Soldier Boys, by Dean Hughes, recounts the experiences of two young soldiers, one American and one German, fighting in World War 2. In the book, Hughes brings up issues like the persecution of Jews, the social conditioning of young children, the use of adolescent soldiers during World War 2, and the question we all have asked ourselves at one point or another: why do we have to have wars? The first main character is Spencer Morgan, a 17-year-old boy who drops out of highschool to join the army and fight against the Nazis, even though his family urges him to stay out of the war. Spencer becomes a soldier because he wants to prove something to his friends, family, and the young woman he once was infatuated with as a boy: LuAnne Crowther. Eventually
Entry 1- The book starts off about a couple of kids who were born and raised on the streets they are trying to make a better place. The three boys George, Rameck, and Sampson clean the street by picking up trash and fixing the broken benches with Sampson’s brother Andre. Sampson breaks his foot after dropping concrete on it during his attempt to move a concrete slab with Andre.
As mentioned in Napoleons’ Button (Couteur and Burreson, 2003), ever since the discovery of penicillin, wound infection declines, saving plenty of lives, especially during the World War 2. The rapid advancement of drugs has indeed come a long way and even revolutionized the world. Drugs such as paracetemol helps to subside one’s fever and provide pain relief. On the other hand, drugs that are widely used illegally such as cocaine would be detrimental to one’s personal health when consumed. In any case, the mere existence of drugs is good in nature.
The novel, “A Separate Peace” written by John Knowles takes place in a boarding school (“Devon”) in New Hampshire during 1942. The same time as World War II. Brinker Hadley and Gene Forrester are faced with the decision of waiting to be drafted to the war, or enlisting. The benefit of enlisting is being able to choose which branch of the war to participate in. Being drafted almost guarantees a spot in the infantry, the most deadly branch of war but may gain honor for the boys back at home if they survive.
It was not uncommon for women at this time to work in factories with many working in ammunition factories. The women who worked in the ammunition factories played an important role in the war effort by doing some of the most important work (Kim). These women worked extremely hard and it was argued that they put their lives in danger almost as much as the men enlisted in the war. They worked long shifts, typically 10-12 hours a day, working with highly-explosive materials (Munitions Factories). Most, if not all, factory jobs required women to operate machinery which was heavy and dangerous, causing many injuries.
0-684-81525-7. Hardcover. $27.50. The theme of this book is about the soldier's point of view during World War II, it shows the difficulties that they had to go through and the horrible deaths they had to witness.
However Thousands of people joined the fight, for thousands of lives were lost in the battle of W.W.II. Here is a fact, each star in the WWII Memorial resembles one hundred lives lost in battle, and likewise there are around 4,000 gold stars. Around 400,000 american soldiers lives were lost in W.W. II, which means W.W II had the highest casualty ratings, for America and the rest of the world.. People had to sacrifices make along the way in WW.II, and some including food or supplies. “Americans were asked to make sacrifices in many ways.
I will move on to the novel, “Tomorrow when the war began”. This novel is a great example of war. It juxtaposes pre-war and post-war life. It tells the story of 7 teenagers that later mature after the effects of war.
The book ‘The American People in World War II’ by David M. Kennedy tells the story of World War II from the build up to America joining the war in September 1938 to the end and downfall of the war in 1950. The book talks not just about America but as well as France, Japan, England, Germany and any other countries majorly affected by the war. The main point of the book is to tell how people lived in the war, especially Americans. Kennedy explains his main idea by explaining three main topics in the war. Jobs, money, and treatment.
The Wars by Timothy Findley describes the many struggles and hardships that people face in life. One common tragedy is the death of a loved one. Findley introduces the reader to two characters who are confronting adversities that have come their way: Robert Ross and his mother, Mrs. Ross. Undoubtedly, losing someone precious leads to a great deal of sadness and anguish. However, The Wars offers a means of coping with the traumatic incident in an effective manner by contrasting Robert’s and Mrs. Ross’s journey of healing.
In the book, Soldier Boys, by Dean Hughes two boys who are on opposite sides of the war tell their struggles and stories of battle in the War and how their two different lives collide together. The author of the book, Dean Hughes, has spent 7 years doing research on World War II and finding information about the war. Dean Hughes has interviewed war veterans, studied newspapers that were written in the time of World War II, and read hundreds of books like, “The Burden of Hitler 's Legacy” by Alfons Hecks to help his understanding of this time period and events. With all this information and facts he collected, he wrote the book, Soldier Boys. The years that World War II took place was in between 1939 to 1945 and around those years the holocaust
Pain is a necessary evil of war; remembrance of the pain is purely perception. Throughout Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” and Elie Wiesel’s Night there are many references to intense events of tragedy and redemption with vivid and eye-opening detail. These sources of work take us through war via two completely different vantage points through two completely different wars. Wiesel’s Night take us on the tragic endeavor of a person of Jewish belief during the Holocaust. On the contrary, O’Brien’s “How to tell a True War Story” takes us on the thrilling journey of US soldier during the Vietnam War.
Many used to see the military as something the young should do to better themselves and their country. This book sheds light on the fact that hundreds of the boys in the war made no difference and did not know what they were truly fighting for. All Quiet on the Western Front evokes a massive Reader-response and heavily contains
They might die the next day, or a second later, this fear crushed them down and made them tremble and burst into tears. Fathers, boyfriends, and brothers left their lovings behind and headed to the bloody zone with firm and cold face. They attached their nation’s flags on their hearts and confronted the enemies with murderous weapons, not knowing that their enemy might also be one of the people who were forced to leave their families. Men had to kill the other men unwillingly. August 15, the seventieth anniversary of the World War 2, is coming up and it reminds people the history of this war.
The purpose of this article is to talk about the trauma impact and post-traumatic stress symptoms and distress of former German children of World War II. The article explains how war is a long-lasting trauma that has multiple stressors like physical harm, intimidation, loss of loved ones, deprivation, abuse, and starvation. The article talks about how they recruited participants through a local press to be interviewed and assessed to measure how there post-traumatic is by them telling their experiences during World War II.Different studies show that there was a high percentage of children diagnosed with Post-traumatic stress symptoms after a few years since the war but after another few years, the number of children had decreased but there
