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Realism has been defined many different ways; however the definition I believe to be the best is realism is the faithful representation of reality. Realism illustrates reality closely and in elaborate detail. In realism characters tend to be related to nature, to each other, to their social class and to their own past. That is the main reason I chose the above picture of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn because of the realism Mr. Twain illustrates throughout the story.  Mark Twain creates the character Huckleberry Finn in the story. He portrays Huckleberry Finn as a young boy who has been beaten, ignored, and disregarded as a person, and whose father happens to be a drunk. Instantly, as you learn about Huckleberry Finn and his life you cannot help but imagine someone you know that is just like him. That is the realism Mark Twain illustrates throughout the story.  The realism period as we know was from 1860-1890. During this time some of the most tragic things happened in the brief history of the United States, including the Civil War. The use of Realism helped depict what was actually occurring during the war showing how tragic it actually was. Realism also showed during the time after the war, all of the devastation that occurred to cities, and people’s homes and their lives without family members. From there realism blossomed into the literature aspects that I wrote about above, with authors such as: Mark Twain, William Dean Howells, Rebecka Harding Davis, and many more.

Artistic Reponse to WAR Project.

The song I have chosen is “The 8th of November” by the country band Big and Rich.  The music video is linked below, the image is an actual image of “Operation Hump” during the Vietnam War. The video was found on youtube and the image was found on wikepedia.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfElHIt7n0s  (Music Video)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Hump  (image website)

This song is about a soldier in the 173rd airborne brigade while on mission to perform “operation hump,” (a search and destroy mission). This song tells about how the soldier left his home in South Dakota to go to war and said goodbye to his family not sure whether he would return. This song shows me a little more what military men went through and still go through. I know that it is hard on the families, but it has to be so much harder on them to be away.

The 173rd airborne brigade was attacked by over 1200 Viet Kong soldiers and 48 men died. Although there were numerous more men lost throughout the VietnamWar, this was still a loss. The song goes on to talk about how he was one of the few that survived the attack and now he is in his fifties and walks with a limp with a gray ponytail. However, this battle still lives on in his mind like it was yesterday. The lost lives of his brothers still haunt him. The song shows how gruesome war can be and how many lives can be lost within a matter of hours or even a few minutes. With the song talking about one of the survivors having a limp now, illustrates the sacrifice the soldiers gave to protect our freedom. It also gives you the thought about the soldiers who are enlisting in today’s military and what they know could possibly happen and yet they are still enlisting.

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