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Chapter Summary Of The Source By Andrew Iarocci

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The source written by Andrew Iarocci, examines the first year of the 1st Canadian Division in the First World War, and focuses exclusively on the soldiers' overseas experiences. In the book, Iarocci challenges the view that the 1st Canadian Division soldiers were poorly prepared for the First World War, and were not at all effective during some key battles in 1915. The book's focus is to look primarily at how Canadian's fought in the First World War, and with the help of the many sources the book incorporates, such as many research documents in the form of letters, diaries and the battlefields themselves, Iarocci is able to give the reader a solid perspective on how Canadian soldiers fared in the war. The book provides the Canadian soldiers' …show more content…

This source is informing my thinking about what factors shaped soldiers’ individual and collective experiences by illustrating in depth the stories of these Canadian soldiers in the 1st Canadian Division. An example would be in Chapter 5: Green Clouds, which describes the pivotal reactions of the soldiers and how they dealt with the cruel situations they faced. These accounts help me understand how the soldiers developed their identities through their collective experiences, and how what they faced affected them, in either a positive or negative way. This source is shaping my research by keeping me interested in the topic ranges of which the book provides. Reading the source results in me doing further research on the things that stand out to me, such as the personal accounts of these soldiers, and other things that I know will further help me strengthen my …show more content…

The journal entries reveals Deward Barnes crucial experiences that shaped him as a soldier, and makes the readers truly appreciate and understand these first hand accounts of a Canadian soldiers' experiences on the Western Front. Through reading Barnes' accounts, his dramatic experience of being shot, his participation in the firing squad that executed a deserter named Private Harold Lodge, and his transformation from a frightened soldier, to a a brave veteran, the reader witnesses how the individual experiences of a soldier shaped his character the longer he stayed in the war. Barnes provides memorable descriptions of his experiences on the Western Front as he illustrates why he did things, his reactions to doing them, and how he felt about it afterwards. One of the major themes in this source, that I can most definitely use in my essay, is his negative reaction to his participation in the execution of the deserter, which was the key experience in altering his character as a soldier. Furthermore, his experiences outside of battle, as well as in it, such as his more relaxed reactions to the cruelties of war, portrays a more mature soldier. Barnes becomes shaped by becoming familiar with destruction of war; he is transformed by it. This source is influencing my thinking, as well as my approach to research as it makes me

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