War was much different than Charley Goddard had expected. He did not expect to see people die right before his eyes. He did not expect to wash his face with bloody water. Charley Goddard faced many brutal surprises during war time. What he sees while he is at war will not only turn him into a man but give him a soldier's heart.
6. Have you ever read "The Emporer's Test" or "The Mystery Ingredient". Even though they are both different types of text, it might surprise you how similar and how different these stories are. There are many similarities and differences in these stories that you may not know about. The theme of these stories are very similar.
Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage and Komunyakaa’s “Camouflaging the Chimera” may seem quite similar, but they are in fact very different from each other. For instance, The Red Badge of Courage focuses on one main character while “Camouflaging the Chimera” focuses on a group of soldiers. So, despite how similar they may appear at a first, when you dig deeper and take a closer look, you’ll find that they are not as similar as you thought.
The excerpt we read from Stephen Crane's novel The Red Badge of Courage and Yusef Komunyakaa's poem camouflaging the Chimera have some similarities and differences apart from them being decades apart. Some of the similarities and differences between the two works include themes, language, and genre. The themes of the works are very different because in Crane's piece the theme is about one young soldier who wants to be remembered after the civil war as war hero and eventually have a statue built in his honor. In Komunyakaa's piece the point of view of a whole group of soldiers.
Lastly, certain things trigger Charley to remember things about the war, such as coffee on page 99. It says, “The army ad taught him to like coffee, live on coffee, and he still drank it even though it knotted his guts.” Also, his injuries from the war make him seem and feel older than he really his. Charley states that he knows that it won’t be long for him and her wouldn’t mind dying.
Who is Elie Weisel? Weisel is a Holocaust survivor and an inspiration to everyone. “Elie Weisel is a Noble-Prize winning writer, teacher, and activist known for the memoir Night, in which he recounts his experiences survivnig the Holocaust” (Biography.com Editors). “Elie Weisel was born Elizer Weisel on September 30, 1928, in Sighet, Transylvania, which would later become Romania” (Biography.com Editors). During WWII when Weisel was only fifteen his family and him were relocated to Auschwitz.
Although Crane and Komunyakaa are both poets, they have their differences. Crane is writing about the civil war while Komunyakaa wrote about his experience of the Vietnam war. Crane’s historical background is inspired by reading about soldiers and their experience first handedly. “The Red Badge of Courage” is more of a psychological portrait of the main character’s perception in a time of war relating to Henry Fleming's experience in combat. Komunyakaa wrote his poem based on his personal experience of actually being there in the vietnam war serving as an information specialist.
In battle, there are many ways to be put in the wrong position. A few erratic decisions can cause lifelong problems. In “The Red Badge of Courage” Stephan Crane shows the many situations in battle during the Civil War in 1860. Henry Fleming, also known as “The Youth,” made many notable decisions that would consider him a coward rather than a hero. Henry demonstrates a coward because he ran during the battle, deserted the tattered soldier, and lied to the other soldiers.
Flashbacks of him in the war, him seeing his friends being killed, him starving and having to fight and kill people. Instead of running and working and having a family, CHarley is alone by himself with no family, and no kids. He can’t run, because he has a limp and was hurt during the war. Charley is in pain and wants to die.
But both kinds of wars experienced made an impact on us and our loved ones. In A Separate Peace, Gene and Phineas were two young boys who were the remains of what peace looked like. They were described as being careless and wild, as sixteen year olds should be. The two boys were considered inseparable, till death did them part, and because of this an emotion went unnoticed until it grew to a bigger problem.
The author compares the soldiers because he wants the readers
“Soldiers Home” by Ernest Hemingway and “Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien both deal with the difficulties of veterans returning home from war. Both of the protagonists, Krebs and Bowker respectively, experience trauma, which leads them on a search for self-discovery and an outlet for their pain. At the end of each story, neither of the characters wants to participate in society anymore. Despite the similarities, Norman Bowker is more forthcoming with his feelings, ultimately making him a more successful character. In addition, the similarities and differences between the authors’ styles accentuate those that occur within the characters of the stories; both authors use symbolism to show the changes in the dynamic characters over the course of the narratives.
There are several alterations between the books. The soldiers that the books were about are from different states, Henry was from New York, and Charley was from Minnesota. The soldiers also had different injuries, identical to Charley from Soldier’s Heart he got his injury in battle and Henry from The Red Badge of Courage got his running away from Battle. Charley stayed in battle even though he wanted to leave, he stayed and fought, but Henry ran when the Confederates
In the memoir “I Escaped a Violent Gang” and the play “The Watsons Go to Birmingham.” the theme they used was courage. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang”, Ana had enough courage to join a gang but not only that but to stand up against it. In “The Watsons Go to Birmingham” Sarah and Junior walk in a march for equal rights. They both show courage in different ways in “I Escaped a Violent Gang” the characters actions are different.
It is appalling how much an undocumented person from another country can benefit from the United States government programs at the expense of tax paying citizens. We should be taking care of our own legal, tax paying citizens first and foremost. We already have a law in place for immigrants. It should be mandatory that anyone entering the U.S. must follow the law to the letter. They should become legal citizens before they reap the benefits of any government funded program.
