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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
This chapter presents the result of this study. It is divided into two main sections. The first section of this chapter contains the conclusion of the analysis
done in Chapter IV. It presents the result of how war portrayed in the three poems and how war reflected John McCrae’s life. In this chapter the study also presents
suggestion for future researcher and the second is the implementation of poetry in teaching English.
A. Conclusion
After analyzing “In Flanders Fields”, “The Warrior” and “The Anxious Dead” using the socio-historical and biographical approaches and information
from the criticism and the poets’ biographies, the study comes to the conclusion. John McCrae is described as a good citizen and he also has a good
personality. It is reflected on his will to join the military during the war as a field soldier and then became a doctor who take cares of soldiers in the trenches in
Flanders. Besides being a doctor and a soldier, John McCrae was also a good writer.
In his three poems, John McCrae shows the exceptional of his view on war. During his experiences in the war, he stated that war is like two sides of a
coin. War has two faces, and each face shows the contradiction. From John McCrae personal view, the good side of a war is to raises the nationality, loyalty
and patriotism of people to fight against the evil. A war is a manner to generate a whole new world living order and an expectation for a renewal in the future. To
achieve the future, countries have to get victory in a battle. And to gain the victory need sacrifices.
From John McCrae’s point of view, sacrifice is described as a misery, suffer and pain. John McCrae put himself as a victim of a war. John McCrae’s
shifting paradigm happened when he lost his loyal friend during the war and when he saw a lot of soldier wounded or died because of war. Just like the other
common civilians, John McCrae also feels depressed when he take care a lot of dying soldier who sacrificed their life in the war. He knows that many people lost
their people they love the most. Yet, he also put his promise not to walk away form his battle and dead in honor to defend his country.
Based on these three poems, I can conclude that personality influences toward someone’s point of view and decision. Personality is not the only aspects
that influence it, but also our social background and what we have experienced in our life. Experiences are able to substitute our view of something or expand our
view. Same as what had happened on John McCrae’s view on war. From John McRae poems, I can learn that we must fight and sacrifice to
achieve our purpose. Those poems also teach us to develop our patriotism spirit to generate our loyalty for our country. John McCrae in his biography believed that
his purpose was to destroy evil when encounter is a noble purpose. That is why he answered the call of the Canadian army and joined the battle and never turns aside
from his promise as a soldier and his faith as a man. John McCrae also taught me
that we always have a chance and hope to obtain the better future. He knows that at the end of a battle, peace will raise for the entire world. The darkness will be
changed by light of a new sun which means a new hope. I believe that our life is a battle, and we have to fight to make a better life.
We have to fight against our problem and struggle for our aim. Do not give up or lost your faith because hope is always rise like a sun shine.
B. Suggestion 1. For Future Researchers
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