Nationalism Through Propaganda
Propaganda was a key tool used by the different nations during World War 1 to boost nationalism. But, what’s nationalism? Nationalism is the patriotic feeling and principles you have towards your own nation. Nationalism was clearly generated through posters where countries promoted the beliefs they wanted to portray. Since there’s nothing more pleasant to the human mind than see their own country succeed, propaganda successfully attracted young men to fight for their own country. Propaganda was not only used to attract young people, but also to get support and alignment on government ideas to make the country even stronger. “(World War I) was the most colossal, murderous, mismanaged butchery that has ever taken place on earth. Any writer who said otherwise lied, So the writers either wrote propaganda, shut up, or fought,”― Ernest Hemingway. This quote means that the war either led writers to create propaganda, not say anything or they would be apart of the war fighting.