Most of Tim O'Brien's book are about the Vietnam War. "Tim O'Brien, a contemporary American novelist and short-story writer of immense imaginative power and range, freely admits that the Vietnam War was the dark, jarring experience that made him a writer." The dark side of the Vietnam War made O'Brien became a wirter. O'Brien wants people to know the side that people does not know.
Darby Baker Mr. Verner DC U.S. History 21 March 2014 With the Old Breed Book Review Award winning author, Eugene B. Sledge, shares the experiences he was put through at Peleliu and Okinawa in his novel With the Old Breed. This novel is his personal account of hardships he faced when fighting in World War II. Specifically, the pacific frontier of the war and the brutal Japanese enemies they fought against. This novel gives a front line point of view when recounting his encounters in the war. The scenarios are very descriptive as he is blunt, and goes into graphic detail.
Tim O’Brien writes his short story How to Tell a War Story in 1990, giving him plenty of time to reflect on his past experiences in Vietnam fighting alongside his buddies. The author has compiles some of own personal stories of the field, telling them in first person. He uses other soul dredging stories from his friends creating a deep sense of despair. The author never strays from the purpose of his story. He uses the stories in his short story as an example—almost like a template to show his point of the importance of telling a true war story—to show the true depth of the event.
This is reflected in Denise Levertov’s poems’ ‘Ways of conquest’ and ‘In Thai Bin (peace) Province’. Levertov’s poetry was written within a historical context of the period of time in which the Vietnam War was being fought. She not only writes about the history but in addition her own individual context is evident as she reflects upon her own personal memories from within that particular period of her life through writing in Organic Form. ‘Ways on conquest’ reflects the concept of this relationship between history and memory. It takes ‘conquest’ as its extended metaphor throughout the poem.
The results of war are shown both similarly and differently in the two poems. The contexts also differ due to the poet’s experiences of war. Wilfred Owen died fighting in World War One whereas Alfred Tennyson learned about the battle second hand therefore they have different perspectives. In ‘Futility’, Owen uses metaphors that could represent the feelings of the soldiers but Alfred Tennyson tells the story of the battle. In ‘Futility’, Owen utilizes personifications such as ‘The kind old sun will know’ and ‘Woke once the clays of a cold star’ to create a sense of desperation on the part of the soldiers.
DEAR AMERICA: LETTERS HOME FROM VIETNAM A Documentary direct by Bill Couturie DEAR AMERICA: LETTERS HOME FROM VIETNAM Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam is a 1987 documentary, directed by Bill Couturié. The film uses real letters written by US soldiers and archive footage, the film creates a highly personal experience of the Vietnam War. * This video provides us with a glimpse into what it was like in the jungles of Vietnam. What the soldiers had to endure and what their state of mind was when writing home to their loved ones. I believe war wreaks havoc in a soldier’s life and each one handles their situation differently.
In Yuself Komunyakaa’s “Facing it” , he tells about his visit to a memorial for the veterans of the Vietnam war. Komunyakaa is also a veteran of the Vietnam war however he is a veteran who survived the war. While describing his visit Komunyakaa uses imagery to sympathize with readers on his experience during the war. “My black face fades behind the black granite”, “I touch the name Andrew Johnson, I see the booby traps white flash”, “names shimmer on a woman's blouse but when she walks away the names stay there” are three major quotes in the poem that Komunyakaa uses to gain sympathy from readers about his experience. First of all Komunyakaa starts his poem off by saying “My black face fades behind the black granite”.
And when she suspected that his love for her was dwindling, Anna took matters into her own hands and proceeded to kill herself, just to show him the pain she was feeling from thinking about his infidelity. Anna’s course of action was not thought of properly, but it was something that made the story progress. There are many turning points in Anna and Vronsky’s relationship, and surprisingly, most of them occur at train stations. Anna and Vronsky’s relationship can be traced from the beginning to the end, with the most important points occurring in train stations. The relationship starts with Vronsky spotting Anna at the train station when he was going to pick up his
English essay – shoe horn sonata, distinctively visual. Important issues in the world can be brought to mind by engaging visual images. There are many examples of this present in John Misto’s play the shoehorn sonata and also Siegfried Sassoon’s poem suicide in the trenches. Shoe horn sonata was written as a tribute to inform its audience of the little known history of the forgotten prisoners of World War II, focusing on British and Australian nurses, he uses two main characters Bridie and Sheila who tell their experiences from the war. Misto does this in a humorous and often confronting manner.
| | /8 Your Reasons: Describe why you feel so strongly about persuading | |others to accept your views… | |-Over my high school career many veterans and people that are still involved in wars have come to visit and talk about their experiences, the many things that | |they have shared with me have really made an impact on my view on war. | |- I have had 5 relatives that fought in the war and have only been able to meet two of them; because of this I know how war can affect not only the soldier but | |their families. | |-One relative that was involved in the second world war whom I talked to was my great uncle Dave, he shared very terrible stories with me that have allowed me