Monday, May 7, 2012

Pictures and the Civil War

Describe some of the pictures of the Civil War that you saw in the documentary.  What do you think these pictures say about the Civil War?

35 comments:

  1. I think that these pictures showed that the war was regarded more than just a struggle for freedom, these pictures represented very strong feelings, hard times, and even the beauty of the war.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I agree with all of this. Why do you think pictures were taken?

      Delete
    2. Because it is important to show everyone the reality and the truth.

      Delete
    3. What do you mean by the beauty of war?

      Delete
    4. In a way the war was beautiful, when all the soldiers are working together for one cause.

      Delete
    5. I agree a picture can say a lot for some thing and these are an great exampel of it.

      Delete
  2. I think these pictures showed the way the war was. That they were struggling through out it all. Through the hard times and the treacherous living conditions.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. What is your opinion on these pictures, what makes them show the war.

      Delete
    2. I find the pictures quite interesting, and beautiful in their own way, what do you think? what is the beauty in these pictures.

      Delete
    3. I think the reason they show the war is because that was the big thing that was happening at that time.

      Delete
    4. I think that the pictures showed encouragement to help others and fight for what was right!!

      Delete
    5. Maybe in the beginning the pictures showed encouragement but what was the point of showing them in the end?

      Delete
  3. I think the pictures show how the war changed over time. In the beginning we saw pictures where the people were relaxed and as time went on pictures became busy and showed war. By the end of the documentary the pictures showed all of the ruins and death.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Did you notice the pictures of the soldiers before they entered the war? They looked happy and laid back, making friends and and acquaintances.

      Delete
    2. What do you think made the soldiers be laid back? Do you think the soldiers were not taking the war seriously at the time?

      Delete
    3. I don't think they knew what they were getting into. The civil war was more then one generation after the war for independence.

      Delete
  4. I think the pictures were really graphic, and showed how deadly the war really was. What struck me most was the surgical pictures, showing the amputated legs.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Yes I agree. That part really stood out. Do you think the pictures got even worse as the war went on?

      Delete
    2. Yes i think that the pictures got worse as the war went on.

      Delete
    3. Do you think the pictures were graphic enough to give you an idea what it would have been like to be in that was at that very moment? Do you think the pictures express the true horrors of war?

      Delete
  5. I think that these photos showed how the war changed over time. I thought that the photo that we saw of that slave with the scars on his back showed what the extent of slavery really was.

    ReplyDelete
  6. I think the pictures were really graphic, showing what happen to the soldiers and what life was like on the front.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. What was life like back then, both on the front and for those not in the war?

      Delete
    2. Do you think some of the pictures were too graphic or over exaggerated?

      Delete
    3. The life styal of them were vary different. I do not think that the pictures were too graphic they depicted the relisem of war and the horoer.

      Delete
  7. why do you think in all the pictures of the soldiers, the soldiers were vary serious looking?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. They were preparing for the battles getting their mind set and ready for the loss and hysteria that was about to overcome them.

      Delete
    2. That is one of two reasons it was that what you said and at that time it was a vary big thing to get your picture taken beacause it was not a comen thing like today.

      Delete
  8. I think the pictures expressed the people’s feelings. In the beginning, the pictures showed the soldiers being relaxed and kind of goofing around. Then later once the war actually began, it showed the pain and the misery. It showed the physical pain of people getting amputations, or the wreckage caused by the war, and it showed how people’s lives were affected.

    ReplyDelete
  9. During the beginning the people in the photos were happy excited for the oncoming leap into battle. In the end they were graphic the pictures were of injured/dead people everything was grim sad and depressing.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. I agree but I think it was more in the middle of the war when the pictures were graphic and at the end when the war was over they seem to settle down and not be so graphic.

      Delete
  10. I think these photos showed what the war was like. I showed the worst parts of the war that people sometimes could not speak about. They opened our eyes to the terror of war.

    ReplyDelete
  11. These pictures showed what life was like and war. Some were graphic and some were not at all. If you watch how they change you see that a lot of them got worse in the middle of the war and better at the end sometimes.

    ReplyDelete