This essay will explore this interpretation of Haig and the generals, but in order to provide a balanced view, I will also consider the positive interpretations of Haig as a leader, as many sources from the time and recently praise him as a good leader. At the time of the war and after, soldiers criticised Haig and the generals , Haig was criticised because he made commands without being in trenches. In source B2 a soldier who had watched his friends die around him due to Haigs incompetence and bad planning, wrote “it was pure bloody murder. Douglas Haig should have been hung, drawn and quartered for what he did on the Somme. The cream of British manhood was shattered in less than 6 hours.” This suggests that he wanted Haig to be punished due to his loss of so many of his own men, but also due to his own resentment towards him.
The realities of war in Welford Owens “Dulce Et Decorum Est” Throughout history fighting for a war has often been regarded as an honorable and patriotic act. Movies like The Patriot, Independence Day and Saving Private Ryan tend to portray characters fighting for wars as brave and honorable. While these movies are entertaining and often inspirational, they do not accurately portray the realities of war. “Dulce et Decorum Est,” a poem by Wilfred Owen, depicts the true and darker reality of war. It is a poem that conveys a message about the brutalities and horrors of war to an ill-informed and complacent audience in England.
The novel shoes the misery of war and the everlasting effects it has on the soldiers; even Baumer cannot escape those circumstances. Before the war Baumer was a nice, empathetic, and gentle person but the war has him almost disconnected from his feelings. He becomes numb to the evil surrounding him. His friends are quickly lost to the cruelty and horror of war. Some died a quick death while others died a slow, painful death, showing the reality of war.
Generals die in bed practice essay Jake Saville Generals die in bed, the title shows everything that the reader needs to know. It is a text that tells the reader what war is really like but it also tells the reader that in wartime people are protected more by their rank than by their courage. It tells the reader how different people view what courage actually is, how the class structure is in wartime and the roles of the different classes and also tells the reader what the motivation that gives people courage in wartime is and how courage is shown. Different people all have different views of what courage really is or how they want it to be especially in wartime. In wartime an officer is going to view courage as one thing such as a man leading a charge or sacrificing himself while a private would see courage as doing everything that they can to survive despite the conditions that they are in.
The quote“He doesn’t need it anymore.” clearly describes this case. To conclude,the horror of war is a vital theme and is characterized through many challenges the narrator encounters in the novel.The horror of war is portrayed throughout the novel through things such as having a perpetual fear of the unknown, the psychological effects of war, and conclusively: death.In this way,Harrison successfully shows an unheroic image of soldiers to the readers and makes the readers review what they used to think about the
Generals die in bed practice essay Jake Saville Generals die in bed, the title shows everything that the reader needs to know. It is a text that tells the reader what war is really like but it also tells the reader that in wartime people are protected more by their rank than by their courage. It tells the reader how different people view what courage actually is, how the class structure is in wartime and the roles of the different classes and also tells the reader what the motivation that gives people courage in wartime is and how courage is shown. Different people all have different views of what courage really is or how they want it to be especially in wartime. In wartime an officer is going to view courage as one thing such as a man leading a charge or sacrificing himself while a private would see courage as doing everything that they can to survive despite the conditions that they are in.
Where William Broyles brags that war has allowed him to explore regions of his soul that other men most likely will never explore, the movie shows the devastative effects that war can have on loved ones and the soldiers themselves. For example, at the end of the movie, a mother reads a letter that her son’s comrade wrote about him after his death. This wrenching example is shown at the end of the movie in order to solidify the sense of loss associated with war. In fact, the other texts and songs we analyzed in class, such as “John Brown” by Bob Dylan, share the same perspective on war with the movie: the loss of the futures of so many brave young men is not worth the thrill that Broyles speaks of with sadistic nostalgia. In addition, this same thrill that Broyles speaks of can also have long lasting effects on the soldiers, in the form of PTSD.
The implication is that if every Englishman was to die this way then it suggests that this would make the world a better place, and that the war is almost worth it, hence slightly glorifying it. Asquith presents the glory of war in a very different way. In his poem ‘The Volunteer’, he tells the story of an office worker who has died in battle on the front. Once he was a frustrated clerk living a boring life, living out his heroic fantasies
I asked him about war and how did feel during the war. He had such a sad expression on his face that made me feel bad about asking my question. He was very polite and answered that photographing the war was one of the most difficult times of his life. He saw so many horrifying battles, that the war experiencing changed the way he perceived life forever. He told me the only good aspect about his job during war was that he could show the rest of the population what was happened and maybe people would understand the gravity of the problem and try to solve the problems in
We can also interpret this as presenting how death has become a nuisance for the military, resulting in dead soldiers being buried as quickly as possible. It is interesting to us that Hardy chose to name the Drummer ‘Hodge;’ in context, Hodge was a popular name for many people in England, particularly farmers and labourers and is the shortened form of Roger. In calling the drummer ‘Hodge,’ Hardy may be trying to say death in war happens on a large scale, just like the popularity of the name, and that it happens to ordinary people, just as the name is for ordinary people. This fits with the disillusioned tone, that war is futile as so many normal people are killed. Hardy in ‘The Man He Killed’ is trying to tell us how war is futile as men are killed just because they are on opposing sides.