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    Discuss The Theme of The Poem, Five Ways To Kill A Man' by Edwin Brock

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    The poem "Five Ways to Kill a Man" by Edwin Brock describes 5 different methods used throughout history to kill people in increasingly dehumanizing ways. It begins with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, then moves to medieval knights killing each other in battle. Next it discusses mass deaths during World Wars from weapons like atomic bombs. Finally, it argues that in the 20th century, diseases, poverty and conflict provide enough ways to kill without needing more methods. The poem critiques how humanity has progressed technologically while also finding new, easier ways to take each other's lives.

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    The poem "Five Ways to Kill a Man" by Edwin Brock describes 5 different methods used throughout history to kill people in increasingly dehumanizing ways. It begins with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, then moves to medieval knights killing each other in battle. Next it discusses mass deaths during World Wars from weapons like atomic bombs. Finally, it argues that in the 20th century, diseases, poverty and conflict provide enough ways to kill without needing more methods. The poem critiques how humanity has progressed technologically while also finding new, easier ways to take each other's lives.

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    The poem "Five Ways to Kill a Man" by Edwin Brock describes 5 different methods used throughout history to kill people in increasingly dehumanizing ways. It begins with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, then moves to medieval knights killing each other in battle. Next it discusses mass deaths during World Wars from weapons like atomic bombs. Finally, it argues that in the 20th century, diseases, poverty and conflict provide enough ways to kill without needing more methods. The poem critiques how humanity has progressed technologically while also finding new, easier ways to take each other's lives.

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    Discuss the theme of the poem, Five Ways

    to Kill a Man by Edwin Brock


    Five Ways to Kill a Man by Edwin Brock mocks at the dehumanization of man. The
    poem is written in a simple language to describe the different ways to kill a man. The
    words are used cold and blunt.
    The main theme of the poem is the loss of humanity in mankind with every passing era.
    Man has an natural instinct to fight, kill and to destroy. The poem describes the various
    ways man has devised since ancient times to take lives of his fellow human beings for
    his own selfish motives.
    Each stanza of the poem deals with one killing method of man that is inflicted on the
    other. The very first stanza of the poem, Five Ways to Kill a Man begins with the
    crucifixion of Jesus Christ. A whole crowd walks up a hill as they force him to carry the
    cross upon his back. Jesus was nailed to the cross and the cross was then pulled erect.
    Later on, Christ was asked to remove his cloak, so that he would not be able to have a
    proper burial and his corpse would be left on top of the hill semi-clad. Christ was
    tortured in many ways. When Christ asked for water, they gave him sponge soaked in
    vinegar tied to a rod which they put into his mouth. Eventually, Jesus died and they
    waited there and watched him die.
    The first stanza has dark undertones of sarcasm in it. The method used to torture him
    and kill him are termed as cumbersome by the poet. The sheer lack of humanity on the
    part of the crowd which watches a man brutally crucified is portrayed in the first stanza.
    The second stanza moves to the medieval age. There, the knights foolishly slaughtered
    each other with hook axes and hammers which could pierce the armour with ease. They
    rode and faced the opponents on white horses, attacking them with swords, ready to kill
    or to be killed.Similarly, crowns used to go on conquering sprees, fighting huge wars to
    annex small kingdoms. Two countries would go to war and thousands o f people would
    die on both sides, before one prince would emerge as victorious. Then the prince
    would throw a banquet, celebrating his victory and the deaths of the numerous people
    he killed.
    The poet then moves on to the topic of World Wars in which it was lot easier to kill due
    to the advent of science. The use of atomic bombs which can kill millions and millions of
    people just with the touch of a button. . In 1915, the British used gas cylinders on the
    Germans. The poet then refers to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan by
    the USA during the Second World War. This horrible act of mass killing was executed
    by a psychopath possibly referring to the then President of the USA, Harry S. Truman
    who authorized the bombing on Japan. Land that no one needs for several years is a
    reference to regions of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, which were completely destroyed by
    the effects of radiation. In the final stanza, the poet argues that there is no need to
    adopt cumbersome ways of killing men in the 20th century. This era is already infested
    with diseases, destitution, accidents, wars and hatred which is enough to kill a person.
    Through Five Ways to Kill a Man, Edwin Brock conveys the message of how man
    dehumanizes himself as he progresses. Man has made life comfortable by inventing
    more and more scientific technology, at the same time, he is also acquiring new
    methods to make killing more easier. Every single day children die of diseases,
    malnutrition, people become victims of joblessness, poverty, hunger and religious
    conflicts. Thus, the poem highlights the fact that man changes with time and his reasons
    for his killing too.

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