Foreshadowing

Many of our posts from week 1 discuss our personal connections to the war in Iraq and the few we indirectly know who are fighting there. The post entitled “A Need For War,” however, shows the great impact that war has on society. Rather than dwell on the negative influence it has on the media, the author insightfully points out the positive effect it has on the economy. He concisely says, “war fuels industry.”

Furthermore, the author argues that war motivates people. He explains that in times of war, people feel the need to provide for their families and help others. “The War’s Impact on Me” is another post that made some novel associations between the war and change in society. This writer used the rising oil prices as an example of the obvious effects the war has had on American’s.

Clearly, many of the pieces we wrote during week 1 foreshadow the points that will be made in Project One. Some of the other posts that I briefly read touched on the war’s impact on not just society, but individuals. One specifically said that the war has made people fearful of their Middle Eastern neighbors and even more obviously of terrorist attacks. It was interesting to look back on these posts. Many of them include concepts that are parallel to ones that may be used for Project One.