My first thought reading through BLAST is "wow..." I mean the uniqueness of this magazine is what stands out most about this magazine. The way they used different fonts, the boldness, and the position of words in the maifesto section displays this uniqueness of this magazine. Before, I had read the introduction to BLAST, but I did not expect anything like this, which is why my reaction was the way it was. It is also interesting in this section how the writers bad talk the French, it would almsot seem like some of the influence to produce their magazine in this way may have come from the French. But it is understandable why they might give credit strictly to the English, they have may been creating a strong sense of nationalism with certain crisis' existing within the country and most likely elsewhere, not the war because that was still a month away but it doesnt mean there wasnt existing problems between certain countries.

The use of the manifesto text is a strong way to get a point across, the way it is written creates interest in what the writer is saying because it is written in such a different, uncommon way. But it also served a point as to way it was written. Before the war started, Im sure there were existing problems that existed and this was a way to create a sense of nationalism among the youth or anyone that read the magazine.