Unit One: Review

Peace & Conflict

Poetry

*War can make arbitrary enemies out of potential friends

*War is falsely glorified, which serves as an injustice for the impressionable young

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"Peace I leave with you, my peace I give you, not as the world gives do I give you.Do not let your hearts be troubled, not let it be fearful" John 14:27

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"For unto us a child is born. And his name

shall be called...Prince of Peace" Isaiah 9:6

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"For God is not a God of disorder

but of peace" 1 Cor. 14:33

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*War can serve as mediums for the most inspirational of speeches

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*Accurately and bluntly portraying the facts of war can isolate female historians

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*War is anything but kind: it affects the soldier and his kin equally

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*War propaganda, patriotism, nationalism, idealism all breed the willing soldier who believes in his cause

*Those who warn of our impending doom need to remind us of all we will miss out on if we continue on this present course

Short Stories

*Children learn from their environment

*Wars force us to take sides: will we be the revolutionary, the rebel, the soldier, the pacifist?

We are not always rewarded, despite our best efforts.

*What would we be willing to sacrifice for a world without war?

*In a post-war society, civil peace doesn't always look as it should, yet nothing puzzles God

Novel

*War (abroad) is Peace (at home)

Essays and Editing

Perrine's Literature: Chapter Intros

Ch. 1 “Literary & Commercial Fiction”

Ch. 4 “Theme”

Ch. 7 “Humour & Irony”