:
Brave Orchids, Brave Orchid, United Cultures, Hughes Hurston, Harlem Renaissance, Woman Warrior”, TS Eliot’s, Wilfred Owens, Civil Rights, Industrial Revolution, brave orchid, “the woman warrior”, “the woman, government sent, hughes wrote, langston hughes, courage strength, civil rights, color skin, overcome obstacles, woman warrior”,