On War and Redemption | Analysis

Dette er Studienets hjælp til analyse af artiklen "On War and Redemption" af Timothy Kudo. Artiklen er udgangspunkt for spørgsmå 5B fra eksamenssættet i skriftlig Engelsk A med netadgang fra 25. maj 2016 på STX. Opgaveformuleringen, som du her finder hjælp til at besvare, lyder:

Write an analytical essay (800-1200 words) in which you analyse Timothy Kudo's opinion article “On War and Redemption” and discuss the issue of moral injury.

Part of your essay must focus on the composition of the text and on the writer's intention.

In your essay, you must include references to:

Timothy Kudo's article
“Veterans Returning from War with Moral Injury” from Associated Press
1-2 other internet sources

All sources must be documented.

Materials

Timothy Kudo, “On War and Redemption”. The New York Times website, November 8, 2011.
Associated Press, “Veterans Returning from War with Moral Injury”. Dailymotion website, August 17, 2015.

Præsentation af teksten

Titel: “On War and Redemption”
Forfatter: Timothy Kudo
Genre: Artikel
Udgivelsedato: 8. november 2011

Timothy Kudo er en amerikansk marinekaptajn, der har været udsendt til både Irak og Afghanistan mellem 2009 og 2011. Efter sin hjemkomst til staterne har han skrevet adskillige artikler om krigen mod terrorisme for aviser som The Washington Post eller The New York Times.

Uddrag

Herunder får du en lille smagsprøve fra afsnittet om Composition:

Examples of open argumentation are when the author directly expresses his opinion on war and feelings of guilt that soldiers experience: “The insanity of war means that incidents like this are accepted. By the standards of those who fight wars we did the right thing. The catastrophe is that these incidents occur on an industrial scale.” (ll. 47-49)