Sunday, October 28, 2012

Comparison The Sniper and "The Last Stop"

               The theme of inhumanity of war can be seen between the short story and song I have chosen.  In 'The Sniper' by Liam O'Flaherty and the song 'The Last Stop' by Dave Matthews Band show how war has a huge affect on people.  In 'The Sniper', the Sniper was determined to kill the rival and was happy when he did.  But later did he realize that he shot and killed his own brother without knowing he was the enemy. “Then when the smoke cleared, he peered across and uttered a cry of joy.  His enemy had been hit."  From that quote the reader can understand that the sniper was content after the bullet penetrated the rival and killed him.  War has the ability to make anyone hate each other without a legit reason and the civilians will be forced to pick a side, killing anyone who is on the other side.  "Then the sniper turned over the dead body and looked into his brother's face".  In 'The Sniper' we can see that the sniper and his brother chose two different sides and eventually one killed the other.  The song ‘The Last Stop’ by Dave Matthews Band is about inhumanity and mainly referred to war.  "How is this hate so deep, lead us all so blindly killing killing, fools we are."  From this song quote one can understand that the artist is saying that when it comes to war, everyone kills the enemy not caring about who they are; they’re only job is to eliminate the opponent, making them ‘blind’.  The world would be a people will come to a truce or treaty, which will result in peace a lot faster.

                                                                                                                     By: Naveenan Sabananthan

The Sniper
                        Dave Matthews Band       
                                                                                                                     
I chose this video because I am very fond of electronics.  Additionally, this video has to do with a Microsoft product and an Apple product.  Therefore, to come to a conclusion of which is better the Apple iPad or the Microsoft Surface I chose this video.

Welcome to my Blog...


Hello, you are now in my blog, and in this blog I will be posting many of the assignments I do in English Class. The purpose of this blog is to analyze different types of media with each of the study units.  The types of media text includes image, News, Poems/lyrics and, films/videos. For example if a short story had a main theme of self esteem, students are intended to write a comparison with a media text that is related. This is for us, the students to understand each unit in depth.  Hope you enjoy my blog :DDDD