Who Is Herman Wouk's The Winds Of War And Remembrance

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From Pearl Harbor to Nazi Germany, Herman Wouk focusses solely on one family; the Henrys. From Victory Henry to his wife Rhoda and their three kids; Madeline, Warren and Bryon. All the way to Europe hearing about Natalie Henry and Aaron Jastrow encounters with the wretched Holocaust that nobody would mention. Wouk produces a piece of work that sends you here and there to depict and understand the circumstances each individual endured during World War II. Through Herman Wouk’s work, it conveys only from one family's point of view of the war and what was happening. Whether that was globally or personally. It created a sense of loss and sorrow yet relief and happiness. It established the infidelity that goes on while away from the ones you love. The characters find their own way and you establish a connection with each one while reading the novel. …show more content…

War and Remembrance represents a different perspective, one from the American's viewpoint. Wouk produced The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, together these epic two-volume novels portray the events and shed light on World War II and the battles fought globally. Although written together the two novels can be read separately. War and Remembrance continues on where The Winds and War stopped. While the book is quite lengthy, it portrays vivid description of the hardships of what each human endured during the 1940s. It gives you fictional characters like the Henry's but also gives you historical characters like Franklin Roosevelt and General Nimitz. Whether you were a German or a Jew, the suffering and persecution happened everywhere. The blood shed and the death of soldiers and innocent civilians were shown across the