Richi, however, tells him, “Wasn’t your fault, man.”, this show that Richi is calming his squad down. (Myers, 132) When Richi returns home, he realizes that he cannot be the same person ever again. He is still too poor to attend college. At the beginning of the novel he was naïve and unsure of himself. However, as he entered the army, the war experience changed him and he lost his naivety, but kept his determination and gained insight into the nature of
John wrote it specifically because not only because of all the brave and selfless soldiers, but because one of this closest friends during the war had died. That was no the only poem he has ever written. John himself wrote an entire book that contains all of the poems he has written before and during the war and a short story that defines each poems personal meaning and where he got the idea to write it. John is an inspiring storyteller and when he puts pen to paper, he illustrates them
Even though this poem may not very tragic, I am still very moved by the ideas encapsulated in it. This poem, The life that I have, is a well known war poem written during WWII by a young man to his lover. The first two stanzas may seem over dramatic at first but it is not until we get to the second half of the poem do we feel the weight of the words and the passionate feelings
Sadly in the end, he died right beside half of his Regiment, but I’m sure that he also died with pride and dignity. The movie “Glory” taught me that to be a leader, you will have to endure some struggles and make sacrifices; it’s not about you, it’s about your followers and putting them ahead of you. Sometimes this may also involve risks and you may also have to do things that are out of your character. Colonel Shaw had to fight to take care of his Regiment, but he didn’t give up; he stood strong. It was nice to see that with honestly comes respect and with respect comes loyalty.
Comment on the poem’s diction. How does diction relate to tone? Li-Young Lee uses common language. His tone is very reflective. He describes in thorough detail his memory of his father, and notices that the tenderness he is using with his wife was a result of his father.
Of what I’ve read so far in “The Things They Carried”, all of the stories that the author tells seem to end in sorrow. Well of course, war itself isn’t the happiest of things, but I at least expected a story about winning a battle or something along those lines. The poem, “Thoughts of You” captures the essence of the relationship between Mark Fossie and Mary Ann. Lines from the poem, such as “Thoughts of you make me smile” or “Thoughts of you give me strength” shows how Mark thought of Mary before she flew over to Vietnam. The thought of her made him stronger, and helped him cope with the stresses of the war.
People need connections with others, but these connections are not always what brings them to their absolute highest level of happiness. Chris proceeded to record his personal thoughts in his journal, further proving to the reader the point that personal connections are not essential to happiness. “I now walk out and live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you.” (69), Chris wrote on a card sent to two generous people, Jan and Bob Burres. How briefly this sentence was written and how easily the “good-bye” was said to the couple that took him in and gave him supplies, Chris had displayed that his desire to be on his own was greater than his desire for theirs or anyone’s, friendship.
Eventually when he has the courage to enlist in the war with Brinker Hadley he lets go of the past and gave himself a sigh of relief that he finally found himself. He was content with what he was going to put himself through and he was happy about it as he took that one step forward into this life that he painted for himself but finally built up the strength and courage for him to lead this new life. Gene grew and he was fulfilled by entering this new chapter, World War
They kept us safe, sacrificing their lives to save ours. We are a better country for what our veterans, active-duty military, and their families sacrifice—but we do no good if we do not distinguish the continuing strains of war once our service members return home. Our work is not done—and will continue long after all troops come home. But today, we are reminded to never forget why veterans are important to
After visiting Rab at the end of the book, Johnny finds courage, a courage he never knew he had before. Knowing that Rab died for what he believed gave Johnny strength. It gave him the strength to fight for what he believed was right, to strive for liberty. James Otis played a very big role in changing the way that Johnny went about life. After seeing James Otis and noticing how “ out of this world” he seems to be, Johnny doesn’t really have a high respect or understanding of him.