The author uses events that really happened in the Civil War to bring home the brutality of war--the building of a wall with dead bodies, young men shot in the stomach being left to die, horses being killed to feed starving men. These events must change the men involved. When Charley leaves for Fort Snelling, he is a smiling, fast-talking boy. Once Charley returns home, he is a different man-a broken man, in constant pain, unable to hold a job, and looking forward to his own death. Narrative
When Gillespie arrested Sam Wood Virgil also proved him innocent. Even though Gillespie didn’t like to be proven wrong by anyone and especially by a coloured person, he respected Virgil for his great detective work. At one point in the novel Gillespie and Tibbs shake hands and I think that was the high point of this noval. Virgil didn’t respect Gillespie that much in the beginning and most of the middle of this story but in the end Virgil respected Gillespie. I think it was good that Virgil did not respect Gillespie because Gillespie was using Virgil for his scapegoat.
That it is full of honor when you are really in complete hell. There is nothing great comes out of war when a soldier is living in hell. 5) Someone would interpret this poem as war being innocence and there really isn’t any bad to it. 7) The tone is very depressing describing the images soldiers have to live with when dealing with war that can be very gruesome. 9) I do agree with this because being a Gunner means you have to kill people and that can be extremely harsh on a person’s conscious because along being a Gunner comes a lot a gruesome and bloody images of seeing people being shot down which can be traumatic later on in a person’s
Paul Baumer, the main character and narrator in All Quiet on the Western Front has been enlisted with his classmates in the German army of World War I. Throughout this novel, the author, Erich Maria Remarque expresses the horrors of war and how Paul’s friends and his life was impacted negatively because of such a bloody, terrifying war experience. Before the war, Paul was a compassionate and sensitive young man who loved his friends and family very much. The war had done horrible things to him and destroyed him both mentally and physically. Paul and his friends experienced death scenes from the ones that stood by them since they stepped foot on the battle field to the ones on the other side.
Charles Yale Harrison’s novel “Generals die in bed” directly depicts the catastrophic dehumanization of soldiers in war through each and every one of his characters. Dehumanization is the process of losing altruistic or individual qualities, as may occur in some psychotic states or in environments that produce emotional trauma and may be influenced by external forces. The environment and external forces in Harrison’s novel were the trenches. From the beginning of the novel the men are normal civilians, with morals and righteous beliefs who show great respect for their fellow man. Yet soon after they are stationed on the western front these men are transformed into barbaric killers whom resent and show very little mercy for their fellow man
Like I said many soldiers go fight and don’t know what their fighting for.. Some come don’t come back to see their families of come back crippled or suffering from a illness so you describe war in your own words what does it mean to you is war really good or bad you choose . Few become legends like Audie Murphy he was nothing and became something a true American dream. He loved this quote from gen. Paton “those who die for their country loose the war and those who kill the ones dieing for their country win the war
A young warrior decides to go and help Beowulf and they end up killing the dragon and once again another battle has been won by Beowulf, with the help of a young warrior. After suffering a lot of pain, and a lot of wounds, Beowulf ends up dying. He is given a very honorable burial because of his heroic acts on the top of the barrow. This shows that even though Good won over evil, the one who committed the acts of goodness will not necessarily always have a happy ending to his/her life. Beowulf was actually a hard book to read but it was interesting.
Haemon unveils his protection of Antigone by stating, “[...] she could’t bear to leave him dead, unburied,/ food for the wild dogs or wheeling vultures./ Death? She deserves a glowing crown of gold!” (780-782). He believes what Antigone did was completely acceptable and even admired by the citizens of Thebes. He is tired of having his father throw away his advice because he’s
We received reinforcements the next day, and congratulated. Then came the Chaos counterattack. Our Colonel, Colonel Graff, told us to hold the position as best we could. Then Chaos rear artillery smashed into our line and killed the colonel and many others, men who I had just met the night before, men who had families of their own on their own distant homeworld. The Chaos attack was devastating.
Macbeth is the perfect example of what happens to people when you let hubris (execessive pride or arrogance) take over your life. Macbeth was a decorated war hero of Scotland and had everything going for him - a beautiful wife, a castle to live in, friends, loving subjects, and lots of land to call his own. By letting his hubris cloud his better judgement he lost it all and his own life. He began to care more about being feared by all and keeping a crown that was not even rightfully his, then making the right decisions. Macbeth murdered his king because his wife was calling him names, he also got his best friend killed to try and protect his investments, he murderer a defenseless women and her children to try and make a point, and was a huge