This quarter, we have read and analyzed many books with a focus on the aspect of war. From The Iliad to The Art of War, we have been exposed to war from many perspectives. We have learned the importance of the point of view that a war is seen from, how the subtle nuances in literary devices can change the meaning of war, and how using intertextuality can help broaden one's viewpoint of war. The most important concept that I learned, however, is that war is not just a mechanism for killing people, affecting individual families, but that it can create a huge societal, historical, economic, and political impact on the world.
What I have learned may sound obvious, but it has never occurred to me the extent of the impact that war can have on humanity. I have learned about western wars in high school, such as the wars of the United States in AP US History or 20th Century wars of the western world in IB 20th Century History, but to me, the political, social, economic, military, and historical impact that the wars caused seemed to stay within the parameters of the countries involved. This quarter in Humanities Core, I have learned that one perspective of war, real or fake, can have a global and everlasting impact on how others can form an opinion. For example, The Iliad has shown that even an ancient war that may seem to not have anything in common with modern issues relates to the contemporary world more than what is seen at first sight.
War, to me, used to be just a singular event that only affected families and the overlay of the immediate country. However, being in Humanities Core has taught me that war is not a singular, ineffective event. Rather, war has a large impact in terms of area that has been effected, as well as the length of time that it still holds an impact.
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