christine yi
elaine hong
tiffany show
"Chamberlain's Charge" by Mort Kunstler is an example of justified violence because during the time of the civil war in America, the Union and the Confederates were at war each other. It depicts a man holding an American flag and charging toward some enemies. There are many dead and bleeding bodies lying around in the background. This is a symbol of justified violence in response to the abuse that African Americans faced because of slavery. The Union fought to free the slaves from the South and through this, "Chamberlain's Charge" depicts this as fighting for a good cause. War against slavery is not immoral because people are fighting for a good cause. War that sprouts from selfish wants and desires is considered immmoral because it only serves to satisfy the beliefs of oneself and to satiate hate for certain poeple or things. In addition, wars started out of anger and raw emotion can be extremely hazardous because there is no foundation of basis. An example of an immoral war would be the cause of the Civil Rights Movement. African Americans were abused physically and socially simply because of their skin color. The violence that sprung out between Whites and African Americans is very immoral because violence occured because of selfish close-minded reasons. The Edwardian era highlighted the importance of civil rights, especially with women's suffrage rights, and people had to sacrifice themselves in order to obtain those rights for other people. This itself is the most terrible type of violence because in order to help someone else, one had to sacrifice him or herself. The Edwardian era, although was the "Golden Age" before World War I, contained a lot of violence and sacrifices.
It was good that you guys recognized the justified violence in “Chamberlain’s Charge” and it really strengthened the synthesis answer by citing this painting as an example because the raw emotion is so prevalent in the picture. Also, the approach you guys took to answer the question was very interesting because you guys stated that war and fighting is only justified if it is fought for a good cause instead of war started out of “anger and raw emotion”. We liked how you used the Civil Rights Movement as an example of an immoral war with “no foundation or basis”. However, it might help your synthesis to cite an example about the Edwardian Era. Overall, your synthesis would have been even stronger if you guys had spent more time elaborating on certain key points that you have presented. For example, we decided to spend our entire synthesis answering the question using Joseph Chamberlain as an example. However, the points that you guys do give are indeed valid and good job linking the synthesis to the era! Also, make sure you proofread your synthesis to prevent grammatical errors! Overall, great job on your synthesis and we can’t wait to read your next one! :)
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