You have to look at it and ask yourself whether or not it is believable. If it does not seem like a likely story, then it most likely is. You can tell O’Brien’s story is true based on the great detail of the story. His depressing tone shows us how the event has affected him ever since it happened. His forthright tone
There is no doubt that his personal experiences and observations enabled him to express the ugliness of the war to those who may have no idea otherwise. In his poem, “Dulce et Decorum Est”, Owen depicts an event during the war through his eyes. The poem allows readers to grasp the horror that took place, but also provides insight into Owen’s mind. No poet has ever captured the ills of war in such chilling truth before Owen had. He opened the door to what few people imagined could be depicted by tapping into his horrific memories, but questions of his allegiance to his country arise when taking a deeper look into the life and works of Owen.
The country declaring war better be doing it for the "advancement of good, or the avoidance of evil." War should not be motivated by hate, greed, or something that is as equally important. (Bonevac, 2010) When The Summa Theologica of St. Thomas Aquinas was translated and revised in 1920, these conditions made sense. The world has changed a lot since the 1920s. We are more likely to consult other world powers to justify our reasons for going to war.
A.P. English 11 May 27, 2014 What is a true war story? One that tells of death and gloom, or one that defends the peaceful front? The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien explains to the world of readers what a true war story is. 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.
Propaganda was used in World War One as in any other war and the truth suffered. Propaganda ensured the government put out information that only the government wanted people to know about. The government wanted everyone to think the way they wanted them to think and controlled all forms of media.. Propaganda during the World Wars was used to increase support for the war and commitment to Allied victory. Using a wide variety of media, that included music, silent films, and radio, propagandists implied hatred for the enemy and support for America's allies.
This because Robert Leckie goes from a nice life to boot camp which is stressful to a situation where he is being shot at, he is shooting, the conditions are horrid, and people are dying all around him. “We saw wrecked and smoking ships-a clean unshipped expanse of water between Guadalcanal and Florida Island. Our navy was gone. Gone.” (66) “I think of Holocaust… I see the red eye of hell winking on her wounds… I cannot tell you what I have seen, the terrible spectacle I witnessed from that hillside.”(121) This quote really embodies how brutal the reality of war is. Some other things that represent how awful the war is include living conditions- fabric tents or open air sleeping in mud and diseases- they ran rampant in the daily filth (the most prominent was Dysentery).
Lara Olson English 10 Seminar Mrs. Zavacki 20 March 2012 Almost everyone in the world knows about the Holocaust and how it ruined the lives of many. But no one knows the real horror brought upon the survivors until you read their true stories. The rude awakening of the memoir Night and the poem “Aftermath” show that even the kindest people can lose their sense of virtuous direction. Wiesel’s story about his experiences at the concentration camps grew more heartbreaking to read with every word. Wiesel wrote about how horrible it seemed to lose one’s innocence.
Spill the blood!” (174,175) Reasoning: No civil person would repeatedly state this phrase. This definitely represents savagery. It shows how bloodthirsty these boys are and then when they recite this while murdering Simon; it makes it even more gruesome. They’re so consumed in all the blood that they don’t even realize they had killed Simon until it is too late. • “Ralph wept for the end of innocence, the darkness of man’s heart, and the fall through the air of the true, wise friend called Piggy.” (235) Reasoning: This quote that was stated at the end of the book shows the reader and myself that the world of savagery only leads to murder and sorrow.
After he had gotten all his pain out, Rat began to cry. The story has more meaning behind it then just the cruel death of an animal. Rat was feeling so many emotions having to deal with the death of his best friend Curt Lemon. It was a way to vent out some of his pent up aggression. A true war story such as this aimed at a meaning much deeper then what was presented.
Jimmy Cross understood this. You could blame war… A moment of carelessness or bad judgment or plain stupidity carried consequences lasted forever” (O’Brien 115). He tries blaming the death of Kiowa on the war, rain, God and concludes while the blame is some way universal, it is also intensely personal. Cross is the one who chose to camp out in the sewage fields despite the warnings of drowning in the field. Cross is most angered with Kiowa’s death because he was a good person and that it was him to blame for picking a bad spot to set up camp.