Essay About Refugee Blues And Impacts Of War
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How Do the Poems “refugee Blues” and “disabled” Present the Impacts of War?Wilfred Owen and W H Auden are both war poets, each experiencing a different war but both expressing the same feeling-loss. The two poems Disabled; by Wilfred Owen and Refugee Blues by W H Auden were both a passionate response to the horrors of war. Disabled talks about a warrior, in third narrative perspective, during World War 1, who has lost his youth as he believed that this will make his country, friends, family and lover proud. Whereas Refugee Blues is written in first person who conveys the plight of the German Jews during the time of World War 2. Although both of these poems refer to the same theme, a loss of human dignity, both physically and emotionally there are a numerous amount of contrasts throughout both texts. Each poet uses different techniques and styles to expose the theme of their poem.
I believe that the pain of war, especially in the war with Hitler, became more unbearable for our society, as it became a war of lies and deception. But it is our greatest regret to the suffering of millions of us. War has become more real, and those suffering have no choice but to listen to the stories and the images of our friends, loved ones. They have no choice but to accept our pain, and we must go back to being the same people who fought, survived and died for this country. We must accept the suffering we caused to millions, every one of them.”
While we have great sympathy for refugees and immigrants, we should try to respect the sacrifices their veterans have made to help the vulnerable, not to blame the victims. We are also very saddened to hear from the victims of these great wars, who suffered their own suffering due to their efforts. I, and many others, have suffered horrific, traumatic and devastating injuries, and still receive a lot of support from friends, family and the public, but my heart goes out to those our heroes have lost their loved ones. Many others have experienced the same, painful pain, that I have felt in my whole life. You have to take care against hate and hatred from those who seek to exploit the suffering we have endured to benefit their own self-interest.
I believe that while I would like to believe that the suffering endured by the refugees fleeing war must be made to die for, I do believe we need to take a more active role in the healing of the refugee problem. We must be the leaders of the solution. Perhaps it was better if we were the first in line of the solution…but as a nation we have to get beyond that. Even our war heroes, like W.H. Auden, may believe that they can help.
I have a profound feeling that the suffering we have endured is not limited to the U.S. homeland. As we are facing an era in which we face a variety of problems across our empire as well as overseas, we also face a crisis that is so important to us that we are all too eager to support the refugees we are sending to our neighbors, even when it is in our own interests and in our best interests to help to fix broken U.S. institutions. It is always better to help to save the most vulnerable people who are in need, rather than to make sure that they find a home.
I believe that the pain of war, especially in the war with Hitler, became more unbearable for our society, as it became a war of lies and deception. But it is our greatest regret to the suffering of millions of us. War has become more real, and those suffering have no choice but to listen to the stories and the images of our friends, loved ones. They have no choice but to accept our pain, and we must go back to being the same people who fought, survived and died for this country. We must accept the suffering we caused to millions, every one of them.”
While we have great sympathy for refugees and immigrants, we should try to respect the sacrifices their veterans have made to help the vulnerable, not to blame the victims. We are also very saddened to hear from the victims of these great wars, who suffered their own suffering due to their efforts. I, and many others, have suffered horrific, traumatic and devastating injuries, and still receive a lot of support from friends, family and the public, but my heart goes out to those our heroes have lost their loved ones. Many others have experienced the same, painful pain, that I have felt in my whole life. You have to take care against hate and hatred from those who seek to exploit the suffering we have endured to benefit their own self-interest.
I believe that while I would like to believe that the suffering endured by the refugees fleeing war must be made to die for, I do believe we need to take a more active role in the healing of the refugee problem. We must be the leaders of the solution. Perhaps it was better if we were the first in line of the solution…but as a nation we have to get beyond that. Even our war heroes, like W.H. Auden, may believe that they can help.
I have a profound feeling that the suffering we have endured is not limited to the U.S. homeland. As we are facing an era in which we face a variety of problems across our empire as well as overseas, we also face a crisis that is so important to us that we are all too eager to support the refugees we are sending to our neighbors, even when it is in our own interests and in our best interests to help to fix broken U.S. institutions. It is always better to help to save the most vulnerable people who are in need, rather than to make sure that they find a home.
The impacts from war in both of the poems are alienation and rejection from society. This is show in “Refugee Blues” by the forced fleeing of the German Jews to Britain by the Nazis, then when the German Jews arrive in Britain they are not accepted and are turned away from shelter and help. This is shown in the quotes “once we had a country and we thought it fair” this is the narrator talking of Germany before they were forced to flee, also the quote “came to a public meeting; and the speaker said “if we let them in they will steal our daily bread” this shows that the British were not willing to accept the Jews. The alienation in “Disabled” is shown by the ignorance of other towards him. In the poem after the soldier is injured and he returns home most people cannot bear to look at him and ignore him. This is shown in the quote “tonight he noticed how the womens eyes passed from him to the strong men that were whole.” This shows how most people deliberately ignore him for other men.
The physical effects of war are shown in both the poems. In the poem “Refugee Blues” the physical
