Fallen Angels has one main theme and that is the reality of war and the struggles that come with it. In the book there are many tragic events that come up, the war, effects on war and the deaths you have to learn to deal with. They all experiences allot of brutal moments and deaths. All of the events that take place just make their lives that much harder to deal with. People don’t realize the true meaning of the book Fallen Angels and the story and moral behind
Not just in this lousy little town. In general. My life, I mean. It’s almost like I got killed over in Nam… Hard to describe. That night when Kiowa got wasted, I sort of sank down into the sewage with him… Feels like I’m still deep shit.”(Page 150) Bowker is also intelligent and is well supported by his parents, but he did not see any meaning in getting a job or even going to school.
Independent Reading Journal Title: The title ‘Soldier’s Heart’ is a phase used by Americans to label Civil War veterans who seemed mentally lost because of the war. The title Soldier’s Heart best suits the book because it has an emotional and intense sounding to it and is based on a true story. Characters/Characterisation: At the beginning of the text Charley Goddard is excited and is eager to go fight for the Union. He didn’t know what a shooting war meant or what it was all he knew was that he didn’t want to miss out on a great adventure. Near the end of the book Charley Goddard life had changed he fought for survival.
He was brought up being told war stories of his father fighting for Germany and all the glory and honours surrounding it as he quotes in the story “My father is a patriot a true German”. His father was high up in the ranks of the army and we can suspect Erich aspired to rise to his position one day. I western culture we can find most people want a father figures respect and strive to make them proud more than any other family member which is why he did not listen to his sister’s pleas not to go to
Artie feels that he will never live up to his parent’s expectations of Richieu, because he was never in the War. An example of this is shown on the last page of the graphic novel, where Vladek turns over to go to sleep and calls Artie, Richieu. “I’m tired from talking, Richieu, and it’s enough stories for now…” The way Spiegleman has represented this in the text suggests to the reader that Vladek never fully loved Artie, as much as he loved his first son Richieu. This has obviously had major impacts on Arties life, and it has all primarily been caused by the Holocaust, because Vladek and Anja never fully healed after the Holocaust. Although ‘The Complete Maus’ is based around the interviews that Spiegleman has conducted with his
The war had greatly impacted his father’s personality, attitude and parenting style. Therefore Spiegelman’s personality and lifestyle were then influenced by his father's personality and parenting style. His father loved showing off how handy he was since that was one of his survival methods during the war. This made Spiegelman fearful to fix things because he was being compared to his father. Spiegelman felt he was always over shadowed by his father regardless of his own accomplishment because his father survived the war and he could not compete with that.
Andrew Gaudioso has to write a postcard every week to a family because he killed their son. The man killed a 2 tour veteran in the war of Iraq named Thomas Towers who was a United States soldier. I don’t find the punishment to be enough because he killed a man that was risking his life for our country. Also, I say the punishment isn’t enough because every week he reminds the family of what he has done and also there is no certainty that he is meaning what he is writing. For example the father doesn’t believe that what he is writing is true.
Darl went from what seemed like a leadership role, due to his narration, to someone who was always on standby and helpless in harsh situations. “Our brother Darl in a cage in Jackson where, his grimed hands lying light in the quiet interstices, looking out he foams…Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes.”(254). Darl ended up in a Mental asylum in Jackson. This is quite ironic because the whole Bundren family and their antics were quite bizarre and uncalled for. Jewel ends up with very little because he sacrificed life and limb for his already deceased mother and also gave up his hard earned horse for a father that was shameful and unconcerned with his whole family.
In a world that God has abandoned, where the sun no longer shines through the ashes, the hope that the father and his son will survive ultimately gives the reader something to look forward to. Cormac McCarthy successfully writes one of the most classic stories of survival while using such grotesque details of a post-apocalyptic world. Throughout the story, both of the protagonists, a father and a son, remain unnamed as they continue their journey. The father “hadnt kept a calendar for years. They were moving south.
Along that process he almost died from malaria because of the aggravation he caused in his ailment and contracted. These painful injuries from his war cursed him for the rest of his life (Americanhistory.com). His father to me was a very positive man who motivated his son to push his self through tough things and to never give up. John had a good head on his shoulders and he was a good man from my understandings. He was a person who knew what he wanted and wasn’t going to stop until he did.