Nine Days by Toni Jordan is a novel that portrays the experiences of Australian soldiers during World War I. The novel depicts war in a variety of ways, from the physical and psychological effects on soldiers to the impact on the home front. War is represented through its impact on the attitudes of the characters.
This argument analysis will be derived from the book When Books Went to War, written by Molly Guptill Manning, who is an attorney at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The book tells an interesting, not well known story of how books were given to soldiers during WW2 and ended up becoming an essential aspect of their lives. The soldiers would not have received these necessary literary escapes from the harshness of battle if it wasn’t for the massive effort of not only from the American Library Association, but America as a whole. In the book, chapter 8 focuses on the Soldier Voting Bill, which came up for revision in 1944, and sparked a censorship fiasco. That’s when senator Robert Taft, who opposed a fourth term for
In the autobiography, a Rumor of War, Philip Caputo, talks about his experience in the Vietnam War. He tells us why he joins the Marines until the day he was released from active duty. A rumor for the story about war and how it changed men like Phillip Caputo, John Kerry Silvio Burgio and Tim Carey. This paper is based on Philip Caputo and how the Vietnam War changed him through his time before the war, during the war and after the war.
The novel The Slopes of War by N.A Perez forecasts the gruesome story if the Union Vs. Confederate war. At the time, President Abraham Lincoln was running the country and wanted to abolish slavery. The bonds between families were tested throughout the duration of the war. As the book progresses one of the main characters, Bekah Summerhill finds herself and develops into this new young woman.
Perry for example was already uncertain of his future and his knee injury already had him on edge. towards the end of the book after burning the corpses of his past comrades he lost all faith, and innocence. So the theme of the book is that war is devastating to person both mentally and
Psych of the Protagonist Born in Toronto, Ontario; Timothy Findley is known for his great work in literature and playwriting. Throughout the year, he has been able to capitulate many of his readers through his novel The Wars. Sigmund Freud, a well-known developer of psychology itself came up with a way to analyze text by looking at different characters and explores the psych of any given character or even the author. In the Wars the protagonist; Robert Ross, enlists himself in the Canadian army due to the tragic death of his disabled sister, Rowena.
It is sometimes difficult for individuals to settle the discrepancy between truth and illusion, and consequently they drive others away, by shutting down. Mrs. Ross, in The Wars by Timothy Findley, is seen as brittle while she is attending church, and cannot deal with the cruel reality of the war and therefore segregates herself from the truth by blacking it out. As a result, she loses her eyesight, and never gets to solve the clash between her awareness of reality and the actuality of the world. She hides behind a veil, and her glasses to distance herself from reality. Mrs. Davenport has to wheel her around in Rowena’s chair to keep her awake, so she doesn’t harbour up subconscious feeling within her dreams, which she is unable to deal with.
Being in Vietnam, in the middle of a war zone, something triggered in Mary Anne that changed her. With this drastic change in herself, her values in life change from being the perfect housewife to doing whatever it takes to survive the harsh reality of the
Mary Boykin Chesnut was a prominent member of the upper-class society in the South during the Civil War. She was married to James Chesnut, the general of the South Carolina reserves. Mary Chesnut is the author of her Civil War diary which details the society of Southerners during the war. She had access to a great deal of information through her husband, and she relays this information through her diary. Mary Chesnut’s diary gives insight into pivotal events during the war and details her own opinions about the Civil War.
No matter what the circumstance was, for the first few weeks, Mary Anne was always enjoying herself and was always sprightly. However, people change. She began to blend in by learning “how to clip an artery (98),” or “how to dissemble an M-16 (96).” She began turning into soldier rather than an innocent girl. When she first arrived, Mary Anne did not seem like somebody who would enjoy the gruesomeness of the war, but she began to change into someone that did enjoy it all.
Present throughout the book is the theme of disillusionment. In the school, they’ve been told by their schoolmasters and parents that unless they join the war, they would remain cowards. They see propaganda after propaganda, all alluding towards the glory of battle and warfare. Out on the front, they realize that nothing was further from the truth. Their dreams of being heroes shattered, like when they compare themselves to the soldier on a poster in chapter 7.
This shows a close glimpse into the mindset of the soldiers and their thoughts during the war. At this point in the book , it proves itself to be true
The Effects of War: The Things They Carried When people are asked to describe the “why” behind something, they tend to come up with a handful of answers. This is normal, and many things do in fact have multiple factors behind them. However, when asked for a single reason, many tend to merely choose whichever of the previous answers they think fits the best. What should actually be done when approached with this sort of question is an analysis of what connects all of the different possible answers. If the core meaning -- the one, major thing that connects all other secondary answers -- is found, then that is the true answer to this question.
In the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Remarque, the theme of the story is how the main character learns that the effects of war is hard for some soldiers to deal with. The novel shows this theme in at least 2 instance; going home from
With all of these soul-shattering, life-changing conditions, it is less of a war and more of a test of strength for the soldiers, here at Valley Forge. Some men were going home and not returning. Other men just completely deserted. Even George Washington’s position was uncertain, the members of congress didn’t trust him. Life at Valley Forge was obviously horrible, and the ugly truth is that it wouldn’t get much better.
