AP US History 12 August 2012 Courage in The Killer Angels The book The Killer Angels, written by Michael Shaara, is about the American Civil War, but comes with a twist. Instead of using only historical facts, Michael portrays each character as he sees fit. With this said, many of the characters he chooses play major roles in the Civil War, such as Robert E. Lee, Longstreet, Grant, and Chamberlain. However, one specific section of the book strikes me as the most courage's. In the book, Chamberlain and his battalion make up the rear of the Union, and are defending the Union from any possible attacks by the Confederates.
‘’ I don’t want to shoot a German soldier but if I have to I will’’ source: Soldier Boys During the story both of the boy’s positions begin to change. Dieter met a man named Schaefer when he went to war. Schaefer told Dieter that everything that he knows is wrong. The whole time the two talked Schaefer tried to convince Dieter that everything he knows about Americans is wrong. ‘’ You believe all these lies you know nothing we attacked England first.
The Heroic Coward Throughout the story The Red Badge of Courage by Stephan Crane, the actions and attitude of the protagonist, Private Henry Fleming constantly change. In the beginning of the book Henry would be considered a hero for enlisting in the army. In the middle and the end of the book Henry changes from a hero to a coward. He continuously ran away during the battles and he also fakes an injury in the attempt to receive a Red Badge of Courage. First Henry decides to enlist into the army which takes place in the first chapter of the book.
December 14, 2012 Johnny Got His Gun – Dalton Trumbo Analysis Before World War I, most Americans viewed war as grand. They would go to war and return home heroes among regular men. The romanticized idea of war was destroyed by the time our troops returned home, but still not everyone understood the horror. Johnny Got His Gun is a thought provoking look into what it really means to serve on the battlefield, and what the true consequences are. But none of that would be possible if not for Dalton Trumbo's writing.
Nefertiti Mclaurin ENG 1123 Mr. Ellenburg October 17, 2012 Thesis: In the novel “The Red Badge of Courage” by Stephen Crane the protagonist, Henry Fleming, is transitioned from being an immature adolescent to a mature young man; which creates a difference in Henrys inability to know how one will react when faced with great danger. I. Claim: Henry’s initial behavior to war identifies him as a youth. Evidence: He displays his youth by lacking courage Evidence: Crane writes “When that horrifying realization hit him, Henry gave a frightful yell. He jumped up, threw down his rifle then sped to the rear in great leaps.” (pg.66) Interpretation: By lacking the true knowledge of war, Henry shows how immature he really is by running from the battlefield.
Crane's THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE In certain ways, Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage is concerned more with a later American generation forgetting the Civil War than with a realistic depiction of how that war was actually fought from the viewpoint of the common soldier. Such forgetting paradoxically occurs through the way Americans remembered—and continue to remember—the Civil War: the emphasis of major campaigns won or lost or, to use the title of a text regarded as one of Crane's major sources, on "battles and leaders of the Civil War." The Red Badge, of course, obfuscates both battles (is the scene Chancellorsville?) and leaders (Fleming's army "superiors" go unnamed except for "MacChesnay," an unknown regiment colonel). The major cause of the war also is virtually forgotten, perhaps, because of middle-class, post-Reconstructionist sentiments; the only sign of it appears with the "negro" teamster who "sits 'mournfully down' to lament his loss of an audience" (Kaplan 277).
It seems like an odd conversation but the men were using whatever they could to get their minds off of the war. “Gentlemen your Verdict” is about a commander in a war who gets placed himself in a tricky situation he has to choose between morals and saving lives. “War” reminds me of while the war was happening, the families are morning their loses and “G.Y.V” is more after the war since it’s a flashback. I compared these because for me they are connected into one story. The two stories were written at different times “War” was based in 1914 but wasn’t published until
In Robert Southey’s “The Battle of Blenheim”, the writer uses age and experience as a method of portraying two very different perspectives of the war that took place in Blenheim. Throughout the ballad, there is a very noticeable phrase that’s mentioned many times. Old Kasper, a man who is a father, has experienced the effects of war, and is literally named “Old” for the sake of being only portrayed as a man experienced in life, always refers to the battle as a “famous victory” or a “great victory”. It becomes more and more evident this phrase was a result of conditioning and propaganda post-war to mask its tragedies when Kasper’s son asks him about the war. "Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for."
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.
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.