When Charley joined the First Minnesota Volunteers he along with many others wanted to help support his country during war. Everyone from the Union and the Confederacy thought that the war would be over soon but sadly they were wrong. The war that Charley had just joined would be bloodiest American war yet. Charley found out in this book that war changes people and that it is often not what people make it out to be.
Gene feels guilty and jealous. The boys are now faced with being drafted into the war. They have to think about life and make big decisions. Some of them think about finishing school early and signing up for the war. They are now more mature and becoming men.
Tom, Eb, and John go off to fight for the Union in the North, while Bill goes to fight for the rebels down in the South. Though this war rips the Creighton family apart, it illustrates that even when all seems lost, forgiveness helps people through long periods of sorrow and hate. Although Eb initially thought that war would be a fun time, full of glory, after his first battle, he soon realized that war was much worse than he had expected.
(Bradbury, 146) Granger says this in response to Montag’s question, his children or children in general will be carrying the generation. Soon those children will have people who will listen to them and ask them questions about the world, especially the people who are confused/lost and would like to know more. Once that happens they will be able to have a society of individuality where people have their own set of morals and not just following standards placed. Be able to be creative and think outside of what they were originally taught. Undoubtedly this will give people
War is something human nature cannot seem to avoid. In both A Soldiers Heart and Red Badge of Courage, there is a lot of war, and a lot of death that the main characters witness. Though their stories may seem similar, Henry and Charley are two very different people. They both fought in war, but experienced different events in the meantime. They both suffered great loss, trauma, and not only a physical war, but also, a war within themselves.
War, What is it Good For? “In June of 1777, we found out that Father was dead” ( Collier and Collier 164). How would people feel if half their family died in a war? They would go through all sorts of emotions and changes, just like Tim throughout the book.
The reality of it was shown to them, as they watched the troops arriving to the school. The war had now become something they would have to base their lives off of. The war had slowly taken over life at Devon, and it had encroached through situations such as the boys doing work for the war, talking about enlisting, and watching the troops move into Devon. As they had been going through so many conflicts of their own, they had often seemed oblivious of the growing problem of the war. This oblivion ended, however, when the realization of the war sunk in when the war dominated their lives.
The Lasting Effect of War It is impossible to undo the changes caused by war. People often go into war as one person and return a completely new one. Not only does war have extreme physical effects on a person, but greater effects on the mind and mental state of the people involved. The traumatic and life changing effects of war are evident in The Things They Carried and are especially noticeable in the characters of Mary Anne Bell, Tim O’Brien, and Rat Kiley and the lives they live.
Being involved in the Vietnam war seemed inevitable to 19 year old, Dave Mathis, whether it be through the draft or enlistment. The thought of war consumed his mind, masked in fear. Mathis was a wild child, the youngest boy of 6, he had no fear in the world, that was until talk of the Vietnam war erupted. He knew he was going to have to fight but thought it would be better if he enlisted himself so then he could at least choose what branch of the military he went in to. Dave Mathis grew up in a religious household, his mother was a Christian, but didn’t believe in organized religion.
Although he learned that he had to learn to cope with every single physical, emotional and mental stress factor that came his way. He learned with every guy in his platoon, they all stuck together. This novel was a very well written book. Each story was different, and gave a different aspect on war every time. The emotions were real, and very descriptive.
In the novella, Leaving Gilead, Pat Carr shows how war destroys people 's character. Integrity is extremely hard to find during war. Geneva is bossy and wants the best for herself and not for the more important things in life. Yankees are destroying reputation and lively hood. War brings out the worst in people.
The environment that surrounds one will have a big affect on him or her; in a good environment, people will gradually improve, but in a harsh environment, people will be influenced negatively. O’Brien introduce the reality of the soldiers in the Vietnam War and brings to life the setting of the entire novel. The soldiers were primarily teenagers and young men in their early twenties who had not yet had the chance to experience life. O’ Brien states, “war is hell, but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love, War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery.
Their main concerns are mostly to fit in and keep in good standing with their family and their town. Though they all react in different ways to the news of being drafted, each of the men has something in common. The fact that they are all fighting
The plot is set in the south in the 1930s. Around that time there were southern traditions and racial issues, which were included in the book. Lastly, the story Jack and Jill portray a more literal form of geography. Everyone’s heard the typical “Jack and Jill went up the hill..” The book portrays the geography by having Jack and Jill climbing up the hill first, and having Jack fall down the hill.
The world they are living now is what they have learn from when they are born.
