... life in order to save a friend. While researching I found a photo (see; below) taken in 1915 on the hights of Gallipoli with the Aegean Sea in the background. The caption reads "A digger caries a wounded comrade down to a dressing station near North Beach" - this picture clearly shows the core of mateship and the Anzac legend. To be an Anzac is to hold headfast into battle, to do what's best ... and peacekeeping missions in which Australians have participated in over the last nine decades. Some of these include; World War Two, Vietnam, The Gulf War, East Timor, Afghanistan and most rece...

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... first verse in the way he contrasts the poem's patriotic title to the pathetic and pitiful image given to the soldiers. "Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, knocked-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge." This shows how these heroic soldiers have suffered. The use of phrases like "bent double" and "old beggars" graphically show how these men no longer look like ... fit young men but withered old men which emphasises the harsh consequences of this war. The application of the simile "coughing like hags" also continues the trend of portraying these soldiers in a painfu...

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... a few words' Choose a poem which you have read recently and show how it demonstrates the truth of this text. A poem which i have read recently and shows how a poem can teach us the enormous effect of a few words is 'Disabled' by Wilfred Owen. The poem was written at the time of world war 1. It is about a young man who ... he will never be able to have a proper relationship with a woman ever again. The last part also tells of how woman never touch him. As if his pain is contagious. In stanza three the poet reflects on how handsome the young man was. 'There was an artist silly for his face...

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... The sources show different attitudes for different reasons or purposes. Some of the sources are propaganda, one a photo, one a statement from a modern text book and the last a tribunal testimony of Clifford Alan. Sources "A" and "B" are giving reasons for men to enlist in the army. Source "A" uses men's feelings for women to persuade tem to join the army. The ... was thinking, showing that the government were keen to use enlistment rather then conscription. This source favours recruitment. Source "C" shows vast quantities of men some with their families queuing outside a recruiting offic...

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• Grade Level: High School