In the two poems, the journey is a metaphor for life and passage into afterlife. In Ulysses Tennyson talks about how his life is nearing its end and how he's old now while in crossing the bar he talks about dying and going into afterlife. Both poems use the motif of journey on open seas to describe venturing into the unknown, that is, how life passes quickly as a journey does and the next stop on the journey is afterlife.
nationalism: it is great to have a sense on national pride and togetherness although if it gets out of hand it can be almost brainwashing and used to control citizens.
militarism: being prepared and having sufficient miliatry resources avalivable can be great IF there is an attack although it can be viewed as intimidating and scare off allies. also it can cause other resources to thin
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About midway through Hotel Rwanda there's a powerful, if somewhat heavy-handed, scene in which a good-hearted U.N. colonel (Nick Nolte) makes clear to hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina (Don Cheadle) why the West won't intervene to stop the ongoing Rwandan genocide. "We think you're dirt, Paul," he explains sadly. "You're black. You're not even a n*. You're an African."
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