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It is almost universally understood that the winners of war often write history. With this concept comes the acceptance that history can and is construed in a way that benefits the winner and can hide the truth. In George Robert Elford’s book, Devil’s Guard, Elford accounts for the perspective of a former Waffen SS officer who joined the French Foreign Legion upon the conclusion of World War 2. Throughout this story, many obstacles, adventures, and morals are explored that communicate various perceptions on what war (particularly the war in Vietnam during the French occupation) was like. The book conveys various arguments such as the exploration of unconventional warfare and the struggle of decisive action when the chain of command has
The American Revolution marked the history of many heroic events that immaculately stand as true inspirations for the generations to come in the United States. Even today, the gallantry of a few soldiers that won independence for the country is not only kept in the hearts of the people but run in the American blood to demonstrate acts of valor at times of war and hardships. One such story recorded in the history dates back to 1776, about a sixteen-year old juvenile, Joseph Plumb Martin, joined the Rebel Infantry and recorded his tribulations about forty-seven years in a memoir titled as “A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier”. The book mainly focuses on the sufferings through the tough situation he went through.
Maurice Britt was known for many important things. He was a professional football player, a medal of honor recipient of World War II, a Lieutenant governor of Arkansas, and he was also a businessman. Maurice Lee Britt was on June 29, 1919 in Carlisle, Arkansas. His parents were Morris Lee and Virgie Britt. When he was a kid, Maurice moved to Lonoke (Lonoke county).
I also wrote the Coast Guard, the Merchant Marine, I wrote to General de Gaulle personally, I also wrote Chiang Kai- shek, and I was about ready to write somebody in Russia’” (103). To Finny, he was always meant to be in the war, he was athletically skilled, always creating games and excelling at games and sports that mimicked aspects of war. Before his accident,
The Harvard University professor and civil rights activist Dr. Cesar A. Cruz once said, “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” During World War One, many artists started to create works of art that portrayed the horrors of war. It brought the attention of those who lived in oblivion, and opened up the reality of war. Many of these artworks were also used to show the artist’s objection to war. Like in the historical fiction novel All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, the story is narrated by a eighteen year old German soldier fighting on the Western Front named Paul Baumer, and it illustrates the daily terrors soldiers faced while being neglected and mistreated by the power holding authorities.
Recently, I have read a poem named “In Flanders Field”, written by John McCrae, a Canadian writer. The major theme of the poem is war. Because the poem was written in the year of 1915, during the World War I. At that time, McCrae, as a doctor, joined the army and fought against the Belgian in Flanders, which was located in the northern part of France and the southwest of Belgium.
War and its affinities have various emotional effects on different individuals, whether facing adversity within the war or when experiencing the psychological aftermath. Some people cave under the pressure when put in a situation where there is minimal hope or optimism. Two characters that experience
Tjaden, a character from All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, is a young, cunning soldier in World War I who symbolizes the coward who uses humor to ease his fear. With the largest appetite out of all his friends and a resentment towards his training officer, Himmelstoss, Tjaden shows the least amount of concern about the war. However, Tjaden has a weakness: “Tjaden wets the bed, he does it at night in his sleep” (45). This fault in Tjaden’s playful character could show the true fear he is covering up with his humor. Tjaden is a young man and has the right to be afraid, but with his confident personality, he is unwilling to show his terror.
When the operative one was ended, we returned to the convent and we were eating in the kitchen when we hear the engines and the noise of the German trucks. There were many trucks of the Wehrmacht, they were in the convent’s courtyard . without thinking a moment the Mother Superior took us through the back door, happily I had about my backpack and bags of Ivette and Jacques along with Tete wrist and left with the group of children calling Prince who followed us down the forest path. There was no time to lose, said the nun who was with us, we must get away from here and get into the mountain to the convent of the Sisters of St. Vincent de
The Wars is a symbolic masterpiece that illustrates the great impact war brings on the microcosm of society and how individuals juxtaposed to the war are affected. The novel itself requires active reading; because without it, the novel would seem very simplistic; however, after further examination, readers can evidently recognize the complexity of Robert’s character with the aid of many heteroglossic components, techniques, devices, and the reworking of literary conventions. Robert’s physical, mental and emotional journey he endeavours, followed by the constant re-evaluations of his truths and becoming a more proficient soldier, can be seen through a formalist perspective with the use of foreshadowing to signify Robert’s transition from a sane to insane soldier; the utilization of animal imagery highlighting Robert’s development through the horrific experiences of war; and the several themes in the text to illustrate Robert’s evolution as a soldier through his inner
In All Quiet on the Western Front, Remarque exposes the reality of war by refuting the idea of the “Iron Youth,” revealing the mistreatment of soldiers, and showing the critical effects war imprints on them. When any war begins, young men are always the first ones to be sent into the war zones. To clarify, older generations believe young adults are the best options for fighting; these boys are strong, full of energy, and do not have anything to lose. “The chief source of this pro-war ideology were the older men of the nation: professors, publicists, politicians, and even pastors” (Literature and Its Times).
“The Battle of Algiers” depicts the challenges of soldiers fighting for their country’s independence, while “Indigenes” shows the struggles of soldiers fighting for a colonial power. Both films emphasises the effects of war on individuals in different ways. Ali La Pointe and Abdelkader, respectively, from “The Battle of Algiers” and “Indigenes”, represent the concepts of duty and honour in various ways. Soldier Ali La Pointe backs the cause for Algeria, whereas Abdelkader backs the cause for France. Although both people are willing to sacrifice their lives to carry out their duties, their motivations are different.
Jean Baptiste Bernadotte was born in Pau, in the foothills of the French Pyrenees, on 26 January 1763. Raised locally in a family of modest income, Baptiste choose to join the French Army at the age of 17, enlisting in the “Régiment de Royal-Marine” in September 1780. Bernadotte was initially stationed on the island of Corsica and later in Collioure, near the Spanish border. After spending eight years based in Collioure, he was promoted to sergeant. “He became known for his courage and leadership and during the French revolution he rose rapidly through the ranks” (Norway, 2011), receiving a lieutenant’s commission in 1791.
Cummings’s The Enormous and Ernest Hemingway’s A Farewell to Arms, are the only outstanding World War books written by Americans” (Calmer, 1932, p.342). In addition to these characteristics of both novels, Dos Passos, like his contemporary Ernest Hemingway, has got a sense of social injustice, meaninglessness, the chaotic and irrational world at the war time that have been drawn from his experience on the front, as well as he has got that great awareness of the souls. As it happened with Hemingway, the war spirit had it’s great influence to make Dos Passos volunteer to the army; he has joined the Volunteers Service in France in 1917, and one year later he has moved to the Red Cross in Italy and then to serve in the U.S. Army Medical
This story teaches the readers that everyone had their own role in the success of the British Empire. The plot is centered in a discussion between some camp animals that served their human masters, soldiers of the British Empire. The characters of the story are a troop horse, a mule, two bullocks, an elephant and a camel. Each one has a way of fighting and creates an argument to support it. For some of the animal´s point of view, some of them are more cowardice than the others.
