In the book ‘’ Soldier Boys’’ by Dean Hughes there are two boys who both want to be seen as brave war heros. Both boys come from very different backgrounds. One is a member of the Hitler youth and the other wants to be a paratrooper in the U.S army. Both take a journey were they face the cruelty of war and they learned it isn’t what they think it is. The first character that is introduced it Dieter Hedrick a member of the Hitler youth.
It was commanded by Lt. HERBERT SOBEL. His job is to turn the civilians into the U.S. Army's strongest soldiers. But he fails to win the respect of his men, and a rivalry starts between him and a junior officer, Lt. DICK WINTERS. Winters' best friend, Lt. LEWIS NIXON, turns into an intelligence officer and tells Winters their first combat assignment will be to invade Europe. Training for this mission in England, Sobel continues to harass Winters by writing him up for failing to inspect a latrine.
Trey Shannon Dr. Donna Marie Jarma English 1213.028 1 0ctober 2013 The Schaeffers My son the Marine gives the audience a journey of all sorts of feelings a parent could go through when a child decides to enlist in the service. Frank Schaeffer is the author who starts his story about his son, John who sees the Marine recruiters showing up at their home. Frank describes how he couldn’t comprehend on how John could relate to these stern, clean men with such flawless uniforms. This is how Frank connects with the audience showing their insecurities about their son joining the Marine Corps. As the audience reads more into Frank’s stories, we get an idea that he wasn’t supportive of his son joining the United States military in the beginning.
He even underwent military training and he struggled. He wanted to prove that he was capable of joining war without being distinguished with his father. For me, he did not wanted to be the influential father that he has but he really wanted to show love for his country. This shows patriotism. When Jack died from the Battle of Loos, Rudyard, his
Philip Caputo displayed the need and nostalgia for action and thrill extremely well in A Rumor of War. A Rumor of War is Caputo’s experience during the war as a young infantry officer serving in the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade. One night when Caputo was stationed in Danang he felt the need to do something productive for the war. He got some men together and went to capture two suspected NVA in a near by village. Caputo sent five men into the village to capture the two men.
War Brings Out the Best When someone thinks of war what generally comes to mind? Probably death, pain, violence, or that it’s a waste of time? All probably true but has anyone ever considered that war might make someone stronger or it creates a lifetime bond with his or her fellow soldiers. Walter Dean Myers’ novel, Fallen Angels, is about the struggles, gains, and losses of war through the eyes of an ordinary private in the army during the Vietnam War. Through out the novel the men are getting stronger and forming lifelong bonds with each other.
Putting aside all differences, Jim befriends Henry and Wilson. They fight together in the war, and throughout the novel, Jim aids Henry and Wilson and helps them grow into stronger, more knowledgeable people. When Jim gets wounded on the battlefield, he insists that Henry and Wilson "leave [him] be for a minnit” (pg. 55) so he can die alone in peace. When Jim Dies, it greatly affects Henry and makes him realize the true meaning of courage – not being afraid to face death, as Jim wasn’t.
Anthem For Doomed Youth is a sonnet written by Wilfred Owen about the realities of war. Wilfred Owen was a soldier during WW1 and therefore understands fully the true experiences of war. He was against war and was appalled by the effects of war on people and their families. The purpose of the poem is to inform the public of the true realities of war and how young men where dying needlessly. This was because during war times the media would tell the public that the war going great and that the men where doing just fine, but this obviously just wasn’t true.
Conflict of hero: fighting for the sake of fighting? What is the real notion of hero? How does that meaning vary in different cultures or different periods of time? For me, having been raised in the country with strong communist background, hero means first of all to be eager to give up your life for other people’s future. Me and my classmates were fed all those great examples of people fighting during Second World War sacrificing their lives and not even dare to look for any kind of reward other then admitting them into “hero ranks” of their “great” country.
The movie “Paths of Glory,” portrays a war theme - more specifically an anti-war theme. The message of the movie is portrayed through the soldiers and the different “paths the soldiers took to get to victory and survive.” Every soldier went down their own path overall leading to somewhat “glory” which not all of them got to experience. Men died in battle, mental illness (and illness in genera), fellow soldiers doings, death sentences; just an endless amount of reasons. Soldiers believed that they were fighting for the glory of victory or “patriotism” which Sam Johnson described as the last refuge of a scoundrel. Soldiers were brainwashed with the idea of patriotism - leading their country to victory at all costs, even if meant going into battle knowing you were going to die enforcing the message of the movie that, “The paths of glory lead but to the grave.” At first, the movie described the trench warfare situation of World War I.