The author uses events that really happened in the Civil War to bring home the brutality of war--the building of a wall with dead bodies, young men shot in the stomach being left to die, horses being killed to feed starving men. These events must change the men involved. When Charley leaves for Fort Snelling, he is a smiling, fast-talking boy. Once Charley returns home, he is a different man-a broken man, in constant pain, unable to hold a job, and looking forward to his own death. Narrative
Minor characters Christopher Unwin Christopher Unwin was the only surviving son of a wealthy mining family. Christopher is a character who became a victim of Josiah Bont’s Greed as Josiah attempted to pre-bury him in order to steal Christopher’s valuable belongings. But unfortunately for Josiah he was too lazy and greedy to make sure that Christopher was actually fully covered in his grave, so he awoke from his grave and went preaching to the townspeople accusing Josiah of being a “spawn of Satan” for what he had done. Because of Christopher waking and warning everyone about how desperate Josiah had gotten for valuables the townspeople had nailed Josiah on top of a mountain and left him there. Quotes * “Your father tried to kill me in my sleep this night.” (p199) * “That spawn of Satan had laid me there.” (p199) * “Lucky for me, in his laziness and lust to be at my possessions” (p200) * “I had to scramble like a mole to get free.” (p200) Jane Martin Jane Martin was a young Puritan girl who minds Anna’s children when she is at work.
Not only did Okonkwo’s outbursts lead to his alienation from his family, but also from his community. As mentioned earlier, Okonkwo beat one of his wives during the week of peace. That is highly forbidden and he faced major consequences. The priest demands that Okonkwo make a sacrifice for his sin. The priest demands that a goat and a hen be sacrificed, and that he also pay a fine of one length of cloth and one hundred cowries (shells used as currency).
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. During the progression of the novel, Paul is given leave to visit his family. While there, he feels truly disconnected from everyone around him. There is a point in time where Paul reflects that at the end of the war, he would be unable to reintegrate into society, as all he knows is war. All Quiet on the Western Front very strongly achieves its goal of showing how a generation was destroyed by the war through its intense use of showing how the men have gone from everyday boys in school to almost less-than-human soldiers.
Abner Snopes, the father is creating a war between the wealthy and poor. Out of despise for the wealthy he burns down their barns for his own personal satisfaction. The relationship between father and son is very precious. He continues with violent aggression throughout the story. Colonel Sarty Snopes, his son, realizes so when he has to choose between doing the right thing or loyalty to his family, his father.
The boy has tried to burn down the house as revenge toward his father who has beat him. Rufus’ father is not so nice of a man. After conversating for a while Dana realizes she is in the 1800s where most black people are slaves and Rufus’ father is a plantation owner. As Rufus is telling Dana his last name and all the details about a girl he knows named Alice she realizes that Rufus
Appy says of a firefighter who lost his son “He was furious because he saw antiwar activists as privileged and disrespectful snobs who 'insult everything we believe in” without having to share his family’s military and economic sacrifices. In virtually the same breath, however, he said about the war his time, “The sooner we get the hell out of there [Vietnam] the better.”(142) What he meant was he did not think the protestors had the right to speak against the war because they and their families where not the ones being affected whether it be economically or personally such as having to loose a loved one. The working class also felt as if the wealthy politicians were forcing them go to war, but they were not the ones actually fighting in the war. This led to much distain towards the upperclass and had many of them questioning if the war was really worth it. With the working class not being able to side directly with the “hawks” or “doves” it left them without a voice.
In 1865, the white men wanted to open a road in the Powder River country, and none of the Indians were pleased with this because of how much land was already taken from them (Pg. 124 Brown). “..Our women and children will starve, but for my part I prefer to die fighting than by starvation,” (Pg. 130, Brown), Red Cloud said this at a peace conference, although Red Cloud wanted peace he cared for his people more and didn’t want them to starve so he took a stand against the white men. All through the summer of 1866 Red Cloud’s ally White Chief was involved in a relentless guerrilla war fare.
Additionally, women could not leave the house after the war without being accompanied by a male. Riverbend comments saying, “Females can no longer leave their house alone, each time I go out, E. and either a father, uncle or cousin must accompany me” (August 2003, Riverbend, p.20). She discusses the process of how she has to state her purpose for leave, what and when she is going to get, have it confirmed by her parents, and then find a male relative to take her. However, before the war she could have come and went as she pleased. The freedom women once felt turned into a life of fear.
Barn Burning A father figure is commonly known for his compassion and wishes to have the best for his family’s interest. However, this is not what happens in “Barn Burning” by William Faulkner. Faulkner’s character Abner Snopes in “Barn Burning” demonstrates how society can tolerate the “blaming the world for one’s wrong actions.” Abner Snopes commits crimes usually with fire in order to cause damage against his employers, he works for in a cruel game of complete lack of respect. In the story Barn Burning, Abner Snopes is a very complex and interesting character. The story focuses on the shock of Abner’s behavior towards his ten-year-old son, Sartoris.