Poem v. Photo

Both the poem and the photograph convey a glum and negative tone due to the subject at hand. War is known to not be a positive thing in general. However, the poem and the photograph treat the humans involved in each very differently. The poem refers to soldiers as "cattle"  which is a term widely used to group people into one rather than to acknowledge individuals. The poem also uses the word "shells" to describe where the noise was coming from. Furthermore, the poem does not acknowledge individuality and rather groups people into one category. On the other hand, the photo shows two soldiers. Since there are only two of them we are forced to recognize their faces and their existences thus leading us to acknowledge a sense of individuality.

Camus

"Finally I realized that some of the old people were sucking at the insides of their cheeks and making these weird smacking noises. They were so lost in their thoughts that they weren't even aware of it. I even had the impression that the dead woman lying in front of them didn't mean anything to them." This passage stood out to me because the narrator seems extremely detached from the situation at hand. His mother has recently passed and he is with the friends of his deceased mother. What stood out to me most what the fact that he refers to his mother as "the dead woman" rather than "my mother" or "their lost friend" or something a little bit more personal. Overall, this passage is a perfect example of his emotional detachment while narrating and his focus on the facts and events.

Genesis

Genesis has a completely different style from that of Darwin's writings. Genesis is far more connected to the idea that God created man as opposed to Darwin's text that suggests a creator but does not specify who is this creator. Additionally, Darwin touches upon the idea of natural selection and the fittest survive hence yet are at the top. Furthermore, Genesis again is more religious sounding than the text of Darwin.

Darwin

      In Darwin's Origin of Species, chapter 14, he writes "Judging from the past, we may safely infer that not one living species will transmit its unaltered likeness to the distant futurity." Here, Darwin addresses the crucial concept of natural selection which is more commonly known as and referred to as 'survival of the fittest.' Darwin eloquently conveys such an idea that is true throughout life on earth and, more specifically, throughout evolution of nature, animals, and mankind. Furthermore, Darwin justifies his claim that not just one species will last forever without changing at all according to its environment, surroundings, etc. by acknowledging the past. Looking back on human kind, the animal kingdom, and nature, we see numerous accounts of natural selection. This natural selection perfectly explains the reasons for evolution throughout  any species.