Erich Maria Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front very much achieves its goal to “try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war.” Remarque goes to great lengths to show how the men in his novel came from ordinary backgrounds. These were men who were for the most part around 18-20 years old. The majority of Paul Bäumer’s group were his own classmates in school. Further, these men joined the German Army for patriotic and nationalist reasons. After spending some time in the trenches, they realized the true brutality of war, including the humiliation the soldiers must endure, such as using outdoor toilets in the open.
Malouf’s novel Ransom highlights the ways in which people can transformed by grief. Discuss In David Malouf’s text “Ransom” it portrays how main characters Achilles, Somax and Priam are transformed when experiencing grief. Achilles turns into a beast when his best friend, Patroclus was killed by his greatest enemy, Hector. Whereas, Somax who has lost his wife and all his children and only left with his daughter-in-law and granddaughter grieves in silence but has anger issues. Priam mourns only for his eldest son, Hector which makes him set on a journey not as a King but as a father and to “ransom” his son’s body.
How he fought so many battles and has come home even stronger as he says, “Good men, the last wave by crying how bright. Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay, Rage, rage, against the dying of the light.” When people are old and in the dying state, they pretty much have given up on life. They have sought come to the conclusion that this now their fate and they should face it with a brave heart and not show
The Civil War was ravaging the country, and hundreds of thousands were already dead. Lincoln’s speech addressed the nation at a critical time, and was exactly what the people needed to hear. Lincoln comforts and inspires the people with his last line, “[L]et us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne this battle, and for his widow, and his orphan…” This statement of determination gives the people hope for a brighter future, and faith in the man who will bring it to them. The Second Inaugural is chock-full of exemplary rhetorical strategies that greatly add to the effectiveness of the speech. Lincoln persuades and assures the people that the Confederates are malicious rebels, bent on, “making war,” and, “destroying the nation.” He does this by referring to the Confederates only as “insurgents,” and giving them an aura of wickedness by saying, “Both parties deprecated war; but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive; and the other would accept war rather than let it perish.” This cunning use of diction and antithesis, using “make war” in reference to the Confederates and “accept war” in relation to the Union, puts all the blame of the war on the Confederates.
The enthusiasm of winning the war and the confidence that it would be over by Christmas was very high. His deep love of his Country is very moving and the respect he shows for the English people is quite evident. This sonnet encompasses the memoirs of a deceased soldier who declares his patriotism to his homeland by declaring that his sacrifice will be the eternal ownership of England of a small portion of land upon which he
Both poems present grief and the harsh reality of losing a loved one but in different ways. In “Mid-Term Break,” we see Heaney talking about the awkward ways in which people reacted to grief before mentioning at the end his honest feelings towards the death of his brother whereas Jonson in “On my first Sonne,” openly expresses his pain of losing his son. “On my first Sonne,” is a very emotional poem in which Jonson is saying goodbye to his dead son. The language in the poem is very telling and reveals Jonson’s grief. In the first three lines, Jonson is trying to come to terms with the loss of his son.
It is now our national anthem, “The Star Spangled Banner”. The poem depicts what happened at Fort Mchenry, including how after many hours of fighting, America was victorious and their “flag was still there”. The true theme of this poem would be that victory can be gained no matter what the consequences, and always to remember to be brave and fight for the right causes, such as America and freedom. Rise up and celebrate when you have won, put fear in the enemies’ eyes so they never come
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.
They also sank over 55% of all Japanese shipping sunk in WWII. This was all pointed out to me with pride by several of these veterans. As our National Anthem was played over the speaker system some of them started to cry as they remembered all of their fallen comrades, the ones that served with them, and the ones that did not. I thought about how many of these veterans brothers had made the ultimate sacrifice so that we may all enjoy the freedom this country offers. As we stood for the Pledge of Allegiance I saw the reaction on their faces, it was a thoughtful, respectful look, a look of such sadness.
The Bards state: Had been served as he’d serve them; Beowulf, A prince of the geats, had killed Grendel, Ended the grief, the sorrow, the suffering Forced upon Hrothgar’s helpless people. (351-354) A hero is who someone looks up to and in the poem Beowulf, the reader can see that his soldiers and his village see Beowulf as a triumphant hero who shall never give up and will forever continue to fight for them. Hrothgar has seen Beowulf’s true colors and states “Beowulf, you’ve come to us in friendship, and because/ of the reception your father found at our court” (316-317) A hero has a different effect on everyone and in the the novel “Sir Gawain” the green knights sees Sir Gawain as an undamaged good. He states, “ I consider you polished as while and as perfectly clean/ As if you had never fallen since you were first born” (370-371). He is much like Beowulf in the ways that his men look up to him as their King, someone who could never let them down even when not being watched.