Question

Compare the Gettysburg Address to the peace monument. Support your comparison (how they are the same) with information from both texts.

Answer 1

Answer:

Both texts show how the concept of equality among citizens was being built and was influenced by the American civil war.

Explanation:

"Gettysburg Address" and "The peace monument" are two texts related to the American civil war that brought so many problems to the country and that questioned the concept that America was a place of equality and freedom.

In "Gettysburg Address," we can see how Lincoln reinforces that this war was motivated by a lack of respect for the concept of equality and freedom that the founding fathers created. This lack of respect created divisions and strife among the Americans, who saw each other better than the others, thus motivating a war between the two sides of the nation. However, Lincoln claimed that in the name of the gentlemen who died in the conflicts, America would now be a united nation, so that the sacrifices of these men were not in vain.

"The peace monument," however, shows that this is not quite what happened, since the northern and southern states did not come together for many decades after the war and although the country was one, there were many conflicts ideological between these two sides of the country. However, after years of intrigue, a monument was established in honor of the men who sacrificed themselves and died in the war defending the wishes of their territories. The monument paid tribute not only to Union or Confederacy soldiers, but to all American soldiers who had to face this conflict. Therefore, this monument was not seen as a war monument, but as a monument of peace, which sealed the comparison between all the states of the country.