Kerry Packer's War Analysis

The Truth About War Tim O'Brien's short story talks about how war is not all about killing someone or blowing someone up. There a lot more to war. Like being scared, Nervous, Happy, Exciting, and tiring. In the short story “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy” ‘Talks about how when the soldiers are walking through the forest in the dark of night how nervous and scared they are.’

There are three main reasons why Tim O'Brien writes war stories. The first reason is to help us heal. The second reason is to encourage us. The last reason is to help us see others point of view.

Complacency is more dangerous than participation in times of war. Through his novel, Mother Night, Kurt Vonnegut describes the life of an American spy, Howard W. Campbell Jr: Campbell worked as a radio broadcaster for the German Ministry of Popular Enlightenment and Propaganda and sent coded messages out to the allies through his radio broadcasts during the war. Authors use devices in writing to further their content. Kurt Vonnegut uses juvenalian satire in Mother Night to prove that through pretending to be something it will eventually lead that person to become the thing they are pretending to be. The portrayal of Howard Campbell as morally self-righteous is evident through Vonnegut’s use of sardonic voice and invective.

The War You Don’t See is a documentary formally based around the subject of War and how the media controls and manipulates us to believe creative mistruths, partial lies and cover-ups. The Film Was Directed and Produced by John Pilger, an Australian War Correspondent that was active during the wars in Vietnam. The film follows Pilger and his friend Alan Lowery as they take you through wars in Afghanistan, Iran and Israel/Palestine and show you what really goes on behind the scenes, the war you don’t see. Only seconds into the film, our attention is drawn to a very disturbing video clip previously released by Wikileaks, "Light 'em all up," comes the voice on the radio as we see footage from an Apache gunship celebrating the indiscriminate

“His” and “her” media refers to the multitude of media outlets catering different magazines, television programs, etc. to men and women. This disparity is particularly evident in adult television programming, which has underwent several transformations since its inception. For instance, the men would watch Spike TV whereas the women would watch the W Network. However, the division between his and hers is now slowly being merged together. Television programming used to divide its audience into its targeted demographic niches so that advertisers would reach the consumers their products were designed for.

Extended essay response Jonathan Scriva Hollywood films have influenced our values and beliefs of socio-cultural groups within a film. In the context of race and gender the films Cowboys and Aliens (2011) and the searchers (1956) both share similarities. These two successful films are 55 years apart the both convey the perspectives of race and gender through the reflection of American Indians in these films. The films The Searchers and Cowboys and Aliens show that Hollywood has changed the way we see the status of Indians. In the earlier film the Indians are represented as killers and mongrels as in this current day and age we have grown to accept them and appreciate their culture.

The first image shows how the hand of Chandler is indicating himself while he speaks of “us”, meaning himself and the pets. The body language indicates a posture of self defense,as he has to indicate himself in order to gain power in his argument, as the words are complemented with the physical aspect. The second image shows when he indicates with his hands the number two, in order to make his point clear both visually and morphologically. These use of gesture to indicate value enforces the hyperbole of “two seconds” which may be related with the fact that women are stereotyped as exaggerated .This feeling of anger was made evident with the intonation of the phrases and the posture he gets once Joey disagrees and he is forced to stand up.

Throughout history the portrayal of gender roles have been maintained by a specific standard, specifically where the man is the main figure, and the woman is the submissive figure that is being acted upon. However, lately, specifically the last ten or so years, many movies have shifted this ideology. These movies in modern times show increasingly more women in positions of power, as well as in marriages where there is an equal amount of power between both the husband and wife. There are also more movies showcasing non-traditional relationships, such as, domestic partnerships and LGBTQ+ relationships. One movie in particular that showcases a shift in the status quo, in terms of the masculinity and femininity expected from individuals especially that of a relationships, is Tyler Perry’s

When Standing Female Nude (1985) was published, Duffy was immediately acclaimed for her outstanding skill in characterisation, timing and dialogue, particularly in her use of the dramatic monologue. She is acutely sensitive and empathetic as she places herself into the mindset of each character and articulates the respective points of view in the idiom of the characters’ own speech. Duffy often incorporates humour with serious insights and social commentary. In poems such as a “A Clear Note”( Duffy, SFN, 27), Duffy creates a space where the unrepresented can voice their experiences, expressing ways of understanding their reality through historical connections and negotiating dialogically with the reader for validation.

Film making, many would argue, has gone through quite the substantial change since it’s initial coining just before the turn of the 19th century. But one would argue, that the largest amount of this change has came quite recently or more so in the latter part of films history as a whole. One of the largest changes haven taken place, is the role of women in film. Once upon a time having a very set role in the industry, such as editing for example. To mention briefly the likes of Dede Allen, Verna Fields, Thelma Schoonmaker and so forth.

Why Is Telling A True War Story Hard Lots of stories are hard to comprehend because they’re more brutal and traumatic for listeners, even the story-teller. In three stories: “The Man I Killed”, “How To Tell A True War Story”, and “Speaking of Courage”, Tim O’Brien showed how changing certain parts of a story and making them graceful, can make them easier to comprehend. However sometimes telling the story the way it was makes it brutal and gruesome, though some listeners prefer that over gracefulness.

Society tends to ignore the struggle of masculine norms men face everyday. In the film, “The Mask You Live In”, various ages of men discuss what it is like to live in a society filled with sexism and masculine norms. In the film, it is shown the impact of these norms society puts forth for men is catastrophic and negatively impacts their mental health. A few masculine norms that are found within the film are, self-reliance, violence, power over women, winning and risk-taking. Self-reliance is a big topic to cover in regards to masculine norms.

Douglas Haig (1861-1928) was a British commander-in-chief on the Western Front from 1915 to 1918. When the UK went to war with Germany in 1914, Haig started out commanding the 1st Army Corps and eventually took over the position of commander-in-chief by 1915. Haig is best known for ordering the Somme offensive on July 1st, 1916. It was his way of breaking the stalemate on the Western Front. On the Somme, The British Army suffered the most causalities of any battle it ever fought, with 60,000 casualties on the first day alone.