This notion is further emphasised through the use of jargon in the lines, “The Japs used to weigh us, to see how thin our bodies could get before we started dying”. This statement implies the nature of the camp to be brutal and unforgivable. Misto has incorporated both visual images and jargon to create an effective sense of authority to therefore relive their experience of war through memory. Likewise, the poem Dulce et decorum est by Wilfred Owen is how the post himself saw war with no knowledge, imagination or training which prepared Owen for the shock and suffering of front line experience. Its horrifying imagery has made it one of the most popular condemnations of war ever written.
Horrific images, such as a soldier grabbing a wire, then being caught in an explosion that leaves only his hands on the wire, abound in the battle scenes. This graphic imagery assuredly achieves the goal of showcasing the terrible reality of war and paired with the scene transitions, it gives the audience ample time to assess what's happened. Another aspect of the battle scenes, and even the movie itself, is the constant din. From the beginning with the postman, to the
While “honor” and “self-realization” may be ideological terms often associated with a war cause, “brutality” and “self-scarification” are perhaps more realistic descriptors. The brutal and ferocious atmosphere of war often forces its young soldier constituencies to sacrifice any childish views of life, and mature. Walter Dean Myer’s novel, Fallen Angels, details the tragic loss of innocence of group of young soldiers who, surrounded by the unspeakable horrors of the Vietnam War, are forced to prematurely journey into manhood. Though initially and wholly innocent, the tense atmosphere of war forces Richie Perry and his fellow soldiers to leave behind former romantic views of war and realize its moral ambiguity. A truly unfortunate byproduct
Knowing they have the spread that serious disease. Shouting how everyone… Should be careful once they deliver ‘GRENADE!! !’ What do I do? The shiver more a statue hidden. In the peaceful distance, it was not true, I sharply snapped as I noticed the sneaky sniper slipping soundlessly through the rotting leaves.
'Bayonet Charge' is a poem by Ted Hughes and it focuses upon the negative points of patriotism. The Structure This poem is in free verse which adds to the feeling of panic and irregularity to the poem. Hughes also uses a lot of enjambement, caesura and end stopping to control the pace of the poem. In verse 1, a lot of caesura and end stopping is used to create a slow pace and show how there is no action and that the verse is just scene setting. Contrastingly in verse 2, enjambement is used which gives the feel of panic an rush and gives you the impression of action.
Through this detailed description, Gurganus adds to his argument, making the war sound even more horrific. He is trying to get people to see his perspective, and to make all the glory of war seem meaningless. We send these men over to live in terrible conditions and they don’t even know why they are there
The protagonist, who was keen to remove himself from the rat and lice infested trenches, enrolled himself in a bombardment of the German’s, with little knowledge of what he was getting himself in to. The protagonist was experiencing the concept of ‘Kill or be killed’, had a German soldier at the end of his bayonet and his howling had unnerved him. His rifle stood between him and death and the decision to leave unarmed and possibly die or kill the soldier and survive was to be made. The emotional turmoil was unbearable and the pulling of the trigger was excruciating. Even after this ordeal and the shock, the protagonist was still able to sympathise with the dead German’s soldier’s brother.
They are not able to escape its “ominous thunder” it’s “howling madness’ nor it’s “senseless volcanic fury”. Harrison describes scenes where the war takes on human characteristics and speaks to the soldiers. As the novel progresses the war become more and more humanised, and seemingly parallels the dehumanisation of the soldiers. Harrison describes the ‘howl of the bombardment’ and machine guns as “coming to life.” The assigning of human characteristics to war impresses up the reader it’s power. We also see that war was created by humans, but we are unable to control to it.
Quite alternatively, some poems demonstrate a more realistic representation of war such as Kenneth Slessor’s poem “Beach Burial” and the first excerpt from the film production ‘Saving Private Ryan’ which encapsulate the futility of war and the intolerable atrocities on innocent lives. These texts all demonstrate how the attitude towards war
O’Brien tells these stories with different tones depending on which recollection; it is light and hopeful during “Love” or dark and hopeless within “The Man I Killed.” To create these works he uses imagination and invention to describe the true difficulties of a true war story. The first place for difficulties to lie is in perspective. There is a tear of perspective, an enormous gap, between the eyes of a soldier and the eye of a citizen. Only the soldier sees the true horror of the events. They are the only ones that know the truth; sometimes the truth is to