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I thought it'd be a good idea to post this here because it's an essay from school.
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The First World War Was Glamourised In Order To Recruit
It is a well known fact that propaganda was used to increase the number of enrollments for the Great War. Many of the victims, of the unnecessary lies, fought and died , which caused a spreading upset amongst many families, it also caused a population decrease, due to the fact that a big percentage of soldiers failed to survive.
Posters played a big part in the recruitment, as they were very persuasive, even though many containded little or no words. A specific poster was one by Fred Spear, which is a picture of a woman clutching on to her baby, while they drown, but the only word displayed on the poster was 'Enlist'. The reason this was so effective was because in May, 1915, the British liner Lusitania was sunk by s German U-boat off the Irish coast and 2000 people, including many children and women, were drowned. Which is why the poster was probably the most noteable.
Another way of getting young men to join, was through poetry. There were many war time poets, the most out-standing ones being female, such as Jessie Pope with her poem 'Who's For The Game?'. The poems were minly just calling men, who didn't enroll, cowards, for example a linee from 'Who's For The Game?':
"Who would much rather come back with a crutch,
than lie low and be out of the fun?"
She is basically telling men that it'd be better to fight and get hurt than just staying at home and missing out on the "fun". Poems were no longer persuading men after Wilfred Owen, a returning soldier, wrote a poem, called 'Dulce et Decorum', which is actually what the war was really like.
In the novel 'Private Peaceful' propaganda, in WW1, is expressed when a character, called Tommo, goes into the town and sees a parade saluting the war. After he glorious things, from a Sergant Major, about how great it is to be a hero, because the ladies love a soldier, Tommo is persuaded to enlist because an old lady starts tuanting him, so that he feels cowardly about not fighting.
So, as you can see, the first world war was hugely dramatised just so that they can get men too fight, even though many knew there was little chance of surviving. My personal thoughts are that the war shouldn't have been made out to great when it wasn't (propaganda) because men who truly wanted to fight for there country would have naturally joined without needing to be persauded.
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So do you think that propaganda was a good thing for WW1 or not?
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The First World War Was Glamourised In Order To Recruit
It is a well known fact that propaganda was used to increase the number of enrollments for the Great War. Many of the victims, of the unnecessary lies, fought and died , which caused a spreading upset amongst many families, it also caused a population decrease, due to the fact that a big percentage of soldiers failed to survive.
Posters played a big part in the recruitment, as they were very persuasive, even though many containded little or no words. A specific poster was one by Fred Spear, which is a picture of a woman clutching on to her baby, while they drown, but the only word displayed on the poster was 'Enlist'. The reason this was so effective was because in May, 1915, the British liner Lusitania was sunk by s German U-boat off the Irish coast and 2000 people, including many children and women, were drowned. Which is why the poster was probably the most noteable.
Another way of getting young men to join, was through poetry. There were many war time poets, the most out-standing ones being female, such as Jessie Pope with her poem 'Who's For The Game?'. The poems were minly just calling men, who didn't enroll, cowards, for example a linee from 'Who's For The Game?':
"Who would much rather come back with a crutch,
than lie low and be out of the fun?"
She is basically telling men that it'd be better to fight and get hurt than just staying at home and missing out on the "fun". Poems were no longer persuading men after Wilfred Owen, a returning soldier, wrote a poem, called 'Dulce et Decorum', which is actually what the war was really like.
In the novel 'Private Peaceful' propaganda, in WW1, is expressed when a character, called Tommo, goes into the town and sees a parade saluting the war. After he glorious things, from a Sergant Major, about how great it is to be a hero, because the ladies love a soldier, Tommo is persuaded to enlist because an old lady starts tuanting him, so that he feels cowardly about not fighting.
So, as you can see, the first world war was hugely dramatised just so that they can get men too fight, even though many knew there was little chance of surviving. My personal thoughts are that the war shouldn't have been made out to great when it wasn't (propaganda) because men who truly wanted to fight for there country would have naturally joined without needing to be persauded.
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So do you think that propaganda was a good thing for WW1 or not?
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Err... It was a school project...
I concur... plus I'm going to be studying for a joint honours degree in History and Politics in the next academic year, I'm inclined to agree that it has some use afterwards... at least I hope so!
Why did you write that about an historical process then?
People confuse why others do history; they automatically assume everything must have a practical purpose (wrong) and/or they falsely presume that history has no point. Quite the contrary.
People confuse why others do history; they automatically assume everything must have a practical purpose (wrong) and/or they falsely presume that history has no point. Quite the contrary.
SHEEPY wrote:
> P.S I'm in Senior Honours of History you cheeky
> whippersnappers.
> I did a course on WW1 too so ner ner ner
Dude, why waste time on things that have happened and you don't exactly need to know how we got to where we are, why not live for the future instead?
> P.S I'm in Senior Honours of History you cheeky
> whippersnappers.
> I did a course on WW1 too so ner ner ner
Dude, why waste time on things that have happened and you don't exactly need to know how we got to where we are, why not live for the future instead?
The Germans ate babies you know
Err, good point =D
Go to war, it is the GENTLEMANLY thing to do!
Walk over the top! Do not run or crawl. The Hun will be DEAD!
It is in a foriegn country. HOLIDAY.
Walk over the top! Do not run or crawl. The Hun will be DEAD!
It is in a foriegn country. HOLIDAY.
Sheeps got to flex his age card yay!
Was Propaganda a 'good' thing? Well, no, but....
Why am i even here?!
Was Propaganda a 'good' thing? Well, no, but....
Why am i even here?!
SHEEPY wrote:
> P.S I'm in Senior Honours of History you cheeky whippersnappers.
> I did a course on WW1 too so ner ner ner
Fair enough, I admit to quite some degree of ignorance compared to you, in addition to it being a few years since I studied this!
> P.S I'm in Senior Honours of History you cheeky whippersnappers.
> I did a course on WW1 too so ner ner ner
Fair enough, I admit to quite some degree of ignorance compared to you, in addition to it being a few years since I studied this!
Whatever! I told ya I don't care :P
You win!!!
Unless Matt wants to argue?
You win!!!
Unless Matt wants to argue?
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