The short story "in another country" is about patriotism, a term which rudimentarily means: deep love to one's own country. It is, however, just a part of a greater concept, love, which manifests itself, throughout the story, in different forms; love to a friend, love to a spouse and even to one's own country. When we are first exposed to the story, with the vivid imaginary of the weather, we feel how cold it is, and how warm are the `roasted chestnuts' that we actually desire some. Moreover, it is very delightful to share the experience of the speaker when `the electric lights came on, and it was pleasant along the streets looking in the windows'. To ponder over the captioned imaginary, we will discover that it refers to human life in terms of being fraught with intriguing experience of love of all sorts or not. Life is bitterly cold, vacant and enfolded in darkness. By the emergence of love in all its forms, everything will emphatically change. The `electric light' in the dark streets has changed the speaker's experience into a pleasant one - when life is dark and, then, is lightened by the candle of love, it changes dramatically. Food Appetite is also satisfied by the `chestnuts' and any one without a solitary nature is also satisfied by accompanying their friends in order to have security, especially when they are foreigners- love satisfies any living creature physically and spiritually. Thus we can conclude that it is very essential and like bread. Patriotism is a substantial portion of love. However, it is not that easy to take in its meaning, it is far-reaching and extremely demanding of supreme sacrifices. A foreigner is not anticipated to be obliged to sacrifice his soul to another country, in lieu, to be detached, ... ... middle of paper ... ... This ultimately resembles a country with a supreme military power which interferes in a country's problem pretending that its direct interference is meant to save other's lives, and later on it turns out to be that this serious interference's aim is to enable the first country to expand its power by taking over the infrastructure of the second. The major says to the speaker that he should not put himself in a position to lose everything, assuming that the speaker would sacrifice himself to this country, but when he learns that the young man wants to get back to the states and get married he's awaken by the fact that he is talking to a foreigner. His wound, by his wife's death, is not cured by any machine like the wound in his hand. Being detached from your own country, however, regardless of its negative connotation, stimulates patriotism in any individual.
An appeal to patriotism is one in which emotions are used to show loyalty towards something. To engage patriotism in the audience, one should point out to the audience the opponent’s success. This helps the audience to feel like they are a part of something important. Patriotism should not be tied to idealism. Ideas are not a part of emotional appeal, rather a part of logical appeal. Patriotism is associated with pathos as idealism is associated with logos.
Patriotism is defines as love and devotion to one's country, usually out of self devotion. Nationalism is an adulterated version of patriotism where aspirations for national independence in a country under foreign domination is forced upon the people by society, or an authoritative figure.
. . the children made new lanterns out of their hearts and minds” (378). The visual image of children earnestly making lanterns symbolizes the innocence and purity in which is lost among adults. The statement about the children making hand-made lanterns every day also symbolizes that beauty is perishable. External beauty may never last forever; it is always changing. This statement also represents that life is ever changing. Events and circumstances may cause life to change, and we often grow from these experiences. The theme of innocence and purity is also found when Fujio purposely waited for Kiyoko to ask for the “grasshopper” he caught. The innocent love formed between these two children, Fujio and Kiyoko, is reflected. The author uses this scene to show the readers that best thing in life comes from the purity and hope that is found in everyday life. Fujio was hoping that Kiyoko would want his “grasshopper”.
Simon Keller argues in his essay "Patriotism as Bad Faith" that patriotism is not a virtue but it is actually a vice. Keller begins by splitting the views on this philosophical debate into three different representations. The first being the "communitarian patriot", where patriotism is not only a valued virtue to someone's self but that it is actually an essential virtue. The second representation is a radical contradiction of the first, known as the "hard universalist. The hard Universalist sees patriotism as a vice instead of being any type of positive virtue. They think that everyone should be valued the same, and that there should be no favoritism. The third representation is the idea of the first two combined, to form what is called the "soft universalist." This view is understood as patriotism is allowed, and is not seen as a vice, but also that one has an obligation to the rest of the world, almost to try and treat them as a loyalty that you would have towards your own country. (p.112).
This metaphor showcases how the wife tries to conceal her unloving marriage from the world in hope that it will be resolved, yet she still suffers from the way the man treats her. The small candle on the cake is another metaphor used to portray the loneliness of the wife. This feeling is a common emotion felt by many victims of a detached relationship. The description “...one pink candle burning in the center”, gives the candle a feminine trait which reflects the wife. The cake, which the candle was used for was not well received by the husband and the celebration comes to a halt. Then, the cake is ignored and the candle burns in loneliness. Similar to the cake and the candle, the wife and her efforts have never been appreciated or respected by her husband. Much like the cake, the wife is ignored, and she lives her life in desolation and solitude. Lastly, the setting symbolises the wife’s lack of importance to her husband. The setting is described as “a little narrow restaurant” and with a few
Imagine if every child growing up in today’s world, did just one small community service, gave up one Saturday, how wonderful America could be. Teaching children to love their country is to show them what liberty and justice for all really means, to them as individuals and to America as a country. Teach them that true patriotism is the unselfish sacrifices that ordinary people do every day.
Patriotism for your country comes from your personal beliefs. It is when you really love and remain loyal to your country no matter the cost. The men and women that fought to defend the honor of our country are the true patriots. War is not supported by everyone, but these men still risk their lives to protect the freedom of the citizens that don’t believe in what they are fighting for. For them it is all about remain loyal to America, and standing up for what they believe in.
In source 1 the main focus is ultra-nationalism, the quote is saying that it is not enough to love and want your country to succeced you must fight others to prove this. This is the definition of ultra-nationalism the belief that it is not enough to care for your country you must kill to prove this. It is also saying that if you do not feel like you can fight for your nation that you have to leave and find a new nation to be a part of because the only way that one can be proud of their nation and prove it is by killing. The parts of that prove this is the point of view of someone who believes strongly in nationalism is that they are saying that if you are not willing to fight for your country it must mean that you are “ashamed” of your country.
“The good citizen and patriot knows happiness is greater than comfort, more sublime than pleasure,” conveyed John McCain in his essay, A Cause Greater Than Self. He wrote this article in year two thousand eight when TIME magazine asked presidential candidates, John McCain and Barack Obama for their views on what patriotism means. They both sent in opinions: A Faith In Simple Dreams, by Barack Obama and A Cause Greater Than Self, by John McCain. Even though they wrote regarding the same topic, the way they approached it and the points they highlighted, barely overlapped.
... and in doing so represent their country even more. Trying to be patriotic becomes hard for Brinker when his father wants him not to embarrass himself and do more for the country because Brinker feels that his father doesn?t understand that he is afraid to go to war. Brinker says", He and his crowd are responsible for it and we're going to fight it " (190). This quote shows how agitated Brinker is with his father for trying to tell him to accomplish more in a dangerous war, that Brinker wants nothing to do with, that can possibly lead to his own death. To sum up, patriotism is a necessity in going to war and representing the country because it shows feelings from the fighter to his or her country.
However, like all relationships, nationality requires acknowledgement and nourishment. Every citizen has the duty to recognize the problems that afflict the country and have the courage to solve them. Having a nationality therefore, is no easy task. Everyday, even the little we do contributes for what is wrong with our country, and what is right. And the only difference between these two opposite sides is precisely what makes us citizens. The acknowledgment of our relationship.
Patriotism is defined as a love for or a devotion to one’s country. With the events that happened in America on September 11th, patriotism has been in everyone’s mind and heart. Young men and women have been enlisting in the armed forces to support America. Americans are flying flags on their cars and homes to show their patriotism. Millions of Americans are donating money and blood in support of the victims of the attacks. I would define patriotism as a loyalty and commitment to America and the people in our country.
When we speak of nationalism, we adhere to an umbrella that covers various elements such as; national identity, cultural and national consciousness not to mention individual’s loyalty to a nation state. Furthermore, to grasp the content of the term Nationalism systematically and how its different forms and routes; Civic and Ethnic nationalism came about, I will firstly review the definition of Nationalism discussed by the political theorist Benedict Anderson. In the reading, Imagined Communities, he defines the nation as: ‘’ It is an imagined political community- and imagined as both inherently limited and sovereign’’) (Anderson 2006 ). By’’ imagined he means that individuals who define themselves as members of a nation,’’ will never know
“Litany” is a poem inspired by a quote from Jaques Crickillon, this free verse poem describes the feeling of a man to a girl with the use of nouns. This poem has two different tones during its development, a serious tone and a mockery tone, that change from stanza to stanza, for example the first stanza using a metaphor compare the nature with the beauty of the woman, Crickillon express “you are the dew on the morning grass/ and the burning wheel of the sun.”(7-8). Also, the speaker in this poem change the traditional love poem of portray a woman or lover by focused on what the woman is not in the second stanza, in this lines the author is making fun. Nevertheless, the readers shock when the speaker admits that he is he is not like her, in the sixth stanza, the shooting star and paper blowing represent that how unpredictable the men is .
Being a part of a nation goes hand in hand with several assumptions. First is the assumption that every individual belongs to one nation or another. Second is that one can identify nations with certain characteristics like the population’s shared ethnicity, religion, and language. Third, is that self-government is the only type of government that can promote the nation’s common interest. The last assumptions are the belief that nations should be based in a specific territory that they claim is personally significant or related to them and that nations will retain these characteristics over time. The existence of all these ideas together create what could be called a “culture of nationalism.” A culture of nationalism exists when and where these assumptions are being practiced because they are believed to be true.