tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post3505913261425118229..comments2024-03-28T12:59:41.910-04:00Comments on NeverEnding Story: Butterfly Dream: War Haiku by Sylvia Forges-RyanChen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐http://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-786207835641480928.post-2255754390000146572013-07-22T09:11:54.045-04:002013-07-22T09:11:54.045-04:00The shift in time and place (not in theme) is soci...The shift in time and place (not in theme) is sociopolitically poignant. The common narrative thread running through the juxtaposed parts of the poem is war and its devastating consequences. In the "literary Trojan War" of the Iliad, the Olympic gods, goddesses, and demigods fight and play great roles in human warfare while in the "live-broadcast" Iraq War, "Western" greed, hubris, and fear of the other are some of the main factors that influence to launch war on Iraq. <br /><br />The opening word, rereading, is one of the key words, provoking the reader to think over the following question:<br /><br />Do we ever learn from history?<br /><br />or <br /><br />"The only lesson we learn from history is that we do not learn from history." Chen-ou Liu, 劉鎮歐https://www.blogger.com/profile/06235248170011255532noreply@blogger.com