1. The Atrocities of Conflict Lauren Daly December 2, 2015 PSC 394

2. Concept: The Atrocity of Conflict Themes: 1. Human Right Abuses: not providing for citizens, willingly killing and/or injuring 2. Government Control: focused on gaining power, not worried about what the citizens need 3. Reality of Conflict: too often the world does not realize what has occurred until after the matter

3. Bloodbath in Madagascar  http://walterastrada. com/portfolio/news/ bloodbath-on- madagascar/ http://walterastrada. com/portfolio/news/ bloodbath-on- madagascar/

4. Bloodbath in Madagascar  Walter Astrada is well known for photographing a variety of violent atrocities to allow the world to become more aware of what is occurring  Connection of all three themes through this artwork: - Anti-riot police opening fire into the crowd of protestors, killing twenty-eight civilians and wounding two hundred and twelve. - Through the images we see individuals lying dead on the ground, injured, etc.

5. “Civil War” by Gun n Roses  My hands are tied The billions shift from side to side And the wars go on with brainwashed pride For the love of God and our human rights And all these things are swept aside By bloody hands time can't deny And are washed away by your genocide And history hides the lies of our civil wars  Look at the shoes you're filling Look at the blood we're spilling Look at the world we're killing The way we've always done before Look in the doubt we've wallowed Look at the leaders we've followed Look at the lies we've swallowed And I don't want to hear no more  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYoIg KxOK4A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYoIg KxOK4A  Certain phrases elude to the themes that were expressed throughout my paper  If you listen through the entire song through, one can really see the strong message of dislike for wars as a result of the effect on all.

6. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas  https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9ypMp0s5Hiw https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=9ypMp0s5Hiw  Bruno and Shmuel tech a valuable lesson to viewers about the genocide of thousands of innocent people  The themes are all expressed throughout the movie: -the genocide -Hitler having absolute control -the ending of the movie

7. Paul Revere’s Bloody Massacre  Occurred in March of 1770- tenstions between the British and the colonists had been rising  British soldiers opened fire into s crowd of colonists, killing several  Paul Revere’s image led colonists to become outraged over what occurred because of how it was portrayed. https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/road- revolution/resources/paul-revere%E2%80%99s-engraving-boston-massacre- 1770

8. Conclusion  A variety of different forms of art are utilized to express the atrocities of conflict -Individuals can see this through the human right abuses that occur each and every day -Conflict can frequently happen at the hand of ones own government become of the necessity for absolute control -Through the different media forms the world, visually is able to broadcast the reality of conflicts