Discuss the nature and impact of the Great War on individuals and society.

The Assignment: In the aftermath of the Great War the world changed in extremely dramatic ways. For example, the 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote which changed the role of women; the “Great Migration” and Harlem Renaissance changed the lives of African-Americans; the advent of radio and the growth of Hollywood shrank the country; and the birth of the age of the automobile made people more mobile and freer. Your weekly textbook reading will detail these changes and others during the 1920s and examine their effect on society, while this week’s writing assignment will look at the effect of WWI on individuals and society. While the world changed around them, many individuals and cultures were trying to make sense of the pain, suffering, death and destruction wrought by the years of war. Many soldiers expressed themselves during and after the war through poetry, literature, art, and sculpture, and many societies expressed their grief in small and large memorials and cemeteries. The following sources are a collection of several poems, excerpts from literature, and images of works of art and memorials. Read the words and view the images, then write a response paper based on the questions below! The Essay: Read the documents, look at the works of art and examine the memorials, do some research in academic journals and/or the textbook, take what you learned in lecture and the documentaries and analyze what the artist expressions of British, German, French and American soldiers represent about the war to the world and future generations. Discuss the nature and impact of the Great War on individuals and society. End your essay by answering the question: If you had to sum up the impact of the Great War in one word, what would that word be and why? Some of the questions to consider when writing your response are: What do the written words tell us about the experiences of these soldiers? How do the works of art express what the soldiers experienced during the war and how they are dealing with, or not dealing with, that experience? What differences can you see between the European and American perspectives on the war? How do these men view the war and their role therein? What strikes you when reading the words or view the art? You do not need to answer any or all of these specifically, but they might help give you ideas of what to write. Your response should reference the documents and artwork, but not simply describe them to the reader. Your answer should reflect that you examined the documents, artwork, and monuments. The Format: Essays should be doubled-spaced, size 12 font, with one-inch margins all around. Essays must be a minimum of 2 pages and should be a maximum of 4 pages – not including the works cited. The required heading is ONLY your name and a page number in the top right-hand corner of each page. All in-text references to written sources must be cited parenthetically at the end of the sentence as follows: Document. (Author Last Name); Journal. (Author/Editor Last Name); Textbook. (Tindall, pg); Video. (Title); References to the art must be cited parenthetically by an abbreviated title and artist (Wounded, Dix). References to the memorials must be cited parenthetically by the title (Skeleton Memorial). You must use at least two documents, two works of art, and one journal article for a minimum of 5 sources. All sources must be included in a bibliography or works cited as required by your field of study/major.