Why does Corporal Hunter suddenly order the men to leave the tunnel? 8) How do the Germans launch their attack against the Canadians? How do Canadians defend themselves against this attack? Which side has won the battle? 9) How hazardous was it to live and fight in the trenches of the First World War?
If any reader should ask, "What did the demobbed Tommy think about all this?" I can only say, "Well, what do you think?'" (9) Philip Gibbs watched the preparation for the major offensive at the Somme in July, 1916. Before dawn, in the darkness, I stood with a mass of cavalry opposite Fricourt. Haig as a cavalry man was obsessed with the idea that he would break the German line and send the cavalry through.
The two texts offer readers and viewers different insights into the nature of war. Both texts use very graphic imagery which is disturbing and often macabre to illustrate the confronting reality of war. Annaud utilises visual imagery and music to help create an effectively realistic mise-en-scene throughout the film. Annaud affirms the importance of hope and love whilst demonstrating the brutal political nature of war. In “Fly Away Peter” Malouf constructs characters to show how war affects people.
The Battle of the Somme is often seen as a huge military failure for the British Army simply due to the massive numbers of causalities suffered from only the first day. The original aims of the attack were for the British to provide support for the French army to gain territory, draw the Germans away from Verdun and kill as many German soldiers as possible in the process. According to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff, Sir William Robertson it was necessary to relieve some of the pressure put on the French at Verdun and he believed this first objective could be obtained by combing British and French offensives. (Source 55) The attack began at 7 30 in the morning of the 1st of July 1916 when two large mines placed under German lines were detonated. From there the new tactics, thought of by General Haig and his Deputy, Rawlinson, were put into place.
Compare the ways the distinctively visual is created in The Shoehorn Sonata and one other related text of your own choosing. War is indeed an unconventional and traumatic experience that anyone would be ruined to endure. These experiences of war can be lived out through memory of hardships and war time acts of injustice and through the post-traumatic stress that is developed due to the experience. John Misto, play writer of “The Shoehorn Sonata” and Wilfred Owen the composer of “Dulce et decorum est”, have both undoubtedly condensed this thematic perception of war and how individuals can live out their experiences. This concept has been achieved through the employment of both visual and language techniques.
The film ‘Gallipoli’ is a representation of the World War 1 Gallipoli campaign of 1915. This essay discusses the faults and truths within this film. There are many different things that the director Peter Weir has done right from accurately describing the conditions of battle of Galliopli, to doing a great job of capturing the atmosphere concerning the recruitment of the young men who served in the war. The set design was very affective in showing the trenches which where amazingly lifelike in their appearance although wasn’t as accurate in showing the trenches living conditions and diseases. This movie also shows the British officers mentality to the Australian soldiers but again has faults as doesn’t show the British soldiers sacrifice and loss.
Remarque’s novel is a insightful statement against war, which focuses primarily on the devastating affect both psychologically and the humanity of soldiers. Paul’s narrative reflects persistently on the romantic ideals of warfare. Paul and his fellow soldiers are tempered with the reality that their bonds come at the high price of relentless suffering and terror. Most of the prominence events that refer to character altering situations occur in the final chapters of the book. Paul’s analogy between minting coins and the effect of the war on veteran soldiers is a significant event.
Directed by Bille August, the movie Les Misérables (1998), an adaptation of the novel Les Miserables written by Victor Hugo, also sets itself around the era of the French Revolution, presenting the audience with the inescapable destiny of the characters. Defined as “the quality of being fair and reasonable” by the Oxford Dictionary, justice is a very broad term and tends to be determined by the vision of the spectator. During this period of chaotic social turmoil, the novel and the movie both present to the audience a nebulous definition of justice due to the significantly different moral value of the period of the French Revolution. The movie and the novel strongly express the flaws of the justice system during the French Revolution. This is conveyed through the two protagonists as they are being penalized and hunted down for
Charles Yale Harrison’s novel Generals Die in Bed strips away the misconception that war and is glorious and in doing so strongly conveys to the reader the horrible reality that was the First World War Harrison emphasises the harshness of this reality through the constant bombardment of gruesome and desensitising events experienced by the Narrator. The dramatic degree of different between the fictional views held by the public and the truth is highlighted by the contrast of the soldier’s experiences and society’s false impressions. Furthermore the novel shows war for what it truly is, a dominant force with the power to consume, transform and scar all that stands in it’s way. Through GDIB the reader is given a raw and truthful depiction of the
He knew that the French would defend Verdun because of its strategic position and its historical status as a great French fortress. o This German attack was aimed at “bleeding the French white” o Falkenhayn began a massive bombardment of the French defenses in Feb. 1916 and hoped to wear down the French to the point of exhaustion. o Verdun became a symbol of French resistance as the new general, Petain, declared “They shall not