... due to increased demand for such products as food, clothing, and ammunition. The government, along with the mass media, wanted to show women that they should go to work. The message they wanted to express was that by going into the workforce, you would be helping your country, and earning a living at the same time (Rosie). The campaign generated posters, pamphlets ... performing industrial tasks and using machines was as easy as daily housework: Instead of cutting the lines of a dress, this woman cuts the pattern of aircraft parts. Instead of baking a cake this woman is cooking gears to...

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... was determined to meet him. The two poets became friends and wrote powerful poetry together about the harsh reality of war. Both Owen and Sassoon wrote their poems with one message and one purpose in mind. The purpose being to bring home the truth of the war to show civilians exactly what happened in those lice ridden, muddy trenches and to ... show them that Jessie Pope was completely wrong. The message of their poems being that war is no game with marching, clean uniformed soldiers, glory and dignity, that war is not something to do if you want to impress people ... due to his loss of...

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... anxiety stifled dissent in Cold War America through the politics of film. Communism crept into facets of culture such as entertainment and quickly spread its message, of demonising communism. The American cinema was never associated with "Red" propaganda but this was questioned when three pro-Russian movies were released. ... sin, crime and immorality". (Whitfield 1991:77). Messages stated that the world was divided into two camps, echoed through out states, sounding the message to choose either judgement or revival. "The world is divided into two camps! On the one side we see communism w...

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... a stand against bigotry by drawing pictures that made the viewer stop and examine his feelings towards African Americans. In the picture New Kids from the Block (Finch) Rockwell expresses the message that all children are alike. The artist portrays two young African American children moving into a predominantly white neighborhood. The two African American children, a young boy and his younger sister ... Act. He paints normal scenes such as moving into a new house and walking to school to communicate his anti-bigotry views. As seen in many of his paintings, Rockwell's fundamental message ...

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... is based upon war and tragedy. Wilfred Owen tries to show the harsh reality of war, to people who were still content in believing it was noble and glorious. His message is that if only they could experience his "smothering dreams" which are but an echo of what his comrade suffered, then maybe they would change their beliefs. His reference to ... fourth stanza again, changes the tempo and setting. We are pulled out of his nightmares and are addressed personally. This suggests, as we later find out; that the poet has a message or wisdom he wishes to impart. Owen seems to be pleading with ...

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... in between to distract the audience's attention. This has kept the audience focused on the plot proving it to be dramatically successful. Also, this helps the audience catch any political message that may be given. The fact that the style of the play at first glance, seems to be that of a detective thriller, also keeps the audience attentive. After the natures ... contributes to the purpose of the younger generation in the play. Both realize their mistakes and solemnly feel that they would never do such things again. This is an important message politically because it shows that the fut...

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Hellen Zenna Smith tries to get across a clear and concise message in her novel Not So Quiet. That message implies no matter the war, it is a grizzly and destructive force and it can shake free even the deepest-rooted forms of social norms and values. Smith emphasizes this idea ... ...

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Dulce et Decorum Est Poems are one of the most powerful ways to convey an idea, message or opinion. The poem "Dulce et Decorum Est", a war poem by Wilfred Owen, makes effective use of these devices. This poem is very effective because of its use of the ... , Owen does not bring lessons to be learned in his poem. There is no moral, but the reader is still left with many thoughts and the poem still has a strong message to convey; war is hideous, savage, and frightening. Poetry is not always the pretty, ten-dollar words that are often imagined. Not every poem is a Shakespearean sonnet. Perhaps t...

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... . The Origins of World War One. London: Wayland Publishers London, 1970. Venzon, Anne Cipriano, The United States in the First World War, Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1995 Wilson, Woodrow, Message to Congress (Declaration of Neutrality), 63rd Congress, 2d Session, Senate Doc. 566 (Washington, 1914) Wilson, Woodrow, War ... ...

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... of war as well as the destruction of nature are all thoroughly compared and contrasted throughout both The Wars and "Exposure". In similar ways The Wars and "Exposure" convey the message that the implications of war are not merely physical, and go far beyond injury to the body. Destruction of the human spirit is a direct result of the conditions that exist ... raw blades of grass. The sun was shining on his face. The wonder and terror of nature are expressed in dissimilar ways in The Wars and in "Exposure", but a similar message is relayed. War destroys nature. To summarize, the literar...

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... of our war culture, through the examples of soldiers blown apart on the battlefields, and the disturbing descriptions of the dirty trenches. Through his portrayal of our war culture, his message becomes clear even as the world moves into the 21st century. Malouf tries to say no' to war, no' to retaliation, no' to violence, and looking at the example of ... September 11th's twin tower tragedy, his message in Fly Away Peter' tells us to not engage in another war to retaliate, as this would lead once again to countless casualties. Throughout Fly Away Peter', there is an ... ...

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... of Hitler's beer hall speeches, they went like this: His speeches combined crude accusations and simple themes repeated in a spiraling frenzy. Race and universal struggle were the core of his message. Germans were victims of vast conspiracies mounted by foreign powers, capitalists, Marxists, Freemasons, and (above all) Jews - the gutter anti-Semitism Hitler had absorbed in Vienna. Jews were behind war ... test of true persuasion is (1) whether the recipient feels truly free to make a choice, and (2) whether the originator would feel comfortable if he or she were the recipient of the mes...

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... is the scenario: Hitler is killing people because he thinks it is the right thing to do but we disagree with his decisions. Now we keep trying to leave him a message on his answering machine to cut it out and we could talk it over some sausage and beer. That is not really going to work. A little less severe scenario just ... ...

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... many global powers (US, Britain, France, etc) held in France to evaluate and discuss the growing number of refugee Jews which concluded with minimal action. This non-response sent a clear message to Germany as well as to the rest of the world that the "Allies" would not be assisting the fleeing Jews and would not be stopping Germany in their mass ... ...

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... many global powers (US, Britain, France, etc) held in France to evaluate and discuss the growing number of refugee Jews which concluded with minimal action. This non-response sent a clear message to Germany as well as to the rest of the world that the "Allies" would not be assisting the fleeing Jews and would not be stopping Germany in their mass ... ...

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... . The United States, which was neutral between the Ottoman Empire and Armenia, also condemned the genocide and spoke on the behalf of the Armenians. United States ambassador Henry Morgenthau, sent a message to the State Department in 1915 saying the following: "Deportation of and excesses against peaceful Armenians is increasing and from harrowing reports of eye witnesses [sic] it appears that a campaign ... ...

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... age you live in. Advertising in the paper from 1914, of course, has the same principle as today's advertising, which is: sell the product. How advertisers go about getting that message across is slightly different toady from back then. The ads themselves, in general, do not change over time. There are ads for men's and women's clothing, shoes, medicines, tobacco, and ... ...

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... are a few of the common ways that propaganda is used in our daily life that we might not think of as propaganda; a lawyer's brief, a teachers lecture, a minister's sermon, or the message of a billboard advertisement. Propaganda may be dissemeninated by or for individuals, businesses, ethnic groups, religious organizations, political groups, and government at every level. This is how we see propaganda is ... ...

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... is important for us not to forget. Generations of Armenians bare the responsibility of remembering the Genocide imposed on them and they demand justice. They will not stop untill the message will be heard by all the nations. No human should kill another unjustly and no government should exterminate its defenseless population unjustly since the Moon will not be under the ... ...

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... and stayed with traditional values. A priest, Aimee Semple McPherson,represented Americans trying to hold on to their original religious roots. She used a modern method, the radio, to get out a traditional message. There was a social battle over the teaching of evolution in schools. The rural Americans didn't want to accept this modern idea, and they wanted the teaching of it banned. Tennessee ... ...

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... , Papillion, The Fixer, and Johnny Got His Gun. Johnny Got His Gun was published in 1939, this book received many awards for its outstanding script. Due to the anti-war message in this book, they had to stop circulation of it. Dalton was for the halt on the selling of the book because it might have put a halt on the war ... ...

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... to represent the birth of the sphinx, which is our own creation coming to destroy the world; the hand that rocks the cradle so to speak. This poem is both a message and a warning. Wars have been and will be fought for many reasons: political differences, religious differences, or perhaps the destruction of national monuments. We must be careful how we approach ... ...

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... values and morals forever. Ultimately, "Soldier's home" is a sophisticated story of a man wounded on various emotional levels. Of a boy matured to manhood through death, pillage and destruction of war. The message ultimately here is quite clear-cut and is meant to lash out at the falsities portrayed of war and its implications on the psych of young idealistic men who all ... ...

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... while. This meant that more people on the home front began to work and their lives became better off for it. Posters were used in these campaigns to get the message across and to help them stick into people's minds. Government ministers, such as Winston Churchill gave speeches across the radio to tell the home front to keep up the good ... ...

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... sympathies of the conservative elite seriously undermined the socialist views of the elected government. The democratic nature of the government could also be considered a weakness. Although the constitution gave a positive message of equality, Fischer describes Germany as a nation who, at the time, was neither psychologically or historically prepared for self-government'. This is also reflected in the fact that Weimar was ... ...

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