I just want it to be over”. Another quote from the novel that shows Tommo’s feelings is when he is posted to sentry duty. “I look through the periscope I expect to see the grey hordes coming at us across no-mans-land, but no one comes. I am almost disappointed”. This shows again that Tommo wants to be attacked, but no one is coming towards them, so therefore it seems like he is bored.
did not want to talk about the war at all.”(Hemingway 187). While embracing the comforts of home, Harold Krebs begins to ponder the experience of war. He refuses to accept fact and reality that the war was over and he has come home. The life he once knew, his family, and community has not changed. As a personal struggle, Harold Krebs begins to reflect and desire the activities of war and fierce battle.
He realizes that there is no clear cut enemy in war: “the enemy is anybody who’s going to get you killed.” It occurs to Yossarian that if he is going to pursue his right to life, he will have to worry about Colonel Cathcart trying to kill him as well as the Germans. However, a soldier should not have to be alarmed that his allies are trying to organize his demise. The fact that he is apprehensive serves to expose the flaws in the concept of war we currently hold. Had Snowden’s death not occurred, Yossarain may never come to this
Ichiro's past lead him into numerous of pain and struggle, even involved his family into it. Ichiro and his friends Kenji and Freddie soon will encounter trouble and hardships that will make Ichiro's mind clear and aim for a better future. Ichiro understands that since the day he chose to not serve in the U.S. Armed Force his life has been going downhill. "No-no boy, huh? Rotten bastard.
I mean not wait till Wednesday or anything. I just didn’t want to hang around anymore. It made me too sad and lonesome.” (p. 49) As the protagonist suddenly decides to leave his dislikeable school behind, it is quite obvious that he has no real sense of direction in life; his decision is hasty and irresponsible and could be interpreted as an act of sudden desperation. Firstly, this confusion is reflected in Salinger’s description of the main character’s thread of cogitation. In an instant and without a moment’s hesitation, Holden changes his mind from thinking that he ‘might go down and see what old Mal Brossard was doing’ to deciding ‘what [he’d] really do,’ which is to ‘get the hell out of Pencey.’ This gives the impression that Holden is extremely rash in his decisions and that he relies on gut feeling alone to take action.
Although most war novels are filled with patriotism and honor, Remarque’s instead focuses on the brutality and senselessness of war. The main character, Paul Baumer, serves in the German Army during WWI. The novel shows his struggles throughout the war and it seems that Baumer resembles Remarque and his own struggles of war. In the novel, Baumer and his comrades endure a full scale war. The novel shoes the misery of war and the everlasting effects it has on the soldiers; even Baumer cannot escape those circumstances.
The speaker sees it as a vague tendency that is never and will never be satisfied. Within this essay it is difficult to identify what the desire of this blind man's mark may be but whatever it is he cannot seem to accomplish it. Moreover, in addition with this in mind, the first thought of this poem begins with him being a victim. Desire can lead to a man's downfall and destruction. The speaker is trapped in desire and cannot find his way out.
The constant references to Lavender’s death lets the reader become aware of the importance and appreciation of every soldier. It’s obvious that the Alpha Company consisted of a strong knit group and viewed the death of a member as a very serious occurrence. To me as a reader, I might assume that perhaps that narrator, Tim O’ Brien, was impacted by Ted Lavender’s death even more so than Lieutenant Cross. Ted Lavender’s death is tragic and impacts the Alpha Company, especially Lieutenant Cross and for the narrator to decide to keep mentioning it perhaps he was impacted the most. The dreadful reality of death in war is present within the story, “The Things They Carried”.
Now if we go back we will be weary, broken, burnt out, rootless, and without hope” at first I was confused and did not quite understand what he meant. He meant if they survived and went home before the war ended, they would not know what to do with themselves. He thought if his classmates had experienced more of the war they would have suffered more and felt worthless if they were to return home. Paul was describing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which soldiers or anyone who has experienced a traumatic event experience today. PTSD changes the victims’ thoughts, opinions and perspectives on almost everything; it affects not only them but their family and friends.
Blinded by his fantasy, Gatsby is unable to bare the reality of life, and that it goes on. He has lost the meaning of time, and when his motive of reliving the past was questioned, he answers, "Can't repeat the past? Why of course you can!" Unfortunately, no matter how hard he hangs on to this memory, it will always remain only a memory. As Gatsby is in the process of resurrecting his memory once again, his life is ended.