The War Prayer Essay

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In Mark Twain's The War Prayer, he points out that prayers always carry with them a dark kind of side. This makes me curious as to why people pray for the death of others. Prayers that ask for victory in war are wishing that god will destroy their enemies. The losing side in a war must suffer death and destruction but why must prayers ask god to do this? Mainly, Twain’s essay shows to readers that praying for success in war is also praying for the defeat of another nation, plus it is ironic since the people that are praying for the destruction of others are taking place of peace which is the church. Mark Twain uses of language in the story is very sarcastic. His use of sarcasm in the story is when the old guy first walks in and basically mock …show more content…

Since the scene is taken place when someone dies and the mentioning of a fly really throws me off because it is so loud because of the silent room around her deathbed. I found it kinds scary to picture myself laying in my deathbed and hearing a random sound in the silent room. I also find it weird because besides the fly, she starts to describe where she is dieing at and how there is people looking at her while she is lying there in the bed. What is very odd is the fly that keeps coming back out of nowhere and makes so much noise. It makes me scared because the story started out kinda peaceful with no noise and her final moments are about to come, and then the fly comes with its unnecessary buzz and ruins …show more content…

He talked about how to be a true scholar that has the right dutys that comes with being one. Which must also have great knowledge of nature. He says that books can be very helpful since they are keeping the age old ideas alive, which are the best for studying ideas and accomplishments of past people. I also find it interesting because he does not want scholars to follow the rules but go by their own and be a thinking man. Which is pretty different from what we are told today I think. The language he used was very strong and very educational because he was really trying to let everyone know about nature. It is also very convincing since he is trying to persuade them into becoming a “Man

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