Nick Gregory English 10b Mrs. Phillips 2/14/2012 All Quiet on the Western Front: A Brief Summary and Analysis In All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque tells the story of a group of youths through Paul Baumer, as he comes to realize the horrific reality involved with serving his homeland of Germany during World War One. Paul discovers many negativities of war and this changes him forever. Many aspects of war caused soldiers to develop serious conditions forever altering their lives. Paul watches his friends fight and die for their country. There was a serious story told about the character Paul Baumer and his friends in World War One.
There also seems to be a conflict going on within himself. After hearing the news of the approval Sergeant Mulcahy strips the shirt off of Trip exposing his scars on his back from previous floggings following this Trip pulls the rest of his shirt off with angst and a facial expression of pure disgust for what the Colonel is doing. A slow dismal soundtrack starts at this point directing the emotions for the scene. A number of close ups start here to show emotion and expression on the faces of the two men. Trip chooses to fixate on Colonel Shaw and show no emotion but one single tear as Colonel Robert show looks on with a stern but also questioning look on his face.
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.
(21)- After repelling the enemy counterattack, Henry and the remainder of his regiment return to their lines where they are greeted with taunts and derogatory comments made by another regiment. Henry is angered by the comments, as are the lieutenant and the red-bearded officer. Henry looks back at the distance which the regiment covered in the charge, and he realizes, with surprise, that they really had not ventured very far from their line. He begins to think that the jeers of the greeting regiment are justified. However, as Henry reflects further on the charge, he feels quite happy and contented with his own personal performance during the battle.
Where he tells us different things that the soldiers carried, and these could be an abstract explanation of their personalities. Lt. Jimmy Cross carries letters from his crush named Martha, he is constantly thinking about her and getting distracted when on missions. The lieutenant is the “master” and this character is a prime example of the outcome when you are immature to handle the responsibility. Another example is Ted Lavender; who is a scared young solider that calms him self with tranquilizers. Their young age is an instrument that intensifies their emotional
We can tell that George is devastated my Lennies actions and is upset as he thought everything would work out, “He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would” Whenever George is with the other ranch workers, I think he feels embarrassed and ashamed of Lennie’s actions as it says, “his hat was so far down on his forehead that his eyes were covered” this shows us he scared and wont make eye contact with the others. George is scared for Lennie, “it seemed to take george some time to free his words”. Throughout the novel Lennies and Georges friendship is obvious and even though Lennie killed Curleys wife, George still stays a loyal friend to him and tries to protect him “he never done this to be mean”. Steinbeck uses imagery to portay Georges feelings, “his feet dragged heavily” this tells us is upset and doesn’t really want to
Tim tells us that he was extremely ashamed of how he cried in front of Elroy and that he broke down and cried in the first place. But, that was only a part of the reason; Tim was far more ashamed of his inability to make a decision and stick to
There was also one major example of imagery in Catch 22 of the wounded Snowden. As Yossarian tried to help Snowden with the wound on his leg, he hadn’t noticed the large and deathly one underneath Snowdens’ flak suit. But when Yossarian took off the suit, Snowdens’ inside spewed about. This whole scene is the turning point for Yossarian when he loses the want to fight for his
When looking at the wounds he realises what he's done and what great power he had and used against a much weaker opponent. When he keeps repeating the fragility of the dead young man and re-enacting his life, it is an indicator of his regret. His fantasy of the dead young man being in engaged is supported by the mentioning of the golden rings. Tim is aware that someone is going to miss the man he killed. Put the text in relation to the other text from the "War" theme In generation kill you can compare the soldiers mind set and their "get some"-attitude with Azar and his very insensitive tone.
Joshua Wiggs Mr. Wellen English 3 18 November 2012 The Effects of War There are men dying today that do not even know what they are fighting for or why. Fighting for your country is an honorable thing but the government officials sitting behind their desks do not understand the sacrifices like the soldiers do. In the novel Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo, the main character Joe Bonham is faced with the grim reality of suffering the effects of war. He is in critical condition in the begging of the book and is left with no limbs, deaf, blind, and mute. Throughout the book he continually tries to fight the pain of the lonely feeling.