The most important of the poem was his use of “under an English heaven” even after death the bond with England is strong. This is important because if heaven is an English heaven, it is important to God. Is their a German heaven in this time of Great War? The poem is crucial in demonstrating the blind love the soldiers felt for England. The term “if I should die” was probably a used phrase when the soldiers were writing letters to their loved ones.
On the other hand, Tennyson depreciates the soldiers, making them seem idiotic with phrases such as ‘Some one had blunder’d’. This causes the reader to feel sympathy for them, as it mentions their death at the end of the stanza, so it gives the impression that they know no better. Another difference is cause by repetition. In ‘Futility’, the poet refers to the image of being awoken using the words ‘woke’, ‘awoke’, and ‘rouse’. This gives the impression that there is still hope for the soldiers which induces a sense of optimism within the many feelings of the reader; which could also be motivation to read the rest of the poem.
War Brings Out the Best When someone thinks of war what generally comes to mind? Probably death, pain, violence, or that it’s a waste of time? All probably true but has anyone ever considered that war might make someone stronger or it creates a lifetime bond with his or her fellow soldiers. Walter Dean Myers’ novel, Fallen Angels, is about the struggles, gains, and losses of war through the eyes of an ordinary private in the army during the Vietnam War. Through out the novel the men are getting stronger and forming lifelong bonds with each other.
In the story “Love,” O’ Brien’s tells the story of the reunion of Martha and Cross; this is a reference to the fallout of Vietnam. When the war ended, soldiers realize the dreams they put on hold and try to pursue them, but the end result isn’t what they usually expect. The structure in “Spin” is very fragmented, jumping in time, purpose, and degree. I think the author does this to show how a soldiers mind keeps jumping around in his past. By describing O’Brien’s personal story, he makes a broader comment on the skepticism soldiers faced when the demands of their country went against their principles and conscience.
George “Brownie” Browne, gives us the difficulties of living, training, transportation to France, and the danger of combat. Brownie is a narrative about combat, hope, and service amongst the American military. c. Write your thesis (What you think of the book). I though the book was very informative, reading the letters from Brownie touch my heart. His letters gave us the reality of World War One, and the price the military paid for the freedom we have.
Of what I’ve read so far in “The Things They Carried”, all of the stories that the author tells seem to end in sorrow. Well of course, war itself isn’t the happiest of things, but I at least expected a story about winning a battle or something along those lines. The poem, “Thoughts of You” captures the essence of the relationship between Mark Fossie and Mary Ann. Lines from the poem, such as “Thoughts of you make me smile” or “Thoughts of you give me strength” shows how Mark thought of Mary before she flew over to Vietnam. The thought of her made him stronger, and helped him cope with the stresses of the war.
Generals Die in Bed Charles Yale Harrison’s war novel, Generals Die in Bed, uses a very discrete kind of writing that assists the reader in understanding the sad, miserable and degrading reality of what life in the trenches was actually like. To the general public, troops in the trenches were perceived as heroic and glorious, however Harrison manages to sway the readers opinion by using deliberate writing techniques to help them see the truth. His short, powerful, but brief sentences about emotion, the repetition of certain events, the limited backstory on the characters and the songs he has the characters sing are all methods with which he is able to get the reader to see what life in the trenches was really like. The trenches were always filled with emotion, most of which was fear and sadness. Harrison showed that the emotions within the trenches could change in an instant.
Patrick describes how he knows his father and what some of his father’s last wishes were. He also advices to read Ernest Hemingway’s letters instead of all of the biographies available. I was surprised with the amount of information that I was able to find that supported my theme/main idea of “Heart break”. In my opinion Soldiers Home is really about a man with a broken heart. Most of the work I used suggests that Hemingway was a man who could not live without being in love.
The novel “The Red Badge Of Courage” shows a lot about war from a writer who has never experienced it. The novel expresses feeling of war, fear, and courage through different perspectives of different soldiers and point of views. Through different articles of war and other stories of war different than “The Red Badge Of Courage”; their are certain events that happened that link to the novel and it’s main character “Henry Flemming”. Article one talks about a young soldier named Camillo Mac Bica that regrets going to war because of the strong images of dead soldiers, comrades, and traumas are still in his mind. He wrote out this article to reach out to people and tell the people to not thank him for his time in the US Military for wars Vietnam,
To love that well which _thou must leave ere long” there is a twist in which we may observe he is talking to his beloved and how their love is going to live forever. Shakespeare writes about the mortality of men in Sonnets 71 and 73. Even though they are both similar in context he uses different figurative language to help us understand both the tone and theme. In both sonnets the writer tries to say goodbye to the beloved one