Synthesis Essay War Images-a Beautiful and Dangerous Weapon

A Beautiful and Dangerous Weapon War- a state of organized, armed, and often prolonged conflict, typified by extreme aggression, social disruption, and usually high mortality. War is inevitable; people thrive on the idea of war, engaging in bloody affairs, a chance to fight for their freedom and Americas freedom. The public reads of these bloody affairs, in the headlines splattered all over the television screen, imagining in their head the idea of war, the idea of blood, dead bodies, and weapons. Images of war would only put fear and anger into Americans, yet in times of war, the media has an obligation to provide the citizens of America, with these images of war, even if they are terrifying, violent, and bloody. If Americans do not even see what the media and news executives sees then how are they to know where their lives are held and how to react to the consequences of war, which they must pay? Americans should not know of the consequences, they should not have to worry, or create stress upon themselves about the idea of engaging in bloody affairs, however, the media has an obligation to provide the public with the most complete coverage possible, regardless of the consequences, for in providing Americans with the most complete coverage possible, they are able to accept war and violence, they are able to better understand the idea of war and its effects upon them, and they are able to make smart decisions in how to react if war was ever in their reach. Americans are instilled with the idea that they should fear war, the blood, dead bodies, and weapons all overcome them and instill terror inside of them, when they really should learn to accept all the violence. For the violence is not going away any time soon, it is just beginning, all the headlines of another dead soldier and another lost family member, are only the beginning, they will all accumulate. According to Mathew Brady, an artist, “Americans become stiff”, with the idea fighting, the photos of