Today we discussed the Whitman biography, poem, and letter. Now how are they connected?
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What theme or central idea connects these three texts?
Due Sunday, Nov. 30 for 1A/2A/4B. Due Wednesday, Dec. 3 for 2B.
the theme of the three text that were given was how one's experience can affect how they write, or act. In the three text that i read it all had one connection and that was war. In his first text Walt Whitman it starts off by talking about his life and about the experiences that he went through. Such as the one that he had with his brother. His brother was injured in the war which cause Whitman to become a nurse. This experience that he had affect his writing he began to write poems about the war. One of these poems was called "The Artilleryman's Vision", which was the second text. In this text it talked about the flashbacks that the Artilleryman had, These flashbacks where probably what caused him to be schizophrenic. Because in line 7 of this text it says "There in the room, as I wake from sleep, this vision presses upon me". Lastly in the text "letter to his mother it describes how Whitman encounters a wounded soldier and following the battle of fredericksburg. Overall in all three text the theme is all about how War or any Traumatic event can affect a person positively or negatively.
ReplyDeleteThe theme for the three texts is that war can leave experiences. In Whitman's biography, his early life seemed pretty good. His journalism and editing jobs lead him to write poetry that became popular/famous. Later in life, his younger brother was wounded in battle, leading Whitman to go to Virginia, and experienced the battlefield. This made him be a nurse and use other experiences to bring inspiration. Then he was able to write the second text, "The Artilleryman's vision". This poem shows how one's peaceful night can be disrupted by past war experiences. The past artilleryman was able to imagine the details when he was in the battlefield, making him feel as if he was there, even in his peaceful home. Lastly, Whitman writes a letter about a soldier's experience with rebels and an middle aged man. He remembers the rebels doing no harm, but speaking against the soldier, while the middle aged man was kind and offered foods and drinks to the wounded. This was probably a good experience.
ReplyDeleteThe theme for the three texts that we discussed in class is that war experience can affect a person in the way they will act in their normal environment and how that past experience will still affect them after it happen. The first Whitman document I read which his the biography, it talks about his life, family, and his job as a journalist and editor job. He talks about how he volunteered to be nurse for the military, because his brother was part of the war and got injured the pushed him to volunteer. Then while working in the military hospital his eyes was open on how injured soldier fought and suffer to defend the side they were fighting for. He heard stories about how soldiers got injured, how different side attacking each other using cannon, and how the battle line looks like. This experienced that the soldiers that his helping shared with him resulted his poem titled " The Artilleryman's vision". At first I was confused about this poem, till I realized that this description of the battlefield and all stuff about war in this poem is not his vision and personal experience. All the things he wrote about the war in the poem is what he heard from the soldiers. The last document was his letter for his mother. In this letter he told his mother how he encountered injured soldier and the battle of Fredericks. The 3 documents have connections, because his biography tell us his background and why he volunteered to be a nurse that give him a way to have the connection and conversation with wounded soldiers that give us his poem and his letter to his mother.
ReplyDeleteThe theme for the three texts is that war is such an experience. The three texts all have connection as to how war affected people's lives. In Whitman's biography, he was living a normal. He work as a journalist and some other jobs. After hearing from his brother as one of the wounded soldier from the battlefield, he went to VA and saw the result of the war which led him to become a volunteered nurse and wrote poems according to experiences he encountered bringing connection to poet and society. The second text, '' The Artilleryman's Vision'' shows how war experience would disrupt a veteran's peaceful life in the future. The artilleryman had flashback of the war in his dream seeing a battlefield in detail as if it were real although the war is over and his living in peace with his wife at home. The third text '' Letter to his Mother'' talks about a soldier's experience with rebels. The soldier was found helpless by the rebels. One rebel offered food and kindness while the others talked sarcastically but did no harm. It was probably an odd experience to the soldier as to why he was saved by the rebels.
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ReplyDeleteThe central idea in all three texts would be that the memories of war can remain with a person even if the fighting has stopped. In Walt Whitman's biography, it talks about how his experiences from the blooming city of Brooklyn and the harsh culture of slavery in New Orleans inspired his writings. In the text, is it stated "He believed there was a vital relationship between the poet and society", that there must be a strong bond between both sides and that the poet is also inspired by how society acts and changes. Next, in "The Artilleryman's Vision", Whitman uses imagery (The chief gunner ranges and sights...selects a fuse...) and onomatopoeia to create a scene in the reader's head and it shows that the experiences Whitman went through as a nurse in the war greatly influenced his poem and left deep scars on his memory. Lastly, in the "Letter to his Mother", Whitman talks about a wounded soldier and how someone from the opposing side helped him. Although this does teach readers that there will always be one person to help out another, despite their differences, it also proves that Whitman is deeply scarred about what happened to the soldier and also shows sympathy towards him.
ReplyDelete4B. In the biography of Walt Whitman text, it is stated that Whitman went to Fredericksburg, Virginia when he learned that his brother was wounded and “there he saw the aftermath of one of the war’s bloodiest battles”. According to the text, that experience was what made him work as a volunteer nurse in Washington, D.C. There he “witnessed the effects of war on men’s bodies and minds”. This takes us to his poem “The Artilleryman’s Vision”. This poem talks about a soldier who survived the war and now at a safe place beside his wife and baby. Even though the war has ended for so long, he still remembers every details from the war. Supposed that the soldier is one of the men Whitman witnessed, it is safe to say that he got inspirations from the things he saw while working as a nurse. The next text is a letter to his mother. In contrast to the poem, this text has a positive feel to it. He talks about a soldier who has been wounded and a Rebel took care of him. The three texts given conveys to us that the things we experience and see impacts on how we feel, how we express ourselves and/or how we act. I assume that the last text he felt joy because he saw that two people from opposing troop can show concern to each other, and he wanted to share this inspiring story to his mother.
ReplyDeleteThe theme/central idea of the three texted is how war affects the mind of a person. In his biography, he learned that his younger brother had been wounded in Fredericksburg, Virginia He then he immediately traveled to the front. There he saw the aftermath of one of the war’s bloodiest battles. It also says that this experience convinced him to work in Washington, D.C. as a volunteer nurse and while caring for the wounded, Whitman witnessed the effects of war on men’s bodies and minds. As a result he began to base his poetry off of his experiences. In his poem, The Artilleryman’s Vision, he describes his memories of the aftermath of the war. He uses sensory details to make his audience feel what he feels. In lines 6 and 7, “The skirmishers begin--they crawl cautiously ahead--I hear the irregular snap! snap! I hear the sounds of the different missiles--the short t-h-t! t-h-t! of the rifle balls”, he uses onomatopoeia to better display his surroundings. Lastly, in the letter to his mom, he describes a meaningful encounter with a wounded Union soldier following the Battle of Fredericksburg. He talks about how he asked the soldier about his experiences in the in the battle. Therefore, the three texts talk about experiences in war and how it affects the state of mind.
ReplyDeleteThe central idea of the three texts is that war can affect you in many diverse ways. In his autobiography, he stated after seeing war's bloodiest battles, he was convinced to work in DC as a volunteer nurse. War effected him by wanting to help people because he saw soldiers wounded and fallen. Throughout Artilleryman's Vision, you can read onomatopoeia which says missiles exploding and gun sounds. Even though the war for him is over, it is still with him for the rest of his life. He will have flashbacks of what happened and seeing some of his fellow soldiers dying. In the last text, he found a badly wounded soldiers from Fredricksburg who retains a good heart after all the bad wounds because Whitman treated him with care.
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ReplyDeleteAll three texts have a central idea that war has numerous effects on people, either good or bad. As in the Walt Whitman biography, Mark Botha wrote that Whitman had seen "the aftermath of one of the war's bloodiest battles." Because he experienced this, Whitman had become a volunteer nurse in Washington, D.C., so that he can care for the wounded. He even said that his experience as a war nurse was "the greatest privilege... of my life." In The Artilleryman's Vision, the speaker had said that even when the "wars are over long," he was still traumatized by the events of it since he can still "hear the sounds of the different missiles..." and "see the shells exploding, leaving small white clouds..." In Whitman's Letter to His Mother, Whitman had recalled an experience as a nurse, when he had talked with a soldier who was badly wounded at Fredericksburg. Whitman had asked the man how did the Rebels treat him, and although some of them had "spoke roughly and sarcastically," one man had "treated our soldier kindly, bound up his wounds, cheered him..." and other good deeds. Whitman says that this soldier had a "good heart." War can either be a memorable (in a good way, that is) experience, while if you're on the actual battleground, things can be more traumatizing for you.
The central idea shared between the three texts is that warfare and major armed conflict can leave emotionally disturbing and traumatizing recollections. This central idea is exhibited in the biography by Mark Botha. In the biography, Whitman became a volunteer nurse and cared for wounded soldiers. This experience led to the creation of many of his poems, including 'The Artillery Man's Dream'. Experiencing the war and coming to the attention of soldiers wounded in battle surely effected him, being "the most profound lesson of my life". The Artilleryman's Vision exhibits the central idea by identifying a man's vivid vision and dream of the war long past, even at the comfort of his own home. This vision of his is still as detailed and graphic as the day he was in the actual battle, meaning he hasn't completely forgotten the feeling of combat. Whitman's letter to his mother also manages to showcase the central idea through a true event of meeting a badly wounded soldier. Both Whitman and the soldier have a memorable experience, Whitman learning a great lesson between the different factions of war, and the soldier learning of the kindheartedness of the supposed enemy. The event of war can leave memorable experiences to those who experience it, be they positive or traumatic.
ReplyDeleteThe central idea shared between the three texts is the major conflict and the effects that happen between the three texts. For example in the Artilleraryman's Vision his conflict is how he has reoccuring dreams about the war and how he is re-living. In the biograpghy he is talking about how his brother was wounded and how he decided to become a doctor in D.C
ReplyDeleteThe theme or central idea that connects all three text is that different types of life experiences can affect you in a way that can either make you or break you. In his biography it really just talks about all the different places he went and how he progressed in his writing during that time, basically saying the he has explored these parts of the world and out of those experiences hes got all these great poems. In The Artilleryman’s Vision it talks about the war from an Artilleryman point of view when its all over and hes home in bed, that experience in war scared that man and still haunts him at night. Also, in the letter to Whitman's mother, he talks about a soldier who was a patient at a hospital and was with the rebels. When the man was with the rebels they didn't torture him, but they didn't help him either, but it was a middle age man who took care of him the 2 days he was their, because of that old man, the soldier lived just because the old man gave him hope.
ReplyDeleteThe theme of the three texts was the an event can change a person forever. In the biography Whitman decides to become a volunteer nurse in the war because of the death of his brother. The death of Whitman's brother made him want to help injured soldiers. In the Artilleryman's Vision Whitman is suffering from PTSD because of things he saw and went through in the war. The letter that Whitman wrote to his mother was about a soldier that he took care of during the war that life was speared by the enemy. When the soldier was allowed to live, this made him realize that the enemy wasn't that evil and heartless as he once thought. The war changed both Whitman and his patient.
ReplyDeleteThe central idea of all three texts is that life experiences can change a person for better or for worse. In the Walt Whitman biography, it talks about the many events Whitman had experienced. He had traveled to New Orleans and saw "the brutal face of slavery that existed there." He became a volunteer nurse during a brutal war. These experiences helped him create poetry that was adored by thousands of people. In "The Artilleryman's Vision," war left a soldier with PTSD. He has petrifying visions of the war even though it has ended long ago.This poem shows the harsh, personal side of war in contrast to the other texts that shows positive, personal effects of war. In "Letter to his Mother," by Walt Whitman, a soldier badly wounded in the war is helped by enemy soldiers. This teaches Whitman and the soldier that even in war, humanity is still alive. In all three texts, the war changes the individuals and alters their view of life.
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