Question

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Who wants to help me understand this article?
http://www.theatlantic.com/past/docs/issues/97sep/century.htm
I'm still reading it..

Answer 1

Wow! Long article (: I will read it if you would like since I haven't read it yet (:

Answer 2

Also, are you reading this for fun? Is it required?

Answer 3

thanks!..
i'm still on the "der frischfrohliche krieg" part
well yeah, it is required :/
i still don't get what the article is really about or what happened in the article..

Answer 4

Alright! I can read it and I hope to be able to kind of describe what it is about (:

Answer 5

Are there any questions to answer, that way I can point them out?

Answer 6

there is but I don't need to answer them, but if you want we can still answer it so that I can understand better..

Answer 7

Why do you have to read the article, but not answer the questions?

Answer 8

basically, i have a quiz on monday about this article
my teacher said it's up to us if we want to answer the questions or not
but i will answer them once i understand the article.

Answer 9

Ah, yes. Alright well, tell me when you finish reading the article

Answer 10

kk;p

Answer 11

Hey, it's late here, I'm going to finish reading the article, and answer the questions tomorrow and help you better understand the article tomorrow (: Is that cool with you?

Answer 12

I'm back! Okay, so I read the article, do you want to go over the answers?

Answer 13

sure :)
but honestly i really did not the point of this article:/

Answer 14

Do you just want me to explain the article and not do the answers? Because I don't think the answers will do anything but give you a headache!

Answer 15

yes please, (^_^)

Answer 16

Alright, so the titles gives a way a lot about the article, it says "Notes on the 20th Century". It means that this article is going to talk all about the 20th century. It talks about wars, political events, and even personal events. But mainly, it describes the major events that happened in the world during the 20th century!

Answer 17

ok?
hmm..
so what happened on the first "topic" in this article?
"der fridchfroliche krieg"?

Answer 18

In that topic, it talks about the first war, and a lot of the other wars that occured

Answer 19

based on what i understand, it only talked about the "white wars", am i right?

Answer 20

Yea... It was weird reading about it like that :/ but yes, you're right

Answer 21

next topic is the "released from tigers"
I think, it's talking about superstitions belief that used to scare people, but in the late years of the century, "humans are more scared of themselves..?

can you please a little bit more details about this one, coz' i did not get this..

Answer 22

Well, people that don't know eachother are more scared of each other, than they are of a random animal. Which is a problem because we can invade their territory and be killed or severely injured. Also, we hunt animals, that don't need to be hunted anymore

Answer 23

third one is "cold war no more"..
this one hmm.. i think because of the developments, the faith of the people in God is lessening???

Answer 24

Well... Not exactly, they thought God was wanting to destroy them, so they believed in him more. So the cold war, after it, because everyone didn't die, they believed in God even more for "saving" them

Answer 25

the next topic is "the welfare state" a human triumph"
in this, the government owed their people because they failed to protect them, so they will do everything for their people?

Answer 26

"the mysteries of technology"
-> because of this, people don't believe things unless they will not see any evidence?

Answer 27

Indeed! Nice work!

Answer 28

yes! (^_^) how about the "A reckoning"
i'm a little confused with this one..

Answer 29

@Kfins99

Answer 30

You mean "Longer Life, More Anxious Death"?

Answer 31

no.. "A reckoning"

Answer 32

ooh, "Longer Life, More Anxious Death" is my last one on my printed copy of my article..

Answer 33

Haha it's fine, so is that the one you are talking about?

Answer 34

"A reckoning".. is the one that i don't understand

Answer 35

Oh, it's saying that you shouldn't make a bad list and good list of what happened during the century

Answer 36

really? why?? O.o

Answer 37

The bad would be "too terrifying" and would not be realized of the good

Answer 38

isn't it the "Our Common Decision"?

Answer 39

No it's like the first 2 sentences after it says A Reckoning

Answer 40

oh ok.. thanks!!

Answer 41

Anytime!