WWI Summary EssayBruce Lee once said, "Mistakes are always forgivable, if you have the courage to admit them" ("Bruce Lee"). During World War I, Serbia's mistake of killing the Archduke was neither admitted nor forgiven. A series of events brought the European continent into a bloody and unprecedented war. World War I depicts how a small mistake or miscommunication leads to a larger problem and people's suffering, as represented by the aftermath of the death of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. At the beginning of the First World War, the initial expectations of civilians and soldiers were expressed through various forms of propaganda, which instilled a sense of nationalism in civilians and became a driving force for starting war on all fronts (Maxwell “MAIN causes of WWI). One of the many French propaganda, “Credit Lyonnais. Subscribe to the 4th National Loan,” depicted the battle between a French soldier and a falcon, in which the falcon represented Germany. The French soldier stabbed the falcon to symbolize the expectation of war: to win and return home soon. Furthermore, the French soldier withdrew the French flag from Germany, as if France had regained its ancient cities: Alsace and Lorraine. The manifesto provokes the spread of nationalism through the demonization of Germany and the expected rewards of the war. The possible benefits of war encouraged and convinced civilians to purchase war bonds. Each country considered its own good side and believed it was fighting a defensive war against other evil countries. The sense of nationalism helped to awaken the general population, instigating them to act and become part of this war (“Maxwell's Propaganda”). At the time it was believed that the war was the last war for a long time, many......middle paper......August 2009. Web. 16 February 2014. Maxwell, Ilario. “Entering World War I.” Monta Vista High School, Cupertino. 23 January 2014. Conference. Maxwell, Ilario. “The main causes of the First World War”. Monta Vista High School, Cupertino. 16 January 2014. Conference. Maxwell, Ilario. "Propaganda." Monta Vista High School, Cupertino. January 27, 2014. Conference. Maxwell, Ilario. “The Big Four”. Monta Vista High School, Cupertino. 4 February 2014. Conference. Maxwell, Ilario. “Treaty of Versailles”. Monta Vista High School, Cupertino. 6 February 2014. Conference. Maxwell, Ilario. "Countries' War Plans." Monta Vista High School, Cupertino. January 26, 2014. Lecture.Nevinson, Christopher. The machine gun. 1915. Oil on canvas.Remarque, Erich Maria. All quiet on the Western Front. Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1929. Print.Sassoon, Siegfried. “Suicide in the trenches.” 1917.