History Lesson: The Vietnam War

What makes a human unique is their way of thinking. Conflict occurs when these thoughts collide. What one might treasure, might mean nothing to someone else. These conflicts have often turned into wars in history. One major war that take place because of human desires was the war between the Aboriginals and settlers from Europe who wanted to claim the New World (North America). The settlers wanted to industrialize the land, while the natives wanted to preserve and live in harmony with the land. In History Lesson by Jeanette C. Armstrong she says “The Colossi in which they trust while burying breathing forests and fields beneath concrete and steel stand shaking fists whole civilizations ten generations at a blow.”(85). Thoughts of two sides were very
In reality you cannot satisfy everyone involved in a conflict. It is said that Aboriginals are at peace with what have happened to their culture and homes over the years as well they have been compensated for it. Yet today in Australia Indigenous people are suffering poor health and financial burdens. This is because of the negative social attitudes of the Aboriginal people towards education and doctors. Action is not being taken to meet their wants just the white man’s wants. Freedom from war cannot move forward because needs and wants of one cannot be compensated with someone else’s wants. Furthermore this attitude is seen the soldiers who fought in the First World War. The soldiers is the WW1 felt a strong sense of Nationalism. Wilfred Owen captured this in his poem Dulce Et Decorum Est. “To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori.”(93). Dulce et decorum est/Pro patria mori means sweet and fitting it is/ To die for one’s country. Everyone has same desire to do something that their country will remember them for. In the First World War the views of German population clashed with the views of the other